(LOT 952)
"Unique for the Grade" 1958 Topps #430 Bobby Thomson PSA Gem Mint 10 - "POP 1": The SOLE Highest Graded Example!
"Bobby Thomson up there swinging. He's had two out of three, a single and a double, and Billy Cox is playing him right on the third-base line . . . One out, last of the ninth, Branca pitches and Bobby Thomson takes a strike called, on the inside corner . . . Bobby hitting at .292. He's had a single and a double and he drove in the Giants' first run with a long fly to center . . . Brooklyn leads it 4-2 . . . Hartung down the line at third not taking any chances. Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be running like the wind if Thomson hits one . . . Branca throws . . . There's a long drive . . . It's gonna be, I believe . . . The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant. Bobby Thomson hits it into the lower deck of the leftfield stands. The Giants win the pennant and they're going crazy . . . They're going crazy. I don't believe it. I don't believe it. I do not believe it." - N.Y. Giants' Announcer Russ Hodges

Such was the iconic announcement from New York Giants legendary announcer Russ Hodges when the Giants beat an absolutely stunned Brooklyn Dodgers team on October 3, 1951 to capture the N.L. Pennant. Bobby Thomson's three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth at the Polo grounds off of devastated Ralph Branca was immediately dubbed "The shot heard around the world" and will forever stand as one of our National Pastime's most captivating moments. From a collecting perspective, synonymous with that momentous feat is this likewise unparalleled PSA 10 Gem Mint 1958 Topps offering of the exalted Bobby Thomson that just happens to reside as the one and only example at this hallowed plateau! Indeed, standing tall at the peak of the illustrious PSA "Pop Chart", its "unique for the grade" stature earns it the highest hobby accolades.

No PSA 10 card could possibly have earned its pinnacle assessment more than this spine-tingling marvel that depicts a nearly dead-on 50/50 centered image of the illustrious Thomson donning his new Chicago Cubs cap. Indeed, Thomson never made the trip from New York to the West Coast, with the hard-hitting outfielder packing his bags for the "Windy City" before the start of the Giant's 1958 campaign in San Francisco. Thomson's crystal clear portrait pose combines with the radiant yellow background to create an almost "3D" image that is affixed between flour dazzling white borders. The final superlatives for this pack-fresh keepsake are the flawless surfaces and ultra-sharp right-angled corners, with all of the aforementioned attributes fully supporting the "one of a kind" grade for the immortal Bobby Thomson!

MIN BID $2,000