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My Signed 1953 Topps Collection

Thanks for sharing Scott.

It's great to see that signed 53s exist!
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Need me a main and cain
campy, hooper, yuhas, thoroneberry, dressen and about a dozen others in 53s... just on 52 high numbers

low series topps fannin and dubiel (dont think he has a 53)

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Originally Posted by Republicaninmass (Post 2091816)

Thank you Ted! I know at least one of each that I'm missing exists, per the PSA/DNA pop report, but there are four I personally haven't seen (Norman, Fusselman, Bickford and Fox). I've seen Bickfords and Foxes from other years, so at least they were good signers. Dressen pops up every now and then, as does Fannin. Throneberry, I saw two a couple months apart in 2016, none before or since. I picked up both of them; the one I posted and the other I traded the other to another board member.

Well I'll tell ya

Back in the day when I was scouring the counter for signed cards for OTHER people's lists, that had signed 52s to trade, the bill norman was on all the 53 topps lists. You say there is at least one in the pop report?

He will be tough being in the high series and a coach. However, it appears he did at least hang around baseball until his passing in 62. There is a glimmer of hope

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Yep, there's one each of Norman and Fusselman, and two each of Bickford and Fox. With all four of them hanging around the game for at least a couple of years after 1953, I think there are more out there that have been buried in collections (or by now, estates) for the past 50-60 years.

Seems like fox was the prolific signer of the bunch! I've had 3 or 4 signed 52s, with only ever seeing one bickford and no fusselmans, though one is graded in the pops.

Hope!

I'm surprised at how few items are triggering my radar with such a large assemblage.

--What an absolutely odd vintage Mays, yet there are some unmistakable individual letter formations, especially the "Wishes".

--I have never seen a Bob Hooper that remotely resembles yours. Nor have I seen a Hooper in blue Sharpie. The fact that it's personalized is the real head scratcher. I'd definitely be looking for another one, but it won't be an easy acquisition.

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Originally Posted by BillyCox3 (Post 2092334)

The Mays, from looking at a couple of contracts in the PSA/DNA database, looks to be from the early 1960s. The Hooper, I'm not enamored with, but I can live with it for now. Blue Sharpies came out in 1979 and he died in March 1980, so done very late in life.

Just an amazing and impressive collection. The Rizzuto and Elroy Face are two of my favorites you've got.

I did notice you have Don Hoak in there twice. Once is in place of card 169 (Dizzy Trout). ;)

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Originally Posted by scmavl (Post 2092581)

Just an amazing and impressive collection. The Rizzuto and Elroy Face are two of my favorites you've got.

Thank you Jarrod! The Face was one of the first ones I picked up; I wrote to him in November 2014. Writing to the players was one of my favorite parts of building the set. According to my records, I received responses from 44 players; the only living one I never wrote to was Willie Mays.

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Originally Posted by scmavl (Post 2092581)

I did notice you have Don Hoak in there twice. Once is in place of card 169 (Dizzy Trout). ;)

D'oh! Thanks for pointing that out.

Would you be interested in selling a Hoak?

I've been collecting the set as well, and have most of them graded through PSA. I found a better O'Connell and Fusselman that I got graded recently. Looking to sell/trade mine if anyone is interested. Not sure how to insert an image because I don't have them on a web page.

Love looking at others signed sets, the challenge of putting one together is fun and frustrating at the same time. Have 620/660 of the 1975 Topps baseball. Was thinking about doing a 54 Bowman next, as those two sets have special meaning to me (I remember as a kid loving the colors on the 75s, and my Dad enjoyed the 54 Bowman).

Is there a story behind why you picked the 53 Topps? They must look great signed.