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Most beautiful card ever made... nominations?
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Sorry if this has been done before, but I’d love to see your nominations for “the perfect card”
In your opinion, which card is the most beautiful ever produced? Bonus points to include images. Here’s are some of my aves: |
Those are some great choices. The Ruth and Matty are definitely on my list. I'd also include a couple others.
https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=28887https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=10111 https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=20468https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=10109 https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=10122 |
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Love me some Ramly and T3's
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Really any T3 for me, especially the blue background ones.
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I don’t own a Leaf Williams but I agree. These are my 2 nominees. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d4fc341410.jpg
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Gotta be PeeWee's '53 Bowman.
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Turkey Red Ty Cobb
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth Batting 1953 Bowman PeeWee Reese 1956 Topps Roberto Clemente |
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So many to choose from.
Post war 51 Bowman Mays and Mantle, 53T Mantle. These too. |
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Really tough to narrow down. Seing the T206 Mattys posted and have always loved that dark cap. I'll go back a little further with the Kelly, and its storm clouds.
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Mathewson Caramel Cards
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I have always considered these caramels to be near the top for being aesthetically pleasing!
Patrick |
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ditto on caramel Mattys, also love his T206 caramel doppelganger. E98 is a great pose too.
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Just Love this Teddy, hope to have it in my collection one day. Think it's such a beauty!
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Beautiful
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Oh that sweet swing!
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Beautiful doesn't necessarily mean superstar.
Brian |
1953 Bowman color Reese
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Rose Co
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Gotta be the Rose Co PCs
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3 of my favorites
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But i only have one of them
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This has always been my favorite
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As for general design I think red 1959 Topps cards are, to this day, what I think of if you say "Picture a baseball card" https://vintagecardprices.com/pics/403/2_65356.jpeg |
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One of the best looking cards ever produced.
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Start with simple, add color, go all out. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ecf5d19e18.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b46b5db205.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4962387384.jpg
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Gotta be this one for me. The clouds and grandstand make it look like he’s standing atop Mount Olympus.
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Sorry but I don't know how to post a picture for a card I do not own. My vote would be the Best set.........T3. Best card, Either T3 Safe at third or out at third.
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Hard to beat the look of 68 3-Ds
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I second (or third) the Speaker and Mathewson. And submit Anson and Glasscock for consideration
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1914 cracker jack Christy Matthewson.
John |
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I’ve always thought of this card as a work of art.
EDIT: I see it was already posted. Worth seeing twice I think so I’ll leave it up. Attachment 427225 |
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Several great selections so far guys...as well as some head scratchers I think. :rolleyes:
Here are some more suggestions that I think are beautiful cards. . |
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The '34 yellow Gehrig has to be up there...
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A pair of black and whites for consideration, maybe not most beautiful , but very striking photos! The D381 Meyers is a really intense and cool image. Also added 1 boxing card that has a really cool image! |
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The 1941 Playball Bobby Doerr is my favorite. Is he taking a practice cut at spring training or teeing off at the Master’s? It looks like a Norman Rockwell art piece.
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That is an absolute beauty!! |
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Some personal favorites....
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The T227 Cobb single-handedly drew me into vintage collecting about 10 years ago now.
Agree with tons of what's been listed already, including some sleepers I've always loved ('33 Goudey Richards, etc.). Cards = Art, no question. Attachment 427255Attachment 427245Attachment 427256Attachment 427254Attachment 427246Attachment 427257Attachment 427247Attachment 427248Attachment 427249Attachment 427250Attachment 427251Attachment 427252 Attachment 427259Attachment 427253 Attachment 427263 |
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I'm a bit surprised that no one has yet nominated a Diamond Stars card.
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As for all the cards I pulled out of packs I can't ever top Mantle's 1965 card but a close second are his 1966, 1968, 1969 Topps.
Of all the one's I have bought it is the 1953 Bowman Musial which shows a guy who loved the game. Happy 100th birthday Stan.:) |
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I agree that the T205 Cobb is a very nice-looking card! Here are some hockey cards:
https://images.psacard.com/s3/cu-psa...oundcorners=10 https://images.psacard.com/s3/cu-psa...oundcorners=10 https://images.psacard.com/s3/cu-psa...oundcorners=10 |
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One from each sport
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The '58 Musial is iconic - we waited five years but got a spectacular card.
