My Top 10 Reason I like '50s BB Cards.... Care to add?

[John1941]

The Yankees ruled the world.

[ALR-bishop]

The Topps v Bowman card war from 51 to 55 was epic

[mortimer brewster]

Nothing excites me more than the moldy smell of a finely aged baseball card, especially from my favorite year 1957.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by mortimer brewster

Nothing excites me more than the moldy smell of a finely aged baseball card, especially from my favorite year 1957.

I like that. "Finely aged" captures it well.

The designs are great, the players are interesting, the cards are usually affordable - what's not to love?

[skooter]

I can't explain it, but at 79 years old, I can still look at a 1954 Bowman and taste the gum!

[cannonballsun]

I liked the gum. Am I the only one ?

[G1911]

I like art over photos. Topps through 1956, Bowman most years, Red Man, Red Heart, it was a golden era of artwork-centric cards. Also, they are much cheaper than the 1933-1934 or 1909-1912 periods of great artwork-centric cards. The 50's are kind of a sweetheart spot. I'm running out of 50's Topps and Bowman cards I don't have, and am kind of bummed I'm hitting the end of the line in collecting them. I pull my 53 Topps set out probably more often than any other baseball issue.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by cannonballsun

I liked the gum. Am I the only one ?

As long as you're recalling opening a '50's waxpack in the 50's, Wayne, and not sometime recently. But, I guess I also enjoyed card gum at the age of eight or nine, myself. The one really bad memory I have of confections in card wrappers from that era is the god-awful caramel candy that Topps put in its first year cards. That evil stuff was so stale and hard by the time it hit store shelves, it could break a kid's baby teeth before it had time to rot them.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by John1941

The Yankees ruled the world.

+1!

Everyone who bashes them is ate-up jealous.