What’s everyone’s favorite set? I’ll go first!

[Polarboy]

My favorite set atm is the 2003 Gallery HOF Set. As an art student I’m already a fan of painted sets, and gallery scratches that itch perfectly. I especially love the artist proofs which are a high quality refractor parallel! The checklist for this set, is as the name implies; full of Hall Of Famers. Including some stellar relics and autos! I only have a couple cards of this set atm, but am honestly considering grabbing more! Here’s a picture for reference. What’s everyone else’s favorite set? Let me know!

[pawpawdiv9]

Gotta be T206
Nice colors and iconic Wagner card
2nd choice is my W-unc big heads

[philliesfan]

Mine is the T3. I do not have any but a beautiful set. I will get one some day. Either Safe At Third or Out At Third.........one day.
Bob

[Mark17]

T202. In one card you get:

The equivalent of 2 T205s
A vintage action b&w photo
Interesting and extensive biographies on each of the 3 panels

All at an affordable price, especially the ones with HOFers in the center panel but not on the ends. Not my card but here's an example of Collins and Baker on a vintage, early career card, for under $200:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386794602639

[Snowman]

1961 Fleer basketball for me

[ClementeFanOh]

Prewar: T206

Postwar: 1953 Bowman Color

Trent King

[Casey2296]

1911 E94 George Close Candy Co.
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[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

1954-55 Topps Hockey

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

Prewar: T206

Postwar: 1953 Bowman Color

+1

I'd put the 25 postcards in the 1907-10 Novelty Cutlery and 1910 PC796 Sepia up there too.

[Jay Wolt]

Add me to the T3 Turkey Red people

[rjackson44]

Darby chocolates

[Johnny T]

Pre War T206

Post war 53 Topps

[brunswickreeves]

T205 gold boarder…beautiful design, amazing HOFers, and first time (or close to it) player bio and stats were documented on a baseball card.

[Brick442]

1954 Bowman Baseball. Classy, simple design, almost all of the 1950s greats in this set.

On the other end of the spectrum, I remember the first time I saw the 1975 Topps Baseball cards. The colorful, busy design blew me away too, I had to have them.

[Leon]

+1

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

T205 gold boarder…beautiful design, amazing HOFers, and first time (or close to it) player bio and stats were documented on a baseball card.

[bnorth]

T210s of course.

[yanks87]

1949 Leaf. love it so much, wrote a book about it,

[yanksfan09]

My pre war faves:
1. 1916 D381 Fleischmann / Ferguson
2. 1914/15 Cracker Jack
3. 1917-20 M101-6 Felix Mendelsohn
Honorable mention T3 Turkey red

Postwar:
1952 Topps

[bleeckerstreetcards]

1948 Leaf!

[darwinbulldog]

D304

[robinsonmantle]

Prewar Hassan Triple Folds

Post war 1948 Leaf


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[egri]

Do I have to pick just one?

[cfp]

1953 bowman and T206. G-men and Heroes of the Law, to stray from baseball

[Andrew1975]

Baseball: T205
Non-Sports: N365 Lone Jack Inventors

[Polarboy]

Originally Posted by egri

Do I have to pick just one?

Not at all my friend! Include as many as you like! I’m loving the discussion!

[campyfan39]

1953 topps

[ChasingPaper]

Way too many amazing PreWar sets, but Id have to say 1914 & 1915 Cracker Jack

[iwantitiwinit]

1967 Topps followed closely by 1953 Topps.

[GasHouseGang]

Prewar T205 (I won't post my Cobb after seeing Leon's).
Postwar, 1954 Topps.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Add me to the T3 Turkey Red people

Those T3s are amazing. Count it as my favorite set that I'll leave to the rest of you. :-)

Favorite set that I finished is 1933 Goudey and my favorite card's Joe Judge. Simple, elegent work.

[nat]

This is another vote for the 48/49 Leaf set. Baseball cards as pop art! I even like the poor registration.

53-56 Topps are also very good, but Leaf is my favorite.

