1950s Autographed Baseball-Card Collection (18) with 7 Hall of Famers and Many Stars

Sold For:

$960

Year:

1955

Auction:

2015 Fall

Lot #:

857

Category:

Autographed Baseballs/Flats/Photos

Collection of eighteen autographed baseball cards dating from the 1950s, including four from the legendary 1952 Topps set. Ideally, fourteen of the cards have been encapsulated by SGC, with the signature certified as "Authentic" (duly noted in our listing). A total of seven different Hall of Fame players are represented here. The collection is comprised of the following: 1) 1950 Bowman #28 Bobby Thomson (SGC); 2) 1950 Bowman #79 Johnny Vander Meer (SGC); 3) 1952 Topps #20 Billy Loes (SGC); 4) 1952 Topps #215 Hank Bauer (SGC); 5) 1952 Topps #222 Hoot Evers (SGC); 6) 1952 Topps #302 Max Surkont (SGC); 7) 1953 Topps #76 Pee Wee Reese (SGC); 8) 1953 Topps #207 Whitey Ford (SGC); 9) 1953 Topps #210 Bob Cerv (SGC); 10) 1954 Topps #20 Warren Spahn (SGC); 11) 1955 Bowman #279 Hank Soar; 12) 1957 Topps #38 Nellie Fox; 13) 1957 Topps #62 Billy Martin; 14) 1957 Topps #215 Enos Slaughter; 15) 1958 Topps #115 Jim Bunning (SGC); 16) 1959 Topps #338 Sparky Anderson (SGC); 17) 1959 Topps #420 Rocco Colavito (SGC); and 18) 1959 Topps #505 Tony Kubek. All of the signatures, penned in a variety of inks, appear on the front of the card and range from "8" to "10," averaging "9." The cards displays general handling wear and average Vg-Ex, with the exception of the two 1950 Bowman cards (Fr-Gd), the Evers card (ink notations on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), and the Surkont card (small amount of surface paper loss on the front and reverse). Total: 18 signed cards. LOA from James Spence/JSA.  Reserve $300. Estimate (open).