1959 Topps baseball - official PSA thread

mariner · February 3, 2008 4:20AM

Here is a new addition to my set:

And another new addition......the 1959 Topps Yankees cards with the cherry red color are just so beautiful.

qualitycards · February 3, 2008 4:35AM

Don great pair of Yankee 9's CONGRATS!

mariner · February 4, 2008 11:56AM

Thanks, Jay! I bought these from our great friend mantlefan.

mariner · June 21, 2008 4:49AM

I thought that I would add a new addition to my 1959 Topps collection here. This is a piece that I have not had before, but thanks to JustAl.....Alex Romashko here on CU, he sold me one of his to help me with another piece to complete my 1959 collection. Thank you, Alex.

SOM · June 21, 2008 8:23AM

That is way cool, Don!

Nick

(Only 126 to go for my 7/NM 1959 graded/raw set...)

mariner · August 23, 2008 6:35AM

Time for this thread to come up for some fresh air.....

fiveniner · August 23, 2008 9:40PM

Don these cards are sweet I am not to sure about Musial but I am going to say 8 and the Corsair trio 8.5/9.
I am just of few upgrades from getting my set at 7.0 which is my goal picked up several nice 8s lately.Ranking at 11 current.

Tony.

mariner · August 24, 2008 1:47AM

Tony, congrats you are doing great on your set!!

mariner · August 24, 2008 1:50AM

paleocards.....if you read this thread soon, how did the grading work out for the Musial and Corsair Trio?

mariner · August 26, 2008 12:56PM

Some more eye candy and to keep the thread fresh....

Farmkidd · August 27, 2008 11:03AM

I never was really crazy aout the overall design of this set, but the last two pictures are beautiful cards of Whitey and Vern. Thanks for th pictures, the '59 set just bumped up on my favorite set rankings.

Morgoth · December 1, 2008 11:48PM

Hey 1959 guys, I just saw the all PSA 7 set sell in Madecs auction at a little over 17.5K. Do you think the seller made money on this set? I am just wondering if putting 50s sets together in PSA 7 shape can be a non losing proposition.

mariner · December 2, 2008 1:14PM

It is hard to say if the seller made any money or not. If you put a PSA 7 set together, the cards will still have great eye appeal and it can be done at a fraction of the cost of an 8 set. You may not make a lot of money on it eventually but it will not cost you a lot either. In the meantime, it is a low cost way of enjoying collecting a fantastic set.

Morgoth · December 2, 2008 10:50PM

I guess I thought the number was pretty high for an all 7 set. Also 17K seems like alot of money to build a set on but I never keep track of what I spend.

sagard · December 3, 2008 12:26AM

$17K is well over SMR in 7. I'm finding it hard to believe you couldn't put that set together in 7 for 80% of SMR or less.

Morgoth · December 3, 2008 1:29AM

That is what I was thinking. I just thought based on that one sale in an auction (yeah we know how legit some of these sales are) it might show building a PSA 7 set in 1959 wouldn't be a money loser.

Kurtman9 · December 3, 2008 3:51AM

Don, I'm sorry I missed those pics you posted earlier. That Ford is absolutely amazing!!

paleocards · December 4, 2008 1:01AM

Sorry, fellas, but apparently I haven't checked-in to this thread very recently! Here are the Musial and Corsair Trio in all of their slabbed glory:

I also picked up this Aaron and rec'd the bump for my Banks AS this year:

Enjoy!

fiveniner · December 4, 2008 6:42AM

I am really excited about getting my 59 master set past the 7 mark.I am now trying to rid myself of my PSA 6s and any card with a qualifier except for a few That are 9 with qualifiers or just too tough to find and too costly .I am having one heck of a time finding a Billy Monbouquette in a 7 or8 and Jackie Jensen.I have purchased some nice stuff latley which I will show when I get some time to down load.Found and purchased a very tough Don Bessent in a 8 that I rarely see on the webb its replacing my 8OC.It did cost me however.Still looking for a Spahn Born 1931 clear 3.My present one is a PSA 3 just to fill the set.Right now I have 2 cards listed lower than a 6 Lumenti no option in a 5 and the Spahn.This set is my passion.
I would add that the set would possibly run 14 to 15,000 in an auction in PSA 7.IMO.

Tony

GDM67 · December 4, 2008 7:54AM

That's a tough 7 for the Aaron. Most of the 7's I see for it are nice cards that are off center (generally with a wide right hand border.) That looks like a 7.5, at least.

mariner · December 5, 2008 11:39PM

paleo....

good job on that Musial and Corsair Trio.....they look great in those 8 holders!

Tony....

It is great to see that you have so much passion for the '59 set. That Spahn is a tough one and also one of the last ones that I had to find to complete my Master Set. You sound like you are having a lot of fun with your set. That is what collecting is all about.

mariner · December 6, 2008 12:01AM

I thought that I would post a scan of another card that I acquired at the National in Chicago this summer.

fiveniner · December 7, 2008 6:47AM

I am finally begining to download my 59s to the registery besides my Tiger cards.Downloaded 1 to 10 plus several cards in the high 200s.My plan is to download every card.some are being upgraded.

