1961 Topps

Beyond the NFL – Topps Football Cards from the AFL, USFL, and CFL

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A couple of older hobby periodicals have so much alpha that I recommend completing the back issue runs to everyone. One example is Topps Magazine; sure, it had a lot of self-advertising, but it also had great pieces like this one about Topps’ Non-NFL sets.

How many of you have all 14 Topps AFL, CFL, and USFL sets Dwight Chapin mentioned in this article?

Now, let’s see how pricey some of the cards mentioned in this Fall 1993 article are today (Near Mint 1993 prices compared to recent PSA sales).

  • 1958 Topps Cookie Gilchrist: $22/$151 PSA 6 in October 2020
  • 1961 Topps Joe Kapp: $20/$109 PSA 8 January 2024
  • 1961 Topps Jack Kemp: $110/$221 PSA 9 June 2020
  • 1964 Topps Checklist #176: $125/$1,480 PSA 9 in May 2024
  • 1965 Topps Joe Namath: $1,250/$36,400 PSA 8 in May 2024
  • 1966 Topps Funny Ring Checklist: $325/$4,446 PSA 8 in September 2023
  • 1984 Topps USFL Jim Kelly: $185/$91 PSA 8 in October 2024

Five Incredibly Rare Hockey Wax Packs

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Mastro offered five scarce hockey wax packs in their August 2004 Sports Premier Catalog Auction. Here’s the oldest, from the 1954/55 Topps set featuring a “who’s who” of hockey greats: Kelly, Howe, Worsley, Bathgate, and Sawchuck!

Also included were a 1957/58 Topps Five-Cent Wax Pack, a 1958/59 Parkhurst 5-cent Wax Pack, a 1961/62 Topps Five-Cent Wax Pack, and a 1965/66 Topps Five-Cent Wax Pack.

For good measure, a 1954/55 Topps display box was also part of this catalog!

PS, this auction also included a few lots I’ve discussed previously:

Happy collecting!

1961 Topps Collection Of World Series Baseball Card Original Artworks

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Ron Oser Enterprises offered these three 1961 Topps World Series baseball card original full-color artworks (card #’s 309, 310, and 311) in a lot together back in the spring of 2000.

All are from the “1960 World Series” specials. The full color artworks measure approximately 4″ x 5″ and each is accompanied by an original 1961 Topps example card. All are bordered by the artists color “wash” which runs into the artists board that the artworks are still attached to. Includes: #309 “Cimoli Safe in Crucial Play’ #310 “Face Saves the Day’ #311 “Ford Pitches Second Shutout
Reserve $250.

Ron Oser Enterprises

Here are the final products:

Now, cards 306-313 make up the World Series subset, and I managed to find one other original artwork online; REA sold card #308 for $830 in the fall of 2013

Please let me know if you’ve seen any of the other four World Series cards’ original artworks.