Cards you like to show
 

For me it's all about seeing the cardboard. Would love to see your favorite, nicest, worst, rarest...whatever it is let's see some cards.

Honus
 

Honus wants to be first...

Not sure you can get a better Cobby but you can get other different and great poses...

No offense, Tony, but what was SGC looking at when they graded that card? They do realize that the corners were square when the card was issued and not round, correct? How could they give it anything other than a 1 or possibly even a 1.5, giving them the benefit of the doubt?

Maybe it was that $50 bill I taped to his back...

Two Hurlers Two Sluggers--All "Favorites"
 

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


...Top two are Worch Cigar Premiums from 1933 ; bottom two are postcards from 1937-40 ; Joltin' Joe is from the Orcajo set ; Hammerin' Hank is from the Burke RPPC set from the late thirties... all four spent their lives in scrapbooks..

...sometimes ya juss gets lucky.......



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lol, Tony. I thought maybe the centering helped them out...........

My favorites from my favorite set:

Rarest=Worst Etc
 

I think the Peckinpaugh qualifies as the rarest and the worst in my collection. I could only find info on 3 graded copies. But maybe I was doing it wrong.
The Caramel Cobb is my nicest. The Sporting News is my favorite. The last two took forever to find. I know they aren't pre-war. Still some of my favorites.

Luke, that Cobb is awesome.

Loose definition of card but I rarely get to show this one off. Here's a 1903 Carl Horner of Monty Beville. He's wearing the first ever Yankees uniform and was a member of their inaugural squad. Might as well throw in a Bob Ewing for good measure:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ms/Beville.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psz9uqzwjw.jpg

Whenever I come across this pic it puts a smile on my face, probably my three favourites.

http://i.imgur.com/MEXJuDN.jpg

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This one has always been a favorite of mine. Love the pose.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps8b3306bf.jpg

I think that this is the nicest looking card in the T206 set:


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Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of Babe Ruth's first home run in the majors, so here's to the Babe:


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Love the Joss photo, Tyler...

Cards
 

Here's a few of my favorites

Great cards everyone. Two elusive ones of guys from the 1919 World Series

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Here is one of my favorite scans from a few years ago when I was trying to put 345 Old Judge cards in alphabetical order. I had to stop and step back to take a picture because it looked pretty cool laid out like that.

Sean,

Not when it is mine! :D:D:D

Here's a couple of my rarest mellos:

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...an%20front.jpg

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...s%20front2.jpg

Cards I love to show.....

My favorite. It isn't much. But it always makes me smile.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i...can0001-20.jpg

Being mainly post-war i love these LEAFS:
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...255718&thumb=1

Here is the other, despite the wear, its pretty hard to come by
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...255842&thumb=1

My only pre-war card i have currently and i showed it before.
Its my 1st Cobb, it was unique with double names top/bottom, and 'raw' making this a great buy.
Hope to add a few more pre-war cards in near future
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...235182&thumb=1

Foremost, the 'cream of my crop' and the 'white whale' is my 52 Mick, which i proudly display as my avatar
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...258103&thumb=1

This is one of my favorites.

Hard to decide

Is Cobb actually cracking a smile on that coin or is the wrong player shown?

Better scan Pinkerton Blank Back and Wally Yonamine

Love this Twig and Goudey Feller

1937 Cleveland Press Indians Album - Averill and Feller
 

Two "cards," two Indians, two HOFers

These kind of threads are my favorite, love seeing everyone's favorites.

http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...s%20Chance.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...4%20Tinker.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...16%20Matty.jpg

This is
 

a great thread! wow! what eye candy here.....of course I love the scrap, but the other pieces are great ....

I will post a few in a little......:)

If it weren't for the stories and the people - like Shoeless Joe, baseball would be too one-note for my liking......capturing his image either during or close to the black sox scandal.

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I realize that it's technically post-war, but........
 

.......of all my unopened tobacco packs, this is of course my only one where the card actually shows. Love to show it:

My best, by far
 

Donnelly was the last card I needed for the set, became my avatar, and through the help of others on the board, finally found a new home.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...7/69028fb4.jpg

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Mike

Nice Cards Guys
Heres a few of my favorites
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...er20Bender.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...waddell1_1.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...ze/clarke2.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...allace_1_1.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...e/t3chance.jpg

Ironic how much the two players didn't get along

Some of the Cubans I like.

Kenny amazing, just amazing!!

Love it!
 

Here's my favorite. Paid way over SMR....just had to have it!

Love these four. Have them hanging in a custom display in my office.

my scrap
 

Krause / knight front ghost:D.....Thanks to Tim C for the decipher.....and Adam :)

Amazing stuff here; this thread is like a cardboard museum...

Some personal Pre-War favorites with The Mick...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...ck-joe-jackson

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

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

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

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...l-joe-dimaggio

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...l-ted-williams

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...udey-babe-ruth

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...udey-babe-ruth

Kenny:

Some of those Billiken cards appear to have black borders, never seen them before. Or are they part of the background that SGC has inserted to keep the card from moving?

Thanks John. I appreciate it.

Phil, all of the Billikens are standard - none have black borders. It must be the insert that is giving that illusion.

Kenny

Thought so, thanks for the clarification, Kenny.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...iams/IMG-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...G_0001-5-1.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0006-2.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...IMG_0002-1.jpg