1962 POST CEREAL #173 ROBERTO CLEMENTE (HOF) CSG AU AUTHENTIC.
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Winning Bid:
$64.90
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Monday, January 16, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Session I January 2023 Sports
Item Description
2.5x3.5". The 1961 Post Cereal Baseball consists of 200 cards. Post distributed the cards (six each) via the back panel of cereal boxes or through the mail where fans could order certain cards as part of a large pre-perforated sheet. The cards were similar in size to those produced by Topps, with all of the player's statistics and photo printed on the front. The reverse of each card remained gray cardboard - the thickness of the cardboard stock used for the actual boxes being heavier than that of the company's pre-perforated sheets.
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After his early death, he was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming both the first Caribbean and the first Latin-American player to be enshrined. Because he died at a young age and had such a historic career, the Hall of Fame changed its rules of eligibility. As an alternative to a player having to be retired for five years before eligibility, a player who has been deceased for at least six months is eligible for entry. Some of his many career highlights include being a 15 time All-Star, a 12 time Gold Glove winner, two time Worlds Series Champion and an NL MVP in 1966.
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