1952 Topps Baseball Low-Number Near-Set (309)

Bidding

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/8/2013

The most coveted postwar set in the hobby is offered here in a wide range of grades that would likely make the lot accessible to a wider spectrum of collectors. The overall grouping is largely Fair to Very Good, with about 8 percent of the lot above that range and 12 percent below. Better than one third of the set is Good (36 percent), with similar percentiles of about 21 percent in the Very Good and Fair categories. Hall of Famers tend to fall within a similar range, with specifics noted in the breakdown; the No. 261 Mays card is the only missing number. This is just a very rare opportunity to bid on virtually the whole low-number grouping in a single lot. The breakdown: Ex-Mt (7) - 106 o/c, 116 o/c, 119, 143 o/c, 160 o/c, 197 and 237; Very-Good to Ex (9) – 21 Fain, 26 Irvin, 74, 87, 96, 98, 142, 164, and 248; Very Good (65) – 4, 5, 6, 17, 19, 29, 30, 43, 47, 49, 56, 61, 68, 73, 75, 80, 81, 88 Feller, 105, 108, 109, 114, 123, 124, 125, 138, 149, 150, 154, 157, 162, 167, 168, 173, 174, 177, 181, 183, 185, 190, 192, 199, 207, 208, 213, 214, 230, 242, 257, 258, 260, 262, 265, 266, 267, 270, 271, 274, 278, 291, 295, 297, 300, 303 and 306; Good (112) – 1 Pafko, 3, 7, 8, 11 Rizzuto, 16, 18, 20, 24, 31, 33 Spahn, 34, 37 Snider, 38, 40, 46, 48, 50, 53, 55, 58, 59 Roberts, 65 Slaughter, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77, 79, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91 Schoendienst, 92, 94, 99, 103, 107, 111, 112, 118, 120, 121, 122, 126, 129 Mize, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 144, 145, 147, 152, 155, 158, 159, 166, 171, 176, 178, 182, 184, 186, 188, 191 Berra, 196, 202, 205, 211, 212, 218, 221, 222, 223, 226, 227, 236, 238, 243 Doby, 244, 247, 249, 250, 252, 254, 256, 263, 264, 275, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 288, 289, 290, 293, 299, 301, 302, 304, 307, 308, 309; Fair (68) – 2, 9, 10, 15, 23, 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 52, 54, 60, 64, 66, 72, 85, 93, 95, 97, 101, 102, 104, 113, 115, 117, 127, 128, 130, 132, 133, 148, 153, 156, 161, 163, 169, 170, 172, 175, 179, 180, 193, 194, 198, 201, 203, 206, 215, 224, 225, 228, 229, 231, 234, 240, 245, 251, 269, 272, 277 Wynn, 279, 292, 294, 296, 298 and 310; Poor (48) – 12, 13, 14, 22, 25, 27, 28, 32, 35, 51, 57, 62, 63, 67, 78, 83, 86, 100, 110, 146, 151, 165, 187, 189, 195, 200, 204, 209, 210, 216 Ashburn, 217, 219, 220, 232, 233, 235, 239, 241, 246 Kell, 253, 255, 259, 268 Lemon, 273, 276, 286, 287 and 305.