Fun with Flexichrome-1952 Topps Baseball

[Phil68]

This guy was so popular, he was on the COVER of Dr. James Beckett's Sport Americana Baseball Card Annual Price Guide in 1981! He was featured with four other players...George Brett, Mike Schmidt, Joe DiMaggio and Ty Cobb...unreal.

[Phil68]

Loved him as a Cub! My sisters both had crushes on him, Lol

[Phil68]

A couple of updated '52 series.

[Phil68]

Ken Johnson has a card with Philadelphia in the low # series...here he is with Detroit after the trade in '52...and another pitcher from the Braves...
Interesting to note, there are 4 different Braves logos (distinctly different shading and coloring) used in the original 1952 Topps set...

[Phil68]

Spahn...bleach bypass and different logo. Subtle difference in color separation to the sharp eye. Maybe you can see it? The bleach bypass guives moire separation and allows more defined and subtle coloring...

[Bigdaddy]

Phil, I've noticed differences in coloring also on the Pirates logo. At this moment I don't recall if it is the same color variation on each players' cards (for example, all Joe Garagiola cards have the same logo coloring) or whether it varies on card to card for the same player. Either way, it's no Yellow Tiger.

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Phil, I've noticed differences in coloring also on the Pirates logo. At this moment I don't recall if it is the same color variation on each players' cards (for example, all Joe Garagiola cards have the same logo coloring) or whether it varies on card to card for the same player. Either way, it's no Yellow Tiger.

Interesting. I haven't seen them change on a particular player's cards but, perhaps, they have?
I like the yellow background logo on some. Not sure why I like the Pirates and Browns so much in the set. The colors, maybe? The mountains in the background of some Browns? Who knows.
Do you like certain teams in certain sets? I like the Mets in '64 Topps, for example.