Vintage Sport Card Auction
Lot 227:
Sold for: $6
Description
A vintage 1956 Topps baseball card, number 173, featuring Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres. This card is designed in the horizontal format characteristic of the 1956 Topps set. The front of the card displays a large colorized headshot portrait of Podres on the right side and an action shot of him pitching on the left, set against a green ballpark background. A blue facsimile signature is printed in the lower-left corner. The player’s name and team are presented in a white box with red and yellow headers. The reverse of the card contains biographical information, three illustrated comic panels highlighting career achievements such as his 1955 World Series performance, and a Major League Pitching Record table. This example is the grey back variation. The copyright text © T.C.G. PRINTED IN U.S.A. is printed along the right vertical margin on the back.
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