This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/21/2017
The 1961 Topps football set featured both AFL and NFL players in the same set for the first time ever, making this the largest football set Topps ever offered to that date. This lot presents a high grade 1961 Topps Football complete set (198), with all cards graded by either PSA (159) or GAI (39) for a 7.5 average overall. There were three Hall of Fame rookies in the set: Henry Jordan, Don Maynard and Jim Otto. A total of 28 Hall of Famers are included as well, the vast majority of which are encapsulated under PSA holders. Graded card breakdown is:
PSA MINT 9 (3): #26 (OC), 38 (OC), 83 (OC)
PSA NM-MT 8 (73): #1 (Unitas (HOF), 2 (Moore HOF), 7 (Marchetti HOF), 8 (OC), 11, 12, 16 (George HOF), 19 (OC), 20, 21, 23, 27, 30, 33, 34, 39 (OC) (Starr HOF), 42, 44 (Ringo HOF), 47, 58 (Tittle HOF), 63 (St. Clair HOF), 71 (Brown HOF), 76 (OC), 79 (McElhenny HOF), 80, 86, 88 (Brown HOF), 90 (Robustelli HOF), 93, 94 (Connerly HOF), 95 (Jurgensen HOF), 97, 99, 100, 101 (Bednarik HOF), 103 (OC), 104 (Layne HOF), 107, 108, 112, 114, 115, 117, 119, 123, 124, 128, 129, 135, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145 (Blanda HOF), 147, 148, 150 (Maynard RC HOF), 153, 154, 156, 157, 159, 161, 164, 165, 169 (OC), 181, 182 (Otto RC HOF), 185, 187, 189, 196, 197
PSA NM 7 (81): #3, 9, 10, 13, 14 (Jones HOF), 15 (Atkins HOF), 18, 22, 28, 31, 32, 36 (Schmidt HOF), 37, 43, 46, 50 (Matson HOF), 51, 53, 54, 55, 57 (Unitas HOF), 60, 61, 62, 64 (Nomellini HOF), 65, 66, 67 (Checklist), 73, 77, 81, 82, 84, 85, 89, 92, 96 (McDonald HOF), 98, 105 (Johnson HOF), 106, 109, 110, 111, 113, 118, 120, 121, 122 (Checklist), 126, 131, 132, 134, 136, 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, 149, 151, 152, 158, 162, 163, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 183, 188, 190, 192, 193, 195
PSA EX-MT 6 (1):#17
PSA EX 5 (1):#45 (Jordan RC HOF)
GAI NM-MT 8 (10): #35, 40 (Hornung HOF), 56, 69, 70 (Mitchell HOF), 133, 174, 186, 191, 194
GAI NM + 7.5 (10): #25, 29, 48, 49, 59, 72 (McCormack HOF), 75, 127, 178, 184
GAI NM 7 (18): #4 (Berry HOF), 5, 6 (Parker HOF), 24, 41 (Taylor HOF), 52, 68, 74, 78, 87, 91 (Huff HOF), 102, 116, 125, 130, 155, 160, 180
GAI EX-MT + 6.5 (1): #198 (Checklist)