A PSA 9 Koufax rookie leads Memory Lane's Summer Rarities sale
The 1955 Topps card opens at $50,000 USD, with bidding through September 26.
Original source: Sports Collectors Digest
By Jeff Newman
Memory Lane's Summer Rarities Auction opened September 10 with a 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie in PSA 9 on top, per Sports Collectors Digest. The copy, the only PSA 9 Koufax rookie with an MBA Gold Diamond sticker, sold for $604,736 USD when the sale closed. A PSA 6 of the same card sold for $5,609 USD on eBay on September 6.
A 1916 M101-4 Joe Jackson blank back in PSA 7 opens at $10,000 USD; PSA has graded 22. The sale also holds a 1951 Bowman Mantle rookie in PSA 7 and a 1953 Topps Mantle in PSA 8. REA sold a 1951 Bowman Mantle in SGC 3 for $34,440 USD on September 21.
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