Vote! Worst Topps produced set of the 50's

[Rookiemonster]

It's a tie for me but I guess I give a vote to 1957 . There no color , I find a lot of cards are blurry or off center . It also began the white borders for topps which is the worst now . The over did it and now it feels tired . It does have more star power then 58 on the upside of things

[jchcollins]

I will join those in the minority and say that I feel '58 gets far less love than it should. I can see it getting the votes for worst simply because the competition was so stiff with so many good sets in the '50's, but I for one really like '58. Even though it was 30 years later, I apparently had a lot of them as a kid, including a white letter Aaron that is one of my all-time favorite cards. They may have been unimaginative, but they were colorful and in most cases pretty cards. (Most imaginative set of the '50s goes to 1955 Bowman, if my vote counts...) As for the condition issues, take your pick. The backgrounds on some '58's may look "dirty", but for as much praise as the '57's get on their color photography - their backgrounds are so often riddled with print issues and the "snow" problem - far more than the '58's are. While collecting today, I often appreciate that I can pickup '58 stars in some cases for far less than a '56 or '57 card of the same player would go for. Let's hear it for 1958 Topps!!!

[kailes2872]

It always felt like the late 50's were an evolution. 57 had photos, 58 had solid color, so 59 is s hybrid. It is like a 58 background with a circle cut out a 57 through the circle. These are the things that I think about as I am turning pages in the binders...


Similarly, 69 is like a hybrid of 67&68

[Topps206]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

It always felt like the late 50's were an evolution. 57 had photos, 58 had solid color, so 59 is s hybrid. It is like a 58 background with a circle cut out a 57 through the circle. These are the things that I think about as I am turning pages in the binders...


Similarly, 69 is like a hybrid of 67&68

I guess I just noticed that since I enjoy the 1968 and 1969 sets while 1967 is far and away my least favorite set design of the decade. The one thing I'll always find intriguing is the mirror card of Larry Haney in the 1968/1969 sets.