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Rank your top5 favorite sets 1950-1979
Include at least one set from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Here’s mine:
1. 1953 Topps 2. 1952 Bowman 3. 1956 Topps 4. 1965 Topps 5. 1971 Topps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
I have a feeling some of my favorites are among most people's most hated. For me it's a combination fo design and also which sets I coveted when I was a kid. Anyway, my favorite five, not necessarily in order:
1952 Topps 1971 Topps 1959 Topps 1973 Topps 1965 Topps |
1956 Topps
1952 Topps 1967 Topps 1954 Bowman 1971 Topps Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
1965 Topps
1967 Topps 1959 Topps 1963 Fleer 1979 Topps Mike |
51 Bowman
53 Topps 56 Topps 64 Topps 71 Topps |
1952 Topps
1956 Topps 1954 Topps 1970 Topps 1957 Topps |
My choices involve not just the aesthetics of these sets, but also the player's cards contained within the set (IE key HOFers, RCs, tough SPs, etc).
1952 1962 1968 1971 1972 |
1965 Topps
1966 Topps 1967 Topps 1963 Topps 1955 Topps |
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1969
1955 1966 1967 1957/1970 Mostly due to personal reasons...:) Changes every few months or so... |
1965 Topps
1955 Topps 1957 Topps 1953 Bowman 1975 Topps |
Top 5 (in no order)
1975 (my birth year, so probably #1) 1962; 1957; 1961; 1965. |
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1967 - simple design, tough hi's, + Seaver n Carew (R)
1956 - classic 50's w stars, won't break the bank 1965 - attractive design w cool player poses 1972 - poppin color, tough hi's, good HOF's 1971 - tough border n hi's Honorable Mention - 1963 - HIT KING |
1974 Topps
1963 Fleer 1955 Topps 1960 Topps 1975 Topps I know 1974 may seem to be a weird choice for a favorite, but it is the one set that viscerally takes me back to my youth, especially the traded cards. |
1955 Bowman (love the tv cards)
1952 Topps 1951 Bowman 1954 Topps 1959 Topps (very underrated beautiful set) [IMG]<a href="https://app.photobucket.com/u/cglasby/p/5a93f785-5a9b-41b0-86bb-77f3fbb17e7a" target="_blank"><img src="https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/hh240/cglasby/(edited)_0135DD57-7B6A-4177-B283-5975A59FB437.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bound s" border="0" alt="(edited)_0135DD57-7B6A-4177-B283-5975A59FB437"/></a>[/IMG] |
1952 Topps
1953 Bowman Color 1975 Topps 1953 Topps 1965 Topps |
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1952 Topps
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Although I can't agree on the TV set cards. Not sure why, but they just don't appeal to me...and they've been done in just about every sport I collect except basketball. :D |
1953 topps
1956 topps 1959 topps 1954 topps 1975 topps |
1967 Topps
1969 Topps Supers 1969 Topps (1st and 2nd series only) 1974 Topps Deckle Edge 1956 Topps Honorable mention: 1966 Kahn's :cool: https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...0Killebrew.jpg https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...er034Aaron.jpg https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...090Koosman.jpg https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...10Simmons2.jpg https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...4Baumholtz.jpg https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...nsStargell.jpg |
If sticking to base type sets... and given the rules
53 Bowman 57 Topps 59 Topps 67 Topps 72 Topps If we are including supplemental sets 51 Current AllStars 64 Giants 68 3D 69 Supers 74 Deckle |
In Order Of Preference
1960 - especially with nice gloss
1959 1961 1972 1975 |
1967
1952 1972 1953 bowman color 1954 Looks like a lot of concurrence around a few of these |
1971 Topps
1960 Topps 1955 Topps 1953 Bowman Color 1964 Topps Giants |
1972
1972 1972 1972 and...1972 |
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Phil...just need a 1963 Topps Mantle and Stargell...have them for sale? :) |
1957 topps
1954 Bowman 1963 topps 1965 topps 1975 Topps |
1953 Topps
1951 Bowman 1957 Topps 1960 Topps 1971 Topps Honorable mention to 1949 Leaf and 1949 Bowman. |
1. 1955 Topps
2. 1953 Topps 3. 1960 Topps 4. 1967 Dexter Press 5. 1975 Topps Runner ups would include: 52 Redman, 65T, 71T and 77T |
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1953 Topps
1965 Topps 1957 Topps 1952 Topps 1967 Topps sixth - 1962 Topps seventh - 1955 Topps 8th- 1964 Topps ninth - 1953 Bowman Color tenth- 1978 Topps . |
Mine are driven by aesthetics and sentimentality - I can't wrap my head around liking (or disliking) a set for number of stars, rookies or condition sensitivity - all that means to me is more $$$ if I try to build a set.
