1952 Topps Baseball High-Grade Group With HOFers, Four Rookies (81)

Presented is an outstanding group of raw cards from the most coveted and important baseball card issue of the postwar era, the iconic 1952 Topps set that is typically the cornerstone of countless advanced collections. The offered group is headlined by a Minnie Minoso Rookie card and three additional Rookies, along with dozens of key stars from the era. With nearly two dozen cards approaching Near-Mint status and the rest of the array pretty evenly divided between Excellent and Ex-Mt, the cards boast a condition range that is markedly better than these treasures are typically encountered in mature collections. Overall, it comes out to 21 percent Near-Mint, 43 percent Ex-Mt and 36 percent Excellent. As noted, cards of Hall of Famers Minoso and Red Schoendienst headline the show, along with Rookie cards from Ralph Branca, Billy Loes and Roy McMillan, plus a star lineup that includes the likes of Hank Bauer, Allie Reynolds, Jackie Jensen, Billy Pierce, Don Mueller, Virgil Trucks, Ned Garver, Russ Meyer, Johnny Sain, Chico Carrasquel, Vic Wertz, Joe Garagiola and Andy Seminick, to name a few. The breakdown (81): Near-Mint (17) – No. 13, 42, 45, 49 Sain, 53, 101 Lanier, 111 Lowrey, 116, 124, 148, 163, 204, 244 Wertz, 251 Carrasquel, 258, 283 and 287; Ex-Mt (36) – No. 15 Pesky, 32, 40, 50, 52 Mueller, 56, 67 Reynolds, 70, 114, 121, 133, 136, 137 McMillan Rookie, 144, 153, 158 Waitkus, 168, 186, 194, 197, 214, 227 Garagiola, 228, 265, 267, 273, 274 Branca Rookie, 284, 285, 286, 290, 293, 295, 302, 309 and 339 Meyer; and Excellent (28) – No. 14, 16, 20 Loes Rookie, 54, 60, 61, 71, 91 Schoendienst, 93, 97, 98 Pierce, 122 Jensen, 139, 155, 164, 195 Minoso Rookie, 206, 215 Bauer, 232 Cox, 239, 248, 254, 260, 262 Trucks, 276, 297 Seminick, 320 and 343.