I have been attracted to the 1933 Goudey set since I was a teenager. One thing I loved about collecting cards when I was a child was reading the backs of the cards. The 1933 Goudey set gives me color, distinctive poses (not all portraits), is large set (yet readily available), and I have information I can read about each player on the back. I like that the 33 Goudey doesn't have as much branding on the front like the 34s do (though with some of the 34s I do get to say I own a 1934 Gehrig with out paying the price of a Gehrig).
Another set from this era that is nice, but is out of my price range to get are the Delongs.
I love t206s and Old Judge as well and the fronts interest me enough to be ok without the stats. The fronts of t205s and t207s have never attracted me, but I do like the info they provide on the back that is missing on a lot of other issues around the years. T201s are nice and have a little bit of the stats without any biography of the players. The 201s though seem to lack too much detail to really enjoy the image as being a certain person, this is a problem I have found with a lot of the candy issues also.
Another good set is the Cracker Jacks, but those seem too uniform (all the red) yet the images of the players are very attractive and they (like the Goudeys) have a substantial amount of reading.
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