Favorite Post War Set

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

1953 Topps. Stunning paintings of iconic players, uncluttered design. Just really does it for me.

[rats60]

1953 Bowman
1955 Topps
1965 Topps

[BobbyStrawberry]

'56 Topps
'60 Topps
'86 Topps (laugh if you want but I love them!)

[iwantitiwinit]

The real order:

1967 Topps
1953 Topps
1963 Topps
1954 Topps
1957 Topps

[bk400]

I am partial to the 1957 Topps (I like the proper photos of players' faces, as opposed to the caricatures of players' faces in prior years) and the 54 Topps (Ernie Banks alone does it for me. And then you have Hank.).

[Bobbycee]

1952 Bowman because of the artwork, size, & players within the set.
1971 Topps because of the stunning action shots/photography, black borders and excellent card backs with photo.

[Carter08]

1948 Leaf - beautiful, looks like Warhol paintings and has an added bonus of angering people into saying 1949

1956 Topps - beautiful design, just says 1950s to me

1960 Topps - looks like it was designed by Sterling Cooper

1975 - awesome colors, unique

[jingram058]

53 Bowman color & b/w together as one set

62 Topps

54 Topps

67 Topps

50 Bowman

These are my top 5 post-war sets in order of my preference. I have 53 Bowman and 62 Topps complete. I have the big cards from 54 Topps, 67 Topps, and 50 Bowman. It appears these sets would be fairly easy to complete if I were to pursue them, with the big cards out of the way.

[campyfan39]

Totally agree! 1953 topps is my favorite set
I also love 1956 and 1959

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

1953 Topps. Stunning paintings of iconic players, uncluttered design. Just really does it for me.

[cgjackson222]

Would love to see this become a poll, although giving the varying opinions, an "Other" choice might score very high.

My favorites are '53 Bowman, '51-'52 Bowman, and '55 Topps.

A shoutout for 1988 Score as well. They have no value, but they had some really cool images.

[Leon]

I have very few post war cards but I was given this one by the OBC guys (thanks again!) as they knew I liked it, years ago, and still love it.

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Would love to see this become a poll, although giving the varying opinions, an "Other" choice might score very high.

My favorites are '53 Bowman, '51-'52 Bowman, and '55 Topps.

A shoutout for 1988 Score as well. They have no value, but they had some really cool images.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

My favorites:

1952 Bowman - Beautiful artwork, attractive 2nd year cards of Mays of Mantle, a classic Musial card, and due to smaller set size and generally lower prices than 52 Topps or 51 Bowman, the set can actually be completed on a smaller budget.

1956 Topps - Classic design and another set full of amazing art and HOF cards at "reasonable" prices, making it more collectible.

1975 Topps - Brett and Yount rookie cards, Hank Aaron, and bright, bold colors. Has always been my favorite set from the 70's.

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