Here are the 1953 Topps. The good news is there is quite a few of them. The bad news is the majority of cards have a letter "B" written in pen right next to the number (see representative scan) I will have these broken out as with all the lots as accurate as I can be.
Most of these cards are going to be in the G to VG range ( and this is not accounting for pen marks)
Better Player cards
#10 Smoky Burgess - Couple of light creases - $4
#61 Early Wynn - Light surface crease on right side - $10
#78 - Red Schoendienst - Light D written in pencil on back - $8
#81 - Joe Black - B written in Pen on back - crease bottom right part of card - $7
104 Yogi Berra - crease bottom left some paper loss on front Letter B written in pen on back (see scans) $25
#138 - George Kell - crease in bottom, Letter B in Pen on reverse - $8
#151 Hoyt Wilhelm - Letter B in pen on back otherwise nice - $10
Whitey Ford - crease top to bottom in middle another small surface crease - $25
#210 Bob Cerv - Much like the Kiner - nicer than most! - $8
#258 Jim Gilliam RC - High Number RC very good condition - $40
Nicer Commons
These I would categorize as VG with no flaws - clean backs just a little rough handling around the edges typical of a VG card
The following Commons priced at $3.50 each -
11 - 20 - 24 - 34 - 35 - 38 - 55 - 64 - 105 - 131 - 142 - 144 - 145 - 156
The following Commons priced at $4 each
176 - 178 - 180 - 183 - 185 - 187 - 192 - 194 - 196 - 201 - 209 - 218 - 219
The following High Number commons priced at $10 each
221 - 223 - 226 - 227 - 229 - 231 - 232 - 236 - 237 - 239 - 240 - 242 - 256 - 262 - 272
The following commons are a bit rougher. Most got moved to this pile as they have some sort of surface crease (although not too noticable) they will still present well but I have priced a bit lower at $2 each - including a couple of high numbers
111 - 198 -
Time for some 53 Bowman Color
These are overall a rougher bunch. Most of the cards have pencil on the back, and or the owners name stamped with a black ink stamper (too bad they don't say Jeff Burdick!) Guess I would grade them G to VG in most instances
Pricing these to move at 5-10% of Beckett in most cases. These are rough but still tough cards and they have decent eye appeal. I have provided scans of almost all of the better players listed. Commons will be similar in quality and actually even a bit nicer in most cases
Better Players - all scanned except Roberts
#10 Richie Ashburn - Clean front centered off to one side, back has stamp - $6
#18 - Nelson Fox - Slight inch long surface crease on left border, clean back - $12
#46 Roy campanella, Crease on bottom right, back has stamp and pencil and greenish star -$12
#51 Monte Irvin - Heavy Creasing - slight pencil on back - $4
#55 Leo Durocher - creasing on bottom green "HX" on back - $4
#57 Lou Boudreau - Clean front stamp on back - $4
#61 George Kell - surface crease bottom right, clean back - $6
#65 Robin Roberts- creasing on front small size paper loss on front - $5
#80 Ralph Kiner - Clean front Pencil "X" on back - $6
#92 Gil Hodges - small crease right lower area, pencil BK and X on back - $20
#97 - Eddie Matthews - Heavy creasing on front, top border damage, back stamped and also BK in pencil - $12
#99 Warren Spahn - Front clean back has stamp and some funky brown stuff (mold)??? Still its Spahnie! - $14
#114 Bob Feller - light crease bottom center and upper left back has BK and X in pencil - $24
#121 Yogi Berra - front has crease bottom right , centered to one side back has stamp and BK in pencil - $30
#153 Whitey Ford - Pretty Heavy creasing, back clean - $30
#160 Cal Abrams - Last card in the set! surface crease on left side bottom border /rip damage - $10
Better Commons - not perfect by any means, fronts may have slight creasing, backs are all clean - Priced to move at $3 a card
43 - 54 - 66 - 67 - 77 - 79 - 86 - 87 - 94 - 95 - 110 -
Rougher Commons -
These will all have either pencil on back, a stamp of the owners name on back or both, there will also be some that have some light front creasing from time to time, but these are still presentable especially at $1.25 each
7- 8 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 22 - 23 - 26 - 28 - 34 - 37 - 42 - 48 - 49 - 60 - 63 - 64 - 71 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 78 - 83 - 84 - 111
Same as above but high numbers! - $2 each
136 - 140 - 142 - 158
The 'Rough Riders"
This is the so called rest of the rest, will have heavy creasing , writing on back, basically just worse than the above common piles. - Priced to move - take em all for $9
17 - 45 - 47 - 68 - 70 - 104 - 109 - 113 - 122 - 131 - 135 - 137
