Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/24/2025
The Maple Leafs were on their way to their third straight Stanley Cup title and Stan Mikita his first of four scoring championships when cards like this were pulled from Topps packs. Offered here, we present this complete assembly of Topps' 1963-64 hockey release which includes all 66-cards making up the checklist. With every card in the set having been graded by the professionals at PSA, every card has been assessed a mark of NM 7 or better for their efforts, with the breakdown of grades including twenty-one (21) that show a mark of NM 7, one (1) that has been assessed a grade of NM+ 7.5, twenty-nine (29) that have been marked as being a NM-MT 8 example and finally, fifteen (15) that display MINT 9 designations. Paced by a lead key group that includes the likes of 36-Mikita (PSA NM-MT 8), 33-Hull (PSA NM 7), 23-Hall (PSA NM 7), 45-Plante (PSA MINT 9 - "OC" qualifier), 47-Harvey (PSA NM 7) and 52-Bathgate (PSA MINT 9 - "OC" qualifier), a second key group features the examples of 1-Schmidt (PSA NM 7), 63-Ratelle (PSA MINT 9 - "OC" qualifier), 11-Bucyk (PSA MINT 9 - "OC" qualifier), 57-Gilbert (PSA NM-MT 8 - "OC" qualifier), 66-Checklist (PSA NM 7 - "MC" qualifier), 21-Bruins Team (PSA NM 7), 43-Black Hawks Team (PSA MINT 9 - "OC" qualifier) and 65-Rangers Team (PSA NM-MT 8 - "OC" qualifier). For the rest of the set, the contingent of cards carrying a MINT 9 mark include those of; 7-Green ("OC" qualifier), 8-Westfall RC ("OC" qualifier), 19-Kennedy ("OC" qualifier), 20-Kurtenbach ("OC" qualifier), 24-DeJordy ("OC" qualifier), 31-Fleming ("OC" qualifier), 48-Howell ("OC" qualifier), 56-Henry ("OC" qualifier), 61-Fonteyne ("OC" qualifier) and 62-Schinkel ("OC" qualifier) while the group of NM-MT 8's includes the examples of; 5-Boivin, 10-Oliver, 12-Williams, 13-Prentice, 16-Gendron, 17-Rivers RC, 22-Reay ("OC" qualifier), 25-Pilote, 26-Vasko, 28-MacNeil, 30-Van Impe RC ("OC" qualifier), 32-Turner, 34-Hay, 37-McDonald, 40-Murphy, 41-Maki, 42-McKenzie ("OC" qualifier), 44-Sullivan ("OC" qualifier), 49-Langlois, 50-Neilson, 51-Cahan, 53-McKenney, 54-Hadfield, 55-Ingarfield, 59-Marshall and 60-Meissner. Also including a lone NM+ 7.5 of card #35 that pictures Murray Balfour, the set concludes with NM 7's of 2-Johnston RC, 3-Mohns, 4-Johnson, 6-McCord RC, 9-Burns, 14-Leiter RC, 15-Hebenton, 17-Toppazzini, 27-Hillman, 29-Young, 38-Wharram, 39-Nesterenko, 46-Villemure RC, 58-Goyette and 64-Johns RC. All of the PSA holders are found to be in overall good condition throughout, with light imperfections present over many including scratches and scuffs.
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