Seriously??:
:rolleyes:


Incredible

These are a few that are important to me.....

After owning a half dozen types of Matty's, I decided the only one that fit my eye was the 1910 W-UNC. Took 3 years to locate an example I could purchase.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscncseasl.jpg

I generally don't like cards that look beaten, can't tell you exactly why this 14' Cracker Jack Big Train works for me - it just does. I love the wear....

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...CJwjohnson.jpg

This Ruth is easily my favourite image of his.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...OxfordRuth.jpg

Always wanted something really early that spoke of baseball's beginnings.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...arryWright.jpg

And the card that started my vintage interest.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...ia/58aaron.jpg

For such a ferocious man it looks like Cobb had limp handshake.

Why are you making this a competition?

I'd have to go with the same:

http://www.louisianacards.com/upload...63269_orig.jpg

or my Ruth:

http://zwsmith.weebly.com/uploads/2/...45/5019718.jpg

Great items everyone. Threads like these are always fun and enjoyable..

I could choose between several items, but I'll go with this one today.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...hautograph.jpg

That is pretty awesome!!

One more Babe Ruth added and another one of my favorites

Some amazing cards here folks! Awesome eye candy. For me, either of these I think.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=10109http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=10122

These would be mine...its all about the CJs.

Stole my thunder!! 1914's all the way!!

Wow!!!
 

Ho. Ly. Crap.
That's a rather solid trio.
Nice cards!

I don't really have one "mega-Card" as the centerpiece of my collection but my Zeenut card collection is definitely the Centerpiece of the collection. Hard to scan over 2,700 different cards but here are some highlights...
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/11zeehalla.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/14zeecalvo.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/15zeecwilliams.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/16zeechance.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/19zeearbuckle.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/21zeecrawford.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/22zeethorpe.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeewaner.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/26zeeaverill.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/28zeelombardipair.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/29zeegomez.jpg

Wow, Dean. Just wow. Are those beautiful! Incredible eye appeal. That's my favorite Ruth, and I hope to own one very soon.

I always love seeing these kinds of topics. They bring out the little kid in me.

My Walter Johnson is still the centerpiece of my collection.

http://net54baseball.com/picture.php...ictureid=15396

God willing, I can avoid going under the knife for a while, and start collecting again here soon. :)

Awesome cards Rhett.

I love the Arbuckle card!! How many different horizontal Zeenuts are there?

Not to ask too many questions, but how close are you to completing all the Zeenut sets?

I agree 100%:)

Great Cracker Jacks Steve.

Wow Rhett

Nice stuff

Thanks Bill! I agree with you 100% on the Ruth. #144 is my favorite as well. Great pose and fantastic colors. Your WaJo is a great card too. Good luck on your health and future pick ups!

Alexander Cartwright, Harry Wright, 1939 Josh Gibson PC, and my Rube Foster/Pete Hill PC. Great thread.

Here's mine...
Tempted to sale many times... just can't part with it, even-though its just not that big a deal.

Here's the mega card in my modest collection. Possibly soon to be supplanted after an upcoming auction :D

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...psfe196129.jpg

Some beautiful pieces in here everyone! I'll toss in a bit of a modern piece that I like, due to the number of legends. It is of the James Naismith sport (shame on you NJ!), but I like it nonetheless :D
http://s28.postimg.org/x0168hqtl/back.jpg

http://s28.postimg.org/n1bm89s09/front.jpg

I'm more of a set collector, so it's harder to pick one card. I look for front/back combos that don't come up too often, and it's fun to take them out and see the result of all the time (way too much :D) that I have put into searching. I took a couple pics when I visited my safe deposit box today.

If I had to pick one card as the centerpiece, it might be my e95 Cobb.

There are 4 horizontal Zeenuts, one for each year from 1911 to 1914.

I am still missing the 1912 Baker card but here are the other 3...

http://www.starsofthediamond.com/11zeehalla.JPG
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/13zeemccarl.JPG
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/14zeecartwright.JPG

Today, it's this one . . .
 

I never get tired of seeing a nice #144!!

This thread is amazing, and has lots of show-stoppers, but for whatever reason, Bruce's Duffy cabinet is my favorite thing that ever gets posted on this board. I drool over it every time.

-Al

Nor do I, Leon. Yours is a real beauty, too.

I am so tempted to sell my Harper and Trout rookies. Those would pay for about half of a nice PSA 2.5-3.

My Wife bought me this one
 

My wife bought this Cobb for me and I lost her 2 years ago. It will always be special to me. She shared my passion for collecting. What a special lady she was.

What a great Cobb!! My wife and I both collect together. Some of our best times have been involving the hobby.

Great stuff all!

Even in baseball I can't really make a choice because I don't have a marquee card. But prewar it would have to be one of these:

1920s Universal Surprise Box Ruth-Johnson-Sisler-Alexander:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20baseball.jpg

Ty Cobb strip made with Exhibit PC art:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Unc%20Cobb.jpg

Exhibit and related strips of Jim Thorpe:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...for%20site.jpg

pre-war centerpiece ? Okay .
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...ENBERG_NEW.JPG


....not very clean nor bright but for some reason this Canadian 1936 World Wide Gum Hank is my thirties centerpiece ; what's weird is that this is possibly the smallest card I own ; my focus has always been "the big stuff" , from 1929 Kashin up to 1939 salutation exhibits and all the big-ass "R" cards in between.........but this little guy is the one that makes me smile...


