1960 Topps #156 Art Ceccarelli
About Art Ceccarelli
Arthur Edward Ceccarelli, a left-hander out of West Haven, Connecticut, signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1948 after starring at West Haven High School, then set a Georgia–Florida League record with 294 strikeouts in 1949. Korean War service interrupted his rise from 1950 to 1952; he returned to the minors before debuting with the Kansas City Athletics in 1955. Traded first to Baltimore and then to the Chicago Cubs, Ceccarelli had his best big-league season in 1959, going 5-5 with four complete games and two shutouts, part of a four-game winning streak that included a complete-game win over a Giants lineup featuring Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda. That year he also beat the Dodgers 3-0 in 10 innings at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the only lefty ever to defeat Sandy Koufax there. His 1960 Topps card, issued during his final big-league season with the Cubs, closes out a five-year, three-team career that finished 9-18 with a 5.05 ERA in 79 games.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 506 | 0 | 16 | 182 | 217 | 57 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #156 card?
It is card #156 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Art Ceccarelli.
What is the 1960 Topps Venezuelan version?
Topps licensed a parallel printing for the Venezuelan market covering roughly the first 196 cards. It is a separate issue on thinner stock with Spanish text on the back, collected on its own and not part of finishing this 572-card set.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-08-20.