1957-1958 Topps Basketball #77 Bill Russell Rookie SGC VG/EX 4

Sold For:

$10,500

Year:

1957

Auction:

2022 September

Lot #:

46

Category:

Basketball Cards or Memorabilia

Graded VG/EX 4 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 example displays bright colors, a sharp image, light corner wear (weaker bottom right), and centering slightly toward the top. Clean reverse with bold print. A crease around the top right corner factors into the assigned grade. 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 beautiful mid-grade example of one of basketball-card collecting's most iconic cards. Reserve $10.