After controlling the baseball card market since their inaugural offering in 1948, the Bowman Gum company suddenly became desperate to hang on to customers in 1952. A new entry in the market, Topps, offered "super-sized" pasteboards and began infiltrating Woolworth's department stores and local "five & dime shops" throughout the nation, with seemingly endless stacks of wax packs, boxes, and even cases available for purchase. Initial sales were encouraging enough for Topps to begin planning a 1953 edition. The company felt confident that withholding baseball icons Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Eddie Mathews until the third series would offset any drop in demand due to the upcoming football season. But that third and final series (#311-407) was delayed and barely made it out of production by the start of football season. Not even the "Commerce Comet" could turn the tide, and demand simply vanished. For this obvious reason, the famous Mickey Mantle card #311 and all other third-series issues are unusually scarce, especially in presentable condition. The significance of this groundbreaking set, the difficulty of its third series high-numbers, and the red and black back variations of the first series (#1-80) all combine to make collecting the 1952 Topps baseball set one of the single most passionate and pursued pastimes within our hobby. Mile High Card Company is proud to present this complete 407-card set, ranked on the PSA Set Registry with an overall GPA of 6.013 PGPA. The example of #311 Mantle displays admirably for the modest PSA 3 grade, offering better than expected centering and a sharp, robust image of the Mick with pleasingly intense pigmentation. Similarly, card #261 Willie Mays appears bolder and sharper than its PSA 5 grade, with the examples of #1 Pafko (PSA 5), 312 J. Robinson (PSA 6), and 407 Mathews (PSA 4) well-placed at their PSA grades. Also included in this set are the following: PSA 8 - (15 cards) with #277 Wynn, 324, and 346. PSA 7.5 - (9 cards) with #364. PSA 7 - (126 cards) with #88 Feller, 268 Lemon, 313 Thomson, 329, 363, 366, 383, 387, 393, 397, and 404. PSA 6.5 - (18 cards) with #33 Spahn, 342, 360, 376, 380, 389, and 401. PSA 6 - (182 cards) with #11 Rizzuto, 26 Irvin, 36 Hodges, 37 Snider, 59 Roberts, 65 Slaughter, 91 Schoendienst, 175 Martin, 195 Minoso, 216 Ashburn, 243 Doby, 246 Kell, 312 J. Robinson, 315 Durocher, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 326, 328, 330, 331, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 348, 350, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 365, 367, 368, 370, 371, 374, 375, 382, 384, 390, 395, 396 D. Williams, 398, 399, 402, 403, and 405. PSA 5.5 - (3 cards) with #347 Adcock. PSA 5 - (46 cards) with #1 Pafko, 127 Mize, 191 Berra, 261 Mays, 316, 321, 325, 327, 333 Reese, 334, 338, 345, 349, 354, 369 Groat, 373, 377, 379, 381, 385, 386, 388, 392 Wilhelm, 394, 400 Dickey, and 406 Nuxhall. PSA 4 - (6 cards) with #314 Campanella, 378 (MC), and 407 Mathews. PSA 3 - #311 Mantle. For a complete breakdown of this set please visit our website for a link to the PSA Set Registry.
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