The top baseball card set of all time is.... 1965 Topps?!

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

My vote is 55 Topps - How can you not just love these things?

Such a great card. That's the card that got me so interested in the '55 Topps cards. First saw it in the Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book.

[campyfan39]

For me:

53 topps
56 topps
52 topps
73 topps
75 topps

[darwinbulldog]

Nice cards, but just from the Topps sets I'd rank 1965 behind 53, 55, 56, 71, 75, and 83.

[pcelli]

Is it the historical importance(to our hobby) or the aesthetics? Is it both? What sets strike this balance?
No such thing as a perfect set. Best by decade I suppose is the most equitable way to go..

[mrreality68]

Many good responses

I think the 1914 Cracker Jack Set and the 1911 T205’s have both eye appeal and great variety of players

[abothebear]

Another aesthetics consideration... There are some cards that look good when viewed one at a time, and some that look good when grouped together. The 1965s for instance - they look good by themselves, but when you see several of them together, they look really good. I don't think I have any 1965s. I hadn't really even thought about them until this thread came along. But seeing the scans of several of them together really makes them stand out.