Lot # 990: 1954 Sports Illustrated Volume 1, #1 First Issue with Topps Cards Foldout

Travel back to ground zero for the sporting world's leading publication, when you page through this Sports Illustrated Volume 1, #1 issue. Dated August 16, 1954, this inaugural issue is famous for starting off SI's lengthy run, its classic night baseball cover with Eddie Mathews at the plate in Milwaukee, and most of all for a three-page gatefold of 1954 Topps baseball cards. This glorious foldout section features twenty-seven of the period's biggest stars in paper card form, including Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Eddie Mathews, "Duke" Snider, Richie Ashburn, Gil Hodges, Larry Doby, Jackie Robinson, and Ted Williams. This ancient magazine presents as a Vg-Ex+ example, and the Topps gatefold is bright, crisp and clean, with light to moderate wear.