Lot # 1043: 1952 to 1959 Topps and Bowman Collection (810) Including 75 Hall of Famers

Presented is a substantial collection of 810 cards from eight different Bowman, Fleer, and Topps baseball issues dating from 1952 to 1959. This impressive collection is highlighted by seventy-five Hall of Famers, including Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, and Mickey Mantle. Twelve cards have been graded and encapsulated by PSA (10) and BVG (2). Six of the graded cards display noticeable scratching on the holders. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1952 Topps (9 cards): #3/black back (Vg-Ex+), 6/black back (Vg-Ex), 13 (Vg-Ex), 16 (Vg+), 21/black back (Vg-Ex+), 23 (EX 5), 24/black back (Vg-Ex), 25/black back (BVG EX 5), and 27 (BVG EX+ 5.5). 2) 1954 Topps (135 cards): 30% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few Nr/Mt), 45% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 25% lesser. Includes the following: #1 Williams (Gd+), 2 (EX 5), 3 Irvin (Vg+), two 4, two 5 Lopat, two 6 (one NM 7), two 7 Kluszewski (Ex+ and Ex), two 8, two 9 (one EX-MT 6), two 11, two 12 (one EX 5), 13 Martin (Vg-Ex), two 14, two 15, two 16, 17 Rizzuto (Ex-Mt), two 18 (one NM 7), two 19, two 20 Spahn (Ex and Vg-Ex), two 21, two 22, two 23, 24, two 25 Kuenn RC, two 26, two 27, two 28, two 29, two 30 Mathews (Vg-Ex+ and Vg), two 31, two 33 (one NM 7), two 34, two 35, two 36 Wilhelm (Vg-Ex and Vg+), two 38, two 39, two 40 (one NM &, two 41, two 42 (one NM 7), two 43, 44, two 45 Ashburn (Ex+ and Vg-Ex), two 46, two 47, two 48, two 49, 51, 53, two 54, 55, 56 (NM 7), 57, 58, 66, 68, 73, 80, 84, 104, 105, 106, 112, 114, 118, 119, 129, 131, 140, 143, 148, 151, 152, 155, 157, 162, 167, 168, 174, 185, 190, 193, 197, 199, 207, 214, 215, 217, 221, 226, 232, 238, 241, 244, 247, and 250 T. Williams (Gd). 3) 1955 Bowman (13 cards): Vg-Ex to Ex overall, with one Gd and one Nr/Mt. Includes the following: #13, 17, 20, 22 Campanella (Ex+), 29 Schoendienst (Vg-Ex+), 30, 37 Reese (Vg-Ex+), 45, 49, 52, 53, 54, and 57. 4) 1955 Topps (49 cards): Ranging from Gd to Ex (averaging Vg/Vg-Ex), with a few lesser. Includes the following: #1 Rhodes (Gd+), 8 (trimmed), 10, 13, 17, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 45, 46, 47 Aaron (Gd), 48, 56, 61, 62, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 85, 87, 95, 97, 99, 104, 113, 117, 118, 120 Kluszewski (Vg), 121, 133, 134, 140, 162, 163, 169, 170, two 172, and 188. 5) 1956 Topps (96 cards): 79% range from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex and including a few Ex-Mt), 21% lesser. Includes the following: #2 Giles (Pr), 9, 11, 14, 15 Banks (Vg-Ex+), 16, 17, 19, 21, 26, 27, 30 J. Robinson (100/0 T/B, otherwise Ex), 34, 36, 40, 42, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 60, 66, two 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 80, 82, 86, 87, 94, 101 Campanella (Vg-Ex), 103, 104, 105, 109 Slaughter (Ex), 112, 115, two 116, 117, 120 Ashburn (Vg-Ex), 124, 125 Minoso (Vg), 128, 129, 130 Mays (Vg-Ex+), 132, 133, 134, two 136, 138, 140 Score RC (Vg-Ex), two 141, 142, 143, 148, 152, 153, 155, 156, 158, 160, 162, 163, 165 Schoendienst (Ex), two 168, two 171, 172, 173, 177, 190 Furillo, 218, 221, 227, 228, 232, 235, 236, 237, 238, 248, 254, 260 Reese (Vg-Ex+), 261, 268, 287, 309, and 327. 6) 1957 Topps (168 cards): 25% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (including a few bordering on Mint), 45% Ex to Ex-Mt, 20% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 10% lesser. Includes the following: #3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Roberts (Vg-Ex), 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25 Ford (Vg), 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40 Wynn (Vg-Ex), 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59 D. Williams (Ex), 60, 61, 62 Martin (Gd+), 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, two 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90 