1952 Coca-Cola Playing Tips Test Phil Rizzuto - How to Play Shortstop Back Variation - The ONLY Graded Example!

Sold For:

$2,280

Year:

1952

Auction:

2018 Spring

Lot #:

1255

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1950s Cards

Graded VG 3 by PSA. This is the ONLY example ever graded by PSA! Extremely rare example of Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto of the New York Yankees from the very elusive 1952 Coca-Cola Playing Tips test set. Many consider the 1952 Coca-Cola Playing Tips test set to be among the rarest of all regional cards, and they are also one of the most distinctive in design. There are only four cards in the set (representing two players - Mays and Rizzuto) and Rizzuto is featured with three different back-variations, which reference playing tips for the game of baseball. This auction features all three Rizzuto back-variations each offered as separate lots from this rare early 1950s New York area regional test issue, all part of the #1 set on the PSA Set Registry, and this Rizzuto (along with the other two variations in the auction) is the first example that we can recall offering in the last fifteen years! The front of the card pictures "The Scooter" holding a bottle of the endorsed product. Below the image the text reads "See tips on how to play baseball on the back of this card." The reverse of this particular card has seven tips on "How to Play Shortstop" successfully. This card is bright, crisp, and clean, with a flawless image, light wear on the corners, and a clean reverse. There are corner creases visible on the upper and lower right. This is a superb high-grade example of this striking and unusual Phil Rizzuto card from the extremely rare 1952 Coca-Cola Playing Tips test issue. Reserve $500. Estimate (open).