I'm opposed to Reggie Jackson in a New York Yankees uniform.

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That's Ok. I'm opposed to him in an Angels uniform. ;)

Would love to have a copy of his 1977 Topps in an Orioles uniform though. His Yankees card for that year is pretty atrocious to.

Agree. His 1974 Topps is my favorite.

1990 Topps I always thought was pretty boring when it came to the photography.

Burger King saved the day for us kids in the summer of '77 by capturing Reg in his Yankees uniform.
Everyone was driving their moms bananas, begging them to bring us to BK to chow down a Whopper and try to land a REG-GIE instead of a (no offense) Fran Healy!!!!

Phenomenal times!! Seems like yesterday.

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Ah, forgot about the BK version. Much better then the standard Topps issue with the uncanny valley looking batting helmet.


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I'm not a fan of the '58 Topps because of the solid backgrounds. I've always wondered if Topps went this way to avoid having photos with Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds in the background, since that was the first year the Dodgers and Giants were in California.

The brightly coloured solid backgrounds are precisely what I like about the 1958 cards! The set has far too many headshots though especially considering that there's mega room on the card for full body shots.

:(

Interesting about full photographic backgrounds and Topps cards. The 1957 Topps Baseball set was the first Topps sport card release with photo backgrounds. Then beginning in 1959 every Topps Baseball card set had the full photo background.

But this was unique to Topps Baseball issues. The Topps Football and Hockey sets all featured design art backgrounds. Some examples from my collection:

1959

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...1f07df340a.jpg

1960

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...6b1f842738.png

1963

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...10055a8474.png

1958-59

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...34a705236a.jpg

1959-60

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...3a4ee5530e.jpg

1960-61

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...5f97368aab.jpg

The first O-Pee-Chee/Topps Hockey cards featuring full photo backgrounds were the 1973-74 ones. And just like the 1973 Topps Baseball, they were absolutely dreadful. The Hockey cards actually continued to be dreadful for the next decade or so.

:(

agree - 1957 vs 1958
 

Long ago I did a run of Topps sets all the way back to 1956, but I could never bear to spend money on the 1958s - I kept putting it off. And then I started selling my sets to make money for prewar cards, and never did do it. On the other hand, The 1957 set is the only one I have always kept because it's so beautiful.

The comedown in Topps quality between these two years was horrendous!

In further defence of the 1958 cards, they have the most whimsical and thus the best backs of any Topps Baseball set:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...b6deb771f3.png

Plus the set includes the single best shot of one of my very favourite players:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...f47744542b.png

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I used to think that the 1957 set was rather boring because of the uninteresting design but I agree that it's chock full of fabulous player pics. Here are the last three cards I picked up from the set:

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And of course the Lucky Penny card (without which no 1957 Topps Baseball set is complete) takes the 1957 set over the top!

https://hosting.photobucket.com/85c5...6e5574284e.jpg (Sadly not mine.)

;)

And a Lucky Penny to go with the card :). And other inserts

Here's another vote for 1958 being the worst set in terms of aesthetics. Far too many boring head-shots and photos that all look the same. There are a few exceptions, but the vast majority of the '58 set is a snooze-fest.

Someone mentioned the recycled head shots from 1954-56. Yes, that gets old in a hurry, but the action shots on the '56s are a bit of a saving grace most of the time. Definitely my favorite of those three years. That was the only vintage set I went after as a youngster, and I'm sure glad I did it when things were still cheap. Although I haven't collected unsigned cards in about 35 years, I will die with those '56s. I rarely look at them, but like knowing they're there. I'd have gone after the '57s as well, but had a kid-sized budget and just happened to land face first into the '56 Mantle via a trade, so the decision was almost made for me by that lone acquisition.

Wow! A 1957 Baseball salesman's sample card! But why did the crew at PSA merely authenticate it without putting a number on the label?

And I love the actual Bazooka-Blony Lucky Penny and all the unnumbered insert cards! I actually need two Lucky Pennies as well as two "Lucky Penny"cards since these were also distributed with the Robin Hood cards in 1957 and I have a full set of these.

And all those insert cards! Do you know how many different insert cards were distributed in 1957 Baseball packs?

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