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Similar Card Type - same year/cross sports
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The first year that I really collected was 1979 football and 1980 basketball/baseball. One thing that I remember from that year was that all three sets had similar gloss on the front and similar backs - basketball was red, baseball was blue,and I think football was green. In the fall of '80, the football set that came out was more of a matte finish. And then, when baseball came out in the spring of '81, it was more of a matte finish than the '80 set.
I am not sure if this is coincidence or not, but it really stood out to me. I also look like at a set like '59 Fleer Ted Williams and '59 Fleer 3 Stooges and they look similar as well. Does anyone know if there is a similar setting that is used across the different sports to where they have a similarity within the year? EDIT - I added some examples of what I was talking about and maybe it is purely my imagination as it is a memory from collecting them out of the pack - but even though those sets were all unique in design, there felt like there was a common thread through the sports. In the fall of 80, the gloss was turned down and it seemed that the baseball cards were less glossy. When I go through my albums, '65 pops as a much more glossy finish than 64 and 66. |
Not vintage, but 1992 Fleer Ultra used the same design for their baseball, hockey, basketball and football sets.
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I know that recent Topps years had similar design for baseball and football. I am sure my question was confusing and poorly worded - but this was really about the texture of the card. It might be just coincidence, but they were all glossy vs all matte etc.
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1951 Bowman:
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...51%20Rosen.jpg 1951 Topps Ringside: http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ler%20auto.jpg |
1953 Topps baseball
1954 Topps "World On Wheels" http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/Scan_45.jpeg |
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First ones that come to my mind are 1965 Topps football and 1964-65 Topps hockey
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