whats your favorite post war set?

Archive · #1 08-12-2007, 11:06 AM

Posted By: dennis

1959 topps is mine, i like the colors, the team logos, and it is the 1st cards i can remember buying as a kid.

Archive · #2 08-12-2007, 05:51 PM

Posted By: JimCrandell

1. 1953 Bowman Color
2. 1955 Topps
3. 1957 Topps

Archive · #3 08-12-2007, 05:51 PM

Posted By: barrysloate

1949 Bowman.

Archive · #4 08-12-2007, 06:22 PM

Posted By: Drew

1957 Topps
1956 Topps
1961 Topps

Drew

Archive · #5 08-12-2007, 06:22 PM

Posted By: Steve Murray

1959 Topps
1953 Bowman Color a very, very close second. (This is the set I traded to this fellow from Virginia, sight unseen, for over 700 T206 cards sometime back in the 80's).

Archive · #6 08-12-2007, 07:00 PM

Posted By: Anthony

Based on aesthetics-

1. '53 Bowman Color
2. '67 Topps
3. '55 Topps
4. '49 Leaf (so fugly they're cool, sorry Ted!)
5. '71 Topps (sentimental reasons)

If you're not counting just mainstream sets....

1. '53 Bowman
2. '54 Red Heart
3. '54 Wilson Franks
4. '59-61 Morrell Meats
5. tie '58 Bell Brand and '52-55 Redman

Archive · #7 08-12-2007, 07:01 PM

Posted By: jflit

my favorites sets,currently working on raw sets
1. 1959
2. 1974 & 1973
3. 1965

later jeff

Archive · #8 08-12-2007, 08:26 PM

Posted By: Shanon Ping

favorite post-war sets:

1) 1954 Red Heart
2) 1952 Bowman
3) 1953 Bowman Color
4) 1952 Topps
5) 1949 Bowman

Archive · #9 08-12-2007, 08:29 PM

Posted By: Bob Pomilla

1957 Topps

Archive · #10 08-12-2007, 09:45 PM

Posted By: Mark L

1. 1956 Topps
2. 1967 Topps
3. 1963 Topps

Archive · #11 08-12-2007, 09:57 PM

Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

1955 Topps
1965 Topps
1972 Topps
1975 Topps

Archive · #12 08-13-2007, 12:50 AM

Posted By: cn

No contest 1972 Topps, I love those colors and the in action cards. CN

Archive · #13 08-13-2007, 01:05 AM

Posted By: boxingcardman

1954 Topps, 1971 Topps

Archive · #14 08-13-2007, 05:54 AM

Posted By: Jason L

1950, 1951 and 1955 Bowman
1957, 1961 Topps
1984 Fleer (she was my first)

Archive · #15 08-13-2007, 06:25 AM

Posted By: Phil Garry

Although I'm not a set collector, I would have to say the 1963 Topps is my favorite post-war set.

Archive · #16 08-13-2007, 09:17 AM

Posted By: Jim Dale

The 1975 Topps Mini set rules; big time registry competition, ridiculous prices on high grade cards; its a lot of fun.

Archive · #17 08-13-2007, 09:55 AM

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

It is difficult to decide, so I have to list the top four.....

These were the three (in order that I collected) as a kid

1949 Leaf BB
1949 Bowman BB
1952 Topps

and, the 1953 color Bowman

TED Z

Archive · #18 08-13-2007, 02:10 PM

Posted By: daryle

1952 Topps
Not all because of their value but have been intrigued by those cards since I started collecting back in '82. Something about them when you get all of them together.

Then I'd have to say 1956 Topps for me is second. Heck, the entire run of Topps from 1952-1956............

Archive · #19 08-13-2007, 02:57 PM

Posted By: Andy Cook

1. 1949 Bowman PCL
2. 1952 Mothers Cookies
3. 1962 Post
4. 1950s-60s Seattle Popcorn -- all the sets!
5. 1966-69 Kahns

and my favorite Topps set is 1974 -- I started it out of packs in 1974 and completed it in college in the late 80s with all variations

Andy

Archive · #20 08-14-2007, 07:48 PM

Posted By: Rich Klein

1) 1962 Topps -- I completed a "master" set back in the day. All the green tints; variations and other goodies in that set.

