Best looking card ever?

mb2005 · April 18, 2016 6:53AM

Not necessarily the most expensive or most popular, but the best looking card ever. What do you think it is? I still love this one:

mb2005 · April 18, 2016 7:01AM

This one I love too, but with today's baseball rules, this isn't even a baseball play anymore....

Stingray · April 18, 2016 7:02AM

I have to go with the 1976 Topps Johnny Bench. That image is way too cool!!

BaltimoreYankee · April 18, 2016 7:02AM

Roger should have leaned up against a "say no to drugs" sign.

sbfinley · April 18, 2016 7:32AM

There are a handful that float my boat, but I've been having an affair with this one lately.

Originally posted by: mb2005
Not necessarily the most expensive or most popular, but the best looking card ever. What do you think it is? I still love this one:

Great card. Here's mine!

Darin · April 18, 2016 8:00AM

My avatar card, which now resides in a PSA 10 holder.

galaxy27 · April 18, 2016 8:19AM

My vote...

grote15 · April 18, 2016 8:45AM

This was always one of my favorites~73 had some great horizontal action shots around home plate.

MULLINS5 · April 18, 2016 8:46AM

Gretzky has so many great looking cards. Other than his rookie, this 1981 OPC Super Action card is the bomb-diggity and my personal favorite. Even the back looks great.

grote15 · April 18, 2016 8:48AM

And, of course, the one with the used car lot in the background, lol..

LarkinCollector · April 18, 2016 8:52AM

Originally posted by: grote15
And, of course, the one with the used car lot in the background, lol..

When I saw you were the most recent poster, I opened the thread expecting to see a 75 mini or two. Way to zig and love those 73s!

mintonlypls · April 18, 2016 9:57AM

Great topic!

Sorry...that I could not restrict mine to just one...but here are my favorites (not in any particular order).

1. 1971 Thurman Munson (great action shot of a play at the plate)
2. 1957 Mickey Mantle (1st year that Topps went strictly w/photography on its cards...and love the follow through swing of the young Mick. An added bonus is...the rookie card of one of the groundskeepers at Yankee Stadium).
3. 1971 Reggie Jackson (like the colorful A's uniforms w/Reggie holding the lumber)
4. 1963 Roberto Clemente (gorgeous hues)
5. 1963 Lou Brock (one of my favorite sets and this is a colorful portrait shot)
6. 1954 Ernie Banks (1st year Topps placed more than one image on a player's card)
7. 1966 Willie Mays (showing some leather)
8. 1957 Sandy Koufax (last Brooklyn Dodgers' card of Sandy)
9. 1955 Jackie Robinson (colorful card of an iconic player who broke the color barrier in professional sports)
10. 1966 Joe Morgan (love the fielding stance of little Joe)
11. 1969 Johnny Bench (wow...he looks young). Agree that the '76 is a close 2nd here.
12. 1955 Hank Aaron (same image as used on his RC...but much more affordable. His dark skin against a yellow backdrop is more eye appealing to me than against an orange backdrop on the '54. Plus...the 2nd image on the '55 card shows Henry swinging the bat as opposed to a fielding shot on the '54. He was a great fielder...but was noted for his bat more than his glove)

A couple of cards in which Topps goofed on what could have been a great looking card.

1957 Hank Aaron...No-no-no!!! He doesn't bat left handed...
1959 Bob Gibson...everytime I look at the card...I think why did Topps use that ugly Pepto-Bismol pink.

yankeesman · April 18, 2016 10:41AM

Here's one of mine:

Dpeck100 · April 18, 2016 12:33PM

The Nature Boy and all of his magnificence.

grote15 · April 18, 2016 12:51PM

Originally posted by: LarkinCollector

Originally posted by: grote15

And, of course, the one with the used car lot in the background, lol..

When I saw you were the most recent poster, I opened the thread expecting to see a 75 mini or two. Way to zig and love those 73s!

LOL, I try to throw a curve now and then..

DanBessette · April 18, 2016 1:46PM

2 of my favorites already mentioned are the 53 bowman color pee wee and the 71 Munson. I would also add 51 bowman Campanella and a trio of 56 Topps: Clemente, Jackie and the mick.

Edit: here is a photo of the Campanella -

49ersGuy · April 18, 2016 3:27PM

Topps photography from about 1970 to 1976 is about as good as it gets for sports cards.

49ersGuy · April 18, 2016 3:33PM

stevebay · April 18, 2016 3:41PM

Originally posted by: DanBessette
2 of my favorites already mentioned are the 53 bowman color pee wee and the 71 Munson. I would also add 51 bowman Campanella and a trio of 56 Topps: Clemente, Jackie and the mick.

Edit: here is a photo of the Campanella -

Is that James Dean sitting alone in the background?

MULLINS5 · April 18, 2016 3:59PM

Originally posted by: stevebay

Originally posted by: DanBessette

2 of my favorites already mentioned are the 53 bowman color pee wee and the 71 Munson. I would also add 51 bowman Campanella and a trio of 56 Topps: Clemente, Jackie and the mick.

