rugbyfreak
03-27-2007, 10:20 AM
What has always fascinated collectors about the Topps legacy is that it is so unfailingly human in its inconsistency over the years. Depending on the year, the company's issues have hit some amazing highs, and also bottomed out with some abysmal lows. But they keep on going, maintaining that one constant thread throughout the hobby's history.
Naturally, those of you who collect Topps, as I do, have developed certain favorites over the years. In this poll, I'd like to know what the crowd's alltime favorite "vintage" set is. Vintage is understood to be all Topps sets from 1951, its first issue, to 1973, the last year the company released the cards in sequential "series" over the course of the summer. As collectors naturally lost interest toward the end of the summer (as school resumed, etc.) the later series were not printed in nearly the numbers the earlier ones were, making them, to this day, far rarer and expensive when filling a set. Beginning in '74, Topps began releasing its yearly set in its entirety in the spring.
I have given a choice for each and every set in the vintage line, so we don't have the problem with the "other" choice, and posters complaining that their favorites were not included.
One more thing: This poll only includes each year's "base" set. (No special editions this time.)
Go to it. Use this link for getting a good look at the makeup of each year's issue: http://www.gfg.com/baseball/50stars.shtml
Naturally, those of you who collect Topps, as I do, have developed certain favorites over the years. In this poll, I'd like to know what the crowd's alltime favorite "vintage" set is. Vintage is understood to be all Topps sets from 1951, its first issue, to 1973, the last year the company released the cards in sequential "series" over the course of the summer. As collectors naturally lost interest toward the end of the summer (as school resumed, etc.) the later series were not printed in nearly the numbers the earlier ones were, making them, to this day, far rarer and expensive when filling a set. Beginning in '74, Topps began releasing its yearly set in its entirety in the spring.
I have given a choice for each and every set in the vintage line, so we don't have the problem with the "other" choice, and posters complaining that their favorites were not included.
One more thing: This poll only includes each year's "base" set. (No special editions this time.)
Go to it. Use this link for getting a good look at the makeup of each year's issue: http://www.gfg.com/baseball/50stars.shtml