seeking knowledge re: 1955 Topps baseball sheets

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by G1911

I'm pretty sure Stanky alongside some of the others in seemingly abundant supply will end up being on one of the extra rows, but maybe I should refrain from these guesses when we may be able to actually prove something. I don't know how much data you guys have outside this thread for the high numbers but I will keep looking for other miscuts. Hopefully other folks can add their own miscuts.

Is there a chart of the cards numbers and rows/columns for the second series? I saw the post in the other thread but it appears the columns are reversed or off? My 55 set is long ago complete minus Clemente who I don't want to pay $1,500 for just yet but I am curious. 54 and 55 are two of the better ones to identify as the series have not been positively known outside of series 1.

Yeah, I messed up on the 1955 Topps 2nd Series layout, hopefully Dewey will be able to fix my mistake when he has time. The two rows on the 1955 2nd Series that are short printed are the Amalfitano row and the Carroll row, and what's really interesting is the Carroll row is all ten cards numbered 151-160, including Eddie Mathews. I have noticed that some checklists have cards 151-160 listed separately at a slightly higher price so I believe dealers and collectors noticed years ago that 151-160 were in lesser quantities than most of the other cards in the series. ETA I don't think the 1955 Topps 3rd Series is a dead end like 1965 6th Series and 1957 5th Series have turned out to be but we need all of the miscuts we can get a hold of, plus there are row changes in the 1955 3rd Series which makes it more complicated.