CLOSED...1961 Topps $15 Auction...Day 36

[HercDriver]

OK, here's a different sort of auction. I have a bunch of 1961 Topps hanging around, so I'm offering them up this way, to keep me entertained. I already know the final price...$15 (edited from $50). But I don't know how many cards that will take. I'm going to start with these ones. Assuming I don't get a bid today, I'll add a few more tomorrow. I'll keep adding cards until I get a $50 bid. I'll pay shipping, in one of those $7.35 flat rate envelopes, so keep that cost savings in mind when bidding. Here's the one extra caveat to the bidding...once I get a $15 bid, the auction isn't quite over. Since all those big guys have extended bidding, so will I. The auction will end exactly eight hours later, based on the time stamp of the initial bid. Please bid in whole dollar increments. Since scans are hard to decipher, I've added a list with my sharp-eyed grade, which is good to +/- one grade, I suppose. If you have any questions, just ask.

BTW, you may be asking yourself, why the big jump from #40 to #225. I know it's killing you to know. Is it because these guys need a manager? Adult supervision? The lure of Candlestick Park's first Giants manager will trigger an early bid? An Angels fan won't be able to resist their initial, expansion manager? Actually none of those. I knocked the stack over when getting ready to scan my first lot. I picked them all up, but when I went to scan, Rigney was still on the floor, looking lonely, so I included him.

Have fun!
Geno

21 Zorro Versalles Vg
22 Clem Labine Ex
23 Don Demeter Vg
24 Ken Johnson ExMt
26 Wes Stock Ex
27 Jerry Kindall Vg
29 Don Nottebart NrMt
31 Bob Schmidt Vg
32 Ray Sadecki NrMt
33 Gary Geiger Ex
34 Wynn Hawkins Vg
36 Jack Kralick Vg
37 Charley Maxwell Ex
38 Bob Lillis Vg
39 Leo Posada NrMt
40 Bob Turley Vg
45 NL ERA Leaders Ex
46 AL ERA Leaders ExMt
48 AL Pitching Leaders ExMt
50 AL Strikeout Leaders Ex
52 George Crowe NrMt
53 Russ Nixon ExMt
54 Earl Francis NrMt
55 Jim Davenport NrMt
56 Russ Kemmerer Vg
58 Joe Schaffernoth Ex
59 Jim Woods ExMt
61 Ron Piche Ex
62 Al Pilarcik Pr
63 Jim Kaat Gd
66 Bill Henry Ex
67 Ossie Virgil Gd
70 Bill Virdon NrMt
71 Jerry Adair ExMt
72 Stu Miller Vg
73 Al Spangler Vg
74 Joe Pignatano ExMt
75 Lindy Shows Larry ExMt
76 Harry Anderson NrMt
77 Dick Stigman ExMt
78 Lee Walls Vg
79 Joe Ginsberg Vg
81 Tracy Stallard ExMt
82 Joe Christopher NrMt
83 Bob Bruce Gd
84 Lee Maye Ex
85 Jerry Walker NrMt
87 Joe Amalfitano Vg
89 Billy Martin ExMt
90 Gerry Staley Vg
91 Walt Moryn ExMt
92 Hal Naragon ExMt
93 Tony Gonzalez Ex
94 Johnny Kucks Vg
95 Norm Cash Vg
101 Bubba Phillips Vg
102 Gene Stephens ExMt
103 Ruben Amaro Vg
104 John Blanchard Vg
105 Carl Willey Pr
107 Seth Morehead Ex
108 Dan Dobbek NrMt
109 Johnny Podres ExMt
110 Vada Pinson Ex
111 Jack Meyer ExMt
112 Chico Fernandez NrMt
113 Mike Fornieles ExMt
114 Hobie Landrith Ex
115 Johnny Antonelli ExMt
116 Joe DeMaestri Vg
117 Dale Long ExMt
118 Chris Cannizzaro NrMt
119 A's Big Armor Ex
121 Eli Grba Ex
123 Billy Gardner Vg
125 Steve Barber ExMt
127 Ron Kline NrMt
128 Rip Repulski Vg
129 Ed Hobaugh Gd
130 Norm Larker Gd
131 Paul Richards Vg
132 Al Lopez Ex
134 Mickey Vernon Fr
135 Fred Hutchinson Fr
137 Chuck Dressen Vg
138 Danny Murtaugh Vg
139 Solly Hemus Vg
140 Gus Triandos ExMt
142 Luis Arroyo ExMt
143 Russ Snyder NrMt
144 Jim Coker ExMt
144 Jim Coker ExMt
145 Bob Buhl Vg
146 Marty Keough NrMt
147 Ed Rakow ExMt
149 Bob Oldis Vg
151 Jim Donohue NrMt
152 Earl Torgeson Ex
153 Don Lee Vg
154 Bobby Del Greco Fr
155 Johnny Temple Ex
157 Cal McLish Ex
158 Pete Daley Ex
161 Sherman Jones Vg
162 Jay Hook ExMt
163 Ed Sadowski Ex
164 Felix Mantilla Vg
165 Gino Cimoli Vg
166 Danny Kravitz Vg
167 Giants Team ExMt
169 Don Elston NrMt
170 Al Smith ExMt
172 Don Dilliard Vg
173 Beantown Bombers Ex
174 Ray Semproch Vg
175 Gene Freese ExMt
176 Ken Aspromonte Vg
177 Don Larsen Ex
179 Joe Koppe ExMt
181 Fred Green Ex
182 Dave Nicholson ExMt
183 Andre Rogers NrMt
184 Steve Bilko Ex
185 Herb Score Ex
186 Elmer Valo ExMt
188 Jim Marshall Ex
190 Stan Williams Vg
191 Mike De La Hoz Ex
192 Dick Brown NrMt
193 Gene Conley Vg
194 Gordy Coleman Ex
195 Jerry Casale Fr
196 Ed Bouchee Ex
196 Ed Bouchee - autographed Vg
198 Carl Sawatski Vg
199 Bob Boyd NrMt
225 Bill Rigney ExMt

