Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
"Most powerfully built youngster in the NHL, Bobby has all the tools for stardom" is how the write-up begins on the back of Bobby Hull's second-year Topps card, with "has blistering shot and great speed" also part of it, those attributes leading Robert Marvin Hull to become hockey's greatest left winger of all time. It's unfortunate that the blades and sheets weren't perfectly lined-up at the Topps factory on the day that this card was cut, it's barely visible right and bottom borders leading to PSA's "(MC)" qualifier. Beauty crease-free example of card #47 features bold vivid colors and otherwise was deemed worthy of a lofty NM-MT 8 mark, looking close to the way it did when it was pulled from a pack over five decades ago. PSA figures reveal just five MINT 9s in existence (one with a qualifier), one NM-MT+ 8.5, (38) NM-MT 8s and seven NM-MT 8s with qualifiers. What we're wondering is...does this one qualify for your Hull/card shrine?!
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