It was the year after Bobby Thomson's home run helped "The Giants Win the Pennant!". Baseball was incredibly popular as the Topps company launched its first major baseball card set in 1952.
The 1952 Topps set was like nothing collectors had ever seen before. Huge cards, compared to their Bowman counterparts. Beautiful color photos and a wealth of information on the back which young collectors devoured. Willie, Mickey or The Duke? Debates ranged in New York as 1952 Topps packs flew off store shelves. Bubble gum cards they were called then. Just as many kids bought them for the gum as for the card or cards inside the red, green and white wax wrappers.
Times have changed. Kids (and adults) still love baseball cards, though, and now those 1952 Topps cards are among the most valuable vintage cards in existence. Thousands of collectors chase the set with a fervor, and now Topps1952.com (http://www.topps1952.com) pays a long-awaited tribute to the set by putting all of the '52 Topps cards on eBay in one central, attractive location.
The site is designed around the theme collectors saw during those spring and summer days of '52...the gorgeous cards and vivid colors. Collectors can use their eBay ID to bid on auctions, sorted by a few categories including: rookie cards, single cards, lots, graded cards and 'raw' cards. See thumbnails of some of the auctions closing soon, get background information on the 1952 Topps issue and learn a little about the history of Topps' famous 'ocean dump' of cards that let to extreme shortages years later and helped vault the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle into iconic status as one of the world's most valuable baseball cards. It's all in an easy-to-navigate site that is unique for focusing only on this popular set.
From Mantle to Ferris Fain; Hoyt Wilhelm to Eddie Mathews...Topps1952 will transport baseball fans and card collectors back to the golden era, where a kids hobby met a game that had a hold on America.
http://www.Topps1952.com
