1957-1958 Topps Basketball #77 Bill Russell Rookie BVG EX 5

Sold For:

$7,200

Year:

1957

Auction:

2022 Fall

Lot #:

2811

Category:

Basketball Cards or Memorabilia

Graded EX 5 by BVG. Beautiful rookie card of Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell from the classic 1957-1958 Topps set. Russell's rookie card is one of the great classics of all basketball cards. Besides being his most popular card, this is the key to the set. This example exhibits bright colors, a crisp image, honest corner wear, and centering toward the top left. The reverse is 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 strong mid-grade example of one of basketball-card collecting's most iconic cards. Reserve $2,000.