1) '56 topps - iconic, sharp, bold

2) '53 topps - artwork

3) '54 bowman - classic

Baseball only:

1. Topps 1959
2. Topps 1960
3. Post 1962 (both American and Canadian)
4. Salada/Shirriff 1962 Baseball Coins
5. Topps 1963

Honourable Mention

6. Topps 1958
7. Topps 1954
8. Topps 1965

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Favorite Baseball Card Sets
 

1. 1956 Topps - amazing artwork in the background
2. 1971 Topps - the unique black borders will always make this one magical
3. 1964 Topps Giants - gorgeous photography on oversized cards

Really tough, but here's my top 5...

1. '51 Bowman
2. '52 Bowman
3. '55 Topps
4. '56 Topps
5. '53 Bowman

Honorable mention:
'50 Bowman

1. 56
2. 65
3. 80
4. 63
5. 54

I have told my kids to pick out their favorites so that they can have it when I am one day gone. My daughter has always migrated to 62 and, especially '55. She likes the wood grain on 62. She thinks the televisions are cool. Only 3 programs were even made in color in 1955 and I read that only 3% of families had a color TV in 1955. It was a very cutting edge set - sort of like if there was an Iphone set in 2007 and it took 15 years for it to scale up versus a year or two. I think it is pretty hideous and there are too many umpire cards, but when I think about what it would have been like to collect it out of packs - or to see the first cards out of the pack that early spring of '55, it would have been pretty interesting.

My favorite is 1964 Topps Stand Ups.

1953 Topps is my favorite post-war set. A veritable museum of baseball art.
https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...9_1_183614.jpg

1957 Topps is #2. First year I busted packs and got hooked on cardboard. It was grand to be a kid in the 'fifties in New York.
https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...pps%20Mays.jpg


Tough to choose a #3. Will go with '53 Bowman. Terrific photography and a super-clean look.
https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...B%20Minoso.jpg