The 1960 Topps baseball card issue is well known among collectors for the rookie cards of Hall of Famers Carl Yastrzemski and Willie McCovey, as well as the usual plethora of period stars. The Topps decision-makers reverted to the horizontal format, not seen since 1956, except for certain multi-player cards. The offered lot is 95% complete (missing #55, 94, 105, 136 Kaat, 148, 160 Mantle/Boyd, 162, 169, 170, 196, 200 Mays, 250 Musial, 300 Aaron, 326 Clemente, 343 Koufax, 350 Mantle, 365, 376, 420 Mathews, 475 Drysdale, 490 F. Robinson, 493 Snider, 536, 547, 550, 563 Mantle AS, and 570 Drysdale AS) and includes the following graded cards: SGC 8 - #332 Yankees. PSA 7 - #10 Banks and 480 Berra. PSA 6 - #560 Banks AS. PSA 5 - #565 Maris AS. PSA 4 - #554 McCovey AS. The key cards are #7 Master & Mentor VG/EX, 28 B. Robinson VG/EX+, 35 Ford VG, 50 Kaline VG+, 73 Gibson VG/EX, 210 Killebrew EX, 295 Hodges VG+, 305 Ashburn EX+, 316 McCovey EX/MT (MC), 377 Maris VG/EX, 445 Spahn VG+, 564 Mays AS EX (MC), and 566 Aaron AS GD. This near-complete set has the overall condition of 15% NM or better, 20% EX/MT, 20% EX, 30% VG/EX, and 15% lower.
