1954 Topps Original Artwork (ebay listings)

[Section103]

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Know anything about these? Legitimate?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-TOPPS-A...item258f9c9196

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-TOPPS-H...item258f9cda5d

[ALR-bishop]

I know a guy who has collected some of these, but I think he bought them from Topps Vault and they came sealed with a certificate. I will ask him to take a look at these. The sellers feedback and other sale items seem a mismatch

[spacktrack]

They are identical to the ones sold by REA in the most recent auction:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=30930

[Section103]

Thanks!!

[Brianruns10]

I guess it could be legit, but I'm always bothered when quality vintage items like these turn up as items being sold by dealers who sell modern junk, who don't have the eye or frankly the appreciation that a dealer in vintage would have. Personally I don't do business with them because I don't think they have the experience level to judge an item's worth or quality. And frankly, this guy is greedy trying to almost double what he paid for it through the auction house.

I'll save my money for guys like Probstein.

[spacktrack]

Originally Posted by Brianruns10

And frankly, this guy is greedy trying to almost double what he paid for it through the auction house.

To be clear, REA did not sell the ones listed on eBay. They are identical in style, not identical player selection.

[toppcat]

This is only semi-related to the discussion here but as I wrote recently on my blog, Irwin Hasen of Dondi fame was noted by the Card Collectors Co.to have done the illustrations for the 1955 Topps baseball reverses. Looking at the 1954 artworks, its seems possible to me he drew the earlier year as well as they style looks a lot like his.

http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/20...-new-info.html