2) 1957 Topps -- Love the design

3) 1967 Topps -- Love the design

4) 1969 Topps -- Actually completed as a child

5) 1984 Donruss -- Again a great design

Archive · #21 08-14-2007, 09:51 PM

Posted By: Craig H

1. 1955 Topps
2. 1956 Topps
3. 1971 Topps

I also like 1985 Topps, for the reason that it was the first set I collected as a youth--yeah, I'm a little young.

Craig

Archive · #22 08-15-2007, 05:29 PM

Posted By: Dave Hornish

Hmmmmm...

52 Topps
53 Bowman Color
67 Topps
71 Topps (love the black borders!)
and I don't have any but the 52 Berk Ross has some great shots in it.

Archive · #23 08-15-2007, 05:56 PM

Posted By: Dan Bretta

Aesthetically I like:

1958 Hires Root Beer -I actually like them better without the tab.
1963 Topps
1957 Topps
1954 Topps

Sentimentally I like the 1975 Topps as those are the first baseball cards I remember buying by the pack.

Archive · #24 08-15-2007, 06:56 PM

Posted By: Jimmy

I would have to say the 1950, 51 and 52 Bowmans

Jimmy

Archive · #25 08-15-2007, 11:29 PM

Posted By: Ken McMillan

1954 Topps

Archive · #26 08-16-2007, 07:58 AM

Posted By: Bruce MacPherson

1972 Topps - first cards I remember as a kid
1957 Topps - first pre 1970 set I completed (finished this one pre ebay and it took forever buying 3 or 4 cards at a time at local shows)
1953 Topps

Archive · #27 08-16-2007, 12:07 PM

Posted By: Andy

1. 1954 Topps - I love the Kaline, Aaron and Banks rookies, and not one, but two Ted Williams cards. It's just missing a Mantle though, which stinks.

2. 1975 Topps - this set just perfectly fits with the middle of the 70's in terms of design with those bold colors and all those great photos of players on the patchy dirt covered training fields. And the Brett rookie is one of my all time favorite cards.

Thanks,

Andy

Archive · #28 08-17-2007, 11:39 PM

Posted By: JimB

'55 Topps
'52 Topps
'72 Topps
'75 Topps

JimB

Archive · #29 08-18-2007, 04:15 PM

Posted By: Anonymous

Aesthetically, my #1 favorite is a tie between 1951 Bowman and 1956 Topps.

Archive · #30 08-18-2007, 04:29 PM

Posted By: Bob Fisk

I'd have to rank them in the following order, but it's likely to change at anytime.

1) 1967 Topps
2) 1968 Topps 3-D
3) 1966 Kahn's
4) 1953 Bowman Color
5) 1969 Topps Super
6) 1959 Bazooka (although I like the '59 Bazooka football set better)
7) 1950 Bowman
8) 1970 Kellogg's
9) 1974 Topps Deckle Edge
10) 1967 Dexter Press

Archive · #31 08-20-2007, 07:51 PM

Posted By: identify7

'54 Wilson
'54 Topps

Archive · #32 08-22-2007, 12:03 PM

Posted By: nbrazil

-51 bowman
-54 wilson
-52 bowman
-56 topps
-54 topps

Archive · #33 08-22-2007, 01:51 PM

Posted By: peter chao

'75 minis.

Peter C.

Archive · #34 09-08-2007, 07:30 PM

Posted By: Glen Turner

All the 1950s regional wiener and meat cards.
Especially the following:
1954-5 Esskay
!953-5 Hunter
1953 Briggs
!955-6 Rodeo
!953-5 Stahl Meyer
!954 Wilson
Kahn's Kluszewski cards
1955 Felin Franks

Let me know if you have any for sale or trade.
lutherlafy@cox.net

Archive · #35 09-08-2007, 08:29 PM

Posted By: leon

I always liked the psychadelic design of the 1972 Topps....

Archive · #36 09-08-2007, 08:57 PM

Posted By: Paul S

Leon, you are always full of surprises! (And they do have that Peter Max look about them.)

Archive · #37 09-14-2007, 06:58 PM

Posted By: jeffdrum

When I do this I always break it down by decade:
1940's - '49 Bowman
1950's - '57 Topps
1960's - '63 Fleer/'67 Topps
1970's - '72 Topps
1980's - '84 Donruss

Some of the ugliest sets IMO are 1973 Topps/1977 Topps/1981 Fleer.

Archive · #38 09-15-2007, 01:56 AM

Posted By: Wayne Grove

1953 Bowman Color
1957 Topps
1960 Topps (because it was the first set I completed and mostly out of packs and trading with others in 1961)

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