1953 Topps

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The 1953 Topps Baseball Card Set again featured paintings of the players and in my opinion is a more attractive card than Topps issued in 1952.

1953 Topps contains 274 player cards each measuring 2-5/8 x 3-3/4 (inches). Topps set were prints from small color paintings done from black and white photographs.

Action poses were rare, with most of the cards being portraits of the players. In taking this approach, each portrait was carefully rendered by excellent artists, including Gerry Dvorak. There were no bad poses. They were all carefully handcrafted. Ultimately, this set is recognized as one of the most beautiful baseball cards sets in history.

Series I: 1-85
Series 2: 86-165
Series 3: 266-220
Series 4: 221-280 (Scarce)

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
23	Toby Atwell DP
29	Hal Jeffcoat
39	Eddie Miksis
46	Johnny Klippstein DP
92	Paul Minner DP
111	Hank Sauer DP
130	Turk Lown DP
144	Bob Schultz DP
155	Dutch Leonard
157	Bob Addis DP
173	Preston Ward
179	Gene Hermanski
202	Carl Sawatski RC