[HercDriver]

Here’s a couple ERA Leaders...well, nine to be exact. On two cards, so you get your money’s worth as a kid buying packs! Not as cool as a Home Run Leaders, but you would have got Don Drysdale, at least. And as a kid, you would watch him brush back batters and even hit homers. But later, as an adult, you would get to hear him call Kirk Gibson’s homer:

“Gibson a deep sigh, re-gripping the bat, shoulders just shrugged, now goes to the top of the helmet as he always does, steps in with that left foot. Eckersly working out of a stretch, now here’s the 3-2 pitch...and a drive into right field (losing voice) WAY BACK! THIS BALL IS GONE! (followed by two minutes of crowd noise) This crowd will not stop! They can't believe the ending! And this time, Mighty Casey did NOT strike out!!!!”

Still brings chills to the spine!

[Promethius88]

Can we skip to the day you start adding some high numbers?

[HercDriver]

Patience my young Jedi. This auction is all about the journey...

[HercDriver]

A couple more heads today, and the odd man out in the 1957 All-Star Ballot Stuffiing Debacle. A lot of you know that the Reds basically stole the 1957 all-star lineup, with preprinted ballots that fans just put into the box. They were printed by the Cincy paper, so it was easy enough to drop it in the box when you got to the park, no pencil required. So sure enough, of the eight position players on the NL starting roster, seven were Reds. Ford Frick intervened and put Mays and Aaron into the lineup, to go along with Stan Musial. Musial actually won, making him the only non-Red to be voted in. The Reds first baseman he beat out, even with ballot shenanigans, you ask? The fella you see there, George Crowe, who by the time this card appeared, was backing up Musial in St Louis. Crowe, by the way, retired with the most pinch hit homers in history, which is a record now owned by Matt Stairs.

