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Specs
Year: 1958
Title: Syracuse Nationals
Size: 8 1/2″ x 10″
Number in Set: 11
Overview
I believe the 1958 Syracuse Nationals basketball card set was a team issue of glossy photos. Beckett wrote that the prints sold for 25 cents, or $2 for the entire set of 11.
The fronts feature a black and white posed image of each player with their name, age, height, weight, hometown, and college underneath. The backs are blank and unnumbered.
Huggins and Scott Auctions sold a complete set and the original mailer that held the photos for $150 in 2015.
Example
Key Cards
While scarce, the photos/cards are not expensive. However, you could consider the Hal Greer and Connie Dierking cards rookies.
Checklist
Al Bianchi
Ed Conlin
Larry Costello
Connie Dierking
Hal Greer
Bob Hopkins
John Kerr
Togo Palazzi
Dolph Schayes
Paul Seymour
Team Photo