What makes the 1952 Topps Baseball Cards the Prototype for All Future Card Sets?
Topps’ 1952 baseball release is the prototype for every major subsequent baseball card issue for four reasons: • The 1952 Topps Baseball Cards were the 1st cards with fully designed fronts and backs. The fronts contained a colorized rendering of the player’s B & W photograph which was both realistic and artistic as well as the 1st time a team logo appeared on a baseball card! These are trulybeautiful cards! • The 1952 Topps were the 1st baseball cards produced in dimensions (2 3/8″ x 3 ¾”) nearest to the current standard of 2 ½” x 3 ½” • The 1952 Topps Baseball Cards were the 1st major issue featuring each player’s full, lifetime statistics on the back of their card. I don’t like cards that don’t have the player’s stats on the back of his card. • The 1952 Topps baseball cards were the 1st set issued in series with the initial release of 310 cards distributed early during the 1952 season and the remaining high numbers, 311-407, released later in the season. It was this final feature (th
