Lot # 2607: 1957-1958 Topps Basketball #77 Bill Russell Rookie PSA EX-MT 6

Graded EX-MT 6 by PSA. Outstanding rookie card of Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell from the 1957-1958 Topps set. Russell's rookie card is 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 has vibrant colors, superb image quality, and strong corners with light touches of wear. 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 fantastic example of one of basketball-card collecting's iconic cards.