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06-24-2022, 11:56 PM
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The 52 Topps set was their first set in the model that would become the standard of how we understand cards. The 51 Bowman set was not the first, nor the model of cards to come. But bigger than that, Bowman flamed out a few years later. I wasn’t there at the time, so I can’t say how popular that card was at the time, or how it’s popularity compared to the Bowman cards at the time, but with its link to the present quickly dissolving with Bowman’s demise, it just doesn’t have that same living-link that Topps has. If Bowman still existed today as Topps’ 70 years strong competitor, I bet the Bowman rookie would be more popular than the 52 Topps (and neither would be as popular as the actual 52 Topps).
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06-25-2022, 12:47 AM
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Welcome Alaska, thank you for sharing your thoughts. Really intereting insights and the positive vibe is appreciated.
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06-25-2022, 12:51 AM
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Great post AlaskanMade!
Most of your observations are spot on and shared by many that venture into vintage sports cards. I have a young son and together we collect Pokemon and some other TCG sets and the two communities (TCG and Sports Cards) are similar in a lot of ways but also so different that they seem to be completely different worlds. Miscut TCG cards are much like Coins & Stamps in that extreme errors are incredibly rare and also highly prized... that has never been the case with Sports Cards, although they are definitely getting more popular with sets like T206 probably indicating it as an area of sports cards that could see some serious growth in the future. The 1952 Topps Mantle card is simply tradition, it has just always been a popular & prized card going back to the 1960-70's so it has maintained that mystique despite it not really deserving it imo.
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