Below are the missing cards to complete the 1952 Topps set, as well as the templates I made. Cards made by someone other than myself are noted. Thanks to Baseball-Birthdays, Worthpoint, and the former 1952 Topps Site for help with photos, autographs, and cards to help finish this project. Every card has facsimile signature on it, and anyone who played a game in the 1951 or 1952 seasons who was missing a card with a team they played with in '51 or '52 now (hopefully) has a card. If you have any corrections or a card with a cleaner picture/signature, please let me know.
TEMPLATES
Below is a picture of a '52 Topps custom with the correct font that was used in the set. You can download it here.
Below are any templates I have made for the 1952 Topps set. All templates are .png files made in MS Paint, and they match the original size of the original '52 Topps cards.
Below is a picture of a '52 Topps custom with the correct font that was used in the set. You can download it here.
Below are any templates I have made for the 1952 Topps set. All templates are .png files made in MS Paint, and they match the original size of the original '52 Topps cards.
CARDS:
Below is the completed 1952 Topps set, featuring cards #408-973
found on Pinterest
found on Collectors.com forums
by: Bob Lemke
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
Found on players Baseball Almanac page
? Part of M & A set?
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: Bob Lemke's blog
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
from M & A set
found on OOTP forums
by: '52 Topps site
by: Bob Lemke's blog
by: '52 Topps site
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
found on Retrosimba
by: '52 Topps site
found on eBay
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site (I added the signature)
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
by: '52 Topps site
most of card done by Bob's Custom Cards
found on Baseball Almanac Twitter post
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
by Jack Cusick
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
? Part of M & A set?
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
found on Pinstripe Birthdays blog
found on ESUWarriors Twitter page
from 2010 Topps insert set
found on eBay
found on eBay
found on eBay
found on eBay
found on eBay
found on Pinterest
found on eBay
by: Bob Lemke's Blog
I have a 1952 Topps style (card that never was) Cincinnati Reds team card #1474. Is that from the M&A set? Was it produced in the mid 90s? I am trying to place it for my own checklist. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWith the number that is has, I would have to believe it is from the M&A set. I believe it was produced in the mid ‘90’s. Can’t find hardly any information on it.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Are the 52 team cards you feature from that set? Are these cards similarly numbered with high numbers. I really appreciate the help. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteI basically took the regular 1952 Topps set and the 1951 MLB rosters and added the names of guys who didn’t get a ‘52 Topps card to the checklist I made. Then I took anyone who was on a 1952 roster who didn’t get a card and added them as well. I started the first card on my checklist with number 408, since the 1951 Topps set ended at card #407. I believe all of the team cards are taken from the 1952 Topps website that I have listed at the top of the page. I was unaware of the M&A set until recently. I would love to see more images of cards from this set, as I have a feeling they would cross off a number of cards from the checklist I made. I would love to see a photo of that M&A team card you have. I’ll have to add it to checklist since I don’t have one listed.
DeleteThese are really cool. But I am curious as to how your templates work. For example if I wanted to use a different picture for ant of them. How would I go about using one of your templates.
ReplyDeleteHey. Thanks for checking out my site. The templates are .png files which you can left click and save to your computer. Then you can open them with photo editing software. I use mainly MS Paint and GIMP. They definitely aren’t the best, but they work for me. Photoshop seems to be the preferred program from people I’ve known. After opening the template, it’s a process of finding a good photo, then placing the template on top of the image, creating a 2 layer photo. Then you add text and position everything so it looks like a card. I’ve done a video on how I make a custom. Maybe it will help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXz2HLxWWE
ReplyDeleteAwesome thank you. These are great!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool project. It would be nice if a person or business somehow gets permission from Topps to make a commercial-scaled print run of all these cards using card stock from that era. The high-numbered cards provide a vast improvement of scope than the original.The team cards are really cool. Do we have any images of their backs?
