Spring Premier Auction 2015
Wed, Apr 8, 2015 08:00PM EDT - Mon, Apr 27, 2015 12:30AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 155
1957 TOPPS BASEBALL COMPLETE SET (407) - THE #4 SET ON THE PSA REGISTRY WITH A 8.716 GPA RATING
Sold for
$207,141.60
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
The 1957 Topps baseball set has always been rated highly by collectors for its beautiful simple design; the sharp clear photography; and the multitude of Hall of Famers and stars included. It is also the final time that youngsters would see their beloved Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants for the next season they would be thousands of miles away in a different time zone. This incredible set took more than a decade to assemble as our consignor meticulously searched far and wide for the best cards available. His criteria was not just the number on the flip more importantly for him what was the overall eye appeal. Many was the time he would change out one MINT PSA 9 for another if a better example was found. In going through this stunning collection of high grade 1957 Topps one gets the sense that there are many candidates for re-submission to move up that extra 1/2 grade. A total of 266 cards about 2/3 of the set are MINT PSA 9 including almost every key Hall of Famer and star. About 40% of the cards are tied for the highest ever graded by PSA with nothing rated higher. The remaining 1/3 consist of 56 NM-MT+ PSA 8.5's and 85 NM-MT PSA 8's. The breakdown of the set is as follows:
MINT PSA 9 (266) - #1 T. Williams(HOF) 2 Berra(HOF) 3 5 Maglie 6 7 Aparicio(HOF) 8 9 10 Mays(HOF) 11 13 16 17 18 Drysdale(HOF) 19 20 Aaron(HOF) 21 22 24 Mazeroski(HOF) 25 Ford(HOF) 26-28 29 Herzog(HOF) 30 Reese(HOF) 31 32 34 35 F. Robinson(HOF) 37 38 Fox(HOF) 40 Wynn(HOF) 41-43 46-48 50 Score 52-54 55 Banks(HOF) 56 58 59 D. Williams(HOF) 60 61 62 Martin 64-69 70 Ashburn(HOF) 71-75 76 Clemente(HOF) 77-79 80 Hodges 81 82 E. Howard 83 84 86 87 88 Kuenn 89 90 Spahn(HOF) 91 93 94 95 Mantle(HOF) 96 97 Yankees Team 98 99 100 League Presidents 102 103 106 107 109 113 114 116 117 119 120 Lemon(HOF) 121 C. Boyer 122 K. Boyer 124 126 129 130 Newcombe 131 132 134 135 Skowron 136 137 140-146 148 150 151 153 156-160 162 164 165 Kluszewski 166-169 170 Snider(HOF) 171-174 179 181 182 185-199 200 McDougald 201 202 203 Wilhelm(HOF) 204-207 208 Burdette 209 210 Campanella(HOF) 211 212 Colavito 213 214 215 Slaughter(HOF) 217-219 220 Jensen 221-229 230 Kell(HOF) 231-239 241-249 250 Mathews(HOF) 251-259 262 Thomson 263 264 267 277 Podres 283 284 Zimmer 288 289 295 297 301 304-306 312 Kubek 314 321 328 B. Robinson(HOF) 329 White Sox Team 337 338 Bunning(HOF) 339 345 346 351 353 355 358 360 362 363 365 367 370 372-374 376 379 380 382 390 391 394 396-399 400 Dodgers' Sluggers 404 405.
NM-MT+ PSA 8.5 (56) - #12 23 33 36 44 49 51 57 63 85 Doby(HOF) 92 104 110 111 125 Kaline(HOF) 127 133 138 Minoso 149 152 154 Schoendienst(HOF) 161 183 216 261 271 272 275 278 281 282 285 308 309 311 343 324 Dodgers Team 326 333 336 344 354 356 357 364 366 368 369 371 375 381 385 387 388 392 406.
NM-MT PSA 8 (85) - #4 14 15 Roberts(HOF) 39 45 101 105 112 115 Gilliam 118 123 128 147 155 163 175 Larsen 176-178 180 184 240 260 265 266 268-270 273 274 276 279 280 286 Richardson 287 291-294 296 298-300 302 Koufax(HOF) 303 307 310 313 315 316 317 Giants Team 318-320 322 Reds Team 325 330-332 334 335 340-343 347-350 352 361 377 378 383 384 386 389 393 402 403 407 Yankees' Power Hitters.
A collection like this would likely be impossible to put together in today's hobby. Here is your opportunity to have one the finest most eye appealing sets in collecting!
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