All four of these cards are from 1961 Topps Sports Cars, a set I’m having a lot of fun chasing. Don’t have a whole lot to say about these… Vintage… Non-sport… Beautiful… Oddball… Enjoy!
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I think your “few words” summed up this set nicely. I hadn’t seen these before, so thanks for sharing them. The colors are really great!
Every time I see you post some of these I remember how awesome they are. I’ve still yet to pick up an example for my own collection, some day!
Were there any American-made cars in that set? I wasn’t aware that this set even existed.
I stumbled across this set about a year-and-a-half ago and fell in love with it. There are a couple of Corvettes in this set, but I think most of the sports cars made at the time were imports. The US Automakers were too busy making big freakin’ sedans. :-)
Nice!
I really like these. I have not been able to hunt any down for myself yet, either. I’ve been outbid a couple of times on eBay though.
I’ve gotten mine from COMC and a non-sport dealer at one show I go to once a year. I’ve yet to see them anywhere else… But I don’t go out on eBay much.
I never think to check COMC for non-sports for some reason…thanks for the idea!
Love this set. I’ve picked up a handful of lots on eBay. Hopefully Billy and I weren’t bidding on the same lots. I’m slowly just adding cars to my stack… as soon as I’m over 50% there, I’ll probably get serious about building this set.
WITH A RACING CAR DRIVER FATHER I WAS INTRIGUED BY THESE WHEN THEY CAME OUT AND WITH BUYING ABOUT $ 100.00 WORTH AT THAT TIME AND TRADING FOR YEARS AFTER THAT I EVENTUALLY HAD 5 SETS WHICH IS WHAT IT TOOK TO GET ONE WHITE BACK SET OF THE 66 CARDS …
THE OTHER 4 SETS HAD A VARIETY OF THE WHITE/ GREY BACKS …
THIS SET WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN GRADE 10 AS LIKE MOST TOPPS CARDS UNTIL THE LAST 20+ YEARS THEY WERE BADLY CUT AND WITH KNIVES THAT WERE SELDOM SHARPENED AS THEY SHOULD BUT ALL HAD AT LEAST SOME WHITE BORDER …
AS SO FEW GOOD CAR SETS WERE EVER PRODUCED THIS HAS TO BE THE BEST ONE TO AIM FOR.
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