March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Here’s the granddaddy of them all, the coveted 1952 Topps Baseball issues that serves as a starting point for an armada of serious collections, a Low-Number partial set that features 13 Hall of Famers and many of the greatest stars of the era. The partial set is found here in a condition range that is markedly better than these classic cards are typically encountered in mature collections, with really sharp and vivid colors and gloss. Overall, the array comes out to 16 percent Excellent and fully 70 percent almost evenly divided between Very Good and VG-Ex, with 10 percent Good and only four percent below. A complete listing of the 69 missing numbers is included at the end of this listing. Breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 3 Thompson – Very Good, 10 Rosen – Good, 15 Pesky – VG-Ex, 17 Hegan – VG-Ex, 20 Loes Rookie – Good, 22 DiMaggio – VG, 24 Easter – VG-Ex, 26 Irvin – VG-Ex, 29 Kluszewski – VG, 30 Parnell – VG, 31 Zernial – Ex, 32 Robinson – VG-Ex, 33 Spahn – VG-Ex, 35 Sauer – VG, 36 Hodges – VG, 48 Page – VG, 49 Sain – Good, 52 Mueller – VG, 59 Roberts – Good, 65 Slaughter – VG-Ex, 67 Reynolds – Fair, 75 Westrum – VG, 76 Stanky – Ex, 81 Law – VG m/c, 82 – VG-Ex m/c, 88 Feller – VG, 91 Schoendienst – VG, 99 Woodling – VG-Ex, 108 Konstanty – VG, 122 Jensen – VG o/c, 129 Mize – Good, 137 McMillan – VG o/c, 138 – Ex m/c, 140 Antonelli – VG-Ex, 161 – VG m/c, 168 Silvera Rookie – VG-Plus, 170 Bell – VG-Plus, 173 – VG-Ex m/c, 174 – VG m/c, 177 – VG m/c, 195 Minoso Rookie – VG-Ex, 202 Collins Rookie – VG, 212 Garver – VG-Ex, 215 Bauer – VG, 216 Ashburn – VG, 219 Shantz – VG, 223 Ennis – Ex, 227 Garagiola – Ex, 232 Cox – VG-Ex, 233 Friend Rookie – VG m/c, 234 – VG-Ex m/c, 237 Coleman – VG, 243 Doby – Good m/c, 246 Kell – VG, 250 Erskine – VG, 268 Lemon – VG-Plus, 274 Branca – Good and 310 Metkovich – VG-Plus. The missing numbers (69): No. 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 19, 21, 25, 37, 41, 45, 47, 53, 57, 64, 66, 68, 72, 80, 136, 171, 175, 176, 178, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 189, 191, 200, 201, 210, 220, 230, 240, 241, 252, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 269, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 293, 295,. 299, 301, 302, 304 and 307.
1952 Topps Baseball Partial Low-Number Set (241/310)
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