What are the hardest cards from the 50's to find in NM or better?

RonBurgundy

Curious what everyone's top 10 list would be.

mikeschmidt

1955 Bowman Frank Lary
1953 Bowman B&W Andy Hansen
1954 Wilson Franks [any]
1951 Topps Teams
1951 Connie Mack and Current All-Stars
1952 Topps Bob Chipman
1955 Felin's Franks [any]
1953 Glendale Hotdogs [any]
1957 Kahn's Weiners [any]

srs1a

I'd throw '50 Drakes into the mix, as well. I've been looking for a solid EX example for a while now and no dice.

mikeschmidt

<< <i>I'd throw '50 Drakes into the mix, as well. I've been looking for a solid EX example for a while now and no dice. >>



There was a PSA 5 Berra on Ebay last week...

srs1a

Yep, and didn't reach the reserve at $207. A PSA-5 Snyder recently went for $270+. I think these numbers say something about scarcity.

You are right, however, there have been a good number of them on eBAY recently (probably more in the last 2 weeks than in the previous 6-12 months), but they seem to have very high reserves...and most are going unsold.

edited to say: you snooze, you lose. I did not realize that the seller had relisted many of these without reserves last week. The Berra that did not reach the reserve at $207 went for $130 without a reserve. Painful for the seller, I'm sure.

mikeschmidt

I picked up the PSA 4 Ennis - and I'll be very happy when it arrives.

Davalillo

My top 10 toughest cards from the 50s in psa 8 or better are as follows(in no particular order):

1)1952 Bowman Large Spencer #9
2)1952 Bowman Large Miller #27
3)1952 Bowman Large Hancrock #36
4)1952 Bowman Large Van Buren #45
5)1952 Bowman Large Schweder #72
6)1952 Bowman Small Cook #87
7)1952 Bowman Small Heath #91
8)1952 Bowman Small Bemers #93
9)1952 Bowman Small Johnston $108
10)1953 Bowman Gillom #40

I believe that most of these are pop 1s with 3-4 pop 2s. All very, very tough.

Jim

gmoneystyles

Dont forget the 1952 Berk Ross. Notoriously difficult for decent cards.

In speaking from experience I have to say the 1950 Bowman Mel Parnell card #1 was a "B". Any card #1 for that matter in the 50's is a b

MorrellMan

To date, PSA has graded only one '59 Morrell as NM:




I agree that the toughest NM cards of the '50s are the regionals.

GOODLIEU

The 1957 Topps Basketball set is very tough to collect in NM or better.