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1957 Topps Basketball Cards

Topps Basketball 1957-58 was the first NBA collection for collectors. It features 80 cards of the 8 teams that were then-in the NBA. They key cards in the set are the Bill Russell and Bob Cousy rookie cards. There are 31 short printed cards and 1 quadrupled printed card.


Below is a numerical checklist with short prints, team checklist, images of 1957 Topps box and wrappers and 1957 Topps Evaluation Secrets.

One of 3 known 1957 Topps boxes along with a 1957 Topps wrapper and unopened pack.

One of 3 known 1957 Topps boxes along with a 1957 Topps wrapper and unopened pack.

CHECKLIST

#1 Nat Clifton - Detroit Pistons
#2 George Yardley - Detroit Pistons
#3 Neil Johnston - Philadelphia Warriors
#4 Carl Braun - New York Knicks
#5 Bill Sharman - Boston Celtics
#6 George King - Cincinnati Royals
#7 Kenny Sears - New York Knicks
#8 Dick Ricketts - Cincinnati Royals
#9 Jack Nichols - Boston Celtics
#10 Paul Arizin - Philadelphia Warriors
#11 Chuck Noble - Detroit Pistons
#12 Slater Martin - St. Louis Hawks
#13 Dolph Schayes - Syracuse Nationals
#14 Dick Atha - Detroit Pistons
#15 Frank Ramsey - Boston Celtics
#16 Dick McGuire - Detroit Pistons
#17 Bob Cousy - Boston Celtics
#18 Larry Foust - Minneapolis Lakers
#19 Tom Heinsohn - Boston Celtics SP
#20 Bill Thieben - Detroit Pistons
#21 Don Meineke - Cincinnati Royals
#22 Tom Marshall - Cincinnati Royals SP
#23 Dick Garmaker - Minneapolis Lakers SP
#24 Bob Pettit - St. Louis Hawks (Quadruple Print)
#25 Jim Krebs - Minneapolis Lakers
#26 Gene Shue - Detroit Pistons
#27 Ed Macauley - St. Louis Hawks
#28 Vern Mikkelsen - Minneapolis Lakers SP
#29 Willie Naulls - New York Knicks SP
#30 Walter Dukes - Detroit Pistons
#31 Dave Piontek - Cincinnati Royals
#32 John Kerr - Syracuse Nationals SP
#33 Larry Costello - Syracuse Nationals
#34 Woody Sauldsberry - Philadelphia Warriors
#35 Ray Felix - New York Knicks SP
#36 Ernie Beck - Philadelphia Warriors SP
#37 Cliff Hagan - St. Louis Hawks
SP
#38 Guy Sparrow - New York Knicks
#39 Jim Loscutoff - Boston Celtics SP
#40 Arnie Risen - Boston Celtics

#41 Joe Graboski - Philadelphia Warriors SP
#42 Maurice Stokes - Cincinnati Royals
#43 Rod Hundley - Minneapolis Lakers
#44 Tom Gola - Philadelphia Warriors
#45 Med Park - St. Louis Hawks SP
#46 Mel Hutchins - New York Knicks
#47 Larry Friend - New York Knicks
#48 Lennie Rosenbluth - Philadelphia Warriors
#49 Walt Davis - Philadelphia Warriors SP
#50 Richie Regan - Cincinnati Royals
SP
#51 Frank Selvy - St. Louis Hawks
#52 Art Spoelstra - Minneapolis Lakers
#53 Bob Hopkins - Syracuse Nationals SP
#54 Earl Lloyd - Syracuse Nationals
SP
#55 Phil Jordon - New York Knicks
#56 Bob Houbregs - Detroit Pistons
#57 Lou Tsioropoulos - Boston Celtics
#58 Ed Conlin - Syracuse Nationals SP
#59 Al Bianchi - Syracuse Nationals SP
#60 George Dempsey - Phila Warriors SP
#61 Chuck Share - St. Louis Hawks
SP
#62 Harry Gallatin - Detroit Pistons
#63 Bob Harrison - Syracuse Nationals SP
#64 Bob Burrow - Minneapolis Lakers
#65 Win Wilfong - St. Louis Hawks
#66 Jack McMahon - St. Louis Hawks
#67 Jack George - Philadelphia Warriors SP
#68 Charlie Tyra - New York Knicks
#69 Ron Sobie - New York Knicks SP
#70 Jack Coleman - St. Louis Hawks
SP
#71 Jack Twyman - Cincinnati Royals
#72 Paul Seymour - Syracuse Nationals SP
#73 Jim Paxson - Cincinnati Royals SP
#74 Bob Leonard - Minneapolis Lakers SP
#75 Andy Phillip - Boston Celtics SP
#76 Joe Holup - Syracuse Nationals SP
#77 Bill Russell - Boston Celtics
SP
#78 Clyde Lovellette - Cincinnati Royals
#79 Ed Fleming - Minneapolis Lakers
#80 Dick Schnittker - Minneapolis Lakers SP


*Short-printed cards are bolded.

