This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/20/2013
Headlined by debut cards of Juan Marichal and Billy Williams, the 1961 Topps set is a straightforward, no-nonsense issue that features brilliant color photos with rectangular name and team plates at the bottom, extremely appealing in its simplicity. The set introduced numbered checklists, league leaders, 10 "Baseball Thrills" cards, and a continuation of the Sporting News All-Star cards. The offered high grade set features MINT PSA 9 specimens of both the Billy Williams and Juan Marichal rookie cards with #475 Mantle MVP graded PSA 7. The large majority of the graded cards are PSA 8 and include the following: #1 Groat, 2 Maris, 10 B. Robinson, 16, 21, 25, 30 Fox, 34, 35 Santo, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 52, 54, 55, 62, 65, 69, 72, 76, 80 Killebrew, 81, 87, 89, 92, 97, 98 Checklist, 100, 105, 106, 111, 118, 120 Mathews, 122, 123, 129, 131, 133, 137, 138, 140, 144, 147, 150 Mays, 153, 159, 160 Ford, 161, 165, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 180, 181, 182, 185, 187, 192, 194, 195, 197, 200 Spahn, 203, 210, 214, 223, 224, 228 Yankees Team, 230, 246, 247, 252, 254, 260 Drysdale, 262, 265, 270, 273 Checklist, 274, 275, 278, 280, 287 Yastrzemski, 288, 290 Musial, 291, 293, 294, 295, 298, 300 Mantle, 301, 302, 303, 307, 310, 312, 317, 320, 321, 322, 325, 327, 330 Colavito, 336, 341, 344 Koufax, 345, 347, 348, 350 Banks, 352, 355, 358, 359, 360 B. Robinson, 362, 365, 370, 371, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 385, 386, 388 Clemente, 392, 399, 400, 401 Ruth 60th, 402, 404, 405 Gehrig Benched, 406 Mantle Blasts, 409, 412, 415 Aaron, 425 Bench, 428, 429 Kaline, 430, 431, 432, 433, 435 Cepeda, 436, 438, 442, 443 Snider, 447, 449, 453, 455 Wynn, 456, 459, 462, 469, 471, 474, 477, 478 Maris MVP, 480 Campanella MVP, 482 Mays MVP, 485 Banks MVP, 488, 490, 491, 495, 498, 504, 505, 514, 517 McCovey, 518, 520, 523, 524, 525, 526, 529, 530, 532, 536, 539, 541, 542 Twins Team, 543, 545, 546, 547, 548, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554 Pirates Team, 556, 557, 558, 559, 561, 562, 563 Cerv, 565, 567, 568, 570 Fox AL, 572 B. Robinson AS, 574, 575 Banks AS, 577 Aaron AS, 578 Mantle AS, 580 Kaline AS, 581 F. Robinson AS, 586 Ford AS, and 589 Spahn AS. The ungraded portion of the set is 5% MINT, 60% NM/MT, 30% NM, and 5% EX/MT.