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1952 Topps Eddie Mathews #407 PSA NM+ 7.5....
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Description
1952 Topps Eddie Mathews #407 PSA NM+ 7.5. This single piece seems to hit all the marks that define a baseball card "classic." It's the rookie card of a future Hall of Famer and - sluggers are everyone's favorites! - 500 HR Club member. Its number "407" identifies the entry as a '52 Topps "High Number"; these were printed in small quantities to begin with, and the relatively few surviving examples from this year's series have outlived the majority of their contemporaries. (It's been documented that numerous cases of '52 Topps "High's" were dumped into the ocean as excess, unusable product, and thus awoke from their packaging to be greeted - not by schoolyard chatter - but by watery destruction.) Finally, Ed Mathews' debut collectible is especially condition-sensitive by virtue of its size and, if that wasn't liability enough, it's the last card in a numerical arrangement of a set-builder's holdings. All of this constitutes a recipe for desirability, indeed, and it's also a formula for an extremely important collectible that just happens to be extraordinarily hard to obtain in the higher grade levels!Just one example has been confirmed at the PSA NM+ 7.5 level with seventeen placing higher. This stunner exhibits a supple and well-defined approaching photo quality portrait with shimmering surface gloss. Each of the four corners tips display little wear, magnification is needed to realize it is there. The clean, bright white frame rests mildly off-centered surrounding the impressive graphics. Mainly because it's so difficult to find fault in the presentation of this surprising well-preserved specimen!
Auction Info
2016 November 17 - 19 Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction #7165 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2016
17th-19th
Thursday-Saturday
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