This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2021
Who would have ever imagined that one of the most coveted items in the sports card hobby would originate from a Swedish periodical printed over 60 years ago? The rise of obscure rookie issues in international sports like soccer and boxing is at an all-time high with no end in sight and the 1960 Hemmets Journal "card" of Cassius Clay is one of the leaders. High-grade hand-cut 1960 Hemmets Journal examples of the 1960 Rome Olympics wunderkind are rising at an exponential rate, but here's the opportunity to acquire a full four-person panel from the journal as it originally appeared, though part of the left side has been cut down where the holes were to put it in a binder. Nevertheless, the border on the left edge of the Clay card is still thicker than an evenly hand-cut finished product would require. PSA lists the panel with "no holes" separately on the pop report, but even if you combine the population with the full page population, this is the one and only PSA 7 on record with none graded higher.