Help identifying less obvious 1950s good cards

[Tennis13]

Hey guys. I am meeting up with my dad this upcoming weekend and we are going to go through his cards to get some graded. I haven't looked through them in close to 10 years, and none of them are going to be like 9s and 10s, but he has a lot of good cards. Mostly from like 53-56. He has a few from 1952 as well and a few from 1957. No Mantles though.

I guess my question is aside from the obvious players that we will separate, are there any hard or hidden gem cards I should be on the lookout for? I know that crazy guy tried to corner the market on a random 1952 card. Aside from that, are there any sequences or hard to find cards of players that would make a John Doe valuable that I would not otherwise know? We have around 500 cards maybe, and we are going to send some in for grading.

I already know the one that will get the most groans: A Koufax rookie that literally looks like it was crumpled up and thrown in the garbage.

[iwantitiwinit]

1953 Topps - A few of the higher numbers Jim Gilliam, Johnny Podres and last card #280 Milt Bolling.

[spaidly]

1957 Bakep error card
https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...akep-176/25616

[Buythatcard]

Look for the 1952 Topps Johnny Sain card with the wrong bio on the back. If it has Joe Page's bio, then that's the card.

I once bought a bunch of 1952 Topps commons which included the Johnny Sain card. At the time, I knew nothing about the wrong bio version. I later sold each card individually on eBay. Before I sell a card I usually research it to see if its a rookie or anything else. I was pretty shocked when I saw that I had the error version of the card.

It was a raw card (which I should have graded) but it sold for $265 back in 2009.

I think that makes a lot of sense that you are doing your research before sending the cards out to be graded. Good luck!

[PiratesWS1979]

1952 Topps #131-190 Gray backs and 1954 Topps #1-50 Gray backs.

These are rather rare and bring quite a premium. If you have some 54's LMK.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by spaidly

1957 Bakep error card
https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...akep-176/25616

The most annoying "error" of all time. It's clearly just some schmutz on the plate obscuring the tail of the R, NOT an actual misspelling.

[spaidly]

Schmutz on the last E in Eugene, too. Even the W middle initial looks bad. I don't own one but wouldn't mind having one for my master set. Would I enjoy paying top dollar for one? Heck to the no.


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