Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/24/2024
The most iconic baseball card set of all-time and featuring the always sought after rookie card of Mickey Mantle as card #311 in its checklist of 407 different examples, the 1952 Topps baseball card set laid the foundation for what would become the modern trading card. In addition to the larger checklist, the design of the cards themselves featured full team logos, colorized black-and-white photography and, most interestingly, a facsimile signature of the player taken directly from their player contract with Topps. Offered here, we present this collection of 188 cards from the storied release that includes a total of seventy-four (74) sought after high number offerings. Including a total of fifty-six (56) cards from #'s 119 to 250, fifty-eight (58) cards from #'s 251 to 310 and seventy-four (74) cards in the high-numbers section from #'s 313 to 406, the notable offerings found throughout the group include those of 191-Berra (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 195-Minoso RC (G to VG - tiny crease at right border), 216-Ashburn (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 243-Doby (G to VG - tiny stain at the bottom left and corner wear), 246-Kell (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 268-Lemon (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 277-Wynn (FR to G - surface scratch and corner wear), 310-Metkovich (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 313-Thompson (x2 - one around FR to G with a crease through his forehead and the other around GOOD that shows fading, corner wear and surface snow), 315-Derocher (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 320-Rutherford RC (FR to G - off-center, faded and crease at the top right), 321-Black RC (PR to F - creased, worn surface and corner wear), 333-Reese (PR to FR - worn out, creased and corner wear), 334-Mizell (VG to VG-EX - off-center and corner wear), 342-Labine RC (FR to G - creased), 344-Blackwell (G to VG - corners and a small dent), 347-Adcock (FR to G - crease at the top right), 355-Morgan (G to VG - off-center, corner wear and diamond cut), 369-Groat RC (VG to VG-EX - light corner wear and a black print mark at the top right), 372-McDougald RC (FR to G - crease at the top right corner area), 378-Fusselman RC (G to VG - hairline wrinkles and corner wear), 382-Jones RC (VG to VG-EX - Corner wear), 394-Herman (FR to G - small crease at the right side and corner wear), 396-Williams RC (G to VG - scratch across his forehead), 398-Rice (PR - worn out surface), 399-Fridley RC (G to VG - corner wear and a pressure dent on the reverse) and 406-Nuxhall RC (FR to G - creased and a ding to the left border). For the rest of the high number cards, the condition breakdown includes nine (9) at VG to VG-EX, nine (9) at G to VG, thirteen (13) around GOOD, fourteen (14) around FR to G and finally, nine (9) in the range of POOR.
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