Take Care,
Geno

[HercDriver]

A couple new additions today. Not MVP candidates by any means, but in decent shape, at least. Probably what a lot of our wives think about us, actually. It’s hard to come up with a lot to say about Russ Nixon and Earl Francis, but the Nixon card just makes me remember when I went back in time to collect all these sets, way back when. My first Topps year as a seven year old, was 1974. Those cards were awesome! No gaudy border...that would come next year. Lots of action shots, with guys sliding into catchers or shortstops. There were even cards where I didn’t know which guy in the photo was the subject of the card! And very few “heads.” Just a great set. So eventually, I got older, and couldn’t deal with the 1981 Dave Lopes Fleer “hand” variation, or the Fernando Valenzuela rookie craze. I sort of got over that in 1979 with Bump Wills. So I went back in time, and found some great sets, like the 1967 set, and the cool colors and horizontalness of 1960. But I just hated cards like that Nixon card. Can you really tell it’s a baseball player, or am I just collecting pictures of random men? Too weird. That’s what no competition gets you...head shots, no caps. Or basketball cards with jerseys on backwards...why, for goodness sake? Can’t we have Earl Francis brushing back Russ Nixon on a card, instead of pitching off of the carpet in my den, with a Quonset hut in the background? No kid was fooled by that stuff in the seventies, I can assure you. If that showed up in 1974, I would have stuck to Hostess and Kellogg’s cards. Anyway, I present Russ Nixon and Earl Francis. I guess I’m not much of a salesman...

[TiedGame]

25

[bigtrain]

35

[Cowboy Fan]

$40

[ChiefBeef]

50

[scottglevy]

51

[toback]

$45

Originally Posted by HercDriver

OK, here's a different sort of auction. I have a bunch of 1961 Topps hanging around, so I'm offering them up this way, to keep me entertained. I already know the final price...$15 (edited from $50). But I don't know how many cards that will take. I'm going to start with these ones. Assuming I don't get a bid today, I'll add a few more tomorrow. I'll keep adding cards until I get a $50 bid. I'll pay shipping, in one of those $7.35 flat rate envelopes, so keep that cost savings in mind when bidding. Here's the one extra caveat to the bidding...once I get a $15 bid, the auction isn't quite over. Since all those big guys have extended bidding, so will I. The auction will end exactly eight hours later, based on the time stamp of the initial bid. Please bid in whole dollar increments. Since scans are hard to decipher, I've added a list with my sharp-eyed grade, which is good to +/- one grade, I suppose. If you have any questions, just ask.

BTW, you may be asking yourself, why the big jump from #40 to #225. I know it's killing you to know. Is it because these guys need a manager? Adult supervision? The lure of Candlestick Park's first Giants manager will trigger an early bid? An Angels fan won't be able to resist their initial, expansion manager? Actually none of those. I knocked the stack over when getting ready to scan my first lot. I picked them all up, but when I went to scan, Rigney was still on the floor, looking lonely, so I included him.

