The Seventies ..... room to grow?

mintonlyplz · #1 05-12-2016, 12:10 PM

I am putting together a collection of 100 cards from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

There are some great players during the decade of the 70s...who made their debut then ---Munson, Schmidt, Brett, Yount, Winfield, Murray, Ozzie off the top of my head. Initially...I had limited my collection to cards earlier than 1976...then I saw the '76 Bench and the '78 Reggie. Those are pure classics...and I knew immediately those two had to be included in my collection. Beautiful game action shots!!!

It is cool to see how Topps baseball cards have evolved from its infancy...beginning as artist imagery of the players in the early 50s to a combination of photography and artist depictions on the cards from 1954 to 1956...then to full use of photography by 1957. Then in the 1970s...Topps began using game action photography for some of its subjects.

nat · #2 05-12-2016, 02:31 PM

I don't know about investment value, but some of the sets are rather nice. I like the 73 set in particular because of its imaginative photography. It seems that Topps got really complacent with its mid-to-late 60s sets, knowing that it had no competition. I don't know what changed in the early 70s, maybe just a new design team?, but they started doing some very creative things.

Here's Vida Blue from 73.

Bench is fun, not often that you can't even see a player's face on his baseball card.

Some really great sliding shots.

It's a fun and refreshing set. One of my favorites.

JollyElm · #3 05-12-2016, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nat

I don't know about investment value, but some of the sets are rather nice. I like the 73 set in particular because of its imaginative photography. It seems that Topps got really complacent with its mid-to-late 60s sets, knowing that it had no competition. I don't know what changed in the early 70s, maybe just a new design team?, but they started doing some very creative things.

Here's Vida Blue from 73.

Bench is fun, not often that you can't even see a player's face on his baseball card.

Some really great sliding shots.

It's a fun and refreshing set. One of my favorites.

To add to your point, I quickly put together this grouping of pretty cool catchers in action shots from 1973�

1973catchers.jpg

The John Ellis is funny, because (besides his airbrushed uniform) even though he's listed as a catcher, he's playing first base.

KCRfan1 · #4 05-12-2016, 07:59 PM

I love the 73 set for looks and value. The set is loaded with HoF'rs and an iconic rookie in Schmidt. Last cards of Mays and Clemente, and the sub sets just go on and on.

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