After their 1951 Red Backs and Connie Mack's All Stars cards, then their amazing 1952 set, they continued with a beautiful set of baseball cards in 1953.
The 1953 Topps set are prints made from small color paintings. These paintings were done by artists from black and white photographs of the players. There are very few action poses--the vast majority of the cards are portraits. This artistic approach is probably the main reason the 1953 Topps set remains one of my favorites.
This is a great portrait of Mickey Mantle; this card is currently in our
ebay store.
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