5. Topps Heritage- It's never a bad thing thing to start out with a Topps Heritage set. Always a great set every year, I find myself sitting down every week and putting my thoughts down about another year and it is so difficult to avoid the Heritage products. The 2007 Topps Heritage set is based on the 1958 Topps set. Topps did a great job of duplicating some of the original details and also provided the usual challenge to set collectors to track down bunches of different short prints and variations. Not really keen on any one short printed card, or variation from this set, but I do love the design. Back in the day the first birthday present my mother-in-law ever bought me was a box of 2007 Heritage cards. I landed a Chrome James Shields (former Durham Bull) card in the box. Still a favorite card from a great looking set.
4. Topps- I like when Topps goes with dark borders. I am not sure if these cards will be as condition sensitive as some of the other black bordered Topps sets, but it still stands out for some reason. Maybe not the blue borders from 2003, but I have always had a soft spot for the 1986 and 1971 sets. I also threw this set in for the Jeter card. I have never quite decided whether this was intentional, or not, but it got a lot of attention and seemed to get the ball rolling on Topps using a ton of variations, sometimes really silly ones, for their base sets. At the time the card appear Topps had only gone to the well one time and the card brought a vibe to the 2007 Topps base set which had been missing for a few years. Cool design and a really cool card land this 4th on my list......
3. Donruss Elite- I love college. I love college sports. I love cards. Roll all of those things together and you get the 2007 Donruss Elite set. This multi-sport product mainly focused on players selected in the baseball draft, but there are some other college athletes in the mix too. I know that locally a lot of collectors love the Dean Smith autograph, which looks similar to the Cory Brown autograph above. This product ran for a couple of years and has always been one of my favorites. There are some good names in each of the sets, but even if you just are a fan of a certain college, there are patch cards are cool enough looking to own just for the sake of owning one.
2. UD Black- This was a really cool set that I do not think gets enough love sometimes. Loads of cool patch pieces, autographs, and all kinds of other goodies. I have not seen too many affordable boxes of this floating around, but the singles are pretty easy to pass and can sometimes be a really good deal. The sticker autographs are a little bit of a drag, but Upper Deck did a great job of designing this set and downplayed the stickers significantly by making them clear. I also really like the autographed cards with the manufactured flags. So many cool looking single cards, definitely a set you should look into if you have not done so already....
1. Upper Deck Masterpieces- This was easily my favorite set from 2007. The cards were based on paintings, which is not really a new concept, but they had a really cool canvas card stock which was really unique. The design of the cards was awesome with a dark border and really nice artwork. Incredible looking relic and autograph cards with some nice names makes this, not only one of the better products of 2007, but one of the better products of the past decade.
UD Masterpieces might be the best product of the Decade. I'd have to think about it a little more, but I'm sure it would easily make my Top 10 for the decade.
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