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Originally Posted by rats60
I think the expansion of baseball west also inflated those numbers. I grew up in the Los Angeles area. When my brother and I were buying collections in the late 60s-early 70s, we got lots of cards from 1958-1968, but few from 1951-1957. I don't think Topps shipped much west before 1958. With the Dodgers and Giants in California, that opened up a large market for Topps.
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Yes, they did distribute in the west but much more starting in 1958. California certainly got 1952 highs, but it seems not until 1953!