1964 Topps Rookie All-Star Banquet

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Description

This 35-card set was distributed to guests attending the annual dinner honoring the recipients of Topps' Rookie All-Star Team. The dinner took place at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel the evening of October 22, 1964.

Topps decided to abandon the traditional dinner program and instead produced this set, which was distributed as a special keepsake to attendees. Each card in the set is designed as if it were a "page" of a program and is sequentially-numbered in the lower right corner. Cards #8-12 feature composite photos of former award recipients from 1959 through 1963, while cards #13-34A highlight the 1964 winners (each player's picture card is paired with a separate card, written by the public relations director of the player's respective club, which lists his many achievements). Other cards are dedicated to Topps officials and various panel members.

This is one of the rarest card sets of the era and it is believed that fewer than 300 sets were printed.

Distribution

Factory set only. Distributed to dinner attendees.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 35 -

Checklist

  • 26 Tom Mee PR
  • 34 Minor League POY Title Card
  • 28 Burt Hawkins PR
  • 30 Hank Zureick PR
  • 20 Jim Schaaf PR
  • 24 Bill Crowley PR
  • 14 Ed Uhas PR
  • 16 Garry Schumaker PR
  • 13 1964 Rookie AS Title Card
  • 6 Sy Berger / G. MacDonald / H. Feimister / T. Wrigh
  • 2 Tommy Davis / Jeff Torborg / Ron Santo / Billy Wil
  • 3 Luis Aparicio / Sam Bowens / Tom Tresh / Pedro Gon
  • 4 Hank Greenberg / Frankie Frisch / Tim Cohane HOF
  • 5 Jackie Robinson / J. McDermott / J. McKenney
  • 8 Willie McCovey / Joe Koppe / Elijah Green 1959 TRAST
  • 9 Julian Javier / Ron Hansen / Jim Gentile 1960 TRAST
  • 10 Jake Wood / Joe Martin / Dick Howser 1961 TRAST
  • 11 Fred Whitfield / Tom Tresh / Bernie Allen 1962 TRAST
  • 12 Pete Rose / Rusty Staub / Al Weis / Pete Ward 1963 TRAST
  • 1 Title Card
  • 7 Joe Garagiola TRIB
  • 15 Bob Chance
  • 17 Hal Lanier
  • 18 Larry Shenk PR
  • 19 Richie Allen
  • 21 Bert Campaneris
  • 22 Ernie Johnson PR
  • 23 Rico Carty
  • 25 Tony Conigliaro
  • 27 Tony Oliva
  • 29 Mike Brumley
  • 31 Billy McCool
  • 32 Rob Brown PR
  • 33 Wally Bunker
  • 34A Luis Tiant