Lot # 293: 1959 Home Run Derby Frank Robinson PSA 5

Category: Cards: 1950-1959

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 28 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "April 2, 2026: Spring Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2026 2:00 AM to
4/2/2026 10:30 PM



Here’s yet another of the difficult but popular peripheral baseball cards from the giddy days of the late 1950s, a 1959 Home Run Derby Frank Robinson, presented here in an outstanding card with seemingly perfect centering and a striking PSA 5 pedigree. The Hall of Fame slugger is one of the key cards in the charming black-and-white, blank-backed card issue. At 3 1/8th -by-5 ¼ inches, the cards feature the 20 players who took part in the campy slugging contest that was the forerunner of the high-dollar and even higher-glitz extravaganza that is held each year alongside the All-Star Game. In 1959, the made-for-television Home Run Derby was held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, with relatively modest television production values ruling the day and nobody in the stands watching. The 20-card set was sponsored by and presumably distributed through AMC dealers across the country, with the genuine scarcity of the cards contributing to a significant hobby profile more than 65 years later.

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