1903 E107 Breisch-Williams Fred Clarke Rookie PSA VG-EX 4 - The ONLY PSA-Graded Example

Sold For:

$28,800

Year:

1903

Auction:

2025 Spring

Lot #:

138

Category:

Prewar Baseball Cards (1900-1941)

Graded VG-EX 4 by PSA. This is the ONLY example that has ever been graded by PSA! Extremely rare E107 Breisch-Williams series card featuring Hall of Famer Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. This card is widely recognized as Clarke's rookie card as it is the first standard card issue featuring the legendary Hall of Famer. Few prewar card sets compare in rarity or significance to E107 Breisch-Williams. Issued in 1903, E107s have long been revered by collectors. This set represents the only major baseball-card set of the era, features many players that appear in no other sets, and includes the first cards ever issued of many important stars and Hall of Famers, including Clarke. E107s can also be credited with establishing the general design for most of the candy and tobacco issues of the 1910 era. E107s are often found with condition problems. This card is bright and crisp, with even wear on the corners, a flawless image, and excellent centering. There is evidence of a very faint stain in the left border (noted for accuracy). The reverse is boldly printed and bears light age toning on approximately 85% of the reverse, likely the result of having once been housed in an album or scrapbook with corner mounts as two of the corners on the reverse are clean with no age toning. This is a very significant card, as a rare type card, as an E107 Hall of Famer, and as the rookie card for Fred Clarke.