This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/2/2015
With baseball cards representing the backbone of the hobby, this lot harkens back to our earliest
childhood memories of collecting baseball gum cards. Assembled from 1956 to 1980, this
collection is the complete, unpicked assemblage of bubble gum cards collected in Appleton, WI.
Our consignor frequented dime stores, penny candy stores, local department stores, and grocery
stores as a boy and later as a teenager. One pack at a time, the cards were purchased, reviewed,
and saved like thousands of other Americans during 1950s to present. Consigned to the MEARS
July, 2015 auction, we processed the collection and offered this lot exactly as we received it. No
cards were removed from the years listed for this lot.
Condition ranges from Very good to Excellent plus, with some near mint scattered in. Our staff
has counted each card from each year and some of the stars cards have been photographed to
show the highlights of the lot. Even distribution of commons, rookies, semi stars, super stars, and
HOFers. The collection includes the following:
1956 Topps (21 cards)
1957 Topps (21 cards)
1958 Topps (78 cards)
1959 Topps (103 cards)
1960 Topps (350 cards)
1961 Topps (450 cards)
1962 Topps (624 cards)
1963 Topps (439 cards)
1964 Topps (614 cards)
1965 Topps (330 cards)
1966 Topps (65 cards)
1967 Topps (276 cards)
1969 Topps (72 cards)
1970 Topps (82 cards)
1971 Topps (99 cards)
1972 Topps (102 cards)
1973 Topps (76 cards)
1974 Topps (128 cards)
1975 Topps (390 cards)
1976 Topps (908 cards)
1977 Topps (956 cards)
1978 Topps (750 cards)
1979 Topps (464 cards)
The collection is rounded off with 3,000+ 1977 Topps football cards, 1982 Topps Baseball
Cards, 1980 Topps Baseball Cards, 1981 Topps Baseball Cards, 1982 Topps Baseball Cards, and
misc. cards from the era. Please contact our office regarding shipping. (80H0438)