A Taste of Topps

[almostdone]

Just my opinion but I would go with 52 Snider horizontal plus the middle of the a Dodgers run and not too crazy expensive. 1953 is a close call between Satchel and Robinson. Card #1 plus Brooklyn bridge in background or Paige's only Topps card. Classic card either way. 1954 I would go with eiter of the Ted Williams cards. I agree Mays would be a good choice for 55. Mantle is perfect for 56 as well as Aaron for 57. I like Kaline for 58. Something about the red background for me. 59 I would go with Frank Robinson. Nice pose, black background and I love the historical point of the name change to "Redlegs". 1960 is easy for me. Musial. Koufax for 61, Maris for 62, 63 I love Clemente. I like Brock in 64, Yaz in 65, Killebrew or Palmer in 66 and on and on.
Great idea for a collection. Keep us posted on choices. It should be an interesting one to follow.

Drew

Ps I agree with the above poster. 51 should be included

[EldoEsq]

My personal favorite card is the 1952 Topps Johnny Mize. Very inexpensive and just a great picture...Johnny looks larger than life with old Yankee Stadium in the backround. And the 1953 Bowman Pee Wee Reese is classic...but Not sure if you want Bowman...

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by almostdone

Just my opinion but I would go with 52 Snider horizontal plus the middle of the a Dodgers run and not too crazy expensive. 1953 is a close call between Satchel and Robinson. Card #1 plus Brooklyn bridge in background or Paige's only Topps card. Classic card either way. 1954 I would go with eiter of the Ted Williams cards. I agree Mays would be a good choice for 55. Mantle is perfect for 56 as well as Aaron for 57. I like Kaline for 58. Something about the red background for me. 59 I would go with Frank Robinson. Nice pose, black background and I love the historical point of the name change to "Redlegs". 1960 is easy for me. Musial. Koufax for 61, Maris for 62, 63 I love Clemente. I like Brock in 64, Yaz in 65, Killebrew or Palmer in 66 and on and on.
Great idea for a collection. Keep us posted on choices. It should be an interesting one to follow.

Drew

Ps I agree with the above poster. 51 should be included

My 52 Topps Snider is vertical/portrait...do you mean Hodges?

[judsonhamlin]

For 1974, I'd go with Carlton Fisk. HOF player, action pose and vertical to boot. I agree with Bench for 1976. For '77, I would suggest Reggie Jackson. Not the best card in the set, but his first Yankee card. If not him, one of the NL stars that showcase the Centennial caps with the white piping, like Brock or Hrabosky.

[71buc]

When I primarily collected cards in the 70s and 80s I approached collecting in a similar manner. I collected cards from each season featuring HOFers that I found aesthetically pleasing. Below are the Topps cards I added to my collection because I found them to be most attractive or important from the sets I collected. At the time my choices were pretty constricted by my budget as well

1952 Feller, Slaughter
1953 Paige, Campanella
1954 Aaron, Kaline
1955 Koufax, Clemente
1956 Williams, Robinson
1957 Frank and Brooks Robinson
1958 Mantle, Maris
1959 Gibson, Cepeda
1960 Mantle, Clemente
1961 Marichal, Yazstremski
1962 Managers Dream Mantle and Mays, Lou Brock
1963 Drysdale, Banks
1964 Mays, Rose
1965 Carlton, Aaron
1966 Billy Williams, Palmer
1967 Aaron, Mays
1968 Ryan, Bench
1969 Jackson, Seaver
1970 McCovey, Morgan
1971 Clemente, Stargell
1972 Clemente, Mays
1973 Clemente, Jackson
1974 Aaron, Ryan, Brooks Robinson
1975 Yount, Brett
1976 Bench, Ryan

[SMPEP]

1974 - Always like the bunting Pete Rose

1973 Bench also desreves consideration - but to me 1973 HAS to be Hank Aaron.

1972 - Clemente

1971 - Nolan Ryan

1970 - Hank Aaron again (he looks stoned to me)

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

My 52 Topps Snider is vertical/portrait...do you mean Hodges?

I got three cards mixed up in my head. I love the Snider which is vertical but I thought about hodges behind a horizontal Dodger but the horizontal card actually in my mind was Red Schoendienst.
That's what I get for typing in bed after a long day without making sure I was right. Nice catch. Thanks,
Drew