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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
There are so many great cards in 53BC. It used to be a more popular set than it is now. Perhaps the lack of rookie cards, or the lack of names on the front, has something to do with it? Also notable omissions of Ted Mays and Jackie, I suppose.
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Groundbreaking set, 1st to use color photography, it looks like Kodachrome to me. So expensive to produce in 1953 that they went to black and white and cut the set to 64 cards the next year. The Musial is probably the top ten most beautiful cards ever produced.