Question About 1959 Topps Original or Reprint?

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Life comes at you fast. I put these cards in this binder page about 40 years to the day. These are the grey backs. The white backs seem clunkier or thicker stock to me. There are Topps gurus on here who can explain the set better than I, but technically I have been collecting it since 1979....

I would be comfortable buying all commons on ebay. There are specialty dealers who sell this set in large groups in all conditions, and Greg Morris breaks them down card by card in all conditions. Good luck, Rob

THANK YOU for that, Rob! I just checked out my grey backs vs. the white backs, and yes, the white backs are sturdier!

And right, the commons are probably going to be safe, I guess, as you say. I do have a couple of grey backs where the back does seem slightly more faded than the rest of the grey backs. One is an Al Dark and the other is a Tom Sturdivant. There may be some others, but I know those two for sure. But maybe that just had to do with how they were printed.