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Originally Posted by G1911
Teddy Ballgame has a lot of good-looking cards, but the 1955 is my favorite by a country mile. Perfect poses
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If you follow design theory at all, triangular composition is one of the most effective ways of presenting an image and this card has it. it conveys depth and balance. Your eye is drawn up and in towards the top center of the card. The 1954 #250, which is my second favorite card of him, is not as effective a composition because your eye is not drawn to a specific vanishing point:
it is more of an "11": two parallel tracks of vision. Now, the 1954 Wilsons Franks card that Topps made is a similar but more visually effective card because the single image draws your eye towards a single point:
