1950-1956 Callahan Hall of Fame PSA-Graded Partial Set (42/82)

Sold For:

$1,500

Year:

1950

Auction:

2024 Fall

Lot #:

1072

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1950s Cards

High-grade collection of forty-two different examples (out of 82) from the classic Callahan Hall of Fame card set, the official set of the Hall of Fame issued annually from 1950 to 1956. Each year of issue the new inductees were added to the set. Included are eight duplicates. All cards have been graded and encapsulated by PSA: MINT 9 (14 cards): Brouthers, Chance (highest Graded), Clarke, E. Collins, Duffy, Ewing, Frisch, Gehringer, O'Rourke, Plank (highest Graded), Radbourne, Tinker, Traynor, and Wallace. NM-MT+ 8.5 (2 cards): Bresnahan and Maranville. NM-MT 8 (33 cards): Bulkeley, Chadwick, Chesbro, J. Collins, Comiskey, Foxx, Frisch, Griffith, Heilmann, Hubbell, two Jennings, two B. Johnson, two Kelly, Klem, Lajoie, two Mack, McGinnity, McGraw, Nichols, O'Rourke, Ott, Pennock, Sisler, Speaker, Terry, Wallace, Waner, Museum Interior/1954 at top on back, and Museum Exterior/all baseball. VG-EX 4 (1 card): Museum Exterior/playing days. Missing the following forty cards for completion: Alexander, Anson, Baker, Barrow, Bender, Brown, Burkett, Cartwright, Chandler, Cobb, Cochrane, Connolly, Cummings, Dean, Delahanty, Dickey, DiMaggio, Evers, Gehrig, Grove, Hartnett, Hornsby, W. Johnson, Keeler, Landis, Lyons, Mathewson, McCarthy, Robinson, Ruth, Schalk, Simmons, Spalding, Vance, Waddell, Wagner, Walsh, G. Wright, H. Wright, and Young. Callahans are one of card collecting's most overlooked 1950s issues. This is an exceptional group that could contribute significantly to the assembly of an extremely high-grade set or to the upgrading of virtually any 1950 Callahan set. Total: 50 cards (42 different and eight duplicates). The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $200.