1961 Topps Complete Set (587)

Sold For:

$1,058

Year:

1961

Auction:

2011 Spring

Lot #:

919

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1960s Cards

55% range in grade from Vg-Ex to Ex-Mt (with a few better), and 45% range from Pr to Gd-Vg (with approximately equal representation at each grade level). The 1961 Topps set includes five different Mickey Mantle cards, and was Topps' first venture into the popular League Leader subset. The Most Valuable Player subset, an extremely difficult high-number run, and the rookie cards of Juan Marichal, Billy Williams, and Ron Santo also highlight this set. One card is graded by PSA. Keys: #2 Maris (20/80 LR, otherwise Ex-Mt), 10 Robinson (Pr), 35 Santo RC (Ex), 44 Mantle/Maris LL (Vg-Ex), 80 Killebrew (Ex), 120 Mathews (Ex), 141 Williams RC (Ex-Mt), 150 Mays (Vg-Ex), 160 Ford (Pr), 200 Spahn (Pr), 211 Gibson (Pr), 228 Yankees Team (Vg), 260 Drysdale (Fr), 287 Yastrzemski (Pr), 290 Musial (Pr), 300 Mantle (no top border, otherwise Ex), 307 Mantle WS (Ex), 344 Koufax (Pr), 350 Banks (Pr), 360 F. Robinson (Pr), 371 Skowron (PSA VG-EX 4), 388 Clemente (Ex), 401 Ruth HR (Fr), 405 Gehrig Benched (20/80 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt), 406 Mantle HR (Fr), 415 Aaron (Pr), 417 Marichal RC (Pr), 425 Berra (Pr), 429 Kaline (Fr), 443 Snider (Fr), 472 Berra MVP (Pr), 475 Mantle MVP (Fr-Gd), 478 Maris MVP (Pr), 482 Mays MVP (Pr), 484 Aaron MVP (Pr), 517 McCovey (Pr), 572 B. Robinson AS (Pr), 575 Banks AS (Fr), 576 Maris AS (Pr), 577 Aaron AS (Gd), 578 Mantle AS (Pr), 579 Mays AS (Pr), 580 Kaline AS (Pr), 581 F. Robinson AS (Fr), 586 Ford AS (Pr), and 589 Spahn AS (70/30 L/R, otherwise Ex). Mixed-grade but still very presentable complete set of this classic 1960s Topps issue. Total: 587 cards. Reserve $400. Estimate $800/$1,200. SOLD FOR $1,058