1963 Topps Near-Complete Set (573/576) Including Mickey Mantle PSA NM-MT 8 and 180 PSA-Graded Cards

Sold For:

$27,000

Year:

1963

Auction:

2022 Summer

Lot #:

1373

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1960s Cards

Outstanding high-grade 1963 Topps near-complete set of 573 cards (missing #302, 380 Banks, and 540 Clemente for completion). Highlighted by a superb PSA NM-MT 8 example of #200 Mickey Mantle and the rookie cards of Pete Rose and Willie Stargell, this near-complete set also includes many additional key star cards in the difficult high-number series. Includes the following five variations: #29, 102, 431, 454, and 509. Condition is 68% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (including a few Mint) and 32% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 2% lesser). A total of 182 cards are graded and encapsulated by PSA (179), GAI (2), and SGC (1). Keys: #18 Buc Blasters (Nr/Mt), 25 Kaline (NM-MT 8), 54a 1962 Rookie Stars - DeBusschere RC (Nr/Mt+), 54b 1963 Rookie Stars - DeBusschere RC (Ex+), 115 Yastrzemski (Vg-Ex), 120 Maris (NM-MT 8), 138 Mays/Musial (Ex-Mt), 173 Bombers' Best with Mantle (Ex+), 200 Mantle (NM-MT 8), 210 Koufax (NM-MT 8), 228 Oliva/Kranepool RC (Nr/Mt), 242 Banks/Aaron (Nr/Mt+), 247 Yankees Team (NM-MT 8), 250 Musial (Ex-Mt), 275 Mathews (NM-MT 8), 300 Mays (Ex+), 320 Spahn (NM-MT 8), 340 Berra (NM-MT 8), 345 B. Robinson (Ex-Mt), 360 Drysdale (Nr/Mt), 390 Aaron (NM-MT 8), 400 F. Robinson (Ex), 415 Gibson (Ex-Mt+), 446 Ford (GAI NM-MT 8), 472 Brock (Ex-Mt), 473 Mets Team (NM-MT 8), 490 McCovey (Ex-Mt), 500 Killebrew SP (NM-MT 8), 537 Rose RC (EX 5), 550 Snider (Nr/Mt), and 553 Stargell RC (Nr/Mt). Additional PSA-graded cards: MINT 9 (1 card): #284. NM-MT+ 8.5 (3 cards): #363, 478 (SGC), and 548. NM-MT 8 (163 cards): #4 (SGC), 10, 13, 14, 16, 30, 32, 33, 38, 41, 44, 67, 70, 73, 79, 90, 91, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99, 104, 106, 130, 141, 145, 146, 154, 158, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 192, 193, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 213, 219, 222, 226, 235, 240 (GAI), 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 249, 257, 260, 261, 263, 266, 269, 270, 272, 276, 280, 282, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 297, 301, 304, 307, 308, 315, 317, 319, 328, 329, 346, 362, 371, 375, 381, 382, 385, 389, 398, 401, 403, 406, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 428, 429, 431/black, 433, 434, 435, 437, 438, 439, 441, 443, 445, 447, 458, 465, 466, 468, 470, 474, 476, 479, 482, 498, 509/centered, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 524, 525, 527, 528, 531, 532, 533, 542, 543, 546, 549, 555, 560, 563, 565, 566, 568, 572, 573, and 576. NM 7 (2 cards): #1, and 271. Extremely attractive and mostly high-grade near-complete set. The equivalent SMR value for just 180 of the graded cards (factoring in the three half grades at the lower whole-grade level and not including the two cards graded by GAI) is $17,710. Total: 578 cards (near set of 573 plus five variations). Reserve $5,000.