whats your favorite post war set?

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>1959 topps is mine, i like the colors, the team logos, and it is the 1st cards i can remember buying as a kid.

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Posted By: <b>JimCrandell</b><p>1. 1953 Bowman Color<br />2. 1955 Topps<br />3. 1957 Topps

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>1949 Bowman.

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Posted By: <b>Drew</b><p>1957 Topps<br />1956 Topps<br />1961 Topps<br><br>Drew

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>1959 Topps<br />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).<br />

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Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p> Based on aesthetics-<br /><br />1. '53 Bowman Color<br />2. '67 Topps<br />3. '55 Topps<br />4. '49 Leaf (so fugly they're cool, sorry Ted!)<br />5. '71 Topps (sentimental reasons)<br /><br /><br />If you're not counting just mainstream sets....<br /><br />1. '53 Bowman<br />2. '54 Red Heart<br />3. '54 Wilson Franks<br />4. '59-61 Morrell Meats<br />5. tie '58 Bell Brand and '52-55 Redman

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Posted By: <b>jflit</b><p> my favorites sets,currently working on raw sets<br />1. 1959<br />2. 1974 & 1973<br />3. 1965<br /><br />later jeff<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Shanon Ping</b><p>favorite post-war sets:<br /><br />1) 1954 Red Heart<br />2) 1952 Bowman<br />3) 1953 Bowman Color<br />4) 1952 Topps<br />5) 1949 Bowman

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>1957 Topps

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Posted By: <b>Mark L</b><p>1. 1956 Topps<br />2. 1967 Topps<br />3. 1963 Topps<br />

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>1955 Topps<br />1965 Topps<br />1972 Topps<br />1975 Topps

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Posted By: <b>cn</b><p> No contest 1972 Topps, I love those colors and the in action cards. CN

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Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>1954 Topps, 1971 Topps

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Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>1950, 1951 and 1955 Bowman<br />1957, 1961 Topps<br />1984 Fleer (she was my first)<br />

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>Although I'm not a set collector, I would have to say the 1963 Topps is my favorite post-war set.

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Posted By: <b>Jim Dale</b><p>The 1975 Topps Mini set rules; big time registry competition, ridiculous prices on high grade cards; its a lot of fun.

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>It is difficult to decide, so I have to list the top four.....<br /><br />These were the three (in order that I collected) as a kid<br /><br />1949 Leaf BB<br />1949 Bowman BB<br />1952 Topps<br /><br />and, the 1953 color Bowman<br /><br />TED Z

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Posted By: <b>daryle</b><p>1952 Topps<br />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.<br /><br />Then I'd have to say 1956 Topps for me is second. Heck, the entire run of Topps from 1952-1956............

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>1. 1949 Bowman PCL<br />2. 1952 Mothers Cookies<br />3. 1962 Post<br />4. 1950s-60s Seattle Popcorn -- all the sets!<br />5. 1966-69 Kahns<br /><br />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<br /><br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p>1) 1962 Topps -- I completed a "master" set back in the day. All the green tints; variations and other goodies in that set. <br /><br />2) 1957 Topps -- Love the design<br /><br />3) 1967 Topps -- Love the design<br /><br />4) 1969 Topps -- Actually completed as a child<br /><br />5) 1984 Donruss -- Again a great design

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Posted By: <b>Craig H</b><p>1. 1955 Topps<br />2. 1956 Topps<br />3. 1971 Topps<br /><br />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. <br /><br />Craig

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Posted By: <b>Dave Hornish</b><p>Hmmmmm...<br /><br />52 Topps<br />53 Bowman Color<br />67 Topps<br />71 Topps (love the black borders!)<br />and I don't have any but the 52 Berk Ross has some great shots in it.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Aesthetically I like:<br /><br />1958 Hires Root Beer -I actually like them better without the tab.<br />1963 Topps<br />1957 Topps<br />1954 Topps<br /><br />Sentimentally I like the 1975 Topps as those are the first baseball cards I remember buying by the pack.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Jimmy</b><p>I would have to say the 1950, 51 and 52 Bowmans<br /><br />Jimmy

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Posted By: <b>Ken McMillan</b><p>1954 Topps

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Posted By: <b>Bruce MacPherson</b><p>1972 Topps - first cards I remember as a kid<br />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)<br />1953 Topps

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Posted By: <b>Andy</b><p>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.<br /><br />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.<br><br>Thanks,<br /><br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>'55 Topps<br />'52 Topps<br />'72 Topps<br />'75 Topps<br /><br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Aesthetically, my #1 favorite is a tie between 1951 Bowman and 1956 Topps.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Bob Fisk</b><p>I'd have to rank them in the following order, but it's likely to change at anytime. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />1) 1967 Topps<br />2) 1968 Topps 3-D<br />3) 1966 Kahn's<br />4) 1953 Bowman Color<br />5) 1969 Topps Super<br />6) 1959 Bazooka (although I like the '59 Bazooka football set better)<br />7) 1950 Bowman<br />8) 1970 Kellogg's<br />9) 1974 Topps Deckle Edge<br />10) 1967 Dexter Press<br />

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Posted By: <b>identify7</b><p>'54 Wilson<br />'54 Topps

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Posted By: <b>nbrazil</b><p>-51 bowman<br />-54 wilson<br />-52 bowman<br />-56 topps<br />-54 topps

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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>'75 minis.<br /><br />Peter C.

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Posted By: <b>Glen Turner</b><p>All the 1950s regional wiener and meat cards.<br />Especially the following:<br />1954-5 Esskay <br />!953-5 Hunter<br />1953 Briggs<br />!955-6 Rodeo<br />!953-5 Stahl Meyer<br />!954 Wilson<br />Kahn's Kluszewski cards<br />1955 Felin Franks<br /><br />Let me know if you have any for sale or trade.<br />lutherlafy@cox.net

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I always liked the psychadelic design of the 1972 Topps....

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Leon, you are always full of surprises! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> (And they do have that Peter Max look about them.)

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Posted By: <b>jeffdrum</b><p>When I do this I always break it down by decade:<br /> 1940's - '49 Bowman<br /> 1950's - '57 Topps<br /> 1960's - '63 Fleer/'67 Topps<br /> 1970's - '72 Topps<br /> 1980's - '84 Donruss<br /><br />Some of the ugliest sets IMO are 1973 Topps/1977 Topps/1981 Fleer.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Wayne Grove</b><p>1953 Bowman Color<br />1957 Topps<br />1960 Topps (because it was the first set I completed and mostly out of packs and trading with others in 1961)