[drc]

Some original for 1950s-60s Topps cards were flexichromes which were painted plastic photos. However, I'm pretty darn sure the 1953 paintings aren't flexichromes. And, however again, I don't know what the 1953 Topps paints were on. Looks like some sort of paper stock, but I don't know. It's hard to look at an image and deduce whether it's plasticy or papery in person. If heavy paper is covered in dried acrylic paint, and perhaps a varnish or something put over the surface, I could see how someone might say it has a bendy, plasticy feel. It's going to have a different feel than an index card.