SEE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 1959 TOPPS MASTER SET RANK 12.

Tony

SS · December 7, 2008 9:55PM

I have decided that I need to sell my 100% complete master set: LINK

HammeringHank · December 8, 2008 8:28AM

Don...

That is one fantastic looking 8.5 card...it's hard to imagine that without the .5 system...it might have graded as a 9...it sure looks like one...a extremely hard card to find centered as well as you sample...thanks for sharing...

mariner · December 8, 2008 11:20AM

Henri, it is wonderful to hear from you. It has been awhile. Yes, this Rice card has to be one of the best on the planet.

thanks!

mariner · December 17, 2008 10:11AM

I hate to see this thread slip too far down.

mariner · January 19, 2009 11:49AM

Time to refresh the thread again. Some recent pickups.

bobsbbcards · January 19, 2009 11:53AM

Don,

Those look fantastic! Love the rough cut on the Duren.

Bob

mariner · January 23, 2009 10:54PM

Thanks, Bob.....I love the rough cut look too!

BassPro77 · January 24, 2009 8:41AM

just started collecting 59 topps. here are the only 2 i have so far.

i bought brooks raw for i think $10.

mickeymantle24 · January 24, 2009 9:23AM

mickeymantle24 · January 24, 2009 9:24AM

Got this one autographed

mickeymantle24 · January 24, 2009 9:27AM

Great cards everybody. My favorite set is the 1959 Topps

mariner · January 25, 2009 5:30AM

Welcome to '59 collecting Bill.

mickeymantle24, nice cards and I especially like the well centered PSA 6 Mantle. Very nice.

fiveniner · January 25, 2009 11:35PM

Here are a couple of my new updates with more to show later.

mariner · January 26, 2009 10:40AM

Very nice, Tony!!

usmc1986 · January 26, 2009 5:40PM

Don...as a fellow collector of vintage Yankees, I am always amazed at the very fine cards you have in your collection! I love seeing the scans of your cards....that Cletis Boyer is a toughie and always in demand, that 9 is truely beautiful!! Feel free to post some more for my drooling pleasure!

Semper Fi
Dan

mariner · January 28, 2009 11:27AM

Thanks, Dan, I will do that as time permits. Great to hear from you!

fiveniner · January 31, 2009 12:24AM

LOW #s

More of my upgrades ,Tony

mariner · January 31, 2009 4:14AM

Way to go, Tony. Your set is looking good!!

Spahnfan · February 6, 2009 11:40AM

I am slowly working on my 59 set and still have 20% left to complete. Here are a few cards from my last submission that you might enjoy. The #49 Hall card is only a 8.5, but there are only 3 graded higher.

mariner · February 14, 2009 10:37PM

Spahnfan....

All I can say is WoW! What beautiful cards and these are from your last submission? Congrats! Since you only need 20% to complete, do you have your set on the registry? I would love to look at it.

BTW, on a separate note, I just received back my 1959 Topps Mantle which I sent in to have reviewed. It was a PSA 8 which I acquired several years ago. Here are the results of the PSA review.

I am happy with it being in a PSA 8.5 holder. I also had my 1959 PSA 8.5 Del Rice card reviewed for a possible PSA 9, but it stayed in the 8.5 holder.

usmc1986 · February 15, 2009 8:53AM

Congrats Don...very nice Mick!

Semper Fi
Dan

HammeringHank · February 16, 2009 6:19AM

Spahnfan...VERY nice Heb Score card...tough to find as an 8...I especially like the centering of the card...another tough one to find centered...lots of envy over here...thanks for sharing...

Spahnfan · February 16, 2009 11:50AM

Mariner and Hank, thank you for the comments. My set is #22 under the name of Starfire's 1969 set. I am up to 90% now. I do not have any pictures up yet. One of these days I will get that done. Part of my problem in getting the set done is that I like nice centering. I am trying to get the set completed with centering no worse than the Herb Score card shown. I could have submitted or bought cards to finish the set, but the centering was not to my liking. I am sure there are some of you that are doing the same thing with your sets and are finding the going slow also.

Mariner, that is a very, very nice Mantle.

If I could have found a good picture of a drool, I would have inserted that here.

I don't know if you remember, but we did have some conversations about this set back in 2001 or 2002. I appreciated your comments and help back then and still enjoy what you have to say now as well.

mariner · February 17, 2009 10:17AM

Spahnfan....I just checked your set out....it looks great and congratulations for being so close to 100%. Thanks for your comments and I think I do remember us talking about the '59's a few years back. Anytime you want to chat some more about it, just PM me here.

Don

hankcaddy · April 16, 2009 8:19AM

Here are my latest additions
the best part is most of these are from board members here

fiveniner · April 18, 2009 9:10PM

MY LATEST

mariner · April 20, 2009 1:23PM

great cards, guys....keep those scans a coming....I never get tired of looking at '59 Topps! That Phillies team card looks familiar....lol.

1959 Topps baseball - official PSA thread

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