Well, I'm new here, but I figured I'd bring this thread back to life........
Wow, Bob, I'd like to thank you for making me feel like an amateur at this. No hard feelings though!
I first started collecting pre-war when I first discovered that they existed, which was about 1987.... well in actuality, my dad was financing the operation back then...I think he was living vicariously through me, but either way, I had a big gap from about 1991 until last year.
I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 175-200 pre-war cards.
I'm not a set collector, but the closest thing I have to a complete set is a 1938 Churchman.s boxing set (I need 6 cards).
My most significant cards are a tough call...
Although not particularly rare, the glory hounds would be:
T206 Walter Johnson Portrait... It's a freakin' T206 Big Train
!934 Goudey Lou Gehrig... Triple Crown Year
1935 Goudey Babe Ruth... Final Playing days card...as a Brave
The tougher cards would be:
T206 Cy Young (glove showing) with a factory 42 back
1933 R308 Dizzy Dean & Connie Mack
1933 George C Miller R300 Mel Ott
1938 Dixie Lids Bob Feller with a Borden's back
Bob, I saw you have a Dixie Lids set and there used to be a thread that I can't find about back scarcity, it was old, and at the time, it had a count of only one known Borden's back. I was curious if you had any more info on this.
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough, thanks for reading.
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