Vintage Sport Card Auction
Lot 226:
Sold for: $14
Description
This is a vintage 1958 Topps baseball card featuring Detroit Tigers outfielder Al Kaline, numbered 70 in the set. The card is designed in a horizontal format and features a large color portrait of Kaline on the front, set against a solid red background that includes a faint action illustration. The Detroit Tigers team logo appears in a circular frame in the upper right corner. The player’s name is printed in white script at the top, and a vertical black box on the right edge contains the text DETROIT TIGERS and OUTFIELD. The reverse side of the card contains detailed information, including a biographical summary noting that Kaline led the American League in hits in 1955. It provides statistical tables for his major league batting and fielding records for the 1955 season and his career to that point. The back also features comic-style illustrations and the printed attribution © T.C.G. PRTD. IN U.S.A. for Topps Chewing Gum.
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