[rmarks]

Here is my progress on the major Topps and Bowman sets. I have signed cards from other sets, such as T206 (2), T205 (1), Gowdey, Play Ball, Diamond Star, Post, etc, but the penetration is much less. I am 78% complete on the 1964 Topps giant set though. Many of theses were obtained by me in the early to mid 1970s at hotels and through the mail.

I have about 7,000 duplicate signed cards from 1975 and older if anyone is interested in a trade or purchase. I just had a great experience with another collector where we traded about 750 signed cards between the two of us, many are fairly rare or in high demand. It was a fun process with a great trade partner and helped advance both of our collections. I have not included those cards in the totals shown below.

Topps

Printed --Signed--
Year # # %
1951 104 9 9%
1952 407 128 31%
1953 274 133 49%
1954 250 168 67%
1955 206 149 72%
1956 340 222 65%
1957 407 313 77%
1958 495 444 90%
1959 572 480 84%
1960 572 521 91%
1961 587 538 92%
1962 598 442 74%
1963 576 411 71%
1964 587 355 60%
1965 598 394 66%
1966 598 376 63%
1967 609 370 61%
1968 598 560 94%
1969 664 496 75%
1970 720 490 68%
1971 752 486 65%
1972 787 560 71%
1973 660 448 68%
1974 660 646 98%
1975 660 558 85%

Bowman

1948 48 16 33%
1949 240 25 10%
1950 252 48 19%
1951 324 70 22%
1952 252 63 25%
1953 Color160 85 53%
1953 B&W 64 11 17%
1954 224 106 47%
1955 320 223 70%

Fleer

1960 79 24 30%
1961 154 71 46%
1963 66 36 55%