1959 Topps baseball - official PSA thread

Don himself looked pretty good at the D Back/Ranger game at Salt River in Scottsdale yesterday. Game was not great as bulk of Ranger team was in San Antonio facing the Royals

Spent some time going thru Don's '59 set yesterday, nothing short of spectacular.

I love the cards posted. Nothing like a pack fresh card in a 9 holder.

I only collect NY Yankees in this year.

Quick question: when did PSA start to recognize the white and gray backs?

All my 59's don't have any reference on the flip.

Also, does anyone know why there are 2 diff color backs? did Topps run out and have a run of another color?

Thanks

I knew about the 52 and 56 backs

Don-- do you have 3 different Spahns. I think there may be 4

Woof ? Is that like a secret sports card board greeting

Mr Anderson, who died just last year, was involved in one of baseball's weirdest plays in a game between the Cubs and Cardinals in 1959. Bob was a mariginal participant, the primaries being Musial, Al Dark and Ernie Banks. Anyone know....remember...what happened ? It involves Musial trying to go all the way to 3B after drawing a walk

A called ball 4 to Musial from Anderson eludes Sammy Taylor and Musial starts to first. Taylor and Anderson start to argue with the ump that Musial had tipped the ball foul and that is why Taylor failed to catch it. When Musial gets to first he sees this going on and starts to second. Al Dark sees this going on and goes to get the ball, which has been picked up by a field personnel. Anderson sees Musial on the way to second and grabs a second baseball from the umpire and throws to second, but throws wild and the ball goes into center . Musial sees this and heads for 3d. Meanwhile Dark, who had been playing 3d grabs the ball back from the field attendant and throws it to Banks who tags Musial out before he gets to 3d. The umpires uphold the out call.

But the story has a happy ending. The Cards beat the Cubs 4-1.

Moral of the story: Always carry an extra baseball. Had not heard that before, fun to read about.

Jim

Beautiful card, Clarke.

And a "perfect" Susce. By the way, George was a junior, as is reflected on his 56 Topps card. His dad of the same name was a big league catcher in the late 30s and early 40s

Gorgeous example of that wonderful card

Um, I'm sorry but I need to register a complaint (maybe I should click "Report Don to a Moderator." Your card(s) are gorgeous, and your scans are loverly, but when I click on your 1959 Topps Master Registry set, there are some cards with no scans. Tsk, tsk. You, sir, are a tease. Not only are there a buttload of PSA 9's without a scan, there are FREAKING PSA 10's with no scan. For shame.

How's this for crazy talk. I'm intending to redo all 20,000 scans in the next couple of years, because PSA relaxed their size restrictions after I was mostly finished, and now I'm unhappy with the image size on the ones I've done. I think I can complete the task again within two years. Ugh.

Don-- I have spent some time with Bob and am about to spend some more. He is crazy ....and his hats are much more boring than Levi's

Oh oh Don. Not only a 9 but also with the variant white dot on lower right front border. Scarce but recurring. That ups it to 9.25 on the Richter Scale

Don - your the King of 59's! I never tire of seeing these scans.

Thanks for sharing with us all.

SlipC