Top 3 prewar sets?
 

What are your top three prewar baseball card sets?

1.1909-1911 T206
2.1903-1904 E107 Breisch-Williams
3.1909 T204 Ramly

1. T206
2. 1914/15 Cracker Jack
3. T205

1914 Cracker Jack
1916 Sporting News
1917 Collin McCarthy

T206, 1933 Goudey, 1934 Goudey

T205
t206
e120

T206
T3
T205


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I am puzzled as to why this thread is in the B/S/T Section.

As am I. I clicked on this expecting to see some top 3 cards listed for sale.

Hey OP,
Good topic, you may want to post this on the main page instead of B/S/T which is for buying and selling.

1914 Cracker Jack
1911 E94 Close Candy
1914 Texas Tommy

Merry Christmas!

1. E107 Breisch-Williams
2. N162 Goodwin Champions
3. T204 Ramly


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Would love to see this in main page.

My top 3, in order:

T206
1933 Goudey
1914 Cracker Jack

Honorable mention
E107
T3

If someone would PM me it would get moved. :)

I would replace 1914 CJ with E121.....

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1. T206 - easy #1`
2. 1933 Goudey
3. ?

T3…to me, each a small masterpiece

T202….always feels like I am getting more bang for my buck…two portraits and an “action shot” bonus. to me, just an underrated set

M116 Sporting News…especially the pastels.

1916 M101-4/5's
1914 Cracker Jack
1933 Goudey

T206- Honorable Mention.

Had these 3 Detroit sets, Still have the T3 set. The other 2 sold.

T210 best by a country mile :)
T210 because they really are that great
T212 because of the cool backgrounds

t206
t205
1933 Goudey

1. T206 for Cubs
2. Collins-McCarthy for Black Sox
3. T204 for beauty

honorable mention are the Chicago issues:
4. E90-3
5. Boston Store
6. Plow Boy

T3
T205
‘33 Goudey

E121
T205
T207

Honorable mention T210

Top 3:
T206
33 Goudey
T3

Honorable mention: M101-1

Other note: the Sweet Caporal 1910 hockey Postcard set is the most awesome prewar set of all sports. The Vezina…just for show, i wish it were mine!

My top 3

T3
T202
T205

1. 1914 Cracker Jack
2. T206
3. T3

Chad

well as a mixed sport guy....
 

1) N162
2) N184
3) N43


I was tempted to put the N162 set in all three positions.

I would give honorable mention to the T206 set given it's too new for me to include in my list although it's a really special set. I did chase half the set when it was about 1/4 as expensive as today and sold when it was half as valuable as now :-)

E107, 1896 Mayo and the Cracker Jack sets

Sets
 

1914 CJ
T206
E103 Williams Caramel

1. T206
2. T210
3. T213

Others I thought about: T209, E107, E95+96

This pretty much where I am. The first two and then trying to figure out a third set.

1. T206
2. 1933 Goudey

Huge gap

3. Too hard to pick between T3, Cracker Jack, Old Judge

T3
1914 Cracker Jack
Diamond Stars

Being as I'm really not a set collector, the only 3 sets I collect are:

- 1925 Holland Creameries - have 17 of 18 in set - missing #16 Peckinpaugh (SP).
- 1910 E222 A.W.H. Caramels - have 9 of 12 in set - missing Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
- 1910 T210-2 Old Mill/Virginia League - have complete set of 87.

I thought I had responded to this but can't find my reply:
1938/39 Cincinnati Reds W711
T3 Turkey Red
T202 Triple Fold

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1. N172
2. T206
3. E121

1. T206
2. N172
3. 1914/15 Cracker Jack

Steve

N172 Old Judge
S74-1/2 Silks
M101-2 Sporting News Supplements

N172 Old Judge
1911 Zeenut
1921-22 E121 and related sets

Honorable Mention:
E254 Colgan’s Chips
1933 Goudey

I had in my head this was 1900 and later!

OF course N172 Old Judges are on the list !!

Updated list.

1916 M101-4/5s
N172 Old Judges
1914 Cracker Jacks

Honorable Mention- T206, 33 Goudey, 1922 Neilsons Chocolate, 1915 W-UNC

My favs are:

T211 - love the gold borders and the Red Sun backs are just awesome

T206 - just so many exciting ways to attack The Monster

N162 - great artwork, incredible mustaches, and the Anson card is one of the most beautiful cards of all time, in my opinion

not sure about the order here but -

T206
M101-2
CJ 1914

Hon mention : E94

This would be great as a poll
 

1. T206
2. 1933 Goudey
3. 1914 Cracker Jack

4. T3

N172
T206
M101-4/5

N172 was the first major set and, to my way of thinking, the greatest set ever by far. T206 is the most widely collected set and it has one of the great cards in the hobby. M101-4/5 sets have incredible images and of course the rookie card of Babe Ruth.

1. T205
2. 1933 US Caramel
3. N28

It's criminal that 1933 DeLong hasn't appeared yet, you should all be ashamed of yourselves.

1. 1933 DeLong
2. 1933 DeLong
3. tie - 1933 DeLong and 1933 DeLong

M-116
Goodwin Champions
T206
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1933 Goudey
E121
E93

1. t205 - Iconic, colorful, has writeups and stats, covers the tobacco era beautifully
2. 1933 Goudey - Iconic, colorful, beautiful artwork, excellent writeups
3. 1939 Play Ball - Iconic b/w photography only on the fronts with no distracting text, excellent writeups