Presented here is a high-grade complete set of 1955 Topps Baseball. All 206 cards are graded by PSA, with only two rated below PSA NM-MT 8 (one being a qualifier). The three top rookies from this coveted Topps issue are Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax and Harmon Killebrew. Seven cards have an SMR value of $2,500 or higher: Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Duke Snider, Koufax and Clemente. The set was recently un-retired in the PSA Registry, and comes in at #15 on the current rankings with a 7.93 GPA and set rating. Here's the breakdown with Hall of Famers and keys noted.
PSA NM-MT+ 8.5: 2 cards, #'s 39 Bill Glynn, 183 Tony Jacobs (SMR $1,100).
PSA NM-MT 8: 203 cards, #'s 1 Dusty Rhodes, 2 Ted Williams, 3 Art Fowler, 4 Al Kaline, 5 Jim Gilliam, 6, 7 Jim Hegan, 8 Hal Smith, 9, 10 Bob Keegan, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Billy Herman, 20 Andy Carey, 21, 22, 23 Jack Parks, 24 Hal Newhouser, 25 Johnny Podres, 26 Dick Groat, 27, 28 Ernie Banks, 29, 30, 31 Warren Spahn, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40 Don Hoak, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 Hank Aaron, 48, 49, 50 Jackie Robinson, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 Jim Rivera, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 Joe Collins, 64 Gus Triandos RC, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 Al Rosen, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 Sandy Amoros RC, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 Bob Grim RC, 81, 82, 83, 84 Camilo Pascual RC, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 Don Zimmer RC, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 Monte Irvin, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 Ed Lopat, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124 Killebrew RC, 125 Ken Boyer RC, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152 Harry Agganis RC, 153, 154, 155 Eddie Mathews, 156 Joe Black, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161 Chuck Tanner RC, 162, 163, 164 (OC) Clemente RC, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176 Norm Zauchin, 177, 178 Bobby Adams (only one graded higher), 179, 180 Clem Labine, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187 Gil Hodges, 188, 189 Phil Rizzuto, 190 Gene Woodling, 191, 192 Jim Delsing, 193 Johnny Sain, 194 Willie Mays, 195 Ed Roebuck RC, 196, 197 Al Smith, 198 Yogi Berra, 199, 200, 201 Sherm Lollar, 202 Jim Owens, 204 Frank Smith, 205 Gene Freese RC, 206 Pete Daley, 207 Bill Consolo, 208 Ray Moore, 210 Duke Snider.
PSA NM 7: 1 card, # 123 Koufax RC.
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https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/publishedset/478249
Note: Card #'s 175, 186, 203 and 209 were not issued in the checklist.