I started collecting when I was a kid and I always was drawn to the more colorful early 20th century cards. However when I came back to the hobby I found I was really attracted to some of the 19th stuff. As for N172’s I have so few and being a collector of a lot of the non-sports equivalents such as N145, N369 and N245 my mind swims without what an impossible task going after the N172 set would be at this stage in the game.
I have begun to pick up ones I think have really nice images or picking up a few of the different designs. I also am seriously thinking of starting a HOF subset one of each but many of the HOF players come up so rarely with great images that could be a long process. For now just buying ones that strike my fancy I would love to own a Whitney & Dog with a great image, as well as the mascot cards. For me my favorite cards are the Delehanty bat and that Kelly uniform portrait above.
Special thanks to our resident "OJ Royalty" Jay for adding a few very nice cards to my small but growing pile. Jay also says I should buy the "Anson & Ferret" card but has yet to share a scan so I’m not sure he’s being honest on that one but sounds cool.