1. 1978 Topps (my first cards at age 10) 2. 1967 Topps 3. 1952 Topps 4. 1972 Topps 5. 1965 Topps |
1973 Topps
1976 Topps 1956 Topps 1972 Topps 1975 Topps I'm more of a 70s guy, but that 56 Topps set is a work of art... |
Top 5 in chronological order:
1956 Topps - beautiful cards 1964 Topps Giants - working on a signed version of this set with my son 1966 Topps - great memories putting this set together with my dad 1971 Topps - 'Always bet on the black' - Fred Sanford 1978 Topps - Had more of these as a kid than any other year, love the AS logos. |
1) 1959 Fleer, How can a all Ted Williams set not be the best ever.
2) 1955 Bowman, Hate all the other horizontal and wood grain sets but love this one. 3) 1953 Topps, Just beautiful cards, 4) 1975 Topps, Love the bright colors. 5) 1954 Bowman, Added to make 5:) |
1967
1966 1954 1963 1975 |
1) 1956 Topps
2) 1951 Bowman 3) 1965 Topps 4) 1960 Topps 5) 1976 Topps |
My list looks different than it would have 5 years ago.
1.) 56 (will always be may favorite as it is the creative apex of Topps and it contains all of the stars that used to be split with Bowman. A Musial and Frank Robinson and it would have been a true masterpiece) 2.) 65 (I love the design. '80 was my first real year collecting as a kid and the pennants on '65 remind me of '80. My favorite Mantle card as well) 3.) 55 Bowman (The color TVs are so cutting edge - like if there was an Iphone set in 2008) 4.) 63 (Really dig the design - love the bright backs) 5.) 78 (This one has grown on me over the years. Reggie is baseball card perfection). Honorable mention - the back of the 54 Topps. The one ring that trumps all - 52-55 Red Man sets. I think these are the most undervalued sets in post war. Beautiful cards, relative scarcity, big names, they are spectacular to look at! |
1953 Topps
1952 Bowman 1956 Topps 1972 Topps 1978 Topps |
OP doesn't say only mainstream Topps so....
1) 1955 Topps
2) 1952 Topps 3) 1951 Bowman 4) 1968 3D 5) 1956 Topps |
1-1957 Topps
2-1952 Bowman 3-1963 Topps 4-1965 Topps 5-1975 Topps I liked the 61s when I was a kid but they dragged on me over time. I put a complete set up for auction recently. The pics are so dull. I know 75 is quirky but it typifies the era in which I was a college student plus I bought the set for $6.99 from Barry Allen back then. |
Take a look at this very old thread showing (some) of the beauty of the 1974 set...
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=172335 I personally think it's pretty darn majestic. An awesome design with the colors highlighting the team names perfectly done, a wonderful integration of very cool game-action shots, plenty of variations to chase, and just a sharply focused, rich printing job. Truly, an awesome set to flip through. |
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The lack of significant rookie cards keeps it affordable...part and parcel of being ignored by investors and "serious collectors." Anyway, you are right. It was a brilliant job by Topps. |
Random and subject to change: This is not what my list would have looked like as a kid interested in vintage cards in 1990, and it may be different still in another 5 or 10 years. But here is what I would say today:
1. 1956 Topps 2. 1972 Topps 3. 1967 Topps 4. 1965 Topps 5. 1971 Topps Honorable mention to 1959 Topps. I think in terms of "pop culture correct", it's hard to beat the '59 and '72 Topps efforts. |
1. 1953 Topps I love the art work on this set.
2. 1956 Topps The small action shots on the front are a nice addition to the portraits. 3. 1975 Topps Great colors. 4. 1952-55 Red Man I like the art and the size gives them more room to work. 5. 1950-51 Bowman I like small cards as much as big cards and the art on this and the 51 set remind me of comic book art and early 80s cartoons, which I also like. |
I’ll give some love to the 1950 Bowman, which somehow hasn’t had any on this thread. It is a throwback to an earlier era of cards, the art is spectacular, the cards are affordable in decent condition, and there’s one iconic card of Jackie Robinson for good measure.
1953 Bowman Color. If you’ve ever seen them in person, you understand. 1956 Topps. A bridge across eras. You have the last of Jackie, Feller and Rizzutto, but you also have young Aaron, Koufax, and Clemente. The young stars aren’t rookies, so you can get the entire set in decent condition without breaking the bank 1971 Topps. Who doesn’t love the black borders. 1964 Topps giants. Big, beautiful, and available in great condition |
My choices, not necessarily in order:
1953 Bowman Color 1971 Topps 1958 Hires Root Beer 1954 Wilson Franks 1951 Bowman 1957 Topps 1963 Topps 1959 Topps 1974 Topps (for nostalgia purposes) 1971 Kellog's 3D |
I am really baffled by the consistent appearance of the 1971 Topps set on this list. Only recently have I begun 'liking' these cards, and that's simply because when housed in TPG holders, there's no worry about them turning white right before your very eyes. At the height of my youthful card collecting, you could never find even a single one of them that didn't look like a nun's habit. And we weren't into condition (like it is nowadays) at all. All of our other cards had the usual wear on them, but we didn't mind. The 1971's, though? They were a nightmare! Like musical tastes, it's fascinating how perceptions vary.
