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05-20-2009, 01:13 PM
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Cards/Sets you never thought you'd like and now you love
I always thought the T204 Ramlys were kind of goofy. I realize that a lot of people disagree, but something about the ornate gold stuff and the head shots made it hard for me to connect the manly sport of baseball to them- The Real Housewives of New Jersey, perhaps. In my "I'd like to assemble every Yankee card from every set I like from the dawn of time through 1957ish," the Ramlys, were several notches above the 1955 Bowmans, which are at the bottom.
Because I don't attend too many card shows and have no friends who collect (other than some of you guys, who I've never met in person). as much as I am into cards, there are a great many sets that I've never seen in person. At the White Plains show over the weekend, I saw a Ramly Knight and snapped it up (for what I think was a reasonable price. I'd post a pic, but it's at SGC being crossed from GAI- i Hope). It was love at first sight. I never thought I'd have one in my collection and now I want more. Perhaps this is too much like the "cards that surprised you" thread a few weeks ago, but I thought it was an interesting question. Any cards you thought you hated and now you can't get enough of them? 
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05-20-2009, 03:08 PM
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Mecca Double Folders - not that I ever hated them but I did think previously
that they would be cards I'd probably not be pursuing. They really grew on me though and now I love them. I don't like them in slabs and so far I only have one that is graded and the rest raw. Ramleys I never liked nor do I now so no change of heart there.
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05-20-2009, 03:35 PM
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Caramels
I always thought they were amateurish renditions of T206's; plus, you could never find them in as good shape or quantities as tobacco cards, so I stayed away from 'em. Now, I love 'em! Steve Last edited by Steve D; 05-20-2009 at 03:37 PM.
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05-20-2009, 05:36 PM
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T209's, T210's, T211's, T212's, etc. At first, I was never a big fan of sets that dealt exclusively with minor leagues. I soon came to realize how amazing those sets are.
Although I can't say I love them, E91's have grown on me over the last couple of years. Last edited by Jason Carota; 05-20-2009 at 05:36 PM.
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05-20-2009, 05:55 PM
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I was neither here nor there with Billikens until I visited Matt Goebel in Denver a couple of years ago and had the chance to see some up close. Now I just worship the little suckers; they're like Zeenuts with moxie.
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05-20-2009, 06:07 PM
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Speaking of Zeenuts --when I got my first 1911 Zeenut I was captured by the image --while the T210 is still my favorite the Zeenuts opened up a whole new area of collecting.
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05-20-2009, 03:33 PM
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Yes, when I first took notice of the Diamond Stars cards, they seemed like the affordable alternative to the otherwise more desirable 1933 and '34 Goudey cards. I bought a few hall of famers almost reluctantly, because I couldn't afford what I considered to be the better cards.
After a while, I began to re-evaluate. The choice of color, having little to do with pictorial realism, and the prominence of background, standing equal to the subject, reminded me of the work of Matisse. I might be overstating, but in any case, now I have the whole set.
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Hybrid Mode
