Offered is a 369 card near-set of one of the benchmark card promotions in the entire hobby - the Topps Baseball Series from 1952. The undisputed king of the post-war era, this first great Topps baseball set joins the T206 tobacco issue and the 1933 Goudey set to comprise the hobby's "Big Three." Missing card #s: 312 Robinson, 313 Thomson, 314 Campanella, 315 Durocher, 333 Reese, 372 McDougald, 392 Wilhelm, 396 Williams, 400 Dickey, 407 Mathews. A total of 27 cards have been graded by PSA (22), SGC (2), BVG (2) and KSA (1). Includes: Graded - PSA EX 5 : 1 cards, #s 381; PSA VG-EX+ 4.5: 1 card, #405; PSA VG-EX 4: 4 cards, #s 337,434, 344, 370; PSA VG 3: 8 cards, #s 103, 317, 330, 353, 371, 379, 391, 401, SGC 40 VG 3: 1 card, #396; KSA VG 3: 1 card, #386; PSA GOOD 2: 2 cards, #s 340, 383; SGC 30 GOOD 2: 1 card, # 313; KSA 2 GOOD: 1 card, #338; PSA FR 1.5: 1 card, #328; BVG 1.5 FR: 2 cards, #s 254, 261 Mays; PSA PR-FR 1: 4 cards, #s 65 Slaughter, 354, 364, 382. Ungraded - #s 1 Pafko/Black Back (FR), 2 Runnels/Black Back (PR), 10 Rosen/Red Back (VG), 11 Rizzuto/Black Back (GD), 26 Irvin/Black Back (FR), 29 Kluszewski /Black Back (VG), 33 Spahn/Red Back (FR), 36 Hodges/Black Back (GD), 37 Snider/Red Back (GD), 49 Sain/Red Back (GD), 59 Roberts/Red Back (GD/VG), 88 Feller (GD), 91 Schoendienst (VG), 122 Jensen (VG), 129 Mize (VG), 175 Martin (GD), 191 Berra (PR), 195 Minoso (GD), 216 Ashburn (FR), 227 Garagiola (PR), 246 Kell (GD), 268 Lemon (VG), 277 Wynn (PR), 384 Crosetti (PR). Grades % EX to EX/MT, 66% VG to VG/EX, % GD and 15% PR to FR. SMR value exceeds $2,000.00