53 Bowman Color or 53 Topps?

[Chris-Counts]

I'd take the Bowman's in a heartbeat. I've never seen a set with better photos ...

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

I'd take the Bowman's in a heartbeat. I've never seen a set with better photos ...

+1

I wouldn't even have to think about it.

[benchod]

To paraphrase Chris Berman
Bowman all the way
Super photos over paintings for me

[Griffins]

Bowman, not even close.

[Kawika]

Blondes or brunettes? Love 'em all.

[ALR-bishop]

I am a die hard Topps collector and like my 1953 set, but I am also a Cardinals fan and the 1953 Bowman set and that great Musial are something special.

[scmavl]

Wow, this is one of the few true toss-up sets for me. I love the Bowman photos, some of the best poses were captured (PeeWee!). However, I think the Topps art is the best they've ever had. Satchel Paige, Dom DiMaggio, Mantle... heck, even Sherm Lollar's card looks great!

I'd take either.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

I'd take the Bowman's in a heartbeat. I've never seen a set with better photos ...

I'm a Topps diehard too, but I was never really a fan of the '53 Topps set. The artwork is great, but I just prefer photos on a baseball card as opposed to paintings so I would begrudgingly have to go with the '53 Bowman set on this one.

[darrend505]

This is a bit of a toss up for me as well! I am also a Topps collector, but over the last 2 years have been working on putting together the 1954 Topps set and I have picked up singles from both of these sets along the way. Both sets are beautiful in there own way, though I do not think that I could pick one over the other, as I would like to have a set of each at some point!

[almostdone]

In my opinion its the '53 Topps Paige verses the '53 Bowman Pee Wee Reese. My two favorite cards in my personal collection. Other than that I'll probably take the Bowman but definatly the closest between the two companies in any one year.

Drew

[cwazzy]

Great topic! Both are great sets but I prefer the Topps. I love the Bowman photography but I like the brighter colors on the Topps paintings. All of the cards look great in that set IMO (with the possible exception of the Whitey Ford card that makes him look like he's fighting the worst case of constipation ever experienced). And I do like being able to tell who the player is without having to look at the back of the card.

Chris