"SCOOP" TOPPS GUM CARD SET WITH BABE RUTH PLUS PAIR OF WRAPPER VARIANTS.
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Winning Bid:
$842.49
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 16, 2015 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 16, 2015 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #215 - Part II
Item numbers 988 through 2613 in auction 215
Item Description
Complete set of 156, each card is 2x3". Issued in 1954. ACC# R714-19. Choice art on fronts, backs are bw and designed like a newspaper headline for subject matter of that card. Featured are famous events from throughout time and world wide in scope with subject matter such as Lindbergh, Pearl Harbor, Lincoln assassination, Custer, SF earthquake, Hindenburg, Titanic, Boston Tea Party, stock market crash, Joan of Arc, Troy falls to Greeks, Columbus, 1939 Expo, and much more. There are a number of sports related events (some of the key cards in this set) including Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, Ben Hogan, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, John L. Sullivan, Dempsey and others. Card #13 "TR Rough Riders" still has the "Scratch Off" bands on the front. All others are w/o this. Set has typical moderate wear/aging. Overall grades as VG to VG/EX. Comes w/pair of waxed paper wrappers, each about 4.5x5". These are 1¢ and 5¢ varieties. Similar but different "Scoop" headline designs. Both w/creases as once folded but both are clean. Fine. A superb Topps issue popular with both sport and non-sports card collectors.
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