Expansive 1961 Topps Baseball near set of (579/587) cards. This difficult-to-complete edition has an approximate condition breakdown of 20% (EX-MT or better), 20% (EX), 25% (VG-EX) and 35% (VG or lesser) with the challenging high series generally presenting slightly lesser than the more available numbers. Approximately 5-10% (mostly Yankees and Dodgers) display surface writing. Keys include: #1 Groat (VG-EX), #2 Maris (FR, writing), #35 Santo RC (VG), #41 Mays/Clemente LL (VG), #44 Mantle/Maris LL (VG-EX), #120 Mathews (VG), #141 B. Williams RC (VG), #150 Mays (VG-EX), #160 Ford (VG), #200 Spahn (VG), #211 Gibson (VG-EX), #228 Yankees Team (FR, writing), #260 Drysdale (FR, writing), #287 Yastrzemski (VG-EX), #290 Musial (VG), #300 Mantle (FR, writing), #307 Mantle WS (VG), #344 Koufax (FR, reverse writing), #350 Banks (EX-MT), #371 Skowron (FR, writing), #388 Clemente (GD), #401 Ruth 60 HR (EX-MT), #405 Gehrig Streak (FR, writing), #406 Mantle HR (VG), #415 Aaron (VG-EX), #417 Marichal RC (VG), #425 Berra (FR, writing), #429 Kaline (EX), #430 Mazeroski (VG), #455 Wynn (VG-EX, signed, no cert), #472 Berra MVP (VG-EX), #475 Mantle MVP (VG), #478 Maris MVP (VG), #480 Campanella MVP (FR, reverse writing), #482 Mays MVP (EX-MT), #484 Aaron MVP (VG), #485 Banks MVP (FR, writing), #517 McCovey (EX), #525 Perranoski RC (EX-MT), #542 Twins Team (GD), #554 Pirates Team (VG), #559 Gentile RC (GD), #563 Cerv (EX), #570 Fox AS (EX-MT), #571 Mazeroski AS (NM), #572 B. Robinson AS (EX-MT), #574 Aparicio AS (VG-EX), #576 Maris AS (VG), #577 Aaron AS (VG-EX), #580 Kaline AS (EX), #581 F. Robinson AS (EX), #586 Ford AS (EX), #589 Spahn AS (VG); Missing: (8 cards) with #10 B. Robinson, #80 Killebrew, #360 F. Robinson, #443 Snider, #545 Wilhelm, #575 Banks AS, #578 Mantle AS, #579 Mays AS