1952 Topps Baseball Low-Number Near-Set, 68 Slabs (309/310)

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022

Here’s a hobby treasure that rarely finds its way to the auction block in this form: the entire Low Series run from the iconic 1952 Topps Baseball issue, missing only the No. 261 Willie Mays, all in a highly attractive and collectible condition and enhanced by the inclusion of almost six dozen of the classic cards third-party graded and authenticated. This coveted issue is pretty evenly divided between Good and Very Good, with nearly three dozen cards above the range to Excellent and Ex-Mt and perhaps four dozen below, mostly to Fair. This is a Holy Grail for generations of collectors of postwar baseball, the natural starting point for advanced collections. Overall, it comes out to 11 percent Excellent to Ex-Mt, 39 percent Very Good, 35 percent Good and just 15 percent below. Here’s the breakdown of keys and slabbed cards: No. 1 Pafko – BVG 3.5, 2 Runnels Rookie – Poor, 11 Rizzuto – Fair, 12 Basgall – BVG 3, 20 Loes Rookie – PSA 3, 24 – PSA 4 m/c, 26 Irvin – Good, 28 PSA 2.5, 29 Kluszewski – PSA 2, 30 Parnell – PSA 2, 31 Zernial – PSA 4, 33 Spahn (Black Back) – PSA 4, 36 Hodges – Poor, 37 Snider – SGC 1.5, 38 – PSA 2, 39 – PSA 2, 40 – PSA 3, 41 Wellman – PSA 4, 44 (Black Back) – BVG 4, 46 Goldsberry (Black Back) – PSA 4, 47 – PSA 2, 49 Sain – Good, 51 Russell – PSA 4, 54 – PSA 2.5, 57 Lopat – Fair, 59 Roberts – PSA 4, 61 – PSA 6 m/c, 62 – PSA 3 m/c, 64 – PSA 2, 65 Slaughter – Very Good, 67 Reynolds – PSA 2, 70 Zarilla – PSA 4, 72 Olson – PSA 4, 73 – PSA 5 m/c, 75 Westrum – PSA 2 m/c, 76 Stanky – VG, 77 – PSA 6 m/c, 78 – PSA 3 m/c, 79 Staley – PSA 5 m/c, 81 Law – PSA 3, 87 – PSA 4, 88 Feller – PSA 4, 91 Schoendienst – VG-Ex, 93 – PSA 2.5, 95 – PSA 4, 100 – PSA 4, 101 – BVG 3, 108 Konstanty – PSA 4, 113 – PSA 4, 115 – BVG 6, 122 Jensen – BVG 4, 125 – PSA 3 m/c, 127 – PSA 4, 129 Mize – VG o/c, 130 – BVG 3, 137 McMillan – BVG 4, 151 – PSA 4, 153 – BVG 4, 162 Crandall – PSA 4, 168 Silvera Rookie – VG, 170 Bell – SGC 1.5, 175 Martin Rookie – Fair, 177 PSA 4 m/c, 183 – PSA 4, 184 – BVG 4, 189 Reiser – Fair, 191 Berra – Fair, 195 Minoso Rookie – Good, 196 – PSA 4 m/c, 200 Houk – PSA 3, 202 Collins – KSA 4, 212 – PSA 2, 214 – BVG 4, 215 Bauer – Fair, 216 Ashburn – Poor, 227 Garagiola – Fair, 232 Cox – Excellent, 233 Friend – PSA 4 m/c, 240 – PSA 3.5, 243 Doby – Good, 246 Kell – Fair, 250 Erskine – Good, 268 Lemon – Fair, 272 Garcia - PSA 7 o/c, 274 Branca – Good, 277 Wynn – Fair, 286 – PSA 1, 292 – PSA 4, 294 – SGC 30, 296 Rolfe – KSA 4, 308 – PSA 3 and 310 Metkovich – PSA 3. This is a remarkably rare opportunity to pick up a treasured hobby icon all at once.