1954 Topps Baseball Card Set & The Holy Grail of Cub Cards

Number of Cards

The 1954 Topps set contains 250 cards, including 11 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

The cards measure 2 5/8 by 3 3/4 inches, which is slightly larger than today's standard size.

Basic Features

The cards have numerous images for the first time ever in a Topps series. Both a colored player portrait and a black-and-white action image are featured in the design. Card fronts have a variety of colorful backgrounds, including white, yellow, light blue, green, red, and orange. The player's name, position, team emblem, and facsimile signature are also displayed on the cards.

The 1954 Topps Baseball cards feature biographical and statistical data about the player on the back. This contains the card number and a cartoon frame with moving pictures.

The man himself, Mr. Cub, is the greatest rookie of all time. Ernie Banks RC is a must-have if you own a collection of this legendary team. To prevent purchasing a false piece of history, always get a professionally graded card from a recognized provider. In the future, graded cards will be significantly more valuable.

There are 3 series this year for Topps

• Series I: 1-50
• Series 2: 51-75
• Series 3: 76-250
• There is no “high” series

1–50 come with either white or gray backs.

Chicago Cubs 1954 Topps Checklist

Number	Player
4	Hank Sauer
4A	Hank Sauer GB
28	Paul Minner
28A	Paul Minner GB
31	Johnny Klippstein
31A	Johnny Klippstein GB
55	Phil Cavarretta MG
60	Frank Baumholtz
67	Jim Willis RC
76	Bob Scheffing CO
89	Howie Pollet
94	Ernie Banks RC
229	Bob Talbot RC
243	Ray Blades CO RC

The 1953 Bowman Color baseball card set is a true classic

The 1953 Bowman Color baseball card set was printed and issued by the Bowman Gum Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

. In 1953 Bowman issued two separate baseball sets, one featured the major stars of the day and was in color, while the other featured lesser known players and was in black and white.

1953 was the first modern set that contained actual color player photographs. These cards measure 2-1/2 x 3-3/4(inches) and have only the player photo on the front, no name, team or autograph facsimile, simply the player photo. The backs of these cards feature a more baseball card trend with player stats and biography info.

The high numbered cards (#113-160) are the scarcest of the set.

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
7	Harry Chiti RC
30	Phil Cavarretta
42	Tommy Brown
48	Hank Sauer
71	Paul Minner
94	Bob Addis
110	Bob Rush
112	Toby Atwell
122	Bill Serena
144	Warren Hacker
154	Turk Lown

1953 Topps

To prevent purchasing a false piece of history, always get a professionally graded card from a recognized provider. In the future, graded cards will be significantly more valuable.

The 1953 Topps Baseball Card Set again featured paintings of the players and in my opinion is a more attractive card than Topps issued in 1952.

1953 Topps contains 274 player cards each measuring 2-5/8 x 3-3/4 (inches). Topps set were prints from small color paintings done from black and white photographs.

Action poses were rare, with most of the cards being portraits of the players. In taking this approach, each portrait was carefully rendered by excellent artists, including Gerry Dvorak. There were no bad poses. They were all carefully handcrafted. Ultimately, this set is recognized as one of the most beautiful baseball cards sets in history.

Series I: 1-85
Series 2: 86-165
Series 3: 266-220
Series 4: 221-280 (Scarce)

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
23	Toby Atwell DP
29	Hal Jeffcoat
39	Eddie Miksis
46	Johnny Klippstein DP
92	Paul Minner DP
111	Hank Sauer DP
130	Turk Lown DP
144	Bob Schultz DP
155	Dutch Leonard
157	Bob Addis DP
173	Preston Ward
179	Gene Hermanski
202	Carl Sawatski RC