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1978 Topps #707 Rookie Shortstops with Paul Molitor and Alan Trammell PSA 10 GEM MINT
MOLITOR & TRAMMELL ROOKIE!!! How often is the avid baseball card collector afforded the opportunity to capture a rookie card featuring TWO illustrious baseball Hall of Famers? Virtually never is the obvious answer, yet courtesy of the 1978 Topps #707 Rookie Shortstops subject, both Cooperstown Inductees Paul Molitor and Alan Trammel are part of this four-player rookie card. Indeed, this marvel includes multiple baseball immortals, and offered here is this significant keepsake in the pinnacle PSA 10 GEM MINT holder. PSA has encapsulated nearly 8,500 examples, with only 0.3% boasting the perfect 10 assessment! It's more than fitting that this PSA 10 gem includes both Molitor and Trammell, especially considering they reside as two of the foremost Hall of Famers from the post 1980s era.

Trammell played almost his entire career in the Motor City as the Tigers star shortstop, while Milwaukee's Paul Molitor eventually moved to second and third base to make room for the Brewers young talented shortstop Robin Yount. Molitor would eventually play first base and be a primary designated hitter in Minnesota and Toronto, amassing 3,319 hits to the tune of a stellar .306 lifetime batting average. The card itself is absolutely pristine, revealing brilliant hues, dazzling white borders, pinpoint corners, flawless surfaces and atypically near-perfect centering. We simply cannot detect any noticeable flaws and can safely state that this most likely resides as one of the finest and most aesthetically pleasing PSA 10 copies. The additional players include Mickey Klutts and U.L. Washington, yet with all due respect to these talented shortstops, it's the rookie images of Molitor and Trammell that truly steal the show.

Their collective appearance on a single card has prompted some lofty PSA 10 sales in the past several years, including a record-setting $66k in January 2023. Additional imposing pricing points include $51k and $41k, more than justifying its hallowed stature, and considering it includes both Molitor and Trammell, we can clearly understand why the most esteemed hobbyists are aggressively pursuing its permanent ownership in a PSA 10 GEM MINT holder. Pack-fresh, to say the least, its breathtaking eye appeal and impeccable factory-issued attributes substantiate the pinnacle assessment, proudly meriting this cardboard masterpiece the highest hobby accolades!

MIN BID $7,500
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