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Lot 888: 1956 Topps Baseball Pins Near Set (55/60)

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $2,000.00
Winning Bid: $3,483.82
Price Realized: $4,163.17
Auction Date:6/26/2005 9:00 PM EST

Topps released its first and only pin set in 1956, and the value keeps climbing on this overlooked yet still beautiful issue. They're scarce, gorgeous and encapsulate a glorious era in baseball. Mays, Aaron, Williams and Berra are among the luminaries whose baseball card images were placed on pins 1 3/15 inches in diameter. Neither color nor personality is lost in the transposing. Fifty-five of the original collection are arranged in alphabetical order on a framed white cotton candy sheet. Among the five missing are Phil Rizzuto, Jackie Robinson, Hector Lopez and Duke Snider. The remaining are very high end, mostly NM to NRMT/MT, with some pristine beauties included for good measure.

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