Circa 1947 Bond Bread Jackie Robinson Running Down Baseline

Sold For:

$2,040

Year:

1947

Auction:

2018 Fall

Lot #:

892

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1950s Cards

Graded VG-EX+ 4.5 by PSA. Rarely offered example of Jackie Robinson (running down baseline pose) from the circa 1947 Bond Bread set. The thirteen-card set is devoted entirely to Jackie Robinson and features the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer in various black-and-white poses on glossy card stock. The offered card is centered slightly toward the bottom left with a crisp image of Robinson and even wear on the corners. The back, which features an image of Robinson alongside a testimonial for Bond Bread as well as advertising for the company, is boldly printed. (Important set dating note: In the past, guides have always dated all Jackie Robinson Bond Bread cards as issued in 1947. Recent outstanding research conducted by two true card scholars and presented on Net54 conclusively proves the set was actually issued over a period of several years, 1947-1950. That is why we've added a "circa" to "1947" in this description. Here's the link: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=171169.) The circa 1947 Bond Bread issue is a historic set, dating from Jackie Robinson's earliest days in the Major Leagues, and individual cards from this classic issue will always be extremely desirable. Reserve $300. Estimate (open).