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Here's my favorite PSA 7 from my set (a testament to how nice they look without nun's habits around the edges). :cool: https://caimages.collectors.com/psai...ps591Brown.jpg |
About the 1971's, check out post #47 and beyond from this thread...
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=270971 |
I’ll follow the rules here as some seemed to disregard “Include at least one set from 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s”. I like cards that pop with color, have a uniqueness about them, and features design that highlights the era in which they we’re produced.
1) 1954 Topps 2) 1951 Bowman 3) 1955 Topps 4) 1963 Topps 5) 1971 Topps Honorable mention: 1953 Topps, 1954 Wilson Franks, 1959 Topps, 1960 Topps |
My favorites, in chronological order:
1956 Topps 1965 Topps 1967 Topps 1971 Topps 1972 Topps (first year of collecting; love the art deco look) Honorable Mentions: 1963 Topps 1975 Topps |
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...431c798e_w.jpg It was an absolute game changer for future Topps sets. |
1. 1953 Topps
2. 1956 Topps 3. 1951 Bowman 4. 1972 Topps 5. 1954 Topps |
1. 1975 Topps Mini
2. 1956 Topps 3. 1960 Topps 4. 1972 Topps 5. 1959 Fleer Ted Williams |
1954 Wilson Franks
1964 Topps Stand-Up 1971 Topps Greatest Moments |
1954 Topps Baseball: How could anyone not like these cards, great design
1955 Bowman Baseball: Just something about the TV set design 1961 Topps Baseball: I really like the All-Star cards in the set 1970 Topps Baseball: I think it's because I bought a lot that summer as a kid 1969 Topps Football: The colorful borderless design |
1952 Topps Baseball
1957 Topps Baseball 1967 Topps Baseball 1969 Topps Baseball 1970 Topps Baseball My theme here is no clutter just player. 1971 Topps Baseball is in there too. I also like the 1976 SSPC Set. Pure cards, no clutter. |
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1960 Topps
1965 Topps 1974 Topps 1975 Topps 1959 Topps Honorable mentions to '56 (artful) and '71. Believe it or not, I find the 74s the most aesthetically pleasing of the 1970s cards. I like how the border colors are made to coordinate with the uniforms of the teams represented. Very nice. The downside, of course, is the lack of rookies and high dollar cards in the set. That doesn't matter to me, but I understand that it does for most. I used to consider my taste for the '75s a guilty pleasure, until I discovered (to my shock) that lots of people love the set. Maybe its the rookie selection? I should add that 1974 was the year I started collecting, so '74 and '75 have that advantage, as well. It's interesting to see the variety on here. I think '65 may have been mentioned the most? |
I like the 74 as well
Of all the years that I grew up buying, 74 and 75 were the two years I had the most dupes of. I ended up putting together a master set of 74's with all the variations and a printers proof run of a single player.
75's were the same way but no master set to mess with there. Enjoy! |
1956 Topps
1953 Bowman Color 1952 Topps 1967 Topps 1951 Bowman I pretty much love all of the Topps and Bowman sets from 51 to 56 though. Such an amazing era for baseball cards. |
1954 Topps
1956 Topps 1968 Atlantic Oil 1971 Topps 1975 Topps |
Favorite sets
Favorite
1. 1954 Topps 2. 1965 Topps 3. 1969 Topps 4. 1971 Topps 5. 1956 Topps Least favorite sets 1955 Bowman 1957 Topps 1962 Topps |
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But I think it is a very stately set. In my opinion, it has a regal quality to it. The design is really a classic in my opinion. The names written in cursive on the gray border. I think the pictures, which have sometimes a somber quality to them are what don't really grab people. But there were some really nice cards in the set, for instance, the Reggie Jackson card. Willie McCovey's card and Gil Hodges', I think are great cards amongst others. The playoff cards are nice and they reprised the style of the 1961 All-Star cards for the All-Star series. One thing though, that I think is really nice about the cards, are those blue, yellow, and white backs. That design, in my opinion, was one of Topps' best. |
I love the Sporting News all star cards in the 70 set. Since I was a kid, I've thought those were really cool. I have a couple, but I should really collect the set of those.
Edit: Yeah, I know they're just like the 61 set, but that doesn't make them any less cool looking. Hahaha |
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1) 1956 Topps; 2) 1955 Bowman; 3) 1967 Topps; 4) 1971 Topps; 5) 1965 Topps.
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1959 Topps
1967 Topps 1953 Topps 1954 Topps 1952 Bowman |
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