Edit: here is a photo of the Campanella -

Is that James Dean sitting alone in the background?

Pretty sure it's Dylan McKay.

JoeBanzai · April 18, 2016 10:52PM

I don't have a scan, but the 1953 Bowman Color of Stan Musial is a beauty!

KendallCat · April 18, 2016 11:16PM

Originally posted by: Stingray
I have to go with the 1976 Topps Johnny Bench. That image is way too cool!!

+1

My favorite player of all time and my favorite card. WS MVP that year, and with the all star logo in the bottom corner just made it pop for that card.

jeffcbay · April 18, 2016 11:16PM

I've always been a fan of this card...

cree · April 18, 2016 11:34PM

mb2005 · April 19, 2016 12:06AM

Another one of my favorite....you can almost hear them chant Reg-gie! Reg-gie! in the background

clarke442 · April 19, 2016 12:08AM

A couple of my favorites, that I have scans of.

What I always thought of as Yaz's true rookie card and by todays rules of having to have played in the Majors.

Classic Bobby Orr with Cheevers in background and the way the uniform and card colors match.

Darin · April 19, 2016 12:31AM

I've heard the 76 Bench mentioned a lot, but I always thought the 76 Brock was a really cool looking card.
Also if the 71 Nolan Ryan hasn't been mentioned, here's a shout out.
Don't own either one so can't post a scan.

PSASAP · April 19, 2016 1:06AM

Here's a nice action shot of Vada Pinson, with Thurman Munson at the plate. Wonder if he was safe or out.

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totallyradd · April 19, 2016 1:59AM

These aren't my cards, but here are three of my favorites off the top of my head.

ClockworkAngel · April 19, 2016 2:33AM

ClockworkAngel · April 19, 2016 2:36AM

My favorite Gwynn Card:

georgebailey2 · April 19, 2016 3:15AM

Nice selections

Some honorable mentions from me:

1989 Bowman Eric Davis - perfect portrait and makes Davis look god-like. Kinda like a propaganda poster - think Ivan Drago in Rocky IV at the Igloo...er..Moscow Sports Center.

1967 Topps Ernie Banks - another perfect portrait on a perfect sunny day. You can almost see the words, "Let's play two" rolling around in his head.

1978 Reggie Jackson - motion seconded! (see earlier in the thread) I don't think Reggie got cheated on that swing. Reggie has a lot of great looking cards. So did Carlton and Seaver (74 and 77). Too bad Mike Schmidt didn't (the 89 Phillies Leaders card is nice, though, as is the Classic Best 500 Homerun card).

I digress.

Any card from the 1954-55 Topps Hockey set.

But, this may be my favorite:

1963 Toronto Star Terry Sawchuk. Iconic image. The only thing that would make it better would be if the puck was snow-coned in his glove rather than by his skate.

BaltimoreYankee · April 19, 2016 3:24AM

Originally posted by: JoeBanzai
I don't have a scan, but the 1953 Bowman Color of Stan Musial is a beauty!

Well, here is a Baseball Cards Magazine reprint but the image is the same:

swish54 · April 19, 2016 7:45AM

I don't have a scan of one, but the 1994 Stadium Club "93 Award Winner" Frank Thomas where he's putting on eye black. Always liked that card.

BLUEJAYWAY · April 19, 2016 2:10PM

Modern-1994 Fleer Flair Hot Gloves. Die cut, and the vibrant deep orange just jumps out. Vintage-Any 65 Topps, personal favorite set.

seebelow · April 19, 2016 3:25PM

im partial to the pee wee reese, and have never seen that jose.

a buddy actually has and let me see ....drum roll.....'53 PSA 10!!!! ...cmon..winner winner by far.....im very partial to '53s

great thread...these are like lay potato chips..

orioles93 · April 19, 2016 4:01PM

2 I can think of off the top of my head are the 52 Bowman Stan Musial and the 91 Bowman Chipper Jones. No pic of the 52 musial.

PMKAY · April 20, 2016 2:59AM

Mullins already posted one of my favorites, the Gretzky Super Action so am going with my favorite looking wrestling card

with an honorable mention to (tongue only slightly in cheek)

Darin · April 20, 2016 3:14AM

I've always liked Bretts' last topps card. They're ahead of the Brewers 4-1 in the bottom of the second,
Brett is already batting for the second time in the game.

mb2005 · April 20, 2016 3:32AM

That Brett card makes it seem like no one goes to Royals games....which in 1994 may have been true....

dennis07 · April 20, 2016 4:03AM

Box score from the Brett card - June 6th 1993

Carew29 · April 20, 2016 11:26AM

Here is your winner....

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addicted2ebay · April 20, 2016 11:42AM

Love the 91 Bowman chipper jones but nothing can top this :

Nathaniel1960 · April 20, 2016 11:29PM

Cakes · April 21, 2016 4:27AM

Mullins, thank you for the chuckle.

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