1953 Topps -- Card Gallery

egri · #1 08-27-2022, 05:22 PM

campyfan39 · #2 08-27-2022, 07:15 PM

bobsbbcards · #3 08-28-2022, 08:04 AM

Charles Tuller, Jr.

campyfan39 · #4 08-28-2022, 08:04 AM

jayshum · #5 08-28-2022, 09:03 AM

Charlie

Vegas Cards · #6 08-28-2022, 09:32 AM

Mr. Bishop

egri · #7 08-28-2022, 11:25 AM

jayshum · #8 08-29-2022, 06:53 AM

Jim

Volod · #9 08-31-2022, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas Cards

Mr. Bishop

When I was putting my childhood collection back together in the early '80's, I was after all the sets I could remember, but not interested in the 1953 Topps, mainly because I disdained the cheesy artwork - even as an eight-year-old card connoisseur. However, as I exited a cardshow one night in 1982, the last dealer table had an album open to the '53 T third series and when I glanced at number 186, the name "Charlie Bishop" made my knees weak. I pulled out my wallet and quickly handed over twenty-five bucks for thirty EX/MT commons, which seemed to make the dealer pretty happy with only a few minutes before closing time. Puzzling over my strange attraction to a very common card of a very obscure player, as well as my newly developed interest in the set, I later realized that I must have been fascinated by that card as a kid because the proprietor of the corner butcher shop on my street was named "Charlie Bishop," and he bore a certain resemblance to the ballplayer pictured on the card. Who knows, maybe they were the same guy?

bobsbbcards · #10 09-01-2022, 07:15 AM

Fred

campyfan39 · #11 09-01-2022, 07:38 AM

Great story but "cheesey artwork"? Geez. I think it is the most beautiful set ever made alongside 56 Topps

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volod

When I was putting my childhood collection back together in the early '80's, I was after all the sets I could remember, but not interested in the 1953 Topps, mainly because I disdained the cheesy artwork - even as an eight-year-old card connoisseur. However, as I exited a cardshow one night in 1982, the last dealer table had an album open to the '53 T third series and when I glanced at number 186, the name "Charlie Bishop" made my knees weak. I pulled out my wallet and quickly handed over twenty-five bucks for thirty EX/MT commons, which seemed to make the dealer pretty happy with only a few minutes before closing time. Puzzling over my strange attraction to a very common card of a very obscure player, as well as my newly developed interest in the set, I later realized that I must have been fascinated by that card as a kid because the proprietor of the corner butcher shop on my street was named "Charlie Bishop," and he bore a certain resemblance to the ballplayer pictured on the card. Who knows, maybe they were the same guy?

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