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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop
Magnificent set with my favorite Musial. Very well thought of today, it was a market disaster for Bowman in 1953 . First use of color photography versus colored b&w photos, but an expensive set for Bowman to produce, and the 53 Topps set still out sold it. Bowman caved in mid summer and issued it's remaining cards in b&w.
It was the first Bowman set I did. I like it a lot. Good luck with your project, Neal
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That's an interesting comment. From my perspective, how would you not like a color set with really exciting and interesting poses? What is it about these cards that kids didn't like at the time?
I like Topps and all, but if I won lotto this is the first set I'm buying
EDIT: Thanks for posting that article Ted Z. Sometimes I'm slow to post and didn't see it.
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