1953 Topps -- Card Gallery

[egri]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Scott, are there known, autographed examples of all cards from the 1953 Topps set, or are there some that are not known to exist?

There are known examples of all of them, though there are four (Fox, Vern Bickford, Les Fusselman and Bill Norman) that I personally have never seen, either in a collection or up for sale.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by egri

There are known examples of all of them, though there are four (Fox, Vern Bickford, Les Fusselman and Bill Norman) that I personally have never seen, either in a collection or up for sale.

It's remarkable that you have 263/274...that is insane.

[egri]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

It's remarkable that you have 263/274...that is insane.

Thanks John, it certainly has been a labor of love putting it all together. But I've enjoyed the journey. Of the 11 I need, there's the four I mentioned that I've never seen, and three others (Dick Kokos, Jim Gilliam, and Johnny Riddle) that I've only seen once. Then of the last four, three of them (Mantle, Billy Martin, and Stachel Paige) are readily available, I just haven't pulled the trigger for a few reasons, these days cost among them. The last one, Vern Stephens, I first saw at the end of 2020, and since then three of them have gotten away from me.

[jayshum]

I would guess that an autographed Mantle or Paige would be very expensive. Around what would they go for?

[egri]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I would guess that an autographed Mantle or Paige would be very expensive. Around what would they go for?

I remember passing on Paiges at $1,000, and thinking that anything over $1,200 was overpriced, but they've been creeping up since the pandemic started, and the last two sales I'm aware of were between $3-4,000 about a year ago. For Mantles, they used to start around $5-6,000 before the pandemic, since then they've been all over the place. I've seen as low as $5-6,000, a few around $10,000, and as high as $19,000. On both, they don't change hands as often as they used to.

[egri]

[Harliduck]

Clearly another one I need to upgrade when my set is done..

[Georj]

Hey Scott,
If your interested there's a Johnny Riddle on ebay right now with best offer

[bobsbbcards]

Roy

[ALR-bishop]

[egri]

Originally Posted by Georj

Hey Scott,
If your interested there's a Johnny Riddle on ebay right now with best offer

Thanks Georj! I've seen that one before, and have questions about it that have kept me away. The J, for example, is detached from the rest of his name. He didn't sign like that until later in life, when he wrote each letter separately. In that one, the other letters are still connected.