The 1962 Topps baseball set is one of the more difficult Topps issues to obtain in high-grade primarily because the faux-woodgrain borders of the cards are easily chipped and damaged with wear. The result is a preponderance of lower-grade cards which are undeniably less attractive. Clean sharp 1962 Topps cards however are extremely attractive with eye appeal that rivals any of the other Topps issues from the period the woodgrain borders offsetting the color images of the cards and creating one of the hobby's more interesting designs. The set is filled with specialty cards including All-Stars World Series cards statistical leaders Babe Ruth highlights and more. The condition challenge coupled with the many difficult subsets and the tough high number series make this a popular set among collectors. Presented is a spectacular complete set the majority of which falls in the EX-MT to NM range. The set is simply beautiful the overwhelming majority of the cards exhibiting sharp corners and edges and clear vivid photography. The set was patiently assembled by an extremely diligent and condition-conscious collector who actually obtained some of the cards by opening vintage packs - indeed the set comes with three clean wax wrappers and six Topps Stamps inserts (Aspromonte/Kaline Shantz/Runnels and Indians/Reds - the Shantz/Runnels panel has separatedand the Aspromonte/Kaline is considerably stained). Our technical assessment of the cards is probably conservative; with centering and chipping we tend to err on the side of caution when describing the cards. That said our assessment is that approximately 8% of the cards grade NM-MT with another 28% grading NM 38% EX-MT 18% EX 7% VG-EX and very few lesser. This is simply a wonderful set. Key cards several of which have been graded by PSA are described as follows: #1 Maris PSA EX-MT 6; #5 Koufax PSA NM 7; #10 Clemente EX-MT; #18 Mantle/Mays EX; #25 Banks EX-MT; #30 Mathews EX-MT; #45 B Robinson NM; #50 Musial PSA NM 7; #70 Killebrew EX-MT; #73 Fox NM; #100 Spahn EX-MT; #139 Ruth EX-MT; #140 Ruth-Gehrig NM; #150 Kaline EX; #170 Santo NM; #199 Perry EX; #200 Mantle PSA EX-MT 6; #213 Ashburn EX-MT; #300 Mays EX-MT; #310 Ford EX-MT; #320 Aaron PSA EX-MT 6; #350 F Robinson EX-MT; #360 Berra EX-MT; #385 Wynn EX-MT; #317 Brock EX-MT; #384 Aaron AS EX; #395 Mays AS EX-MT; #396 Robinson EX-MT; #425 Yastzremski PSA NM 7; #471 Mantle AS EX; #500 Snider EX-MT; #505 Marichal NM; #530 Gibson PSA NM 7; #544 McCovey EX-MT. Also included are a number of d