Low grade cards that you like just as much as mid-grade:
 

I've been spending a lot of time lately enjoying the cards I own, which I don't do enough. I wanted an excuse to show some of my favorite cards.

This thread is for posting your favorite low grade cards that have great eye appeal, or you have a sentimental attachment to.

You have to love the card to post it here. If you ever plan to upgrade it, then you don't love it enough, and can't post it :D

The cards I'm posting are all from my favorite set, E95. These beauties are all crease-free and look like 5's or better in my opinion.
-Lord has a tiny spot of paper-loss on the bottom right of the back
-Wiltse has caramel stains, which don't bother me at all
-Doyle has a little dot of glue residue on the back

Wow; those are phenomenal examples. I would prefer those to less attractive specimens in more expensive holders in a blink.

I collect the same way; here are 11 cards with the lowly average grade of the group being "2."

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...hoeless-joe-rc

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...1-d304-ty-cobb

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...1-t205-ty-cobb

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...k-shoeless-joe

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...s-babe-ruth-rc

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...y-babe-ruth-53

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...wwg-lou-gehrig

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...dey-lou-gehrig

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...oe-dimaggio-rc

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...tchel-paige-rc

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-mickey-mantle

Nice Mantle!! Probably the best looking "low grade" Mantle out there! I just picked this one up. I think it looks pretty darn good for a '2'....

http://img2.sellersourcebook.com/use...1406631884.jpg

I agree, especially considering it actually has the upper boarder when it seems the majority don't. Nice card!

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0002-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0006-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...iams/IMG-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0041-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0003-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0007-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0006-2.jpg

A couple to contribute
 

One for your E95's (no longer mine)

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...20090225-3.jpg
and one of my all-time favorites ... only low "technically"

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps133d29ac.jpg

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Mike

I'll play
 

I've always loved the looks of these because they look much better than their technical grade. And another thing I admire about them is there is no paper loss :)

http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/z...psdd0c2538.jpg

There are some awesome cards shown so far. I really dig low grade high eye appeal cards. Here are a couple of mine.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps999d630f.jpghttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...pse06a8ddc.jpg

Dean, great Cobb. How did that only get a 2 ? Does it have back damage?

Thanks Sean. Clear glue residue on the back which is very difficult to see.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps34136b3d.jpg

Here are mine. I loved picking up these "beaters".

A coupla pinholes
 

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1937 R314 Goudey Premiums Type 4 Joe & Type 5 Buddy
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...OBATESPSA2.JPG



These were graded a long time ago, before PSA realized there were other issues of R314 besides ''1936'' ....


....Fortunately I see no real need to upgrade these which is good because finding these guys in a ''5'' or ''6'' would cause a missed car payment on the Park Avenue.

...it would appear that the large inviting blank backs of the fine/wide pens mid-thirties photo/cards and premiums and exhibits were considered perfect for noting batting averages and ERA's and trades and of course the owner's name and address and grade and school . We call it ''provenance'' ; graders call it '' A Two ''.

I call them fantastic buys that please the eye every bit as much (or more) than higher graded examples, while leaving much loot left over for other stuff ;) Awesome cards.

Matt, I love seeing your collection. I hadn't seen that D304 Cobb before. That's one of my all-time favorites. I plan to pick one of those up sometime in the next 40 years :D That green Cobb is incredible, as is the Leach. Lots of awesome cards, thanks for posting guys!

Some seriously awesome cards in this thread, thanks for sharing. MattyC - is there damage to the back of the Sporting News Ruth? (Also - nice collection!)

Can't believe I forgot these T205s. And I had to slip in one non-sport.

I have long jocked Dean's SGC Green Cobb, but that T205 is fresh news to me-- such an amazing card. What a sick value. The edges are gorgeous and the white baseball is so clean-- no intruding red. That T205 Cobb is a much harder card to find in nice shape than one initially imagines.

Thx regarding the cards and yes on the Ruth back; here it is... Luckiest damage ever, as a centered example with no horizontal print line and an intact back would not have been within budget; and all I do is stare at the front of cards with blank or ad backs, as opposed to stat/bio backs.

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps31986ecd.jpg