Post war type rarities 1947-73 less than 50 known of all player

[JustinD]

Just thinking back to earlier today and Al’s post, I’ll add 1951 Topps Major League All-Stars.

Adding psa and sgc together the most graded is Doby at 50 combined. The rest are far fewer and 3 are likely sub 5 in the world with only a few known.

I also would not put the 1968 Topps 3D Brooks Robinson in with the main set, but not sure if it counts as a proto.

Not sure I saw the 1969 Topps 4 in 1's listed yet either.

Edit to add 1967 Topps Discs and Stand-ups.

[frankhardy]

The "1961" Topps Dice Game cards were discovered to have been from 1963, so they should be called 1963 Topps Dice Game. That discovery may not ever gain much hobby traction, but it's the truth nevertheless.

I may or may not have had something to do with the discovery.

[frankhardy]

I'm not sure about the entire set, but I do know these are crazy rare. I believe there are only 2 of Haddix and 3 Moon that are known -

1955 Topps Hocus Focus Wally Moon (just discovered a few years ago)
1955 Topps Hocus Focus Harvey Haddix

Other than mine, Al owns one of each, and Brian Wentz owns a PSA 6 Moon (on Ebay)

Can you guys confirm if I am on track with my claim? I believe I am right on this.

[paul]

There's a 1955 Topps stamp set that is incredibly rare. I haven't seen one for sale in probably 30 years. I believe they are listed in the Standard Catalog.

[Exhibitman]

All of those are awfully hard to find, Shane. I have what I believe is the only complete boxing subset:




Kinda wish PSA'd paid more attention to orientation...

[Exhibitman]

1952 National Tea Labels. Allegedly 42 ballplayers but I haven't seen more than a few. Here's one on eBay:

[sflayank]

Ok guys...I was looking for sets, where there are less than 50 total cards known of all players combined in that set

[Section103]

Originally Posted by frankhardy

I'm not sure about the entire set, but I do know these are crazy rare. I believe there are only 2 of Haddix and 3 Moon that are known -

1955 Topps Hocus Focus Wally Moon (just discovered a few years ago)
1955 Topps Hocus Focus Harvey Haddix

Other than mine, Al owns one of each, and Brian Wentz owns a PSA 6 Moon (on Ebay)

Can you guys confirm if I am on track with my claim? I believe I am right on this.

Frank - we may have touched base before, but if you're interested in selling that Moon Hocus Focus (to a loving Wally Moon collector!) please let me know. I'll pay well and it will go into a near complete collection.*

*As catalogued by Lemke + Beckett Baseball Card Alphabetical Checklist

[Section103]

And with that said, there arent a lot of these that I know of....