First Forum Post Topic 1955-56 Topps Hocus Focus

[GODAWGS31]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Nice! Gonna be very interesting to see what that goes for.

A number of the cards I have have pretty good picture development compared to a lot of the other cards I’ve seen. I understand it’s common when you find some of these cards for the pictures to not be developed very well. Hoping to get some decent grades back on the ones I’ve submitted.

Any advice on best way to sell the Marciano card and others? Is there a big community of vintage boxing card collectors?

Thanks

[GODAWGS31]

Here's a list of the cards I have (baseball subjects and sports thrills/non-sports) with a few photos:

1955 Baseball

- Dick Groat
- Al Rosen
- Jim Rivera (2)
- Gus Zernial
- Wally Moon
- Karl Spooner (2)
- Ed Mathews
- Mel Parnell

1955-56 (Sports Thrills and Non-Sports subjects)
- Buffalo Bill
- Dogracing (2)
- Avro 707B (2)
- Trident
- Antonia Rocca
- Golden Gate Bridge (2)
- The Wright Brothers
- Rolls Royce
- Charles Lindberg
- General Custer
- Rocky Marciano
- Bullfighting
- Theodore Roosevelt (2)
- Wild Bill Hickoc
- Motor Boat Racing
- Abraham Lincoln
- Bobsledding
- Taj Mahal
- Robert Ryan (2)
- Sam Houston
- Skin Diving
- Gordon Scott
- Billy the Kid
- Robert E Lee
- General George Marshall
- Basketball
- Christ of the Andes
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Jefferson Davis

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by GODAWGS31

Here's a list of the cards I have (baseball subjects and sports thrills/non-sports) with a few photos:

1955 Baseball

- Dick Groat
- Al Rosen
- Jim Rivera (2)
- Gus Zernial
- Wally Moon
- Karl Spooner (2)
- Ed Mathews
- Mel Parnell

1955-56 (Sports Thrills and Non-Sports subjects)
- Buffalo Bill
- Dogracing (2)
- Avro 707B (2)
- Trident
- Antonia Rocca
- Golden Gate Bridge (2)
- The Wright Brothers
- Rolls Royce
- Charles Lindberg
- General Custer
- Rocky Marciano
- Bullfighting
- Theodore Roosevelt (2)
- Wild Bill Hickoc
- Motor Boat Racing
- Abraham Lincoln
- Bobsledding
- Taj Mahal
- Robert Ryan (2)
- Sam Houston
- Skin Diving
- Gordon Scott
- Billy the Kid
- Robert E Lee
- General George Marshall
- Basketball
- Christ of the Andes
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Jefferson Davis

Any chance one of those non-sports subjects is #97?

[GODAWGS31]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Any chance one of those non-sports subjects is #97?

No Dave unfortunately I don't have #97, do have #98 which is the Robert E Lee card.

I was going to reach out to you because I got my PSA status update this morning on the batch submission of these cards and PSA has the baseball card subjects all messed up in terms of the year listed and card #. They have half the baseball cards listed as '56 Hocus Focus and the other half as '55's even though they are clearly the same smaller sized cards all with non-perforated edges (which makes them the '55 versions). I have reported the errors on the submission so hopefully they will get this fixed. 3 of the cards have never had an example graded before with a 0 pop (Mel Parnell, Dick Groat, and Jim Rivera).

[ALR-bishop]

On the 55s I was happy to find/have them in any condition

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by GODAWGS31

No Dave unfortunately I don't have #97, do have #98 which is the Robert E Lee card.

I was going to reach out to you because I got my PSA status update this morning on the batch submission of these cards and PSA has the baseball card subjects all messed up in terms of the year listed and card #. They have half the baseball cards listed as '56 Hocus Focus and the other half as '55's even though they are clearly the same smaller sized cards all with non-perforated edges (which makes them the '55 versions). I have reported the errors on the submission so hopefully they will get this fixed. 3 of the cards have never had an example graded before with a 0 pop (Mel Parnell, Dick Groat, and Jim Rivera).

it's possible #97 is U.S. Grant, I would love to get that confirmed and finish off the checklist of subjects after 68 years. Both sizes are 1955 of course, but at this point it's easier just to call the large ones 56's. I'm not surprised they messed up the labeling; depending upon which guide they use as a resource, they may be looking at a mixed checklist of large and small subjects. Certainly they have an incomplete checklist for the small cards so may just guess on some.

[ValKehl]

My only two:

[ALR-bishop]

Nice ones Val