Lot # 1487: 1952 Royal Desserts Hockey #6 Leo Reise SGC Authentic

Graded Authentic by SGC due to minimum size requirements not being met. In a regional issue already marked for its rarity, the offered 1952 Royal Desserts Hockey #7 Leo Reise is the lowest population card in the edition! This crease-free Detroit Red Wings star was neatly cut from a period pudding box and survives with only modest perimeter wear. Additionally, the blank reverse is clean. The total population census for each major grading service is as follows: SGC: 4 and PSA: 5. Part of a 1952 Royal Desserts Hockey near set available separately throughout this auction. For reference, the last recorded sale for this Canadian-based player reached $6,463 in the May 2012 Huggins & Scott Auctions offering.