1954 Topps Baseball Complete Set, Keys PSA Slabbed, Aaron PSA 2 (250)

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Presented here is a truly compelling example of the iconic 1954 Topps Baseball issue, the company’s revolutionary design that coupled a large portrait with a smaller action image, an element that would be frequently employed by Topps designers through the years. The fabled 1954 Topps issue boasts the Rookie card trifecta of Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks and Al Kaline, along with the unique situation of Ted Williams being depicted on both the first and last cards of the set. The offered set is in a typically wide condition range, with seven key cards slabbed by PSA and the overall range essentially from Very Good to Near-Mint, with but a handful of cards below VG. It comes out to roughly 58 percent being Excellent to Near-Mint, and fully 98 percent being Very Good or better. The seven keys: No. 1 Ted Williams – PSA 1.5, No. 10 Jackie Robinson – PSA 4, 90 Willie Mays – PSA 5, 94 Ernie Banks Rookie – PSA 5, 128 Hank Aaron Rookie – PSA 2, 201 Al Kaline Rookie – PSA 5.5 and 250 Ted Williams – PSA 5. The breakdown: Near-Mint (11) – No. 22 o/c, 60, 72 o/c, 111 o/c, 129, 148, 152, 160 o/c, 161 o/c, 162 o/c and 165 o/c; Ex-Mt (77) – No. 4 m/c, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 o/c, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30 Mathews o/c, 37 Ford, 40, 41, 42, 43, 47 o/c, 51, 52 o/c, 53 o/c, 55, 56, 59 o/c, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68 m/c, 71, 73 o/c, 74, 75, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85 o/c, 91, 93 o/c, 95, 99 o/c, 104, 115 o/c, 118 o/c, 136, 140, 145, 151, 153, 154 o/c, 155, 156 o/c, 157 o/c, 158, 164, 167, 168, 170, 178, 192, 199, 210, 216, 219, 220, 222, 223, 230 o/c, 232, 234 o/c, 235, 242 and 247 o/c; Excellent (56) – No. 2, 19, 31, 36 Wilhelm, 39, 44, 46, 48, 49, 54, 57, 58, 62, 69 o/c, 76, 90 Mays – PSA 5, Banks Rookie – PSA 5, 100, 106, 108, 110, 114, 116 o/c, 117 o/c, 126, 127, 128 Aaron Rookie – PSA 5, 132 Lasorda RC, 133, 135, 141, 143, 144, 163, 171, 172, 173, 175, 177, 193, 197, 200, 201 Kaline Rookie – PSA 5.5, 206, 208, 212, 213, 226, 228, 231, 239 Skowron RC, 240, 244, 246, 249 and 250 Williams – PSA 5; Very Good to Excellent (68) – No. 3 Irvin, 7, 9, 10 Robinson – PSA 4, 16, 20 Spahn, 21, 27, 29, 32 Snider, 33, 35, 38, 45 Ashburn, 50 Berra, 61, 64, 70 Doby, 77, 78, 86 Herman, 89, 92, 96, 97, 98, 105, 109, 112, 113, 119, 120, 124, 134, 137, 146, 149, 159, 166, 169, 174, 179, 180, 181, 186, 187, 188, 190, 194, 195, 198, 202, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 214, 215, 221, 233, 237, 238, 241, 243, 245 and 248; Very Good (30) – No. 5, 17 Rizzuto, 34, 81, 87, 102, 103, 107, 121, 123, 125, 130, 131, 138, 139, 147, 176, 182, 184, 185, 189, 191, 196, 217, 218, 224, 225, 227, 229 and 236; Good (6) – No. 1 Williams – PSA 1.5, 82, 122, 142, 150 and 183 Combs; Fair – No. 204; and Poor (2) – No. 88 and 101.