Lot # 1270: 1957 Topps Collection (413) Including 26 Hall of Famers and 17 Contest Cards

Presented is a collection of 413 cards (including 215 different) from the 1957 Topps set, highlighted by an impressive seventeen contest cards and twenty-six Hall of Famers, including Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and two Don Drysdale rookies. Also includes seventy-nine cards from the scarcer middle-number series (#265-352). Condition is 13% Nr/Mt or slightly better, 53% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 34% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 4% lesser). Keys: #1 T. Williams (Ex), two 7 Aparicio (Ex-Mt and Ex), 10 Mays (Fr), three 15 Roberts (Ex, Vg-Ex+, and Vg), two 18 Drysdale RC (Ex-Mt and Vg), 20 Aaron (Ex), two 38 Fox (20/80 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt and Ex), 40 Wynn (Nr/Mt), 70 Ashburn (Ex due to centering), 85 Doby (Ex), two 90 Spahn (Nr/Mt+ and Ex), two 125 Kaline (Nr/Mt+ and Ex+), 154 Schoendienst (Ex), 170 Snider (75/25 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), two 203 Wilhelm (Nr/Mt and Vg), two 212 Colavito RC (Ex-Mt and Vg-Ex), 230 Kell (Ex-Mt due to centering), two 250 Mathews (20/80 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt+ and Vg+), nine July 19th Contest Cards (Nr/Mt-Mt, four Nr/Mt, two Ex-Mt, and two Ex), five May 25th Contest Cards (two Nr/Mt+, 90/10 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt, and two Vg-Ex), and three June 22nd Contest Cards (two Nr/Mt+ and Gd). This is a very attractive mid- to high-grade collection of cards from this popular baseball-card set with several notable highlights. Total: 413 cards.