Opinion-1957 Topps Baseball Set

[Bigdaddy]

I really enjoyed putting this set together and finished it up about a year ago. I was not planning on tackling it, but ran across a lot of the cards at a local card show that I couldn't pass up. A dealer had over half of the set and was selling them individually and I started going through his stash and ended up making a deal for the entire lot - over half the set. The cards were mostly well centered, had good registration and probably in EX condition. They were from a complete set that he had started selling, so there were no duplicates. The downside was that each had a stamp and someone's initials on the back. I put my T206 backstamp hat on though and looked at that as an interesting bit of provenance . He even had the Brooks RC that I bought separately from the lot.

I already had the Mays and Williams and several other star cards, but had to pick up a Mantle and Koufax and the aforementioned Richardson and Colavito RCs.

The 1957 Topps issue is a great set and has what I consider one of the most iconic Topps cards of all time - the 'Dodgers Sluggers' card. One of the last cards in the set and showing Brooklyn's Boys of Summer in the setting sun of Ebbets Field. Closing out the day, the set and the glory of their time in Brooklyn.