Lot # 1335: 1952 to 1960 Topps and Bowman Shoebox Collection (306) Including 67 Hall of Famers

Outstanding "shoebox" collection of 306 assorted Topps and Bowman baseball cards, spanning the years 1952 to 1960 (including two from 1973). The collection is highlighted by sixty-seven Hall of Famers, including Mays, Aaron, Koufax, Williams, Killebrew (rookie), and Drysdale (rookie). This collection consists of the following: 1) 1952 Bowman (5 cards): Pr overall. Includes: #97, 153, 166, 179, and 196 Musial (Pr). 2) 1952 Topps (21 cards): Pr to Fr overall, with a couple Gd and one Vg. Includes: #77 (black back), 87, 90, 93, two 94, 102, two 106, 122 Jensen (Gd), 123, 124, 167, 194, 197, 202, 204, 211, 217, 225, and 309. 3) 1953 Topps (13 cards): Pr overall. Includes: #11, 85, 95, 99, 166, 171, 173, 179, 193, 200, 208, 214, and 215. 4) 1953 Bowman Black and White (4 cards): Fr and three Pr. Includes: #7, 23, 24, and 41. 5) 1953 Bowman Color (33 cards): Ranging from Pr to Gd (averaging Fr), with a couple Vg. Includes: #20, 29, 57 Boudreau (Fr), 68 Reynolds, 77, 78 Furillo, 84 Bauer, 87, 88, 89, 96, two 98, 100, 103, 104, 105, 109, 110, 115, 117 Snider (Pr due mostly to pinhole), 120, 122, 126, 130, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, and 143 Lopez (Pr-Fr). 6) 1954 Bowman (4 cards): Two Gd, Fr, and Pr. Includes: #106, 116 Easter, 214, and 218 Roe. 7) 1954 Topps (17 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr-Gd). Includes: #1 Williams (Pr), 7 Kluszewski (pencil mark on front, otherwise Vg), 15 Rosen, two 17 Rizzuto (both Pr), 18, 21 Shantz, 27, 38, three 40, 55, 63, 86 Herman (Vg), 101, and 205 Sain. 8) 1955 Bowman (79 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Gd), with a few Vg-Ex and a few that measure small. Keys: #1 Wilhelm (Gd), 9, 10 Rizzuto (Vg), 29 Schoendienst (Vg), 59 Ford (Pr), two 67 Larsen, two 68 Howard RC (Vg and Pr), 89 Boudreau (Gd), 97, 98, 102 Thomson, 130 Ashburn (Vg), 134 Feller (Pr), two 140, 158 Hodges (Fr-Gd), 168 Berra (Fr), 169 Furillo, 170, 197 Kiner (Pr), two 201, 213 Kell (Pr-Fr due to pinhole), 216 Roe, two 218, and 308 Lopez. 9) 1955 Topps (12 cards): Vg-Ex, five Gd to Vg, and six Pr to Fr. Includes: #40, 67, two 70 Rosen, 80, 100 Irvin (Fr), 109 Lopat, 124 Killebrew RC (Pr-Fr), two 140, and two 152 Agganis RC (Gd and pencil mark on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex). 10) 1956 Topps (41 cards): 21% Vg-Ex (including a couple Ex), 59% Gd to Vg, and 20% Pr to Fr. Includes: #2 Giles (white back, Vg-Ex), 10 Spahn (white back, Vg+), two 20 Kaline (white back, Fr, and gray back, Gd+), 24, two 25 Kluszewski (one gray back and one white back), 40, 50, 61 Skowron, 77, 79 Koufax (white back, Vg), 99 Zimmer, 111, 120 Ashburn (gray back, Ex), 129, 134, 143, 146, 158, 148, 164 Killebrew (gray back, Vg+), 178, 181 Martin (Vg), 187 Wynn (Vg-Ex), 190 Furillo, 194 Irvin (Vg), 195 Kell (Vg), 205, 208 Howard (Vg-Ex), 215, 220, 225, 234, 235 Newcombe, 245, 255 Lemon (1/99 T/B, otherwise Vg+), 260 Reese (Vg), 295, 307 Wilhelm (Vg), and Checklist 2/4 (Vg-Ex+). 11) 1957 Topps (58 cards): Condition is 18% Ex to Ex-Mt, 71% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 11% lesser. Includes: #5, 9, 12, 18 Drysdale RC (Vg), 20 Aaron (Gd-Vg), 24 Mazeroski RC (Ex-Mt), 25 Ford (Vg-Ex), 38 Fox (Vg), 40 Wynn (Vg+), 45, two 50, two 61, two 64, 73, 75, 78, 80 Hodges (Vg), 82 Howard, five 85 Doby (Ex, three Vg-Ex, and Vg), two 90 Spahn (Vg and Gd), two 92, 103, 110, 115, 120 Lemon (Vg-Ex), 122, 130 Newcombe (Ex+), two 138 Minoso (Vg-Ex due to centering and Vg), 154 Schoendienst (Ex), two 158, 161, 170 Snider (Vg-Ex+), two 175 Larsen (both Vg+), 183, 192, 197, two 200, 215 Slaughter (Fr), 232, 240, two 250 Mathews (80/20 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt and Vg), 251, and two 262 Thomson. 12) 1958 Topps (10 cards): Condition is four Ex, three Vg-Ex, Vg, and two Pr. Includes: #9, 19 Giants Team (Vg-Ex), 25 Drysdale (Vg), 43, 45, 60, 77 Zimmer, 100 Wynn (Pr), 101 Richardson, and 118. 13) 1959 Topps (2 cards): #240 Bauer (Ex) and 260 Wynn (Ex). 14) 1960 Topps (5 cards): #1 Wynn (Gd), 73 Gibson (Gd+), 200 Mays (Gd), 377 Maris (Vg), and 490 F. Robinson (Vg). 15) 1973 Topps (2 cards): #130 Rose (Ex-Mt due solely to centering) and 556 Yankees Team (Fr). This is a very impressive "shoebox" collection of Topps and Bowman bubble-gum cards, highlighted by many key cards and Hall of Famers. Total: 306 cards.