[brian1961]

In a way, I feel kinda nuts for suggesting the exact date be found; in actuality, whittling down the time frame of the photograph to the 1952 World Series is so special in and of itself.

Some might think this is nuts, but I really wish Topps had taken better advantage of this picture for their 2006 Opening Day issue. What they achieved in colorizing the photo was average at best. Had they really taken the time, trouble, tender lovin' care and expense to give that image a jolly good effort at colorizing, with deep blue sky, while adding two medium-size puffy clouds for contrast. What I am thinking of was used to great effect on the 1952 Topps card of Yankees future World Series star, Johnny Mize. That card is perfection.

But you know, emerald grass field, and bring out the advertising signs in more high definition with the actual colors used, as well as the color of the seats of Ebbets Field at that time. It would probably take some good research, but it would make a dynamite colorized card. This next time Topps should do it in their orginal '52 size format, with a little less of those gargantuan white borders, and more of this extraordinary photo.

Just my five cents worth of consultant work!

This has been a swell thread. ---Brian Powell