Holiday Auction Closing December 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/4/2016
Each card has been graded by PSA. Presented is a 200-card complete set of Topps "Rails and Sails" non-sports cards issued in 1955. With its 7.60 GPA, this assembly merits "#4 Current Finest" placement on the PSA Set Registry! This visually stimulating and beautifully constructed popular and educational transportation-themed card series portrays two-hundred different railroad and marine conveyances—all in extraordinarily well-detailed, colorful splendor. Of the two "High Number" segments in this set; trains (#'s 81-130) and ships (#'s 151-200), the trains are the most sought-after in high-grade. Includes: Graded PSA MINT 9: 3 cards w/#'s 133, 135 and 139; PSA NM-MT+ 8.5: 2 cards w/#'s 62 and 143; PSA NM-MT 8: 143 cards; PSA NM-MT 8 (OC): 4 cards w/#'s 98, 101, 111 and 112; PSA NM 7: 37 cards w/#'s 1 Locomotive "999", 5, 8, 20, 21, 24, 36, 37, 38, 53, 60, 65, 72, 76, 77, 82, 85, 86, 91 (MC), 92, 94, 97, 99, 104, 105, 107 (MC), 110, 113, 114, 115, 117, 125, 128, 150, 156, 184 and 200 Flat Top; PSA EX-MT+ 6.5: 1 card, #194; PSA EX-MT 6: 10 cards w/#'s 84, 90, 116, 120, 122, 123, 127, 174, 187 and 198.