1953 Topps Baseball Card Set

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The 1953 Topps Baseball Set

History:
Having taken the industry by storm the previous year, Topps followed thier debut set with the beautiful, highly-regarded 1953 issue. The gepetition with Bowman, who previously had a monopoly on the baseball card market, was fierce. Not to be outdone, Bowman released an all-color set this year, featuring full color photographs (a first), which is regarded by many collectors to be the most beautiful baseball card set of all-time. But, this is about the Topps issue, and while it might gee in second place asthetically (debatable), few can argue about the pivotal place in history this set has earned. Many believe the 1953 Topps issue to be even more spectacular than the '52 set, but it suffers a bit in that Topps lost a few player contacts to Bowman this year, and so 6 cards were never issued (Duke Snider