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Posted By: jay behrens

I am in pursuit of the impossible dream, 1 card of every major leaguer that appeared on a card between 1908-45. I'd go from 1900-45 but over a 1/3 of the players in the e107 make their only card appearance there. I don't care about condition beyond the fact that I don't want a distracting crease thru the face. Paper loss, stains, and chunks of the card missing are fine as long as the player can be seen and identified. I also prefer cards with a real photo rather litho. There just over 9,000 cards I am looking for and nowhere close to finishing it. I figure it's a good life time project. Collecting this way also satisfies my need for type cards.

Favortie sets:

1972 Topps: not vintage, but my favorite set as a kid. And what more could a baseball fan want, pictures of the awards, childhood photos of the stars, traded cards showing players with their new teams and players with both portrait and action shots. And best card in the set, Billy Martin flipping the bird.

t3: increbile pictures with great backgrounds. The multi-player cards are my favorties

n162: great lithography

t205: nothing to add that hasn't been already said

toss up between Diamond Star and DeLongs: I love art deco

Jay