Selling childhood baseball card collections can be a very emotional experience for many. For our consignor, this is no exception. The cards were purchased at the local five and dime candy store with money from Mom and Dad whom have long since passed. The cards remained at home when little Johnny went to college. After graduation, they were still safely tucked inside the closet. Little Johnny gets a job in the working world and shortly thereafter gets married. Johnny then has three kids and life moves forward. However, the baseball cards remain intact and Johnny’s wife vows to never throw them away.

Nearly 50 years later, Johnny is about to retire and would like to see his 1966 Topps and 1967 Baseball Card Complete Set collection go to a good home. Up for auction this week are two complete baseball cards sets from 1966 and 1967. As one can imagine, the printing presses in the 1960s were not as technologically advanced as they are today. Many cards in the 1960s came off the presses off-centered, blurry, having print defects, etc. Today, every card is perfectly centered with virtually zero imperfections. Additionally, card manufacturers today can print off a never-ending supply of cards.

The 1967 set contains rookie cards of Tom Seaver and Rod Carew. Unfortunately, the Seaver rookie has a horizontal crease and round corners. The highlight of the set is the Mickey Mantle card which is very pleasing to the eye with nice centering. The 1966 set is near complete and missing the Gaylord Perry rookie card which happens to be the last card in the set of 598 cards.

Please reach out with any questions regarding “Johnny’s” collection.

Here is a link to both sets.