Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Three years prior to chasing and breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home run mark is when rookie cards of Roger Maris like this were first discovered in Topps packs, with this example receiving a 7 NM assessment from KSA. A corner touch (bottom left), light corner wear (bottom right) and apparent small light scuffs in Roger’s neck area are visible, with the back of card #47 displaying Roger’s big league rookie season numbers (14 homers in 358 at-bats) and his career minor league stats, which included a .303 batting average. Roger was dealt to Kansas City in ’58 and then on to the Yankees in 1960 when he hit 39 roundtrippers before his stressful/magical 61-homer campaign in ’61. Second only to Mickey Mantle in terms of importance/value in Topps’ 1958 issue is the Maris card, with this Roger, (in a KSA holder exhibiting light, not-drastic scratches), awaiting its new appreciative home.
*Please note that the grading standards followed by KSA may not correspond to those of PSA, BGS or SGC. The outcome of an attempted cross-over of this card through any of those services therefore would be uncertain and cannot be guaranteed.
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