ReplyDeleteMost of these are made by other people. I have just compiled them in one place. I don’t believe the cards have backs, although I have done the 1992 Topps set and made backs for them. You can find them under the 1992 Topps page on the right sidebar of my blog.
ReplyDeleteawesome job only missing lou possehl, walt kellner & dick wakefield
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know. I did some research and it looks like the Kellner card is actually made. Card #201 in the ‘52 Topps set is Alex Kellner, which is actually Walt Kellner. The other 2 need to be made, and I will get to them and update the page at some point in the next few days.
DeleteI was able to add 2 new cards to the set to finish it. I actually discovered the Dick Wakefield card I made (card #881) was incorrectly labled "Dick Mayfield", so I corrected that and put the new one in its' place. I made the Possehl card, which is the 2nd to last card in the set (#974). The Walt Kellner card needed to be made, and I was incorrect in saying that Alex Kellner was actually Walt Kellner. It turns out that they are brothers that played on the same team, so I made a card for WALT Kellner (card #974), the last card in the set. I hope this completes it.
ReplyDeleteNo problem. What piqued your interest in these? It’s cool that people take interest in my site.
ReplyDeleteyou seem to be interested in finishing what topps started and never bothered to finish they should have been doing 40 man rosters from the get go
ReplyDeleteYou are right. I wish they would’ve given a card to everyone who got into a game. I’m glad you enjoy the stuff I’ve done and feel free to check out the other set pages I’ve compiled.
Deletei just finished going thru your listings for the coaches you got them all what a job you did magnificent only now if you did the same with 1951 and plowed ahead with 1953 and on and on i wish i knew how hard the work is but i am but a collector and not getting any younger i wish you the best of luck in your future tasks but i will say you are a blessing to us collectors we must be what it is all about
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing . Didn’t r Topps rake down its official 1952 website? It had a gold mine of information snd cards that never were .
ReplyDeleteAre you planning backs for your 52s? Marty Schwartz. Mschw23@aol.com
your george susce card is the son not the 1952 tiger coach
ReplyDeletei was looking for a tiger hutchinson card as manager
ReplyDeleteHe has a card in the ‘52 Topps set as a player, and since the ‘52 set doesn’t list positions on the front, I found it kind of redundant to make a second card of him, although I suppose I could make another card of him in a manager-like pose.
Deletethat's it
ReplyDeletethank you
ReplyDeletehow do you put a template on top of a photo and copy it
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SXz2HLxWWE
DeleteThe link above is to where I’ve done a video on how I make customs on MS Paint. There are a few newer versions of the program with small differences but you just need to right click the templates I’ve made on here, save them as a .png file. Then open the file in Paint, and make the window pretty big in order to put your photo into it. Find a photo you want to use. If it’s online, save it, and open it up in a new window of MS Paint. Find the select tool, click select all, and the right click and press copy.
Open the Paint window with the template, right click and select paste. That should get the photo in the same window as the template. Make sure that transparent window is selected, and you should be able to draw the select tool around the template, and then move it over the photo. If the template doesn’t show the photo underneath it, click undo, select the paint tool, right click an area inside the template that is white, and then retry drawing the select tool around the template and moving it over the photo. Then move your ‘card’ to the top left, enter whatever text you want, and move the bottom and right edges to the edges of the card and save it as a different name than the original template and that should do it.
do you know if paint.com works the same as ms paint
ReplyDeletei meant paint.net
ReplyDeleteYou know, I’ve never tried Paint.net so I don’t know. You may be able to download Paint from a website. I think I had to specifically search for mine when I got my new laptop because it wasn’t on the Home Screen and it was hidden somewhere in the program files.
Deletei am looking for colorized teamcards of 1952 pirates, athletics and senators can you help
ReplyDeleteI could try to colorize some photos. I’m not the best but I’m willing to take a shot.
DeleteTo be clear, you want pictures of the 1952 teams on a 1952 Topps design? I’ll post them at the bottom of the page when I finish.