1957-1958 Topps Basketball #77 Bill Russell Rookie PSA NM-MT 8

Sold For:

$87,000

Year:

1957

Auction:

2024 Fall

Lot #:

12

Category:

Basketball Cards or Memorabilia

Graded NM-MT 8 by PSA. Of the 1,219 examples of this key basketball card graded by PSA to date, only five have ever been graded higher. Stunning high-grade 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 beautiful colors, outstanding registration, crisp white borders, and strong corners. 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 tremendous high-grade example of one of basketball-card collecting's most iconic cards. Opening Bid $50,000.