Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
Headlined by rookie cards for several of the greatest baseball players of all-time, 1954 Topps Baseball is further enhanced by a strong veteran roster as well as elements such as an appealing design and impressive checklist that has resulted in the release being one of the more timeless vintage baseball sets for collectors to chase down and add to their cardboard hoard. Offered here and great for those looking to get started on a set, is this starter set of Topps' 1954 baseball release that includes 200 of the 250 cards featured in the checklist.
Void of any of the big stars or rookie cards that are found within the checklist, cards missing for completion are 1-Williams, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10-Robinson, 11, 13, 15, 17-Rizzuto, 20-Spahn, 30-Matthews, 32-Snider, 36-Wilhelm, 37-Ford, 46, 48, 50-Berra, 67, 79-Pafko, 85, 88, 90-Mays, 94-Banks RC, 98, 102-Hodges, 112, 128-Aaron RC, 132-Lasorda RC, 144, 174, 179, 185, 193, 194, 196, 198, 201-Kaline RC, 202, 203, 219, 222, 227, 229, 239, 249 and 250-Williams.
For the cards that are included, seen as being in an overall consistent and uniform condition range of VG-EX to EX for its effort, the group is led by VG to VG-EX cards of 9-Haddix (top left corner ding + corner wear), 43-Groat (light corner wear), 80-Doby (light corner wear) and 101-Jensen (light corner wear), while other notables included feature the likes of 35-Gilliam (light crease and corner wear) and 166-Podres (corner dings) in the range of G to VG as well as 70-Ashburn (rounded corners), 101-Woodling (bottom left corner damage) and 199-Nelson (print line + top left corner ding) around the proximity of GOOD condition.
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