new 54s and a question

This 1954 Topps set project is coming along very well. In the issue of Beckett I have from May of this year, it lists a total of 24 cards in the 1954 Topps section. Essentially they list anything that is over fifty bucks. Of those 24, 16 of them book at over 100. My aim was to finish off those 16 as soon as possible, because the sooner those are taken care of, the commons will just fall into place. There are no short printed series in this set, so nothing is impossible to come across. Now, I don't really care what Beckett says for pricing, because the market is what determines the price. The price on the Aaron rookie is $1800. That's near mint. Obviously the one I have is not even close to near mint, but regardless, its a Hank Aaron rookie. I assure you I am quite pleased with what I paid for it. For the most part, I have been getting those 'big 16' cards at a tenth of what the Beckett says. None of them mint, but all of them good enough for me. I've turned down on buying some cards due to their rough shape and have waited for a good one to appear. It just seems like good ones have popped up a lot in the last week or so. Out of those 16, I have 9, with 4 more on the way. Only 3 'big guys' left to get. Here are three of them:

I know everyone likes to hate on the Yankees but these two cards are pretty nice. The Kaline, while kinda rough, is still a great buy. Yes, another card at a tenth of book value. Could be better, but I certainly won't complain about it.

Oh, right. That question. What can $14 bucks buy you on eBay?
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Duke Snider, one of the 16. This is also one of the graded cards I asked how to free the other day. I can safely say that it seems like it is going to be easier than I had thought to open him up and free him of his holding cell of cardboard doom. Once the other cards come, I'll be sure to post them up here. Bring on the commons!