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Originally Posted by TCMA
100% agreed  . |
In our view, some of the finest cards ever issued were produced by TCMA and the various producers of the Conlon Collection series, 1981-1995. TCMA's
Stars of the 1950s and
Stars of the 1960s (for just two examples) combined outstanding photography with well-written biographical/statistical information.
Later, the various Conlon Collection manufacturers (
The Sporting News, Marketcom, Wide World Sports and Megacards) took the superior Conlon photo negatives and added great baseball writing - particularly when
TSN historian Paul Mac Farlane wrote the card backs.
These cards are not reprints: they are commemoratives. They commemorate players and times past, and better (in many cases) than were produced when the players were active.
More recently, as Jay pointed out, artist Ronnie Joyner has produced some great (and eminently affordable) sets commemorating the 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1953 St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics for the Philadelphia A's Historical Society, and the 1944 St. Louis Browns.