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1974 Topps #20 Nolan Ryan PSA 10 GEM MINT - Highest Graded Example!
PSA 10 RYAN!!!... This miraculous 1974 Topps #20 marvel of the legendary fireballer Nolan Ryan has been rightfully awarded the perfect PSA 10 GEM MINT assessment. Most significantly, the paltry seven examples that have achieved the hallowed "10" grade on the PSA Pop Chart represent a microscopic 0.1% of the 5,700+ PSA encapsulated Ryan subjects. It's no secret that low-population 10 GEM MINT cards representing our National Pastime's greatest players are achieving record-setting price tags each and every day, knowing no bounds with regard to their infinite investment potential. This Nolan Ryan cardboard gem certainly falls into that world-class niche since the Hall of Famer is certainly one of the greatest pitchers who ever lived. His 5,386 strikeouts and seven no-hitters are unapproachable records, and Ryan's reputation as one of baseball's premier all-time hurlers was solidified in 1999 when he was voted as the starting pitcher on baseball's "Team of the Century".
Ryan was traded from the Mets to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi before the start of the 1972 campaign, and only a year later when this '73 Topps card was issued, the flame throwing right-hander would post 21 victories while breaking Sandy Koufax's modern-day single-season strikeout record by fanning an unfathomable 383 batters. Synonymous with that achievement are the record-breaking aesthetics of this truly immaculate offering that reveals an abundance of impeccable attributes. Highlights include one of the most coveted Ryan pitching poses extant, as Nolan is about to unleash his blazing 100 MPH fastball. Impeccable clarity, brilliant hues, pinpoint corner tips, blemish free surfaces, blinding white borders and atypical near-perfect centering are the pack-fresh qualities substantiating the ultra-scarce assessment. Now is your golden opportunity to jump aboard the Ryan Express and ride this best of the best PSA 10 keepsake directly to the winner's circle!
MIN BID $5,000
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