Have fun!
Geno

21 Zorro Versalles Vg
22 Clem Labine Ex
23 Don Demeter Vg
24 Ken Johnson ExMt
26 Wes Stock Ex
27 Jerry Kindall Vg
29 Don Nottebart NrMt
31 Bob Schmidt Vg
32 Ray Sadecki NrMt
33 Gary Geiger Ex
34 Wynn Hawkins Vg
36 Jack Kralick Vg
37 Charley Maxwell Ex
38 Bob Lillis Vg
39 Leo Posada NrMt
40 Bob Turley Vg
45 NL ERA Leaders Ex
46 AL ERA Leaders ExMt
48 AL Pitching Leaders ExMt
50 AL Strikeout Leaders Ex
52 George Crowe NrMt
53 Russ Nixon ExMt
54 Earl Francis NrMt
55 Jim Davenport NrMt
56 Russ Kemmerer Vg
58 Joe Schaffernoth Ex
59 Jim Woods ExMt
61 Ron Piche Ex
62 Al Pilarcik Pr
63 Jim Kaat Gd
66 Bill Henry Ex
67 Ossie Virgil Gd
70 Bill Virdon NrMt
71 Jerry Adair ExMt
72 Stu Miller Vg
73 Al Spangler Vg
74 Joe Pignatano ExMt
75 Lindy Shows Larry ExMt
76 Harry Anderson NrMt
77 Dick Stigman ExMt
78 Lee Walls Vg
79 Joe Ginsberg Vg
81 Tracy Stallard ExMt
82 Joe Christopher NrMt
83 Bob Bruce Gd
84 Lee Maye Ex
85 Jerry Walker NrMt
87 Joe Amalfitano Vg
89 Billy Martin ExMt
90 Gerry Staley Vg
91 Walt Moryn ExMt
92 Hal Naragon ExMt
93 Tony Gonzalez Ex
94 Johnny Kucks Vg
95 Norm Cash Vg
101 Bubba Phillips Vg
102 Gene Stephens ExMt
103 Ruben Amaro Vg
104 John Blanchard Vg
105 Carl Willey Pr
107 Seth Morehead Ex
108 Dan Dobbek NrMt
109 Johnny Podres ExMt
110 Vada Pinson Ex
111 Jack Meyer ExMt
112 Chico Fernandez NrMt
113 Mike Fornieles ExMt
114 Hobie Landrith Ex
115 Johnny Antonelli ExMt
116 Joe DeMaestri Vg
117 Dale Long ExMt
118 Chris Cannizzaro NrMt
119 A's Big Armor Ex
121 Eli Grba Ex
123 Billy Gardner Vg
125 Steve Barber ExMt
127 Ron Kline NrMt
128 Rip Repulski Vg
129 Ed Hobaugh Gd
130 Norm Larker Gd
131 Paul Richards Vg
132 Al Lopez Ex
134 Mickey Vernon Fr
135 Fred Hutchinson Fr
137 Chuck Dressen Vg
138 Danny Murtaugh Vg
139 Solly Hemus Vg
140 Gus Triandos ExMt
142 Luis Arroyo ExMt
143 Russ Snyder NrMt
144 Jim Coker ExMt
144 Jim Coker ExMt
145 Bob Buhl Vg
146 Marty Keough NrMt
147 Ed Rakow ExMt
149 Bob Oldis Vg
151 Jim Donohue NrMt
152 Earl Torgeson Ex
153 Don Lee Vg
154 Bobby Del Greco Fr
155 Johnny Temple Ex
157 Cal McLish Ex
158 Pete Daley Ex
161 Sherman Jones Vg
162 Jay Hook ExMt
163 Ed Sadowski Ex
164 Felix Mantilla Vg
165 Gino Cimoli Vg
166 Danny Kravitz Vg
167 Giants Team ExMt
169 Don Elston NrMt
170 Al Smith ExMt
172 Don Dilliard Vg
173 Beantown Bombers Ex
174 Ray Semproch Vg
175 Gene Freese ExMt
176 Ken Aspromonte Vg
177 Don Larsen Ex
179 Joe Koppe ExMt
181 Fred Green Ex
182 Dave Nicholson ExMt
183 Andre Rogers NrMt
184 Steve Bilko Ex
185 Herb Score Ex
186 Elmer Valo ExMt
188 Jim Marshall Ex
190 Stan Williams Vg
191 Mike De La Hoz Ex
192 Dick Brown NrMt
193 Gene Conley Vg
194 Gordy Coleman Ex
195 Jerry Casale Fr
196 Ed Bouchee Ex
196 Ed Bouchee - autographed Vg
198 Carl Sawatski Vg
199 Bob Boyd NrMt
225 Bill Rigney ExMt