1956 or 1957 Topps? Which would you choose?

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

The 56 Topps set is the greatest looking baseball set of all time. The Clemente is card porn.

I like the 56's but to me they start to look too similar after a while with the portraits dominating. 57 has such great photography to boot.

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by toppcat

I like the 56's but to me they start to look too similar after a while with the portraits dominating. 57 has such great photography to boot.

I agree.

[Mountaineer1999]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=206939

[Peter_Spaeth]

57 hands down. Especially all the ones posed on grass or with the dugout as background.

[ALR-bishop]

Hands down and hands up

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

57 hands down. Especially all the ones posed on grass or with the dugout as background.

The ones with ghosts in the background are the best.

I love both sets, but the '56 is one of my favorite Topps issues of all-time, so I'd have to go with that.

[jasonc]

I could see how everything is one way or the other, as both sets are really nice, but they are both so different.
I will vote for 1956, the bigger cards, the player selection and the artwork are fantastic.

The 1957, however, has the Brooks RC, one of the my favorite cards.

[arexcrooke]

I'll weigh in with my opinion. Personally I love both sets. My preference is for the 1956. I really like cards that are horizontal. I'm currently working on a HOF set from 1956 and am loving it. However I will also be working on a 1957 HOF set when j get done with the 56s.
Let me give you another way of looking at which set to chose:
If you are actually looking to collect (I don't know if you do or are going to start) and the 56s are you favorite then take the 57s and then build your own 1956 set. If you enjoy the thrill of collecting this could be an option as you get both sets eventually and you get to build the set you have admitted to liking more.
Just my .02

[Filthy]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=206939

Thanks for the link. I'm definitely leaning more towards the 56 set, but those that prefer the 57' are pretty adamant about doing so.

[BearBailey]

1957 for me, great set, great photography, tremendous rookies. I certainly like the 1956 set but to me the 1957 set is the best of the 50s.

[bnorth]

I like the 57's way better. Besides the 55 Bowman set I do not care for the horizontal cards.

[Econteachert205]

This is a great choice to make. People are passionate on both sides but both are great sets so you really can't lose. i would personally pick the 56 and buy the major rookies from 57 at a later date.

[RTK]

'57, great cards. Almost ahead of their time with great photography.