1935 Diamond Stars #43 Ted Lyons PSA NM-MT 8

1935 Diamond Stars #43 Ted Lyons PSA 8 - A White Sox Workhorse in Art Deco Color

The 1935 Diamond Stars #43 Ted Lyons comes from one of the most visually distinctive baseball sets of the pre-war era. National Chicle abandoned traditional ballpark imagery in favor of bold colors, geometric backgrounds, and Art Deco-inspired artwork, creating cards that look unlike virtually anything else from the 1930s. Lyons is a particularly fitting subject—a longtime Chicago White Sox ace captured in the middle of a career defined by remarkable consistency and longevity.

Graded PSA NM-MT 8, this example reaches an exceptional level of preservation for a card approaching a century old. Diamond Stars are notoriously unforgiving at high grades, with colorful borders, corners, centering, print quality, and delicate surfaces all presenting challenges. A PSA 8 Hall of Famer from the 1935 issue combines serious condition with one of the most artistically celebrated designs in vintage baseball, giving the card tremendous presence both individually and within a high-grade set.

Lyons spent his entire 21-year Major League career with the Chicago White Sox, winning 260 games despite pitching for clubs that rarely contended for championships. He threw a no-hitter in 1926, twice led the American League in complete games, and remarkably captured the 1942 ERA title at age 41 with a 2.10 mark before leaving baseball to serve in World War II. The 1935 Diamond Stars Ted Lyons PSA 8 pairs an old-school workhorse with one of pre-war collecting’s great artistic achievements—a Hall of Fame pitcher preserved in nearly century-old color.