Team Checklist

Detroit Pistons (10 players)

  • #1 Nat Clifton
  • #2 George Yardley
  • #11 Chuck Noble
  • #14 Dick Atha
  • #16 Dick McGuire
  • #20 Bill Thieben
  • #26 Gene Shue
  • #30 Walter Dukes 
  • #56 Bob Houbregs
  • #62 Harry Gallatin


Philadelphia Warriors (10 players)

  • #3 Neil Johnston 
  • #10 Paul Arizin
  • #34 Woody Sauldsberry 
  • #36 Ernie Beck 
  • #41 Joe Graboski
  • #44 Tom Gola
  • #48 Lennie Rosenbluth
  • #49 Walt Davis 
  • #60 George Dempsey 
  • #67 Jack George 


New York Knicks (10 players)

  • #4 Carl Braun 
  • #7 Kenny Sears 
  • #29 Willie Naulls
  • #35 Ray Felix 
  • #38 Guy Sparrow
  • #46 Mel Hutchins 
  • #47 Larry Friend 
  • #55 Phil Jordon
  • #68 Charlie Tyra 
  • #69 Ron Sobie


Boston Celtics (10 players)

  • #5 Bill Sharman
  • #9 Jack Nichols
  • #15 Frank Ramsey 
  • #17 Bob Cousy 
  • #19 Tom Heinsohn 
  • #39 Jim Loscutoff 
  • #40 Arnie Risen 
  • #57 Lou Tsioropoulos 
  • #75 Andy Phillip 
  • #77 Bill Russell

Cincinnati Royals (10 players)

  • #6 George King 
  • #8 Dick Ricketts 
  • #21 Don Meineke 
  • #22 Tom Marshall 
  • #31 Dave Piontek 
  • #42 Maurice Stokes 
  • #50 Richie Regan 
  • #71 Jack Twyman 
  • #73 Jim Paxson 
  • #78 Clyde Lovellette


St. Louis Hawks (10 players)

  • #12 Slater Martin
  • #24 Bob Pettit 
  • #27 Ed Macauley 
  • #37 Cliff Hagan 
  • #45 Med Park 
  • #51 Frank Selvy
  • #61 Chuck Share
  • #65 Win Wilfong 
  • #66 Jack McMahon
  • #70 Jack Coleman


Syracuse Nationals (10 players)

  • #13 Dolph Schayes 
  • #32 John Kerr 
  • #33 Larry Costello
  • #53 Bob Hopkins
  • #54 Earl Lloyd 
  • #58 Ed Conlin 
  • #59 Al Bianchi 
  • #63 Bob Harrison
  • #72 Paul Seymour
  • #76 Joe Holup


Minneapolis Lakers (10 players)

  • #18 Larry Foust 
  • #23 Dick Garmaker 
  • #25 Jim Krebs 
  • #28 Vern Mikkelsen 
  • #43 Rod Hundley
  • #52 Art Spoelstra
  • #64 Bob Burrow
  • #74 Bob Leonard 
  • #79 Ed Fleming
  • #80 Dick Schnittker

