This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/20/2013
The 1968 Topps baseball release remains popular among collectors for many reasons: it contains the rookie cards of Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench, it offers one of the final appearances of Mickey Mantle, and it has a fresh appearance highlighted by brown and white borders that can often prove to be problematic in terms of condition sensitivity. Offered here is a stunning high-grade complete set featuring many key cards slabbed by PSA and SGC. Included are PSA 8 examples of #50 Mays, 100 Gibson, 110 Aaron, 220 Killebrew, 230 Rose, 280 Mantle, 290 McCovey, and 371 Oliva all-star and PSA 7 copies of #4 A.L. RBI Ldrs., 80 Carew, 250 Yastrzemski, and 408 Carlton. Card #45 Seaver is graded SGC 88 NM/MT 8 and cards of #150 Clemente, 480 Managers' Dream, 490 Superstars, and 575 Palmer are graded SGC 84 NM 7. The ungraded portion of the set is 35% NM/MT, 45% NM, 15% EX/MT, and 5% EX with #20 B. Robinson NM, 58 Mathews EX/MT, 86 Stargell NM, 177 Ryan RC EX/MT, 240 Kaline EX/MT, 247 Bench RC NM/MT, 330 Maris EX/MT(OC), 355 Banks EX/MT, 500 F. Robinson EX/MT, 520 Brock NM, and 530 Bird Belters NM.