too bad its not a proof!

Wow... this is the thread that dreams are made of. I don't think I've ever seen in one thread so many cards that I didn't even know existed. The Charleston's, and Torriente's and Ruths. Oh my. Here is my contribution... no where near what some of you guys have, but I'm happy with them!

http://i.imgur.com/YZw7KYXl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/XdbueJ3l.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/newpX72l.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/CQ2P06Al.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/JIlpgBHl.jpg?1

Here are my top 5 -- tough to choose just 5 and these are not necessarily my favorite, but most iconic.

Hey Steve, that e90-1 is still my all time favorite Cy Young.

Thanks man. Yeah, love the uni and red background. Not a blazer like Leon's, but glad to have one in my Red Sox PC.

Finally got around to moving scans off photobucket. Here are a few of my favorites.

<img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4422/36412073935_5f2d5ace19_c.jpg" width="800" height="616" alt="e92-e78 young">
<img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4418/35568057883_7211e8d676_c.jpg" width="800" height="634" alt="e92 crofts red crawford">
<img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/36376099935_e1ce64e274_c.jpg" width="591" height="800" alt="1890 cabinet Rehse f">
<img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4356/35577027824_7d57187663_c.jpg" width="800" height="634" alt="e93 mathewson">

<img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4374/36376100005_bff4b75881_c.jpg" width="800" height="630" alt="1910 St Paul School Cabinet 2">

Rhotch- Amazing group.

Ryan.....
 

Holy Smokes batman:eek:

that is impressive there!

Mike +1

all these are great pieces!

I will try to pick my best 5:)

Steve, nice collection of classic Boston cards! The Fan Craze Collins is amazing.

My Top Five hockey items...

Jeff those are great, the Orr is special. Sticking with hockey, here are some postcards.

Peter-Time to post your top five attorney cards? 😀

Jay

Castro was a lawyer.

The Sweet Caporal hockey postcards are up there with the best cards ever made. Gorgeous.

This is Castro's business card circa 1950, shortly after graduating. It's not mine by the way. I put the picture of Peter's card on therebecause I can only post in doubles on this site.

So were John Ward and Jim O'Rourke, two HOFers from the Old Judge set.

My top 5
 

Not my most valuable, but certainly some of my favorites

The Billiken Charleston is impressive. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jeremy. One of my favorites as well.

My top 5 (or nine)
 

Couldn't pick just one Cobb...5-way tie :)

Not my most valuable items, but certainly my most prized ones personally. From my women in baseball collection:

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psymuchowc.jpg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psgjtoc7fg.jpg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psyo9kjlm4.jpg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps8rtzfuog.jpg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psruc1czxe.jpg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psz2gb7rwt.jpg

Tom C

Probably my top/fav postcards...

1907 Seamless Steel Tubes Cobb (mailed by Cobb himself)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/s...bes%20Cobb.jpg

1915 Red Sox postcard (Ruth as a rookie)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/r...ith%20Ruth.jpg

1903 NY Giants at the Waldorf Astoria (first known mlb team to appear on a postcard)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/g...%20Waldorf.jpg

1911 Addie Joss Day Postcard (includes Joe Jackson and Cobb in a Cleveland uniform)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/j...Joss%20Day.jpg

1908-11 Bregstone Rube Waddell (my favorite pre-war player)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/b...%20Waddell.jpg

[QUOTE=Bicem;1688538]Probably my top/fav postcards...

1907 Seamless Steel Tubes Cobb (mailed by Cobb himself)

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/s...bes%20Cobb.jpg

Wow. That is one of the coolest thing in this thread, in my opinion.

[QUOTE=mechanicalman;1688601]+1

Jeff- what, you don't like color images? Ha. Amazing pieces.

Wonderful pieces Tom! The photo postcard is particularly special. Thanks for sharing

Since it showed back up on page one, shameless plug for more people to post The initial responses were pretty awesome. Keep it going!

Tom, those pieces are amazing! They should be in a public museum. They are exactly like League of Our Own (great movie). Really awesome. (I see now these were posted months ago, but I am glad someone brought the thread back up, because i missed them the first time and am glad IO could comment the 2nd time around)

Here are my five favorites today.

Top 5
 

Kevin, Living up to your Net54 username, aren’t you?? Beautiful cards!!!

Wow Kevin. Thread over.

Except he only showed us postcards. I mean, c’mon!

Kevin - is your Weiser Wonder THE Postcard with the 1907 date stamp on back? Regardless, your example is just perfect IMO!!

There is one CDV in there! Yes, my Walter Johnson RPPC is the one with the 1907 postmark. Note that front of the postcard does not say "Weiser Wonder" on it. I do not think that he was known by that nickname until he played for the Senators.

Kevin..wow. That's certainly a mic drop post. I'm embarrassed to follow that. I lack focus so my collection has many different tentacles. Nonetheless my favorite items relate to my childhood obsession with the 1971 Pirates. These are not my most valuable items but they certainly make me smile which is why we all chase the items in our collections.

I have owned this signed Roberto Clemente Night Poster for more than thirty years. When I bought it I was earning around $8.00 an hour. My new bride didn’t blink when I dropped more than a week’s salary on it. It was then I knew she was a keeper. The Roberto Clemente Memorial Pennant was a recent pick up. I find it to be a poignant reminder of that day and the emotions I experienced when I learned of his death. In the top of the 8th inning of Game 7 Jose Pagan's double into the gap off of Mike Cuellar drove in Stargell with what proved to be the winning run. I could never prove this was the bat he used but it is fun to consider that possibility. The team issued 1971 World Champion jewelry reminds me that I don’t own a ring:rolleyes:. Willie Stargell and Roberto Clemente were my technicolor version of my Father’s Mantle and Maris. Whenever I hear Santana’s Soul Sacrifice I think of them. Because of that these coin banks are always displayed together. Finally the 1971 National League Pennant which hung at Three Rivers Stadium during the World Series is my favorite item. It is far too large to frame or display in my home. My wife jokingly calls it my burial shroud. At least I think she is joking...

JB, love that team photo with the trophies and the dog!!!
Is that a postcard? Any other info you found out about it?

My top five, displays deserve a little respect too!

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I hadn’t noticed that, but now it makes this postcard even cooler!! Dare I say that this might be the greatest/most amazing postcard in the entire hobby?

Can’t compete with Kevin,but in Kevin’s honor, here are a few N173s I like:

Delahanty

Ward

Mack

McPhee

Ewing and Mascot

Kelly

Wow Jay, those are amazing. Still my favorite issue.

I would love for you to post your favorite five from your entire collection.

I have no idea what those would be. It’s like picking your favorite child.

Great, Jay! In your Old Judge book, it says there is one McPhee known in a museum collection. Is yours a recently found copy?

It was found after the book came out

Well done, Kevin!!
Those are 5 amazing items.
Impressive that the Rose WaJo didn't make the cut

Thanks Craig. On a different day, the Rose of Johnson probably would have made the cut. I decided to go with cards featuring five different subjects and I went with the Weiser RPPC this time.

Just like I told Jay, I would love to see what your top 5 would be. I can only imagine.

well like Jay said it's impossible to pick but this one will always be near the top