Worst Topps set for photos?

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Originally Posted by Lucas00

I’m going with Mark on anything past 1971. But in particular anything past 1975.

I think its pretty crazy 58 is a disliked set based on headshots, I guess people don’t like color. 1953 topps is THE headshot set. So it should be widely disliked as well, and if I remember correctly from a thread several years ago, it was many peoples least favorite set from the 50s. Which I probably agree with, not because of the headshots, because I don’t like the art style.

I agree with this. 1958 is bad because of too many headshots. Don't forget the "armless" cropping of Gino Cimoli. However, the Clemente is one of the best looking Topps cards ever. The Mays AS and Mantle AS are awesome, and we get the first Musial and last Williams.

1969 is bad because of too many hatless players and reused photos. However, there are plenty of nice cards in the low series, Bench, Banks, Brock, Clemente, Gibson, Kaline & F. Robinson. The last 3 series we get the 1969 spring training photos and players in uniform for the 4 expansion teams.

I dislike 1953 more because of too many headshots and the poor artwork. The Whitey Ford may be the worst. I know this will be a minority opinion, but I dislike the photos for 1952 Topps even more than 1958 and 1969. Again too many headshots and the colorizing of the black and white photos has always looked weird to me.