Lot # 455: 1954-1973 Baseball & Football Shoebox Collection (425+) with (75+) Hall of Famers Including Clemente, Mantle & Mays

A distinct “Steel City” flavor is found throughout the offered 1954-1973 baseball and football shoebox collection of (425+) cards featuring (75+) Hall of Famers. This original owner assembly is heralded by the following:

Baseball: (400 cards) with

1954 Bowman: #142 (PR);

1955 Armour Coins: Jensen (VG);

1955 Bowman: (6 cards, average FR with 17% colored, all Umpires) with #267 Honochick RC (FR), #313 Donatelli RC (colored);

1955 Topps: (2 cards, both PR, reverse writing, both Pirates);

1957 Topps: #24 Mazeroski RC (PR, reverse paper residue);

1958 Topps: (11 cards, average PR with 91% displaying reverse paper loss/residue and/or writing, mostly Pirates) with #52 Clemente (PR, reverse paper residue), #377 Braves Team (PR, reverse residue, Numerical);

1959 Fleer Ted Williams: (5 cards, average EX) with #70 with Jim Thorpe (VG-EX);

1959 Topps: (61 cards, average PR to FR with 82% displaying reverse paper loss/residue and/or writing, includes 23 high numbers) with #8 Phillies Team (marked), #439 B. Robinson (PR, reverse residue), #478 Clemente (FR), #510 Yankees Team (PR, reverse writing), #515 Killebrew (VG-EX), #528 Pirates Team (PR, reverse writing), #543 Corsair Trio/Clemente (PR, reverse residue), #553 Cepeda AS (PR, reverse paper loss), #555 Mazeroski AS (PR, reverse residue), #560 Aparicio AS (PR, reverse residue), #563 Mays AS (PR, reverse residue), #571 Spahn AS (PR, reverse residue);

1960 Fleer Greats: (10 cards, average EX to EX-MT);

1960 Leaf: (41 cards, average EX) with #1 Aparicio (VG), #37 Snider (EX), #69 Wilhelm (EX);

1960 Nu-Card Baseball Hi-Lites: (3 cards, average EX) with #1 Ruth 3 Homers (EX);

1961 Nu-Card Baseball Scoops: (15 cards, average EX-MT to NM) with #416 Maris Nips Mantle (EX-MT), #443 Cobb All-Time (NM);

1961 Post: (92 cards, average EX-MT) with #1 Berra (EX-MT, box), #4 Mantle (EX-MT, company), #5 Turley (NM, company), #7 Maris (EX-MT, company), #9 Kubek (EX-MT, company), #20 Fox (EX-MT, box), #36 Colavito (EX-MT, box), #57 Kuenn (EX-MT, box, Indians), (4) #111 Schoendienst (average EX-MT, box), #132 Clemente (NM, company), (3) #160 Drysdale (all EX-MT, box), #167 Snider (EX-MT, box), #181 Pinson (EX, box), #191 Banks (VG, box);

1961 Topps Stamps: (46 stamps, average EX) with (34) Singles: Banks, Bunning, Kaline; (6) Doubles: Killebrew/B. White (creased);

1961 Topps Stamps Album: (102 stamps affixed inside) including Aparicio, Banks, Berra, Cepeda, Drysdale, Ford, Herzog, Killebrew, Maris, McCovey, (2) Roberts;

1972 Topps: #79 Fisk/Cooper RC (FR);

1975 Topps: (2 Most Valuable Players specialty cards, both PR);

Football: (35 cards) with

1956 Topps: #27 (GD);

1958 Topps: (9 cards, average GD to VG, all Steelers);

1959 Topps: (23 cards, average VG to VG-EX, mostly Steelers) with #40 Layne (EX);

1972 Topps: #150 Bradshaw (VG);

1973 Topps: #89 F. Harris RC (VG-EX)