..

Super thread guys! Some o mine...pre war favs...

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ps72c41052.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...psadbyspuf.jpg

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ps5bpmlq9y.jpg

Ricky Y

Bill,

If had the Trouts and Harpers worth the big bucks, I'd certainly sell to fund the purchase of #144!

Laughlin Old Mill Cabinet
 

If I had to pick a favorite then my Joseph Laughlin Old Mill Cabinet would be my pick.


Patrick

Since the National has had a few days of trading, buying, and selling, I'd like to give this thread a friendly bump. Any new collection centerpieces?

Not really valuable, but one of my favorite pre war cards. I love the Crawford image in the postcard. I had a few more valuable to share, but I couldn't get the upload to work.

This thread is mind boggling! :eek:

Here's my top 2

Another favorite.

Picked up this beauty at the National!
 

Wait... am I doing this right?

Recently bought off a fellow board member. Just love it.

Great Cobb!

I have a few cards that are my centerpiece for different sets, but these two always stand out as one's I love in my collections.

Great Rusty, Nat - really puts all these others to shame! lol

I cannot decide between...
 

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My Wagner's:

Babe Ruth Rookie
 

Tough to pick one, but I think the "Babe" is my centerpiece.

Troy

Good gracious. Gorgeous. You picked the right username!

I'm confused, isn't that my green Cobb? :confused:

Don't blame you a bit, Leon--that one is definitely a keeper!

Highest and best,

Larry

Nice, Ron. I like the Pinkerton's too. I have the Mathewson and Eddie Collins. Especially good image quality on the Collins (2nd best second baseman of all time per both JAWS and Bill James, I believe).

Regards,

Larry

Sweet Jesus that Shag is a beaut.

Great cards everyone. Sorry, no scanner, but would be very hard to pick just one. Among the possibilities would be the following:

(1) 1907 Dietsche Fielding Pose Ty Cobb

(2) 1907 Wolverine News Cobb portrait

(3) 1939 V351 Ted Williams

(4) 1939 R303A Ted Williams

(5) 1923 Lections Babe Ruth

(6) 1931-32 Exhibit Ruth

(7) 1953-54 Briggs Willie Mays

(8) 1926-29 Exhibit Postcard back Jimmie Foxx

(9) 1955 Exhibit Postcard Back Mickey Mantle

The history of the game you can hold right in your hands!

Best to all,

Larry

Uh, what? My cards are A.W.H. Shag and T4 Smith.

I see that now that I'm home. On my phone it showed my Cobb in your post for some odd reason. Sorry about that :o

Revisiting this great thread reminded me I never posted pics of my cards removed from those ugly slabs. (pg-2, post 19)

Both are my avatar now but here's a bigger pic(s) of them.

Revisiting this thread has made me want to purchase a Ruth, Cobb and a Joe Jackson card for some reason? (I can only wish!)

Leon, will you reconsider my very generous offer for your E90-1 Cy unique football variation card. I dream about it, but that is probably not healthy.

I finally got this image to upload.

I wish I had your Green Cobb, and your Wagner too, for that matter! :D

Hi John
I will consider it. :)
Had the moons not aligned, and Heritage had my collection for sale at the time, I never could have afforded it. It is a big purchase (to me) which I have not regretted for a second. There some fantastic cards in this thread and thanks to everyone who has shared.
PS...dreaming about cards is not healthy, though I bet every hardcore collector on this board has done it!!

I love the Ruth auto of him pitching very unique

fun looking at all these great cards

This is cheating a bit, but these four are probably tied for my favorite.

Probably this card now. Ocean front property as they say:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psw1aicbs9.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psdobmhsrr.jpg

Today these two feel like my favorites from the 2 main sets I collect:

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Raymond, the colors and the clarity on your 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth are truly at the top of the spectrum---spectacular, bro! A genuine Sultan of Swat home run of a card.

I would list a couple of my own mega-card favorites---but I don't know how to load up an image; my tech support son is sleeping off his shift. Besides, they're POST-WAR-1980 anyway. However, to quote a word from our Leon Luckey, they are most assuredly NOT "pedestrian".:D

---Brian Powell

Truly a man after my own heart--some really, REALLY tough ones, Tony! Congrats!

Best to you,

Larry

Great, tough card of a truly great slugger, Mike. SABR's projections for him have him at 502 lifetime HR's, had he not missed 4 years to the war, and perhaps his lifetime BA could have been around .320 (instead of .313?) as well?

Thanks for showing it,

Larry

SGC Cobb Bat-off
 

Steve, that Cobb is my favorite card in the set as well. And that is a great example . :)

Non-Baseball Cornerstone
 

Not baseball, but still a mega-card...

Bronko!!! A classic card! Excellent choice.

Well-loved, but definitely the centerpiece:


http://www.huntington-rogers.com/img..._pinkerton.jpg

Love that Strunk!

Another for the pre-war pantheon:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...0Taub%20PC.jpg

Now in terms of post-war, I really favor these:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...son-Cagney.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Lipset%201.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...utographed.jpg

My son is up, and can now scan for me. Here are a couple of centerpieces from my collection, beginning with this:

My favorites

Andy