Lot # 179: 1950-1959 Baseball Shoebox Collection of (337) Cards with Aaron, DiMaggio, Koufax, Mantle & Williams

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Item was in Auction "June 2014 Auction",
which ran from 6/2/2014 12:00 PM to
6/12/2014 11:30 PM



Recently discovered 1950-1959 baseball shoebox collection of (337) cards with luminaries such as Aaron, DiMaggio, Koufax, Mantle and Williams headlining. Highlights include 1951 Berk Ross: #2-5 DiMaggio (VG); 1951 Bowman: #80 Reese (VG); 1952 Topps: #37 Snider (GD); 1953 Topps: #104 Berra (GD); 1956 Topps: #101 Campanella (VG); 1957 Topps: #20 Aaron (FR, paper loss); 1958 Topps: #1 T. Williams (VG-EX), #5 Mays (VG-EX), #187 Koufax (GD), #487 Mantle AS (GD); 1959 Topps: #163 Koufax (VG) and #461 Mantle HR (VG). More on our website.

1950 Bowman: (3 cards, average GD) with #19 Spahn (PR), #35 Slaughter (FR);

1951 Berk Ross: #2-5 DiMaggio (VG);

1951 Bowman: (7 cards, majority FR to GD) with #53 Lemon (FR), #80 Reese (VG);

1952 Bowman: (2 cards, median GD) with #115 Doby (VG);

1952 Topps: (8 cards, median VG-EX) with #18, #26 Irvin (VG-EX), #37 Snider (GD), #66 Roe (VG, bb), 102, 108, 124, 202;

1953 Bowman Color: (7 cards, average FR, 43% tape/writing);

1953 Topps: (43 cards, median FR, 10 high numbers) with #41 Slaughter (VG), #62 Irvin (GD), #104 Berra (GD), #151 Wilhelm (VG), #254 Roe (PR);

1954 Bowman: (6 cards, majority FR);

1954 Topps: (79 cards, majority GD to VG) with #45 Ashburn (VG);

1955 Bowman: (4 cards, all GD);

1955 Topps: (50 cards, mainly GD) with #22 Skowron (FR), #198 Berra (GD);

1956 Topps: (44 cards, mostly GD) with #101 Campanella (VG), #180 Roberts (VG-EX);

1957 Topps: (17 cards, average VG, 24% reverse paper loss, tape, writing) with #20 Aaron (FR, paper loss), (2) #85 Doby (both VG), #90 Spahn (PR, reverse writing);

1958 Topps: (27 cards, majority VG) with #1 T. Williams (VG-EX), #5 Mays (VG-EX), #25 Drysdale (FR), #88 Snider (FR), #100 Wynn (FR, pin hole), #187 Koufax (GD), #285 F. Robinson (VG), #321 Kluszewski/Williams (FR, reverse writing), #476 Musial AS (GD), #484 F. Robinson AS (VG-EX), #487 Mantle AS (GD), #488 Aaron AS (PR, writing);

1959 Topps: (39 cards, mainly GD, 28% tape) with #163 Koufax (VG), #180 Berra (VG), #317 Ashburn/Mays (VG), #380 Aaron (PR, writing), #408 Fox/Aparicio (VG), #430 Ford (VG), #461 Mantle HR (VG), #467 Aaron WS (VG)

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