1959 Topps baseball - official PSA thread

Added this one today

Maybe this has been mentioned before in this forum and I missed it but doies anyone know why there was no Ted Williams card for 1959? He came to Topps with much fanfare in 1954 where in that set he had card #1 and 250 and then had Topps cards from 55-58, then he had no Topps cards in 1959 and 1960 and his next Topps card was in 1969 as a coach.

Beautiful card Don..................copied this from Wiki ........

He was the starting second baseman in the Angels' first-ever American League game on April 11, 1961, against the Baltimore Orioles. Batting second in the lineup behind Eddie Yost, Aspromonte went one-for-four at the plate, making one error in eight chances in the field, as Los Angeles won, 7–2

                                                                                    Robbie

Don, the Aspromonte is right up to par with your usual stratospheric standards of eye appeal! 👍🏻

Pete Runnels. Born in Lufkin, TX which is just 45 miles east of where I am, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and the Boston Red Sox HOF in 2004 and even though he was a 5x All-Star and 2X batting champion he was never known for hitting the long ball. But today he hit it out of the park for me. Added this card to my 1959 set today and it moved me into the Top 20 on the All-Time Finest list. So it was a great day at the collector's ballpark for me. I assembled my set over a period of ten years and finally decided to register it a couple of months ago. Of course, I'm sure like many, 1959 was the year I started buying packs and thus they have a special place in my memory. Shoot in 2009, I made a trip to Fort Worth, Texas to visit the store where I use to spend my nickels. I wish I could tell you that I was able to complete my reenactment with the purchase of some packs, but alas, they no longer carried baseball cards. Heck, the store clerk didn't even know what I was talking about. Baseball cards? It was still great to be able to visit my old neighborhood for the first time in five decades, see our old home, and drive the road to the store that I frequented by bike. Full disclosure: I was a Go Go Sox fan (still hate the Dodgers!). The kid down the street was a Yankees fan. Looking back I'm thinking some of those trades that I made with him left me on the short end of the stick as far as future valve. But then I also would have to wonder how many Roger Maris cards ended up on the spokes of our bikes along with all the cards of the Senators players. I have a pretty good Harry Craft (lived in Conroe, Texas) story about how Maris ended up with the Yankees, but I'll save that for another time. My family moved to Houston in the summer of '65 and a bunch of my stuff didn't make the move, including my four shoeboxes of cards which I gave to the kid next door. I heard that he retired to the south of France. Anyway, I've enjoyed reading your posts and look forward to continuing to learn from you guys.

Added a major card to my 59 team set

Great card

I have a few 59’s in on a bulk sub I’m hoping come back PSA 8 or better! It’s still in research and ID but when they do post, I’ll post the grades here, and if ya want em we can work something out! 😊

Beautiful card Hank ..........................copied this from Wiki

Seth Morehead's career highlights was being the last pitcher to face Roy Campanella and also the last pitcher to face the Brooklyn Dodgers before the team moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
Robbie

Added my 11th card to the team set , my 10th 9

With the help of some ebay bucks I grabbed this . This puts my team set at 1/3 complete

After a few years off, I'm back! Been working on a PSA 8 and up '59 set since 2007 and only a few short. I'm not very plugged in so I don't know where to look besides ebay. Any suggestions? I haven't seen a Triando's PSA 8 in over a year!

Oh, and Don - words cannot express how awesome your cards are!

@OilCanDan
Very nice Amaro

Really nice Aaron. He with be missed by many.

Good looking card! With a pop of only 78 it's is certainly one of the tougher 8's.

Love the He-Man pack!

I couldn't remember if I've ever shown cards in this thread. Oh well, here are my 2 favorite 59's I own:

@mariner said:
Bob, yes it is! LOL

Dan....fantastic auto Kaline!

Thanks! After posting this, I have a sale of Wilhelm pending. But Kaline is PC forever.

@mariner said:
That Kaline auto card is a keeper.

I agree, thanks again.

Nice Zimmer Don .................Here's one of my few 59's .......Club Cubbers !

My 1st of 3 big additions to my 59 team set ,. This one is my lowest pop card