Clean midgrade near-set of 1957 Topps missing just 13 cards for completion. The individual cards are super-clean a "second set" assembled by a careful and diligent collector who was building a higher-grade raw 1957 Topps set upgrading card-by-card. As he continued upgrading his set improving the collection by finding a better-centered example or one with sharper corners the card he replaced would take its place in his "second set." Eventually as his first set became stronger and stronger so did the second! This is a solid midgrade collection. A condition breakdown would be as follows: 2% NM; 23% EX-MT; 45% EX; 27% VG-EX; and 3% lesser with a few trimmed. None of the cards are graded. Key cards break down as follows: # 1 Williams (EX) #2 Berra (EX) #10 Mays (EX) #15 Roberts (EX) #18 Drysdale (VG-EX) #20 Aaron (EX-MT) #25 Ford (EX) #30 Reese (EX) #40 Wynn (EX) #55 Banks (EX) #70 Ashburn (VG-EX) #76 Clemente (EX-MT) #90 Spahn (VG) #95 Mantle (EX) #100 Giles/Harridge (VG-EX) #120 Lemon (EX-MT) #125 Kaline (EX) #170 Snider (EX) #203 WIlhlem (EX) #210 Campanella (VG-EX) #215 Slaughter (VG-EX) #230 Kell (EX-MT) #250 Mathews (VG) #286 Richardson (EX-MT) #407 Mantle/Berra (VG-EX). As the collector had a penchant for well-centered cards the ones he replaced tended to be lesser-centered. As a result centering is more of an issue with this group. The set is missing 13 cards for completion. Those cards are #24 Mazeroski #35 Frank Robinson #138 Orestes Minoso #178 Bessent #262 Thomson #284 Zimmer #290 Carey #302 Koufax #312 Kubek #317 Giants Team #324 Dodgers Team #328 Brooks Robinson and #338 Jim Bunning. An exceptional midgrade collection 394 cards total.