COMPLETE!!! 1959 Topps...My Other Countdown to Completion.

[Big Six]

Compliments of the latest Sterling Sports Auction...really nice experience as this was the first time I've participated and won in a non-eBay auction environment...good stuff!

[Big Six]

Picked up a bunch of 1956 Topps commons and these three for my 1959 Topps set...

With that pickup, here's who I still need...

10 Mickey Mantle
40 Warren Spahn - pending
50 Willie Mays
317 N. L. Hitting Kings (Ashburn, Mays)
380 Hank Aaron
515 Harmon Killebrew
525 Jim Coates
528 Pirates Team
543 Corsair Trio
559 All Star -- Ernie Banks
561 All Star -- Hank Aaron
562 All Star -- Al Kaline
563 All Star -- Willie Mays
564 All Star -- Mickey Mantle

If you have any of the above, please let me know. I'm looking for ExMt quality and nicely centered. I will likely only get the Mantle, Mantle AS, Mays and Aaron graded, but willing to look at what anyone has. Thanks in advance...looking forward to finishing this one!

[David W]

I always liked the color contrast and picture of the 59 F Robinson

[ALR-bishop]

Since this was the first Topps set I finished it is one of my favorites. Over the years I have added the following items to my set ;

The traded/option variations

The 3 Spahn DOB variations

The Ramos upper border irregularity ( there has been a high priced 8 on ebay for some time...mine is ungraded)...recurring defect

181 Porterfield with an errant green line on the back along the listed years...recurring defect

313 House... with botched T on back in Complete...recurring defect

407 Drabowski...with white front border at top extending into pink... (similar to 58 Douglas )...written up in SCD

The 3 Haywood Sullivans

Elect Your Favorite Rookie paper pack insert...this "ballot" along with others distributed to Boy's Clubs, Boy Scouts and YMCAs...and published in The Sporting News... resulted in the 1960 Topps Sporting News Rookie cards ( not sure how the 1959 players were selected, but in 1960 packs there was another paper insert that led to the 1961 cards. For 1961 the cards changed from the separate designs in 59 and 60 to the regular card with the trophies on them)

Free Felt Pennant paper pack insert ( I don't have but would like to get one of the 15 " felt pennants)

An unopened 5 cent and 1 cent wax pack, and a cello pack

The First Annual Topps Rookie Banquet paper program from 10-29-59 in which the upcoming 1960 Topps Rookie selections were highlighted. Winners got $ 125 and free trip to NY for the banquet, and a trophy...and also a free trip to appear on Mel Allen's NBC World Series Special on 9-29.

On the last page of the program is a picture of a kid with a sideways baseball cap with a caption that reads " I just traded Stan Musial for Mickey Mantle" and the following legend :

"Remember when you managed a team of baseball cards held together by a repaired rubber-band ? Remember those big trades you pulled off ? Boys haven't changed very much-and it still happens every spring. Major League ballplayers still move from one rubber-band held stack to another. A wad of bazooka gum and a stack of baseball cards are part of the heritage of American boyhood--envy of the world. Want to make a boy happy ? Give him a nickel and send him to the store today"

[Big Six]

With recent pickups of Spahn and the Phillies team card, I'm down to the final 13 cards needed for my 1959 Topps set! If you have any of the ones below nicely centered in Ex-ExMt shape (or PSA 5ish), please let me know...and thanks!

10 Mickey Mantle (likely only interested in slabbed)
50 Willie Mays
317 N. L. Hitting Kings (Ashburn, Mays)
380 Hank Aaron
515 Harmon Killebrew
525 Jim Coates
528 Pirates Team
543 Corsair Trio
559 All Star -- Ernie Banks
561 All Star -- Hank Aaron
562 All Star -- Al Kaline
563 All Star -- Willie Mays
564 All Star -- Mickey Mantle

[sox1903wschamp]

Good luck finishing up! #525 Coates was the last one I needed for my set and I see it is your last common player needed.

To Al's point above, some of the other items are fun to collect past the basic set. I picked this up along with the 16 felts which are displayed with my set.

[Big Six]

With all of the 2012 goal threads going on, I'm going to jump in the fray and try to wrap up my 1959 Topps set...here's what I need.

10 Mickey Mantle (leaning towards getting graded only on this one)
50 Willie Mays
380 Hank Aaron
515 Harmon Killebrew
528 Pirates Team
543 Corsair Trio
559 All Star -- Ernie Banks
561 All Star -- Hank Aaron
562 All Star -- Al Kaline
563 All Star -- Willie Mays
564 All Star -- Mickey Mantle

I'm looking for clean Ex-Mt or better with nice centering and decent corners. I don't have a preference for raw versus graded so let me know what you have. This will be the first of four 1950's sets I hope to complete (the others are a '51 Bowman and '54 and '56 Topps). Thanks in advance for any help you can offer...Matt

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Since this was the first Topps set I finished it is one of my favorites. Over the years I have added the following items to my set ;

....last page of the program is a picture of a kid with a sideways baseball cap with a caption that reads " I just traded Stan Musial for Mickey Mantle" and the following legend :

"Remember when you managed a team of baseball cards held together by a repaired rubber-band ? Remember those big trades you pulled off ? Boys haven't changed very much-and it still happens every spring. Major League ballplayers still move from one rubber-band held stack to another. A wad of bazooka gum and a stack of baseball cards are part of the heritage of American boyhood--envy of the world. Want to make a boy happy ? Give him a nickel and send him to the store today

That was a fun read.

[BCauley]

Nice stuff! I just finished my '55 Topps set after starting about 13 years ago (hey, life happens!). I ended up getting commons ungraded and the superstars/HOFers graded. I bounced back and forth on working either the '58 or '59 set and ended up going with the '58. I'm slowly growing to like working on sets. Good luck with yours!

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by BCauley

Nice stuff! I just finished my '55 Topps set after starting about 13 years ago (hey, life happens!). I ended up getting commons ungraded and the superstars/HOFers graded. I bounced back and forth on working either the '58 or '59 set and ended up going with the '58. I'm slowly growing to like working on sets. Good luck with yours!

Thanks Bill...getting excited to be close to wrapping this up. Enjoy the chase...