Vintage Sport Card Auction
Lot 224:
Sold for: $2
Description
This is a 1961 Topps baseball trading card featuring Charlie Lau of the Milwaukee Braves. The card is numbered 261. The front of the card depicts a color portrait of Lau wearing a Milwaukee Braves cap. To the right of the image are two distinct color blocks: a green upper block containing the team name Milwaukee Braves and a yellow lower block with the player’s name Charlie Lau in red text and his position Catcher in black text. The reverse side of the card features a greenish-yellow background and provides biographical information, including his full name Charley Lau, height, weight, birth date, and home town. It displays a complete major and minor league batting record with statistics spanning from 1952 through 1960. Two cartoon illustrations are present at the bottom of the reverse side. The card bears the copyright mark T. C. G. PRTD. IN U.S.A. at the bottom right edge.
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