1957-1958 Topps Basketball #77 Bill Russell Rookie Short Print SGC EX+ 5.5

Sold For:

$8,100

Year:

1957

Auction:

2020 Fall

Lot #:

2620

Category:

Post-1900 Baseball Memorabilia

Graded EX+ 70 by SGC. Extremely desirable rookie card of Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell from the classic 1957-1958 Topps set. Russell's rookie card is universally recognized as one of the great classics of all basketball cards. Besides being Russell's most popular card, this is the key to the set. This is a particularly attractive example, with bright colors, flawless image, light corner wear, and centering toward the top right. The reverse is perfectly clean with bold print. 1957-1958 Topps Basketball is well known for production quality issues, making high-grade examples, especially of such a key card like Russell, particularly scarce and desirable. This is a striking example of one of basketball-card collecting's most iconic cards. Reserve $2,500. Estimate (open).