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Originally Posted by Phil68
Dale,
As a fellow collector of 52's, what draws you to them? Aside from the obvious reason they were Topps first major set and groundbreaking, is there something else about them?
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Phil, unlike most others likely, my love for them came when my father gifted me 148 of them over 30 yrs ago.
As a kid, being a CDN, I only collected hockey cards and stuck with those until I lost interest, likely just before becoming a teenager?
When my father gave those to me, the card hobby was exploding, which rekindled my desire to collect again, somewhat.
I knew nothing of the 52 Topps cards at that time but I obviously looked into them to learn as much as I could.
Being the age I was with life changes happening so fast, I didn't do much with them other than put them in top loaders and put them in a large cardboard box.
My father and I went to a couple shows, I purchased the odd one here and there, etc, but then the hobby collapsed due to the junk card influx, and that was pretty much it until around late 2015/2016 when I dug back in and found this site.
Since 2016, I was aggressively buying them like they were going out of style in an attempt to maybe finish the set before my father moved on, but, like anything, due to various reasons, I have slowed significantly for the last 6 months or longer and now just mainly collect hockey cards again when time and money permits.
Of course 52 Topps will always be my favorite baseball set due to the family connection so I have not quit collecting them entirely, but even outside of that, I honestly think, due to the history around them, etc, they would likely be regardless?