1958/59 A&BC Footballers — Eddie Baily #1 — Nottingham Forest — Planet Variant
1958/59
Eddie Baily occupies card number 1 in A&BC’s foundational 1958/59 football issue. Numbering alone does not make a card rare, but in an inaugural set it gives this modest Nottingham Forest portrait a pleasing place right at the beginning of A&BC’s football-card story.
Read the catalogue note →- Season
- 1958/59
- Set
- A&BC Footballers / Topstars — Series 1
- Subject
- Eddie Baily
- Club shown
- Nottingham Forest
- Card number
- 1
- Grading
- Light age/handling and edge/corner wear; no numeric grade.
- Condition
- Light age/handling and edge/corner wear; no numeric grade.
- Completeness
- Complete as supplied.
Catalogue note
Eddie Baily occupies card number 1 in A&BC’s foundational 1958/59 football issue. Numbering alone does not make a card rare, but in an inaugural set it gives this modest Nottingham Forest portrait a pleasing place right at the beginning of A&BC’s football-card story.
Archive significance: Card #1 from A&BC's foundational 1958/59 football issue with intact Planet offer
Historical context: Planet Ltd. album-offer variant
Why this object matters
Baily's Forest card documents the inaugural A&BC football format and Planet offer. Card number one is a useful bibliographic position, not a rarity claim, so the strong non-Gold rating remains appropriate.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Historical context
Planet Ltd. album-offer variant
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.3 / 10.
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