This completely graded 1958 Topps Master set is ranked #12 on the current registry with 7.20 overall rating. The 1958 is one of the more challenging sets to complete in high grade due to terrible paper stock, inconsistent print quality and centering obstacles. In addition, there are several variations including the difficult Yellow Letter subset, which appears in the first print run (1-110). This group of cards are considered one of the most difficult variation subsets in the hobby, and include HOFers such as Hank Aaron, Al Kaline, Bob Lemon and Roberto Clemente. One of the tougher variations is the Frank Herrer error which does not contain the final "a" in his last name on the front. This card is included (PSA EX-MT 6), and is sharp but off-center. The only cards grading below PSA NM 7 are those extremely tough team variation cards, a dozen yellow letters, the very scarce emblem and contest card, plus the Herrer error....arguably the toughest regular-issue Topps variation card. Included are PSA NM-MT 8 examples of the Maris RC and Killebrew cards, plus the Mantle, Williams and Aaron All-Stars. The balance of the stars are all PSA 7s. The original owner put this set together card by card, and was upgrading the set right up until it was shipped to us. Unless you have put together a full graded set, you will not know the difficulties and time-consuming nature of this challenging endeavor.
This is perfect for the ultimate set collector or would be a tremendous break up for the online and/or show dealer. Includes: PSA MINT 9 – 7 cards w/#134 Phillies, 143, 160, 162 Hodges, 180, 247 and 433. PSA NM-MT 8 – 152 cards w/#9, 11, 12, 15, 37, 43, 45, 47 Maris, 48, 49, 56, 60, 61, 63, 68, 74, 75, 94, 98, 102, 107, 108, 112, 113, 115 Bunning, 118, 119, 121, 122, 125, 126, 128, 130, 137, 138, 140, 141, 146, 147, 149, 152, 155, 159, 161, 165, 167, 168, 171, 173, 174, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 188, 189, 192, 196, 198, 199, 201, 202, 208, 211, 219, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229, 251, 253, 260, 262, 265, 266, 272, 273, 282, 284, 286, 287, 288 Killebrew, 289, 290, 292, 295 Minoso, 299, 305, 309, 314 Alston/Snider, 319, 321 Klu/Williams, 326, 329, 330, 333, 338, 341 Pirates, 344, 346, 355, 357, 358, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370 Berra, 379, 382, 388, 389, 391, 396, 401, 404, 407, 410, 411, 414, 417, 419, 421, 423, 426, 432, 435, 437, 441, 442, 444, 446, 452, 453, 456, 459, 460, 461, 467, 468, 473, 477 Skowron AS, 478, 482 Banks AS, 484 Robinson AS, 485 Williams AS, 487 Mantle AS, 488 Aaron AS and 490. PSA NM+ 7.5 – 10 cards w/#67, 83, 88 Snider, 99, 116, 233, 258, 297, 429 and 494 Spahn AS. PSA NM 7 – 319 cards w/#1 Williams, 2 Lemon, 3, 4, 5 Mays, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Drysdale, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Aaron, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 Kell, 41, 42, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52 Clemente, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 62, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70 Kaline, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85 Aparicio, 86, 87, 89, 90 Roberts, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 100 Wynn, 101 Richardson, 103, 104, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 114, 117, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 139, 142 Slaughter, 144, 148, 150 Mantle, 151, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 163, 164, 166, 169, 170, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 186, 187 Koufax, 190 Schoendienst, 191, 193, 194, 195, 197, 200, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 223, 226, 227, 230 Ashburn, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238 Mazeroski, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246 Yankees, 248, 249, 250, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 261, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270 Spahn, 271 Martin, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285 F. Robinson, 291, 293, 294, 296, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304 Kuenn/Kaline, 306, 307 B. Robinson, 308, 310 Banks, 311. 312 Red Sox, 313, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320 Ford, 322, 323, 324 Wilhelm, 325, 327 Cubs, 328, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 342, 343 Cepeda, 345, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351 Aaron/Mathews, 352, 353, 354, 356, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 368 Colavito, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377 Braves A, 378, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 390, 392, 393, 394, 395, 397 Tigers A, 398, 399, 400 Fox, 402, 403, 405, 406, 408 Orioles A, 409, 412, 413, 415, 416, 418 Mantle/Aaron, 420 Pinson, 422, 424 Doby, 425, 427, 428 Reds A, 430, 431, 434, 436 Snider/Mays, 438, 439, 440 Mathews, 443, 445, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 454, 455, 457, 458, 462, 463, 464 Flood RC, 465, 466, 469, 470, 471, 472, 474, 475, 476 Musial AS, 479 Fox AS, 480 Mathews AS, 481, 483 Aparicio AS, 486 Mays AS, 489, 491, 492, 493 and 495 Score AS. PSA EX-MT+ 6.5 – 1 card, Contest Card. PSA EX-MT 6 – 6 cards w/#377 Braves Numerical, 397 Tigers Numerical, 408 Orioles Numerical, 428 Reds Numerical, 433 Herrer ERR and Felt Emblem Insert.
Yellow Variations: PSA NM-MT 8 – 2 cards w/#33 and 92.
PSA NM 7 – 19 cards w/#2 Lemon, 11, 24, 30 Aaron, 32, 35,
46, 50, 52 Clemente, 53, 57, 61, 76, 79, 81, 98, 100 Wynn, 101 Richardson and
108.
PSA EX-MT 6 – 12 cards w/#6, 13, 20 McDougald, 23, 58,
60, 65, 70 Kaline, 77 Zimmer, 78, 85 Aparicio and 97.