April 5, 2018: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2018
Offered here is a nice grouping that constitutes about 43 percent of a complete 1955 Topps Baseball set, a mostly VG-Ex to Ex-Mt array. This was Topps’ smallest set since the onset of wrangling with rival Bowman caused mayhem in the baseball card business in the early 1950’s, but the issue would become moot a year later when Topps absorbed its rival and set about on quarter century monopoly in the production and sale of baseball cards to the eager youth of America. This lot represents a great opportunity to get a nice start on an important issue, most in a very collectible grade. About ½ of this array is Excellent or better; the lot includes four Hall of Famers and a number of key stars with the HOF listing featuring Herman, Newhouser, Spahn and Irvin, and the star group Rhodes, Skowron RC, Amoros RC, Zimmer RC and Labine. The breakdown: Ex-Mt (10) – No. 18, 29, 44 o/c, 54 m/c, 86 o/c, 87 o/c, 98 o/c, 106 o/c, 112 o/c and 117 o/c; Excellent (34) – No. 8, 9, 13, 14, 23, 24 Newhouser, 27, 32, 33, 34, 37, 41, 43, 56, 57, 58, 62, 65, 73 o/c, 84, 88 o/c, 101 o/c, 204, 108, 114, 121, 129, 130, 136, 138 o/c, 141 o/c, 142 o/c, 143 m/c and 147; VG-Ex (36) – No. 3, 6, 10, 15, 16, 19 Herman, 21, 31 Spahn, 36, 40, 42, 52, 59, 60, 61, 64, 68, 70, 75, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 102, 122, 128, 132, 137, 148 and 180; Very Good (8) – No. 1 Rhodes (crease), 7, 22 Skowron m/c (cr), 100 Irvin, 103, 153, 169 (cr) and 170.
1955 Topps Baseball Partial Set With HOFers (88/206)
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