Love this set. These were the first cards I ever saw. A neighbor kid on Long Island had some and as a seven year old baseball fan I was hooked the moment I saw them. I might not have been s impressed with the '57 set back then but these things were so colorful. The first cards i actually owned were 59s and I built that set first when I got back into the hobby in a big way a decade ago but my next project was this one. Mine is in about the same grade as yours.
I saw that you've met and dealt with Larry Dluhy.When i went to work at the old Houston Post in 1971 Larry was in the same department (Ad Services) so I've known him a long time. One of the good guys. His store was his second career and a regular stop on my 'Saturday Card Shop Circuit'.
Good luck down the home stretch on this jewel. I would have liked to help but I gave away nearly all my dupes and most of them were beaters (or close to it) anyway.
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