1953 TOPPS BB REPRINT SET -100 CARDS WITH HALL OF FAMERS+2 FREE UNOPENED PACKS

Description: I assume if you're reading this you are familiar with the wonderful set of 1953 Topps Baseball Cards that were reprinted in 1991. The quality is vastly superior to the printing of the original '53 set--glossy, very thick cardboard. Topps advertised this 30+ years ago when released as "the set that never was." For some reason a lot of famous players, managers and others were not in the original set. They're easily identified. Topps commissioned original artwork in 1953 and couldn't replicate iT when the reprint set was issued. If you look at the cards and they have paintings of the players, they were part of the original 1953 set. If they are black and white photos with duotone (two color) printing, they were one of the those added in 1991. They added them at the end. There were about 280 cards in the original set and they are numbered to 337 in the reprint set. Also Topps had some type of problems in 1953 as about a dozen numbers in the set don't exist. Lots to explain with the original '53 set and the reprint done in '91. I generally don't sell baseball cards; if I sell baseball items they are vintage, autographed and so on. I invested a lot of time and too many dollars in the sport in the 1990s. At that time I did a lot of buying and was still pretty much handling only vintage. But even in 1991 I thought this set was pretty cool and I bought a case (12 boxes) direct from Topps--and sold them all to collectors almost immediately. A good portion of my business was baseball then--autographed Hall of Famers, game-used bats and jerseys. I made the decision in 2000 to concentrate on historical coins, medals and the like. My HOF autographs and game-used equipment sold for more than $100,000 which was excellent--25 years ago. I also had a lot of unopened card packs from 1951-1970 and was happy with the profit at the time. I nearly choked looking at the prices today--1959 packs (1- and 5-cent packs and cello packs) for example sold for up to $500 each. Today many of the '59 packs sell for TEN TIMES AS MUCH. I don't have seller's remorse but I would love to have virtually ALL of the baseball material I had then. Not just packs went up. I tripled my money in 1999 selling a terrific ball signed by Mel Ott, Kiki Cuyler and some guy name Babe Ruth. The very cool ball was signed over a weekend pair of games. One was the Giants vs. the Cubs, the other the Yankees....and I can't recall who their opponent was.I had paid $1400 for the ball a decade earlier and sold it for $3600. Signatures were bold on all 3 Hall of Famers as well as on the 3 other signatures. It was a great find, had a terrific story about the fan who went to two weekend games and got a few American and National League signatures, had a great story to tell and I'd say it would fetch $15,000± today. So today my baseball buys are mostly for myself, such as from the Pacific Coast League which I grew up watching in the late 1950s and beyond. When I rediscovered this 1991 reprint set I couldn't resist buying boxes not just to resell but for fun. So I've built a couple complete sets and still have several boxes to sell. Not a great deal of reason just to open them (although I don't think any child of the 1950s and 1960s ever tires of opening any sealed packs). This lot of 100 from the reprint 1953 sets includes a great group of Hall of Famers too and the two free unopened packs.

Price: 10.99 USD

Location: Woodinville, Washington

End Time: 2024-11-29T01:55:39.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.45 USD