1951 Bowman Baseball Cards  

1951 Topps Baseball Cards

In 1951, Topps produced their first set of baseball cards. One set of 52 cards were
available with a blue back and one set of 52 cards were available with a red back.
The size of the cards were 2"by 2 5/8"  and featured a playing card format.
 Aware of Bowman's copyright regarding selling baseball cards with gum,
the first Topps cards were sold in packs of 2 cards for 1 cent with a piece of caramel candy. 

            
          Later in the season, the cards were sold in the aftermarket as a Baseball Card Game
featuring all 52 cards for 29 cents.

2 players not included in the set were Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams.

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1951 Topps Red Back style Mickey Mantle

1951 Topps Blue Back style Ted Williams

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