45 years in storage - Some Good Luck!

RTB

I included a '58 Topps FB Jimmy Brown rookie in a recent submission and got a PSA 8! Forty-five years in a cigar box didn't hurt it much! Unfortunately, the rest of that set varies (in my eye) with mostly EX-NM. I can't afford to grade them all so I'll continue to cherry pick these sets.

Also got results from some '61 Topps BB duplicates: Maris #2 - PSA 8, Yaz #287 - PSA 8, another Yaz #287 - PSA 8, Ted Kluszewski #65 - PSA 8.

I handled the 1958 BB quite a bit as a kid, and with that soft '58 cardboard, it was hard to keep NM corners. However, the set IS complete and fun to go through in their penny sleeves. I sent in #150 Mantle which was beautifully centered. I was hoping for a 7 but got a PSA 6. Similarly with Mantle/Aaron #418 - PSA 6, and Clemente YTL - PSA 5 but was hoping for a 6 (it had a slight stain).

My 1959 Topps BB set is in better shape similar to the 1961's. But I can't afford to grade them at this time.... besides, I wouldn't want to sell them anyway! Unfortunately, I have very few duplicates from this set because I traded them away as a kid to get whatever card # I was missing.

I do have a lot of duplicates in the 1960 Topps BB but nothing spectacular so far: Yaz #148 - PSA 7(disappointed) and Maris #377 - PSA 7.

The best results are from the cards I didn't like as a kid - the '61-'62 Fleer Bask. I've graded about 100 of these so far and registered the set under RTB.

Reggie

Lothar52

Id say as far as being a collector of late 50's topps cards goes....your one of the luckiest people ive ever seen!!! My dad was all of 8 yrs old when you made those sets LOL....he wasnt smart enough to collect though..DAGGONE IT!!!

loth

GoSoxBoSox

<< <i>Id say as far as being a collector of late 50's topps cards goes....your one of the luckiest people ive ever seen!!! >>



No doubt. What's with that? You weren't invited to the card flipping tournaments?

RTB

My friends either weren't avid baseball fans or they didn't collect cards.... so no temptation for flipping tournaments! Luckily I found a few kids away from my neighborhood to trade with. These kids also liked to try to complete sets, putting more value on a hard to find common than a duplicate star. Of course the luckiest thing of all was my parents honoring my request to not throw them away. I never thought they would be worth any money, but I knew how hard it was to complete a set and I wanted to keep 'em!