"SCOOP" TOPPS GUM CARD NEAR SET WITH BABE RUTH & BEN HOGAN.
Item Description
153 from set of 156, each 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 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, Ben Hogan, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, John L. Sullivan, Dempsey and others. All cards are without the scratch off bands on fronts. Missing only #s 27,29,30. Cards have scattered lt. trace of margin/corner tip wear and slight aging to backs. Still a very clean set, overall mostly EX to EX/NM with some NM.
