Picture Cards & Bubble Gum

1960 Topps Walter Alston.
In my quest to pick up a card from every Dodger with a retired number (so far you’ve seen number 19 Jim Gilliam, and number 32 Sandy Koufax) I picked up this amazing Walter Alston (retired number 24) card for 99 cents.
Sure it’s missing a few bits of cardboard, and there’s a smudge on the “S” but this card is in PERFECT condition as far as I’m concerned.
Sure the base 1960 Topps design is pretty, perfectly showing a transition in design style from the 50’s to the 60’s, but the manager cards from that year are just damn near perfect vertical artwork in a horizontal set. The pendants, the hand colored black & white photos, the cyan and red alternating letters. They might be one of my favorite Topps designs of all time. I’m so glad that I have a smiling Walter Alston to add to my collection.