Spahn (Nr/Mt), 93, 94, 96, 104, 110, 118, 120 Lemon (Nr/Mt), 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 134, 136, 137, 139, two 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, two 154 Schoendienst (Nr/Mt-Mt and tape repair, otherwise Pr), 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170 Snider (Pr-Fr due to edge tear), 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 178, 181, 182, 184, 18, 193, 203 Wilhelm (Vg), 206, 217, 218, 223, two 228, 229, 233, 234, 255, 256, 259, 260, 262, 298, 308, 309, 311, 312 Kubek RC (Ex-Mt due solely to centering), 314, 318, 323, 326, 331, 333, 342, 355, 356, 357, 359, 371, 377, 390, 394, 396, 399, and 400 Dodgers' Sluggers (Ex). 7) 1958 Topps (197 cards): Condition is 6% Nr/Mt or better, 30% Ex to Ex-Mt, 47% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 17% lesser. Includes the following: #2a Lemon/yellow team (Gd), 2b Lemon (Vg-Ex+), 3, 4, 5 Mays (Vg), 6, 7, 9, two 10, 11a Rivera/yellow team (Ex),, 14, two 15, 18, 19, two 20, 21, 25 Drysdale (Ex), 28, 35, 43, 50a Pierce/yellow team (Ex-Mt+), 50b, 53, two 55, 64, 65a McDaniel/yellow name (Gd), 67, 69, 71 Dodgers Team, 75, 78, 81, two 84, 86, 88 Snider (Vg+), 89, 90 Roberts (Ex), 91, 92, 102, 107, 112, 115 Bunning (Vg), 118, 130, 131, 133, 136, 142 Slaughter (Ex), 144, 151, 152, 155, 157, 165, two 169, 170, 180, 181, 182, 184, 188, 190 Schoendienst (Vg-Ex+), 198, 199, 203, 206, 207, 211, 214, 216, 217, two 222, two 225, 226, 229, 230 Ashburn (Vg), 233, two 235, 236, 240, 241, 246 Yankees Team (Pr), 248, 249, 252, 259, 265, 266, 272, 273, 274, 283, 284, 287, 290, 303, 310 Banks (Vg+), 313, 314 Snider/Alston (Pr), 317, 319, 320 Ford (Gd), 323, 327, 328, 332, 333, 343 Cepeda RC (Gd), 350, 351 Fence Busters with Aaron/Mathews (Vg), 356, 357, 363, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 384, 385, 387, 388, 390, 391, 392, 393 Kubek, 394 Grant RC, 396, 397, 398, 401, two 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, two 408, 409, 411, 413, 416, 417 Furillo, 419, 420 Pinson RC (Vg+), 421, 422, 423, two 425, 426, 428, 429, two 430, 431, 432, 433, two 434, 435, 437, two 439, 442, 455, 461, two 466, 469, 471, 472, 473, 476 Musial AS (Gd+), two 478, 479 Fox AS (Nr/Mt), 480 Mathews AS (Vg+), 483 Aparicio AS (Ex), 487 Mantle AS (Vg+), 490, 491, and 494 Spahn AS (30/70 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt). 8) 1959 Topps (143 cards): 16% Ex to Ex-Mt, 53% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 31% lesser. Includes the following: #4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20 Snider (Fr due to back damage), two 23, 40c Spahn (Ex), 41, 42, 48, 60, 61, 62, two 63, 67, 72, 75, two 77, 81, 86, 91, 93, 95, two 98, 106, 108, two 110, 112, 129, 131, 150 Musial (Vg-Ex), 151, 152, 157, 160, 164, 173, 174, 180 Berra (Pr), 187, 215, 222, 239, 246, 248, 252, 253, two 256, 257, 261, 262 Podres/Labine/Drysdale (Vg-Ex), 265, 268, 288, 292 D. Williams (Vg), 296, 307, two 308, 310 Aparicio (Vg-Ex+), 313, 326, 328, 332, 340, 341, 343, 345, two 347, 348, 349 Wilhelm (Vg-Ex+), 351, 354, 355, 357, 359, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367, 368, two 370, 377, 383 Larsen/Stengel (Ex), 388, 390 Cepeda (Vg), two 394, two 401, 405, 413, 415 Mazeroski (Vg-Ex+), 420, 428, 433, 435 F. Robinson (Pr), 436, 450 Mathews (85/15 L/R and 80/20 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), 451, 453, 455 Doby (Vg), 460, 462, 463 Kaline (Gd), 464 Mays (Vg), 467 Aaron (tilt to the picture, Vg), 468 Snider (95/5 T/B and 80/20 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), 470 Musial (90/10 T/B and L/R, otherwise Ex+), 471, 477, 479, 481, 485, 486, 487, 489, two 498, 499, 502, 503, 505, 506, 508, 522, 553 Cepeda AS (Vg), 558, 559 Banks AS (Vg+), 561 Aaron AS (trimmed, otherwise Ex), and 570. This is a very attractive mixed-grade (including some high-grade) collection of baseball cards from eight classic 1950s sets with numerous highlights. Total: 810 cards.