The Seventies ..... room to grow?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by nat

I don't know about investment value, but some of the sets are rather nice. I like the 73 set in particular because of its imaginative photography. It seems that Topps got really complacent with its mid-to-late 60s sets, knowing that it had no competition. I don't know what changed in the early 70s, maybe just a new design team?, but they started doing some very creative things.

Here's Vida Blue from 73.

Bench is fun, not often that you can't even see a player's face on his baseball card.

Some really great sliding shots.

It's a fun and refreshing set. One of my favorites.

To add to your point, I quickly put together this grouping of pretty cool catchers in action shots from 1973…

1973catchers.jpg

The John Ellis is funny, because (besides his airbrushed uniform) even though he's listed as a catcher, he's playing first base.