Lot # 6: Autographed 1952 Topps Partial Set (266/407) w/HOFers and 50 High Numbers

Category: Featured Items

Starting Bid: $2,000.00

Bids: 33 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2017 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2017 4:00 AM to
4/2/2017 10:16 AM



On several occasions and in several places we have written about the magnitude of our "Texas Find " an enormous collection of cards ranging from 1948 through 2007 consigned by a wonderful family we met last Spring. Initially part of the collection of a gentleman who passed on nearly ten years ago it primarily included complete card sets. However one of the collector's true passions was building a set of signed 1952 Topps many of which he obtained in person. After pulling together the entire collection and sorting the "loose" cards we discovered more than 600 autographed '52s some in triplicate obviously to be used as trade bait with other collectors. Many of the signed cards have been sold individually in our last two auctions including most of the rarities. At the same time we have observed the spirited bidding for individual cards with enthusiasm mostly because it is exciting to see autographed cards beginning to come into their own from a popularity standpoint. More and more people are building complete autographed sets and exploring the idea of building autographed vintage sets. The granddaddy of all the signed vintage sets is of course 1952 Topps. Never mind acquiring the valuable Mickey Mantle expensive due to its extreme popularity - there are significant rarities created due to the untimely passing of several of the issue's subjects with several of the set's cards not known to exist in autographed form anywhere. The enthusiasm with which signed '52 collectors are building their sets provided us with an incentive to build one enormous lot of cards - more than half the set complete and autographed each authenticated and encapsulated by PSA/DNA. Never have we seen a collection this large offered all at once. Best of all it includes 50 of the set's elusive high number cards - an unbelievable number to be offered all at once. A complete list of the signed cards is as follows: 4 5 6 9 10 Rosen 12 13 15 Pesky 16 Hermanski 17 19 20 21 Fain 22 DiMaggio 23 25 27 Jethroe 29 Kluszewski 30 31 32 35 Sauer 38 40 41 42 44 45 46 49 51 52 53 55 56 57 Lopat 58 60 62 64 66 Roe 69 70 71 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 79 81 Law 82 83 85 86 87 89 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 Pierce 99 Woodling 101 103 Mapes 104 105 106 Vernon 107 108 Konstanty 109 111 112 113 115 116 118 119 121 122 Jensen 123 124 125 127 128 131 136 138 141 142 143 144 146 148 150 153 156 157 159 160 162 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 176 177 179 180 182 183 184 185 186 190 192 194 196 197 198 199 200 Houk 201 202 203 205 206 208 211 212 213 214 215 Bauer 218 219 220 221 222 225 226 229 230 233 234 236 237 240 241 242 243 Doby 244 246 248 249