December 1, 2016: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/1/2016
This impressive 1957 Topps Baseball signed starter set includes 290 cards, with 40 arriving slabbed, led by two Hank Aaron singles, a Brooks Robinson RC graded PSA/DNA 10 and 20 total Hall of Famers. PSA/DNA slabbed cards include: 4 Logan, 20 Aaron (2), 24 Mazeroski, 36 Grim, 70 Ashburn, 90 Spahn, 116 Fornieles, 154 Schoendienst, 170 Snider, 189 Nixon, 212 Colavito, 215 Slaughter, 224 Blaylock, 231 Hemus, 233 Fowler, 316 O’Dell, 328 Brooks Robinson RC, 338 Bunning RC, 395 Phillips and 401 Battey. SGC slabbed singles include: 15 Roberts, 97 Yankees Team (signed by Larsen, Turley, Kucks, Coleman and Lumpe), 125 Kaline, 159 Drake, 211 Pascual, 354 Coleman, 224 Blaylock, 290 Carey, 308 Hall, 340 Wight, 341 Gross and 368 Purkey. There are also seven cards slabbed by other third parties, which have passed PSA/DNA pre-cert tests, including 33 Small (2), 74 Valentinetti, 126 Wiesler, 160 Pierce, 169 Plews and 206 Burdette.
The unslabbed remaining 250 raw signed cards are just as impressive, including: Luis Aparicio, Larry Doby, Don Drysdale, Eddie Mathews, Frank Robinson RC, Bobby Richardson, Harvey Kuenn and Pee Wee Reese. Other singles include: 3, 5 Maglie, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 Herzog, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50 Score, 53 Labine, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59 Williams, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 Carrasquel, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108, 110 Virdon, 111, 112, 117, 119 Lopata, 120 Lemon, 121, 123, 127, 128, 130 Newcombe, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135 Skowron, 136, 137, 138 Minoso, 139, 140 Thomas, 141, 142, 143 Pafko, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 155, 156 Triandos, 158 Simmons, 161 Pirates Team (signed by Virdon, Friend, Skinner), 163, 166, 167 Power, 168, 171 Red Sox Team (signed by Stephens, Ferris, Lepcio, Delock, Brewer, Parnell), 172 Woodling, 173 Craig, 175 Larsen, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 197, 199, 200 McDougald, 202, 204 Athletics Team (signed by Trucks, Garver, DeMaestri, Smith), 205, 207, 209, 213, 214 Phillies Team (signed by Millen, Smalley, Hemus, Simmons), 216, 217, 218, 219, 220 Jensen, 222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 Kell, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240 Bauer, 241, 243 Cardinals Team (signed by Moon, Dark, Smith, Kasko, Cunningham), 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 252 Erskine, 253 Zernial, 254, 255, 256, 257 Dropo, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264 Turley, 267, 268, 269, 272, 281, 282, 284 Zimmer, 285, 288, 289, 291, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 304, 305, 306, 312, 313 Parnell, 314, 315, 319, 320, 323, 325, 329 Fischer, 332, 339, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 351, 353, 355, 357 Torgeson, 358, 359, 360, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 376, 378, 379, 380 Cooper, 381, 383, 384, 388, 390, 392, 394, 396, 397, 399, 400 Snider, 403, 404 and 406.
Signed 1957 Topps Baseball Starter Set (290/407)
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