1957 Topps PSA Registry Set Weighting

 #77 Bill Russell - Boston Celtics SP - 10.00


1 Nat Clifton - Detroit Pistons - 9.00


#17 Bob Cousy - Boston Celtics - 8.00


#79 Ed Fleming - Minneapolis Lakers - 7.00

#80 Dick Schnittker - Minneapolis Lakers SP - 7.00


#2 George Yardley - Detroit Pistons - 6.00

#5 Bill Sharman - Boston Celtics - 6.00

#12 Slater Martin - St. Louis Hawks - 6.00

#19 Tom Heinsohn - Boston Celtics SP - 6.00

#24 Bob Pettit - St. Louis Hawks (Quadruple Print) - 6.00

#36 Ernie Beck - Philadelphia Warriors SP - 6.00

#37 Cliff Hagan - St. Louis Hawks SP - 6.00

#62 Harry Gallatin - Detroit Pistons - 6.00


#42 Maurice Stokes - Cincinnati Royals - 5.00

#44 Tom Gola - Philadelphia Warriors - 5.00

#46 Mel Hutchins - New York Knicks - 5.00

#67 Jack George - Philadelphia Warriors SP - 5.00

#71 Jack Twyman - Cincinnati Royals - 5.00

#75 Andy Phillip - Boston Celtics SP - 5.00


#3 Neil Johnston - Philadelphia Warriors - 4.00

#10 Paul Arizin - Philadelphia Warriors - 4.00

#13 Dolph Schayes - Syracuse Nationals - 4.00

#14 Dick Atha - Detroit Pistons - 4.00

#15 Frank Ramsey - Boston Celtics - 4.00

#16 Dick McGuire - Detroit Pistons - 4.00

#23 Dick Garmaker - Minneapolis Lakers SP - 4.00

#27 Ed Macauley - St. Louis Hawks - 4.00

#28 Vern Mikkelsen - Minneapolis Lakers SP - 4.00

#29 Willie Naulls - New York Knicks SP - 4.00

#32 John Kerr - Syracuse Nationals SP - 4.00

#39 Jim Loscutoff - Boston Celtics SP - 4.00

#41 Joe Graboski - Philadelphia Warriors SP - 4.00

#43 Rod Hundley - Minneapolis Lakers - 4.00

#47 Larry Friend - New York Knicks - 4.00

#59 Al Bianchi - Syracuse Nationals SP - 4.00

#63 Bob Harrison - Syracuse Nationals SP - 4.00

#68 Charlie Tyra - New York Knicks - 4.00

#78 Clyde Lovellette - Cincinnati Royals - 4.00


#4 Carl Braun - New York Knicks - 3.00

#8 Dick Ricketts - Cincinnati Royals - 3.00

#11 Chuck Noble - Detroit Pistons - 3.00

#20 Bill Thieben - Detroit Pistons - 3.00

#21 Don Meineke - Cincinnati Royals - 3.00

#30 Walter Dukes - Detroit Pistons - 3.00

#34 Woody Sauldsberry - Philadelphia Warriors - 3.00

#48 Lennie Rosenbluth - Philadelphia Warriors - 3.00

#50 Richie Regan - Cincinnati Royals SP - 3.00

#51 Frank Selvy - St. Louis Hawks - 3.00

#52 Art Spoelstra - Minneapolis Lakers - 3.00

#54 Earl Lloyd - Syracuse Nationals SP - 3.00

#56 Bob Houbregs - Detroit Pistons - 3.00

#61 Chuck Share - St. Louis Hawks SP - 3.00

#69 Ron Sobie - New York Knicks SP - 3.00

#70 Jack Coleman - St. Louis Hawks SP - 3.00

#73 Jim Paxson - Cincinnati Royals SP - 3.00

#74 Bob Leonard - Minneapolis Lakers SP - 3.00

#76 Joe Holup - Syracuse Nationals SP - 3.00


#6 George King - Cincinnati Royals - 2.00

#18 Larry Foust - Minneapolis Lakers - 2.00

#25 Jim Krebs - Minneapolis Lakers - 2.00

#26 Gene Shue - Detroit Pistons - 2.00

#35 Ray Felix - New York Knicks SP - 2.00

#45 Med Park - St. Louis Hawks SP - 2.00

#49 Walt Davis - Philadelphia Warriors SP - 2.00

#53 Bob Hopkins - Syracuse Nationals SP - 2.00

#58 Ed Conlin - Syracuse Nationals SP - 2.00

#60 George Dempsey - Phila Warriors SP - 2.00

#65 Win Wilfong - St. Louis Hawks - 2.00

#72 Paul Seymour - Syracuse Nationals SP - 2.00


#7 Kenny Sears - New York Knicks - 1.00

#9 Jack Nichols - Boston Celtics- 1.00

#22 Tom Marshall - Cincinnati Royals SP - 1.00

#31 Dave Piontek - Cincinnati Royals- 1.00

#33 Larry Costello - Syracuse Nationals - 1.00

#38 Guy Sparrow - New York Knicks - 1.00

#40 Arnie Risen - Boston Celtics - 1.00

#55 Phil Jordon - New York Knicks - 1.00

#57 Lou Tsioropoulos - Boston Celtics - 1.00

#64 Bob Burrow - Minneapolis Lakers - 1.00

#66 Jack McMahon - St. Louis Hawks - 1.00

Sample 1957 Topps Cards

#1 Nat Clifton - Detroit Pistons 

#2 George Yardley - Detroit Pistons

#3 Neil Johnston - Philadelphia Warriors

#4 Carl Braun - New York Knicks

#5 Bill Sharman - Boston Celtics

#6 George King - Cincinnati Royals

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1957 Topps Box and Wrappers

1957 TOPPS basketball seT - box

1957 Topps basketball set - wrapperS (two different types)

1957 Topps Basketball Bazooka Wrapper

1957 Topps Basketball Bazooka Wrapper

1957 Topps Basketball Blony Wrapper

1957 Topps Basketball Blony Wrapper

1957 Topps Basketball Wax Pack

1957 Topps Basketball Card Evaluation Secrets

1. Short Prints

Some cards within this set were short-printed and are therefore harder to find. These cards should carry a premium. The following are the list of the 32 short-printed cards in the set:

#19 Tom Heinsohn - Boston Celtics 

#20 Bill Thieben - Detroit Pistons 

#22 Tom Marshall - Cincinnati Royals 

#23 Dick Garmaker - Minneapolis Lakers 

#28 Vern Mikkelsen - Minneapolis Lakers 

#29 Willie Naulls - New York Knicks 

#32 John Kerr - Syracuse Nationals 

#35 Ray Felix - New York Knicks 

#36 Ernie Beck - Philadelphia Warriors 

#37 Cliff Hagan - St. Louis Hawks 

#39 Jim Loscutoff - Boston Celtics 

#41 Joe Graboski - Philadelphia Warriors 

#45 Med Park - St. Louis Hawks 

#49 Walt Davis - Philadelphia Warriors 

#50 Richie Regan - Cincinnati Royals 

#53 Bob Hopkins - Syracuse Nationals 

#54 Earl Lloyd - Syracuse Nationals 

#58 Ed Conlin - Syracuse Nationals 

#59 Al Bianchi - Syracuse Nationals 

#60 George Dempsey - Philadelphia Warriors 

#61 Chuck Share - St. Louis Hawks 

#63 Bob Harrison - Syracuse Nationals 

#67 Jack George - Philadelphia Warriors 

#69 Ron Sobie - New York Knicks 

#70 Jack Coleman - St. Louis Hawks 

#72 Paul Seymour - Syracuse Nationals 

#73 Jim Paxson - Cincinnati Royals 

#74 Bob Leonard - Minneapolis Lakers 

#75 Andy Phillip - Boston Celtics 

#76 Joe Holup - Syracuse Nationals 

#77 Bill Russell - Boston Celtics 

#80 Dick Schnittker - Minneapolis Lakers 


2. Snow

The 1957 Topps set has a unique blemish that significantly impacts eye appeal ... snow.  Due to problems with the printing process back then, some cards have mild to moderate white marks in the image.  I always try to avoid cards with too much snow.


Mild Snow - #27 Ed Macauley

3. Print Marks

Many cards in the 1957 Topps have small red and blue print marks.  These can be easily missed as they sometimes blend into the background.  

Red Print Marks - #59 Al Bianchi

Blue Print Mark - #72 Paul Seymour 

4. Registration

Registration issues are caused by the printing press process back in the day. Everything was done manually making it very difficult to align everything on a four-color printing press. At the beginning of each shift, the printer would do a few test runs to make sure that a) all the four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) were solid and b) everything was aligned well. But it was common for inks to run low and, as the machines ran, for the sheets of paper being ran through the four-color printing press to  have all the printing plates stamp the cards on the exact same spots.


The key is to look at the borders such as in this Dick Garmaker card below.  The red line on the top of this card is actually the magenta and the line on the bottom is yellow. It was very difficult to run a sheet of paper through the four-color printing press and have all the printing plates stamp the cards on the exact same spots causing less than clear imagery and/or coloring.

Photo Sync Issue - #23 Dick Garmaker

5. Known Defects

A few of the cards from the 1957 set have print issues. It is critical to know which print issues are present on all cards of this player, or just some.  For those universally-found issues, there should absolutely be no devaluation of the card (despite the flaw). On the other hand, a few cards have commonly-seen issues but those issues are not found on all cards. These should impact on your evaluation of such cards.  #77 - Bill Russell - the key card in the set has a small white notch on the top border.  It is found in all of his cards.

Known Defect #77 Bill Russell - small white notch on the top border

6. Recency of Grade

PSA's grading standards have tightened up through the years. Therefore, a recent slab with the same grade as an older one often (but not always) is a better condition card. In fact, we've seen recently-graded slabs with lower grades that appear nicer than some older slabs with higher grades. If you really are forward thinking, when AI becomes mainstream in card grading, these lower graded cards could earn a higher grade than their older predecessors. To identify a newer slab, look for the red, white, and blue PSA logo in the middle, bottom portion of the label.  Also, usually the higher slab numbers are more recent than lower numbers.


7. POP Realignment

A PSA 8 Topps basketball card (total of 1,945) is like a PSA 10.  This is because, as of 7/1/22, PSA has handed out relatively few PSA 8.5, 9 and 10 grades for this set.  Specifically, there is ONLY one PSA 10 grade for any 1957 Topps basketball card ... Dick Athan #14.  There are only 100 and 71 PSA 9s and PSA 8.5s, respectively, out of the entire 80-card set.  Larry Costello #33 and Bill Sharman #5 have the most PSA 9s with 6 and 5. The remainder of the cards in the set have only between 0 and 4 PSA 9s samples.


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