Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2019
Exhibiting minimal handling and wear, along with some impressive original gloss and bright beautiful colors are the majority of cards in this 1960-61 Topps ensemble. We're pleased to inform that the key/desirable rookie card of the late great Stan Mikita is among the nicest cards present. With four sharp corners, card #14 is NM-MT with less-than-perfect perfect side-to-side centering both front and back, while an apparent print dot beneath Stan's left eye is actually the tiniest of marks on the otherwise immaculate surface. Among most of the rest, EX-MT to NM-MT is the range and we spot three MINT commons. Exceptions include half a dozen EX examples, a couple of VGs and #58-Bobby Hull. The latter has faded considerably, with light moisture-like staining on the reverse and a diagonal crease through "Hull" on the front. Cards of 20-Eddie Shore and 46-Cyclone Taylor (NM-MT) lead condition-wise among the intriguing All-Time Greats subset. A dozen cards throughout have multiple specs of ink transfer, oftentimes seen with this issue, including 25-Hall and 39-McCartan RC. Overall, quite pleasing indeed.
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