THANKS, Jay!

ex-Orly Collection - and a card that I NEVER thought I'd own!

It's ONLY a PSA-1 for a couple of specks of paper loss on the reverse, but a BEAUTY, IMO anyway...

Wow, I'll take any 1's that look like that any day.

Near the top of my list of favorites...

CJs!
 

Red rules!

I'll have to go with 1933 Goudeys, but the T205 set is a pretty close runner-up, especially in high grade.

Fun thread!

Ryan, your '14 CJ's are stunning.

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For me...there's only answer:

For pre-war I have to agree with Bob that the T3's bring a particular allure. I don't collect T3's primarily due to size issues, but I like the set.

Thanks Mike. Some nice cards back at ya!

T3 is a great set. What attracted me to it is that many action poses are the same in t06 (Cobb bat on, matty, wajo, etc). Most sets I collect are offshoots/have same poses as t206 poses - e107, w600, Rose Co PC, T3

For me, not surprisingly, it's Old Judges. It was the first major baseball card set and I believe the greatest set ever produced. It has almost 30 HOFers and an incredible array of scarce teams represented.

I rarely have a real favorite, and it can change day to day

A few sort of in order.

George C miller
41 Goudey
48 Leaf
T204
1950 Drakes
48 Bowman.

T205 for me.
Stats on back, portraits, vibrant colors, player signatures, it really has it all.

You nailed it, sir! Best pre-war set, hands down, IMO.

For post-war, it's a toss up for me, 1953 Bowman color and/or those wood-paneled, Halloween-backed 1962 Topps.

T205s all the way.

Zeenuts

You can't ever complete the complete set.

For the same reason my favorite is the m113 / m114 combined set.

My favorites are the 1908 PC760 Rose Co. postcard and the 1902-11 W600 Sporting Life cabinet sets.

If I had to choose just one, I would probably go with the Rose Co. set. I love the black and white portraits (mostly taken by Horner) coupled with the green backgrounds, white baselines and figural players along with the ornate gold embossing.

With a total of 206 different subjects, most people do not recognize how large the 1908 set actually is. Each of the 16 Major League teams is represented by 12 players - usually 8 fielders and 4 pitchers. Plus, the Scranton Minor League team has another 14, including Moonlight Graham. There are 26 Hall of Famers including virtually all of the day's stars.

There are many levels of scarcity within the set. Some of the cards have only a single known example while some of the more popular players of the day have nearly 10.

Fantastic cards Kevin, thanks for posting.

1975 and 1976 Topps baseball.


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Kevin,

Those are beautiful!

Kevin

Pre-War: T3
Post-War: 1953 Bowman Color

It doesn't matter the sport, any offering from Topps in 1972!!

1933 Tattoo Orbit (R305). 60 cards, 15 Cubs.

Goudey and DeLong get a majority of the 1933 love, but for a Cubs collector the R305 Tattoo Orbit is a big pre-war winner of a set (though Goudey does contain more Cubs cards).

There are some awesome cards in this thread. The Rose Postcards are off the charts, as well as many others.
As a type collector it is my prerogative to have many favorites.

I imagine completing a full set of 12 of these would take a long-time.

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