1958 topps set

[BillP]

I have been focused on this set for a few months and am interested on folks feedback on it. I know it is probably one of the least popular sets in that era. No real high numbers, variations yes, but a lot of headshots too.
Open up for general comments on it.

thx billp

[rats60]

It is the first postwar set to have all of the best current players. The design isn't the most popular but 57 and before Topps didn't have Musial and 59-60 didn't have Ted Williams. It like 1956 are good entry points. No difficult series or high priced rookie cards make it easy to complete.

[commishbob]

I have a nostalgic attachment to it as '58s were the first cards I remember seeing and holding in my hand. They belonged to a kid down the street and I remember being mesmerized by them.

I built the set over a couple of years, finishing last year and I became more and more won over as I filled the binder pages. As you said, it doesn't get a lot of love from collectors but I really enjoy flipping thru the pages of the binder.

I've been slowing blogging it, card by card, for awhile. I'm stalled now due to a lot of outside factors but I'll pick it up soon.

[wdwfan]

It was the first set I built. I liked it enough to build it. It had all of the stars of the day as well as All Stars (first I can remember all stars having a subset if you will in a set). Started by buying 2 cards and went from there. Traded for most, if not all, of the commons. Had to buy a few stars. Wound up spending about $500 to put the set together in Ex condition. That was over the course of 2012. It took me a year, and I said never again would I build another set if it takes that long. That is too long for a set to take to build.

I finished it in late 2012, and I sold it in April 2013 for $1,500. So I was able to triple my money. Looking back, I wish I'd have kept it.

[ALR-bishop]

[commishbob]

The yellow 'Lemke' Bouchee fills the appropriate slot in my 58 binder. Bob was the best.

[kailes2872]

It is one of my least favorite and the first sign that Topps won the bubble gum card war and was putting it in cruise control. It seems like 59 was a combination of 57 and 58 - the 58 backgrounds with a hole cut in it and pictures of the player coming through.

It also seems like it has less gloss than 57 or 59 - thus seems tougher for a card to really pop.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

various crazy hard to find cards

That post by Al is what the Kidz today would call "a mic drop"

[todeen]

I like the look of the all stars, especially the Mantle. I'm thinking of just putting together the All-Star subset.

[toppcat]

The first set after West Coast expansion, so it's got an historical twist but the card stock is for the birds.

[BillP]

Thx all. I am not a fan of headshots in other years, but in this year there are so many I kind of like them. The replacement all stars seem like they should be lower cost and the sp's higher, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I have never seen the Herrera without the a. The 61 football almost seems like a copy of this set.
The real only thing I don't prefer on this year is the 1 line stats.

billp

[KCRfan1]

i love the set. The background colors scream the 1950's more than any other set of the decade imo.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

That post by Al is what the Kidz today would call "a mic drop"

+1 That Mathews is a very very nice card. Never get tired of Al posting it.

[pclpads]

Whammy?? WTF?

[bbcard1]

Beautiful Don Mossi card in the 58s. First vintage set I put together. Actually just bought a collection tonight. I was only able to upgrade a couple of my set, but did pick up a nice starter set I am hoping to sell.

[insidethewrapper]

Love the 1958 Set. That was the first complete set I sent away for as a kid. I think the ads were in " The Sporting News". I remember thru out the summer receiving each series. I love the "Yellow "Variations ( had to fill these in later ). Basic set is not hard, but has a lot of superstars ! Master Set is challenging ! Yellow variations of Aaron,Clemente,Kaline etc. Around 40+ legit variations ( yellow variations and some checklist variations).

[Rookiemonster]

Randy jackson voice: It’s a no from me dog ! I disliked portrait cards and the color backgrounds. I like the all stars though.

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by pclpads

Whammy?? WTF?

Dave, when Boyd and Harris wrote their classic baseball card book in the early 70s, that card had gotten their attention. They put a picture of the '58 Douglas in the book, slathering it with a distinctive caption along the lines of----someone has got to be putting us on!

Whammy's actual first name was Charles, and he hailed from North Carolina. Lasted a year in the bigs as a Buc pitcher, going 3-3. The gentleman passed away five years ago.

--- Brian Powell

[brian1961]

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[wdwfan]

This was the first true vintage set I put together. Took me a little over year, which in my opinion, was way, way, way too long. I ended having about $500 into it in Ex to NM condition thanks to trading for a large portion of them and buying lots/selling extras for more of it. I sold it about a year later for $1,500, so I tripled my money. I used the money from the sale to go to Disney World for the first time. Loved the trip, and we've been 8 times since then now, but I really regret selling that set.

[forceplay sport]

I'm currently working on the set !! I like it, but I found I like the 1957 set better. I will keep going to finish it, not in a real hurry.

[buymycards]

I love the 1958 set. I remember opening many packs when I was a kid. I never did put together a set, but the cards made a great sound when my friends and I used clothes pins to clip them to our bicycle spokes. I remember putting Mantles and Aarons on my spokes. It was fun, and the cards had little value back then.