This is a great thread. The fact that there are thousands of cards, from all eras and sports, that fill this category reinforces what a great hobby we enjoy. I am partial to vintage, but don't overlook some of the outstanding photography from the modern sets. I started a binder a few years ago of eye-catching photos from the cards since about 1990 . . . above the wall catches, point of contact swings, airborne double plays, diving catches, home plate collisions, etc. It wasn't long before I filled a large binder and started another. My grandsons absolutely love leafing through those pages. Now they're starting to ask about the older stuff. Yes! |
Pre-War: T206 WaJo
Post War: 1953 Bowman Mantle |
[QUOTE=samosa4u;2037661]I agree that the T205 Cobb is a very nice-looking card! Here are some hockey cards:
That ‘54 Topps Gordie is just fantastic. |
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I think 1910/1911 Obaks could be represented too...I have a few in mind, and fortunately I have the mind capable of posting a few in a few. Brian |
How about the T205 Addie Joss? Special card in many ways.
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As promised, a few of my 1910/11 beautiful card candidates.
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Not mine, but the clarity is incredible and the pose classic on this hardly ever seen JuJu Drum of Speaker.
Brian |
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My vote goes to the 1910 Hubel postcard of Cobb.
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This is an amazing photo |
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Cards from this set have always been among my favorites.
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The 33 Ruth 144 has always been my personal favorite. 53 Bowman Reese, N162 Anson, and that horizontal E Matty are up there too. And you could make a case for the entire T3 set. A man cave with a few of those hanging on the wall would look great.
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Nice to see so much energy around this topic! I thought maybe this was a big old “been/there, done that”.... but I should have guessed we all have our faves and love to show them off (whether we have them in our own collections or just aspire to someday)
Since 2020 has been such a disaster of a year in so many ways, how about we close the year strong in cards and formalize this little opinion exercise a bit? Just for fun... Maybe we have some kind of Net54baseball vote to choose the 10 most visually admired baseball card of all time? I’m still new here... under a year. But I’d be happy to try and pull it off. I could probably set up a survey Monkey and link it here. To long term members and Leon.... have you ever done polls like this before? Any interest in having a “Little Miss Sunshine” card beauty contest? Jeff |
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Cool. I’ll look into it and will use the “nominations” from this thread to populate the choices.
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https://luckeycards.com/r319rutha.jpg When you post s new thread just look at the lower section and it will have verbiage about it being a poll and check the box that says yes. It is simple and straightforward. You can go to the testing forum to try it if you want to. https://www.net54baseball.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21 . |
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The "Fancy" one
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..the one on the left ; Metropolitan Clothing ; just picture The Schnozz in a three-piece double-breasted pinstripe from Saville Row......now that's a 6'3" , 240 pounds class act... .. |
Here are my nominees......
19th Century https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan.../N162Anson.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan.../kellyn162.jpg Deadball Era https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan.../awjohnson.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...obbBat25xx.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...hrowing50x.jpg 1930's https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...abeRuth149.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...ringerBerg.jpg 1949 https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...DiMaggio25.jpg . . . . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...afPaige25x.jpg 1950's https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...mmantle52t.jpg . . . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...edWilliams.jpg TED Z T206 Reference . |
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1911 Obak Buck Weaver
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No doubt some great choices. Fun looking at everyone's favorite. Here are a few of mine.
https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...ny-bench-psa-8https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...lie-mays-psa-7https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...gurski-psa-2.5https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...y-rookie-psa-4 |
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T227 Frank Baker
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I would have chosen some of the above, but since they are already covered, I'll submit the 1957 Topps Dodgers Sluggers for consideration. 1957 was the Dodgers last season in Brooklyn, the last year these guys would wear a 'B' on their ballcap. But in 1957, they were still 'Da Bums. Still playing in Ebbets Field, still living in the borough of Brooklyn. And just as the sun was setting on their time in Brooklyn, the photographer snapped this photo as the sun was setting that day. Their faces clear and bright, but the shadows starting to overtake the surroundings. If there is a card that sums up 1950's baseball in NYC, this most certainly is it.
Unfortunately, not my copy. https://images.psacard.com/s3/cu-psa...oundcorners=10 |
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My nominations would include these three, guess I have a thing for yellow backgrounds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Beautiful Cards
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My picks
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Sorry I don't have a scan handy, but I'm surprised we haven't seen a 53 Topps Jackie Robinson yet. It is definitely worthy of this thread.
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Of all the cards I own, my choice would probably be the '56 Clemente. The action shot and the fact that they left the sign lettering from Ebbets Field in the background give it a mystical quality like a true work of art.
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