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Originally Posted by Stonepony
1)1909 E90-1 Joe Jackson Wanna last longer during sex? Try putting one of
these dogs on the bedside table to take your mind
off things!! The only reason people own this card
....is to tell other people they own the card. Now
take a hard look then list it on Ebay with all the
others.
2)1952 US Caramel Babe Ruth " Look fellas my hat is 3 sizes too small"
I love this set, but the Ruth is awful.
Babe Nerd....there i said it!
3)1909 E91 Christy Mathewson I'm a Mathewson collector and refuse to
acknowledge this card. Comic picture of
someone with zero resemblance of the man.
At least my crummy strip cards try to look
like the player. I don't get it and always pass!
4)1933 DeLong Lou Gehrig Ugly card. Cartoon background with bizarre image
of Gehrig batting. I think the top and bottom of him
are from two different images. I tried to do this
batting swing/pose and pulled something in my
low back. Ill take the 33 Goudey thank you
5)1938 Goudey Heads Up Joe DiMaggio The person responsible for this set was
fired the next day,right??.....Right???
I know many will disagree. Ugliness IS in the eye of the beholder
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Love the thread topic, it's so true! I agree on the OPs first 4, especially the E90-1s. There is so much I'd prefer do with my money than buy that Jackson, especially when his lips are so often up in his nose, and I've avoided that Matty for years. I have a pretty nice Matty collection, full of many T's and E's, but can't pull the trigger on that E90-1 because it looks nothing like him. I laughed at the other post talking about Matty "vogueing" for the camera.. It's so true now that I think about it, but it did make for good looking cards. E90-1 missed the boat on that.
My other pet peaves are the Cy Young cards as mentioned. I won't touch E98 due to its being Irv, and the E90-1 (Cleveland) whether Irv or not, looks nothing like Cy, or even a human. His E93 batting pose bugs me too.. Even on his relatively nice cards, Cy definitely could have used some more Matty style "vogueing" since he pretty much always looks like a schlub (T205, T206 glove showing, etc). Thank God American Caramel also made the portrait of Cy in Boston uniform... His T3 and D304 very solid too.