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Old 03-24-2021, 05:15 PM
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Default Rank your top5 favorite sets 1950-1979

Include at least one set from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Here’s mine:

1. 1953 Topps
2. 1952 Bowman
3. 1956 Topps
4. 1965 Topps
5. 1971 Topps


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Old 03-24-2021, 05:22 PM
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I have a feeling some of my favorites are among most people's most hated. For me it's a combination fo design and also which sets I coveted when I was a kid. Anyway, my favorite five, not necessarily in order:

1952 Topps
1971 Topps
1959 Topps
1973 Topps
1965 Topps
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1956 Topps
1952 Topps
1967 Topps
1954 Bowman
1971 Topps

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1965 Topps
1967 Topps
1959 Topps
1963 Fleer
1979 Topps

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51 Bowman
53 Topps
56 Topps
64 Topps
71 Topps
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1967 - simple design, tough hi's, + Seaver n Carew (R)
1956 - classic 50's w stars, won't break the bank
1965 - attractive design w cool player poses
1972 - poppin color, tough hi's, good HOF's
1971 - tough border n hi's
Honorable Mention - 1963 - HIT KING
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1974 Topps
1963 Fleer
1955 Topps
1960 Topps
1975 Topps

I know 1974 may seem to be a weird choice for a favorite, but it is the one set that viscerally takes me back to my youth, especially the traded cards.
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1967 - simple design, tough hi's, + Seaver n Carew (R)
1956 - classic 50's w stars, won't break the bank
1965 - attractive design w cool player poses
1972 - poppin color, tough hi's, good HOF's
1971 - tough border n hi's
Honorable Mention - 1963 - HIT KING
GREAT TM card, congrats! As a someone working on 1972 set, jealous
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1952 Topps
1956 Topps
1954 Topps
1970 Topps
1957 Topps
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My choices involve not just the aesthetics of these sets, but also the player's cards contained within the set (IE key HOFers, RCs, tough SPs, etc).

1952
1962
1968
1971
1972

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1965 Topps
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1963 Topps
1955 Topps
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1963 Fleer - 1981-90 Fleer/Donruss/Score/Leaf Complete
1953 - 1990 Topps/Bowman Complete
1953-55 Dormand SGC COMPLETE SGC AVG Score - 4.03

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1969
1955
1966
1967
1957/1970


Mostly due to personal reasons... Changes every few months or so...
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1973 Topps
1976 Topps
1956 Topps
1972 Topps
1975 Topps

I'm more of a 70s guy, but that 56 Topps set is a work of art...
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Top 5 in chronological order:

1956 Topps - beautiful cards
1964 Topps Giants - working on a signed version of this set with my son
1966 Topps - great memories putting this set together with my dad
1971 Topps - 'Always bet on the black' - Fred Sanford
1978 Topps - Had more of these as a kid than any other year, love the AS logos.
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1) 1959 Fleer, How can a all Ted Williams set not be the best ever.
2) 1955 Bowman, Hate all the other horizontal and wood grain sets but love this one.
3) 1953 Topps, Just beautiful cards,
4) 1975 Topps, Love the bright colors.
5) 1954 Bowman, Added to make 5
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1967
1966
1954
1963
1975
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1) 1956 Topps
2) 1951 Bowman
3) 1965 Topps
4) 1960 Topps
5) 1976 Topps
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1953 Topps
1952 Bowman
1956 Topps
1972 Topps
1978 Topps
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Default OP doesn't say only mainstream Topps so....

1) 1955 Topps
2) 1952 Topps
3) 1951 Bowman
4) 1968 3D
5) 1956 Topps
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1-1957 Topps
2-1952 Bowman
3-1963 Topps
4-1965 Topps
5-1975 Topps

I liked the 61s when I was a kid but they dragged on me over time. I put a complete set up for auction recently. The pics are so dull.

I know 75 is quirky but it typifies the era in which I was a college student plus I bought the set for $6.99 from Barry Allen back then.
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Take a look at this very old thread showing (some) of the beauty of the 1974 set...

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=172335

I personally think it's pretty darn majestic. An awesome design with the colors highlighting the team names perfectly done, a wonderful integration of very cool game-action shots, plenty of variations to chase, and just a sharply focused, rich printing job. Truly, an awesome set to flip through.
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Take a look at this very old thread showing (some) of the beauty of the 1974 set...
It's a beautiful set. And the second I put together as an adult, after 1971.

The lack of significant rookie cards keeps it affordable...part and parcel of being ignored by investors and "serious collectors."

Anyway, you are right. It was a brilliant job by Topps.
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1) 1956 Topps; 2) 1955 Bowman; 3) 1967 Topps; 4) 1971 Topps; 5) 1965 Topps.
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