Lot # 1256: 1953 Topps Near-Complete Set (270/274)

Presented is a very attractive and mostly mid-grade near-complete set (270 of 274 cards) of 1953 Topps, one of the most significant of all postwar baseball card issues. Missing the following four cards for completion: #1 Robinson, 82 Mantle, 220 Paige, and 244 Mays. Includes a duplicate of #243 Bernier. Condition is 11% Ex to Ex-Mt (including one Nr/Mt), 71% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 18% lesser. Ten cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA. Keys: #10 Burgess SP (Vg-Ex+), 27 Campanella (VG-EX 4), 37 Mathews (Vg), 41 Slaughter (Vg+), 43 McDougald SP (Vg-Ex+), 54 Feller (VG 3), 61 Wynn SP (Vg), 62 Irvin (VG 3), 66 Minoso (EX-MT 6), 76 Reese (VG-EX 4), 77 Mize (Vg-Ex+), 78 Schoendienst (Ex), 81 Black SP (Gd), 86 Martin SP (Fr), 87 Lopat SP (Vg+), 104 Berra (Fr), 114 Rizzuto (VG 3), 119 Sain SP (Vg), 138 Kell (Gd), 147 Spahn (VG-EX 4), 149 D. DiMaggio (Gd+), 151 Wilhelm SP (Vg), 162 Kluszewski SP (Ex-Mt), 185 (VG-EX 4), 191 Kiner (Fr), 207 Ford (VG-EX 4), 228 Newhouser (Vg+), 243 (VG-EX 4), 246 Face RC (Vg), 254 Roe (Gd), 258 Gilliam RC (Pr-Fr), 263 Podres RC SP (Vg-Ex), 264 Woodling (Gd+), 265 Jensen SP (Vg), 273 Haddix RC SP (Fr), and 280 Bolling RC SP (Vg). This is a very attractive mid-grade near-complete set (minus four) of one of card collecting's most popular issues. Total: 271 cards (near set of 270 plus one duplicate).