[StraightRaceCards]

Prewar Favorite Sets

Owned: T206, working on HOF’ers
Desired: M116 HOF’ers and E229 Track and Field

Post War Favorite Sets
Owned: 1956 Topps HOF
Desired: 1953 Bowman Color HOF or 1949 Leaf HOF

So many to choose from!

[obcbobd]

1933 Goudey by far!

[DeanH3]

Pre-war. There are so many, hard to choose just one, or two, but...

1A - T206
2A - T205 - Really tough to beat a nice looking T205. Just look at Leon's T205 Cobb and that says all you need to know. Someday I'll have one.

Post-war, '53 Topps

[Exhibitman]

One set? I collect everything from baseball to pin-ups, so one set...

If I had to pick a favorite baseball set it would be 1954 Topps. I've built, sold and rebuilt it 3x already.



Basketball is the 1969 Topps set. Loved it since I was a kid. Built it 2x:



Boxing is actually easy for me: H815 Adam Hats premiums



Entertainment, 1976 Topps Star Trek



Football, 1968 Topps. Again, a childhood favorite of mine:



Hockey is 1975 Topps. First set I really built from packs in hockey:



Motorsports, gotta go with the 1976 NASCAR postcard set from STP and Racing Pictorial. Just great looking cards.



Nonsports, I am fond of a series of steamship postcards made in Japan in the interwar period.



Pin-ups, I like a rare set of Cuban tobacco cards from Trinidad y Hnos



Soccer, 1968 Crack from Argentina.

[akleinb611]

Pre-War would be T206. Because I don't feel the need to be "different."
Runner-up: T3. See above.

Post-War is Topps 1961, which was the very first set I collected at the tender age of six. I know it's not highly thought of, but I do reserve the right to be "different" when I want to be.
Runner-up: 1964 Topps. Just Because.

Overall favorite set - M114 Baseball Magazine Premiums. Because it's a challenging set, unique in many ways, impossible to complete, nearly impossible to catalogue or checklist, and because I unaccountably found myself an expert on the set.

And if you don't believe me, go ask Doug Goodman!

[Yoda]

The N142 Honest tobacco cabinets. Only 4 ballplayers, but each one a work of art.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by yanks87

1949 Leaf. love it so much, wrote a book about it,

That's a lot of love. Is the book available?

[parkplace33]

1959 Topps baseball, by far. Beautiful set.

[frohme]

Just T207

[triwak]

1933 DeLong (and I don't even own one)!
Old Judge

[gabrinus]

E94s...Jerry

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

That's a lot of love. Is the book available?

In editing now, shooting for June release.

[z28jd]

N172 Old Judge set. I love it because of the amount of poses and the fact that someone of these players aren't pictured anywhere else. These cards are the only picture proof of them. It's also loaded with great players, extreme rarities and various ways to collect the set.

Imagine chasing the cards of two career minor league players 135 years later because they are the only two players in the huge set on those particular teams? They are two of my favorite cards from the set.

[Steve D]

Pre-WWII - T3
Post-WWII - Perez-Steele Postcards
Honorable Mention - Perez-Steele Greatest Moments (T3 style)

Steve

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by nat

This is another vote for the 48/49 Leaf set. Baseball cards as pop art! I even like the poor registration.

53-56 Topps are also very good, but Leaf is my favorite.

Agree with this.

[todeen]

I've got a few. Couldn't find 1956 Topps pic or it would be included. But I love Series 1 Wheaties. T3 as others said. 1991 Topps. And modern cards 1996 Topps Laser.
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[Bobbycee]

Originally Posted by Leon

+1

Leon, how is this only a 4.5?

Pre.War : T206
Post War: '52 Bowman, '71 Topps

[G1911]

Pre-War Baseball - Turkey Red's, cannot beat the art.

Post-War vintage Baseball - 1953 Topps on design or 1966 Topps for sentimental reasons.

Football - 1971 and 1997 Topps. 1954 Bowman a close runner up, some of the most fun I've had set building.

Non-Sport - T29 Hassan African Animals is my favorite right now

Boxing and overall favorite - T220 Silver, to which I have an unhealthy addiction because of the outdoor scenes, shiny surface, and the 2 fun super short prints.

[Section103]

1909-1912 T206
1922 Neilson's Chocolate
1951 Bowman