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Old 03-12-2025, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by G1911 View Post
I can't describe it any better than this, but I think this is true of a number of the old Topps sets and you are exactly right. The photos or borders or both look distinctly different in sharpness and clarity and after awhile you can predict which series a card was in. Oftentimes the first series and the high numbers have the 'best' photo quality, I think.
Can definitely see that in the higher series of the 1972 set, in both the border colors and the depth of the photos.

Back to the 1964s, I bought a Giants Gunners (Mays and Cepeda) card on the 'bay and when it arrived it felt strangely thinner than other 64s that I have. I haven't measured the thickness, so I can't tell for sure, but it certainly did feel 'different'.
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