The 1950s

I will accept cards in any condition, though I'd prefer them to be whole, intact and readable.



1950 Bowman

3 19 23 32 33 41 46 49 57 61 62 77 79 84 98 101 112 129 147 148 154 165 166 179 184 194 217 218 220 225 234 238 240 246

Variations:

w/o copyright line: 181 183-218 220-222 224-227 229 231-234 236 238-240 242 244-247 249-252

w/ copyright line: 184 194 210 212 217 218 219 220 225 234 237 238 240 243 246


1950-56 Callahan HoF

Have: Anson, Chesbro, Eddie Collins, Jimmie Collins, Duffy, Hubbell, Ban Johnson, Walter Johnson, McCarthy, Nichols, Pennock, Tinker


1950 Num Num Cleveland Indians (set of 34)

Have: none


1951 Bowman

1 2 5 7 26 31 32 60 78 80 106 111 112 122 127 143 165 186 195 198 232 233 242 253 260 267 268 271 274 276 278 280 281 284 285 289 292 293 294 299 303 305 317 318 322


1951 Topps Red Back

Variations: 52 (Hartford not in bio)


1951 Topps Blue Back

Have: 5 11 13 20 22 27 28 31 38 39 45 48


1952 Berk Ross

Have: 23 (Jim Hearn) 27 (Sheldon Jones) 62 (George Spencer)


1952 Bowman

4 5 9 11 31 39 44 45 52 53 71 75 80 96 101 112 115 116 120 126 127 134 146 149 154 156 160 161 166 168 177 181 191 196 197 208  212 214 217 218 219 220 221 224 229 230 232 233 234 235 237 243 245 249 252

Variations: 248 (Signature missing "W")


1952 Num Num Cleveland Indians (set of 20)

Have: 13


1952 Red Man (set of 52)

AL Have: 2 4 12 15 17 18 21 22

NL Have: 2 4 6 9 10 12 14 24 25

Variations: Interested, but haven't yet put together a list


1952 Topps

1 7 11 15 16 17 26 27 31 36 37 49 64 76 80 151 158 168 173 175 176 177 181 183 184 186 187 188 191 195 248 250 253 254 258 259 261 263 266 267 268 269 274 276 278 279 280 283 287 288 289 290 291 293 294 296 303 311 312 313-335 337-407


1953 Bowman Color

10 (Ashburn) 33 (Reese) 36 (Minoso) 44 (Berra/Bauer/Mantle) 59 (Mantle) 63 92 (Hodges) 97 (Mathews) 99 (Spahn) 113 114 (Feller) 115 117 (Snider) 119 120 121 (Berra) 122 124 125 126 127 128 133 152 153 (Ford) 158


1953 Bowman B&W

1 8 16 17 20 26 27 (Lemon) 29 33 34 36 38 39 (Stengel) 42 45 48 51 52 53 57 58 59 60 61

Variation: 43 Bevan (DOB: 1930


1953 Red Man (set of 52)

AL Have: 1 2 5 7 9 13 15 16 18 19

NL Have: 1 2 4 8 11 15 16 17 18 21


1953 Topps

82 (Mantle)

Variation (Low priority):

Bio in black letters: 61 72 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 112 113 115 117 118 119 120 121 122 124

Bio in white letters: 10 44 81 84 85 88 110 111 114 125 126 128


1954 Bowman:

Base set complete. Looking for these variations:

25 Westrum (Field Avg 1.000/.987) 35 Joost (Trivia Ans: 33) 38 Minoso (Field Avg. .895/.961) 43 B. Friend (Trivia '16 shutout')

66 Williams 67 Scheib (one line above trivia) (.300 w/l pct); 67 Scheib (one line above trivia) (.306 w/l pct)

80 Logan (Runs 100); 94 Hemus (477 assists); 103 Souchock (Putouts 147/1195)

105 Maglie (Trivia ans: 10) 138 Hodges (Field Avg .992/.991)

140 Rogovin (7 Wins, 2 strikeouts) (7 Wins, 62 strikeouts); 145 Martin (Field Avg: .985/.983)

156 Bridges (Assists: 320/467) 163 Philley (no trade line/152 games played); (trade line/152 games played)

174 Castiglione(Field Avg .970/.959); 185 Spencer (Field Avg .941/.944) 217 Thompson (Field Avg .958/.952)


1954 Johnston Cookies Braves

5 (Aaron)


1954 Red Heart Dog Food (set of 33)

Have: Baumholtz, Hegan, Rosen, Pierce


1954 Red Man (set of 50)

AL Have: 1 2 8 12 22 23

NL Have: 2 3 4 9


1954 Topps

128 (Aaron)


1955 Bowman:

Variations: 48 (Frank Bolling back) 101 (Braves on front) 132 ("Kuenn" on back) 195 (traded line on back)


1955 Johnston Cookies Braves

1 12 16 20 21 22 30 32 33 35 38 41 44


1955 Red Man (set of 50)

AL Have: 1 3 8 12 13 15 23

NL Have: 1 3 12 23


1955 Topps Variations: 29 (* before Life on back) 50 (diamond in team logo cut off) 67 (No red dot over e in Wallace on front)

137 Elliott (Last line of bio "Cards in '53"; (Last line of bio "Cards in [black mark])"


1955 Topps Doubleheaders

Have: 47/48 95/96


1956 Topps

Variations (low priority) * = look below:

Gray backs missing: 1 4 6 7 10 11* 13 14 15 20 22 24 25 26 28 32 34 35 38 41 42 45 47 48 53 54 55 56 57 59 61 62 63 64 67 69 71 72* 73 75 76 83 85* 88 90* 95* 96 99 100* 107 109 110 111 135 143 144 150 159 161 163 168 172 179

White backs missing: 2 8 9 11* 12 16 20 29 30 31 33 39 44 58 79 85* 89 90* 95* 97 100* 101 102 103 105 108 113 115 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 132 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 149 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 160 162 164 165 166 169 170 173 174 176 177 178 180

*11 Cubs team:
Team name left (missing gray); 1955 (missing both); Team name centered (missing white) - 1955)

*72 Phillies team:
1955 (missing gray)

*85 Indians Team: Team name centered (missing both); 1955 (missing both)

*90 Reds Team
Team name left (missing gray); Team name centered (missing white); 1955 (missing gray)

*95 Braves Team:
Team name left (missing both); 1955 (missing gray)

*100 Orioles Team:
Team name left (missing gray); Team name centered (missing gray); 1955 (missing gray)

Upgrades to F-G or better (no tears, trims, holes, paper loss or back damage, please)

23 30 33 51 74 79 101 118 132 140 148 149 180 189 193 225 237 242 253 285 292 328 334


1957 Topps

Checklists: all

Contest cards: all

Variations: 176 (misspelled name on back), All checklists


1958 Topps

Base set complete. Looking for these variations:

13 (white name, red triangle by foot), 397 (numerical checklist), 408 (numerical checklist), 428 (numerical checklist), 433 (No 'a' in Herrera)


1959 Fleer Ted Williams

2 37 52 63 68 75 76


1959 Topps Variations::

40 Spahn (born 1931; born 1931, 3 partially obscured); 44 Valentinetti (: between Home and Bronx); 316 Lumenti (no optioned statement);

321 Giallambardo (no optioned statement); 322 Hanebrink (no trade statement); 336 Loes (no trade statement); 362 Nichols (no option statement);

416 Sullivan (no circle around ©, . after U.S.A.; circle around ©, . after U.S.A.)

White Back:
199 214 217 225 252 257 261 267

Gray Back:
200 202 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 215 216 218 219 220 222 223 227 228 231 233 234 235 236 237 238 240 241 242 243 244 245 247 248 249 250 251 253 255 256 258 260 262 263 264 265 266 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 276 277 278 279 282 284 285 286


Few or none:

Mothers Cookies -- Dan-Dee Potato Chips -- Stahl Meyer Franks

other less common sets

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