Largely clean and attractive grouping of 1959 Topps cards, from an original owner collection.  Though the cards were well-handled by the collector as a child, they were carefully stored away in later years, most protected by penny sleeves.  The result is a group of cards that mostly exhibit honest wear, averaging in the EX range with a few better and a few lesser.  Being a collection assembled in the year of issue, the typical Topps quality control issues are in play here, namely centering issues typical of the 1959 set. Many of the issue's keys are included.

Collection is missing the following cards for completion: 1 (Frick), 4, 9, 10 (Mantle), 13, 32, 33, 42, 47, 50 (Mays), 52, 58, 68, 93, 112, 113, 117, 131, 133, 141, 146, 154, 160, 180 (Berra), 183, 184, 187, 194, 195, 196, 199, 201, 211, 214, 220, 226, 227, 231, 240, 241, 242, 245, 250, 251, 255, 259, 265, 278, 284, 286, 301, 327, 351, 357, 422, 508, 510, 514 (Gibson), 520, 527, 528, 535, 552 (Stengel AS), 556 (Fox AS), 558, 559 (Banks AS), 562 (Kaline AS), 564 (Mantle AS), 568, 571 (Spahn AS). Key cards grade as follows: #20 Snider (VG), #30 Fox (EX), #40 Spahn (born 1921 - VG), #80 Minoso (VG), #150 Musial (VG), #163 Koufax (VG/EX), #300 Ashburn (VG/EX), #350 Banks (VG/EX), #360 Kaline (VG/EX), #380 Aaron (P), #435 Robinson (EX), #439 Robinson (EX+), #450 Mathews (EX), #478 Clemente (P), #515 Killebrew (EX), #550 Campanella (F), #561 Aaron AS (VG), #563 Mays AS (VG+).  Collection includes the following variations: #40 c Spahn (born 1921), #316 (optioned statement), 321 (optioned statement), 322 (optioned statement), 336 (optioned statement), 362 (optioned statement), 416 (circle around copyright).  419 cards total.