Ugliest Beater of a HOFer in your Collection

[T206Collector]

Figured I'd share this space filler while I still had it, as it is high atop my list of cards to replace in my near 33 Goudey set.



Got me to thinking, what other HOFers are out there that have been more than just "well loved" but downright abused....

[Bocabirdman]

Frank B will scold me for posting this one again but.....

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[wolf441]

If I could have placed a bet on what post #2 was going to be...

Love the chewed up Rube!

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by wolf441

If I could have placed a bet on what post #2 was going to be...

Love the chewed up Rube!

Steve, the difference is that the OP says that his beater is atop his list of cards to be replaced; mine will be the last card that I own whenever I start thinning the pile.

[LuckyLarry]

finally a thread I can participate in over here

Larry

[ErikV]

I think Waddell and Bender both take first place. Manush and Cobb are a "Ty" with Ruth a distant third.....

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

finally a thread I can participate in over here

Larry

Larry,

Has that Bender been lunch for a mouse?

[LuckyLarry]

Mike: Mouse damage for sure, purchased this card at the National 2013 Chicago $7

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Larry,

Has that Bender been lunch for a mouse?

[marcdelpercio]

The sharp eyed viewer will spot (pieces of) a Bresnahan, Huggins, Walsh, and Cy Young in this group.

[mrvster]

is great!! since I collect scrap, my eye has become accustomed to the more "well loved" cards out there! even the beaters need some love

[Paul S]

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[Howe’s Hunter]

After all, my collection is pristine.



(the above is a joke. none of my cards look anything like this. I swiped the image from eBay. if it belongs to a board member, I apologize.)

[marcdelpercio]

And one for the non-T206 lovers out there. Super rare card, actually...I believe there are only 2 others known to exist.

[Leon]

Shown before but I don't have a lot of beaters....

[frankbmd]

Before he was iced, Ted had some interesting treatment of his borders.



This 1 of 1 is the only known 1955 Williams card with Preston Ward borders.

The quality of the workmanship of the re-edging process makes it very difficult to detect without a loupe.

It is unknown whether a Preston Ward card with Ted Williams borders exists, but one would think....................................

[LuckyLarry]

Forgot I had this one in my graded cards box
1914-1916 Coupon Cigarettes Type 2 Walter Johnson


Larry

[t206blogcom]

[ValKehl]

In comparison to the other "incredible" cards already shown in this thread, this Sam Rice rookie could be considered "Near Mint!"
Val

[Bestdj777]

I know these are not pre-war (my pre-war beaters aren't HOFers), but here are a couple of beat up post-war cards:

[moeson]

[wazoo]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

Forgot I had this one in my graded cards box
1914-1916 Coupon Cigarettes Type 2 Walter Johnson


Larry

Gem mint 10...lololol

[triwak]

I guess C. Robertson REALLY wanted his buddies to know this was HIS card!

[brianp-beme]

Not my worst, but always fun to show this one (it is actually in two pieces).



Brian

[irishdenny]

Mr. McGraw has Always been a Survivor!

[FourStrikes]

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[CobbSpikedMe]

Hey guys, sorry for bringing up a slightly older post but this one appeals to me and I can actually participate in it. I've been out of the loop for a little while and am catching up a bit now.

Here is a T213-2 Coupon Jennings that resides in my collection. Enjoy.

AndyH


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[Matvoo]

Pretty cool. Sort shows what the card has gone through the last 100" years

[Joem36]

Here is mine...

[4815162342]

I'm just glad Scooby didn't eat all of it.

[joeadcock]

Phantom of the Opera Tinker

[pcoz]

Not the prettiest, but one of my favorites...

[Mountaineer1999]

Checked out your Flickr page Pete... Those are some great cards!!!! Love the Parker to top it all off. Lets go Bucs!

[pcoz]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

Checked out your Flickr page Pete... Those are some great cards!!!! Love the Parker to top it all off. Lets go Bucs!

Thanks Donnie, go Bucs!!!!

[E93]

I would not call it ugly, but technically problematic due to hungry mouse. What can you do when there are only two known examples?
JimB

[grainsley]

But I'll never replace this OBC treasure.......should likely be submitted to Lucky Larry at GGS...........

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

Phantom of the Opera Tinker

I think it looks more like Nick Cage...

[novakjr]

the comically bad cards are pretty much my specialty. Picked this WaJo up from Rhett a few years back. Photo's just don't do it justice. I have plenty of other bad ones too. Just not many photo's on my comp at the moment..

[clydepepper]

I guess I'm in the minority in that I do not collect low-grade cards at all.

I do have a few raw cards that I will someday upgrade, but the lowest graded cards I own are a 1888 N162 King Kelly SGC-40, a couple of 1915 CJs, and a Leaf Virgil Trucks.

[joeadcock]

Here's another. To compete with Pete's.

[joeadcock]

JimB


Nice beater there

[frohme]

Two of the worst (of the few):






--
Mike

[rainier2004]

My roughest, but I love it!

[atx840]

[MikeGarcia]

.....we all have our dirty little secrets


.....PS does the Traynor look legit to those of you who know that set ?
...the corner-rounding looks like what the counterfeiters do-- it seems too uniform ?

[dferguso1988]

[yanksfan09]

I have a few very low grade Ruth's but this is my roughest.... WaJo scan is a little blury but you get the idea, something was hungry...

[mrvster]

this escaped the fire .......but who knew a beater like this will bring multi k.......not for sale, but my "well " loved Matty yellow/brown printer's scrap

[ZachS]

My <$20 Crawford.

[brianp-beme]

Hey...it made it this far (80 years), so I guess I won't throw it out. By the way, the scan on the left is of the front of the card (the scans of the same card, just different scan image size).

I usually like my Hornsby cards with a little better visual appeal.

Brian

[T206Collector]

Well that didn't take very long -- but the Manush is no longer mine, sold off in favor of this nice clean copy:




Now on to my Waner....