A Pre War Card That Makes You Happy When You See It

[Leon]

Here is one that can make me smile...

[realbigfatdog]

I will never get tired of seeing this one. It's the crown jewel of my Chase collection.

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[GaryPassamonte]

This one says, " One of the Brotherhood 1890" which must be a reference to the Players' League. Kids always make me smile. Sorry for being so large.

[jingram058]

This one always makes me happy.

[Andrew1975]

Always happy to see this one…






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[packs]

I still remember when I won this card. Me and my now wife were in a Trader Joe's and I borrowed her iPhone to bid on it. She would not have leant me her phone if she knew what I needed it for:

[RayBShotz]

Just a happy guy!
Everyone liked Uncle Robbie.
RayB

[bnorth]

Weed always makes me smile!!!

[brianp-beme]

The back of this Zeenut card makes me smile because of all the effort Buck Barker did to wrap the biographical info of the player on the front (not shown) around the James Cagney transfer on the back.

Brian

[yanksfan09]

Only example of a card I've seen with Brother Matthias in it, and the only copy I've seen, and Fred Merkle in Yankees gear with a cigar is pretty cool. Maybe more are out there somewhere? Babe Ruth and wife in the center gifting the car to his mentor in front of St. Mary's school is pretty sweet too.

[Vintagedeputy]

A ginormous head of a President on a woman’s body is always good for a chuckle.

[DHogan]

[BioCRN]

Charlie Hollocher was a great baseball player who's career was pretty much derailed by crippling depression.

Numerous times during his career he disappeared from the team without warning, outright quit the team, or left to be treated for "stomach ailments."

He walked away from the game at age 28. He killed himself at age 44.

It's nice to see him in what I would assume was a period of happiness. The smile seems genuine enough, anyway.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by packs

I still remember when I won this card. Me and my now wife were in a Trader Joe's and I borrowed her iPhone to bid on it. She would not have leant me her phone if she knew what I needed it for:

Nice card, the 58 All Star cards are beautiful.

[frankbmd]

Very few in the history of baseball have perfected this technique.

[Gorditadogg]

I get a kick out of several of the T206 players. I think Otto Knabe's picture is one of the funniest. First, the perspective makes him look short, like he has to reach way up! And then also, why does he have his hands like that? He is looking ahead like the ball is coming at him, but who holds their arms apart like that to catch a ball?

[MVSNYC]

Mullin's smile always makes me smile...

[robw1959]

The "Uzit" on back would make many of us smile as well.

This '51 Bowman Berra card does the trick every time I gaze at it.

[Exhibitman]

Smiles, everyone, smiles

[Cubanball]

This one always makes me smile. One of the few men to have earned the "Clown Prince of Baseball" moniker.

[sportscardpete]

Two things make me smile: 1) LOL at someone getting Ty Cobb in this pose, and 2) where did the corner go?

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[wolf441]

I've always liked this card!

[samosa4u]

Not prewar, but I always laugh when I see this card:

Aaarrrrrrggggggggghhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!

He could've carried the ball in his mouth !!


Jefferson R. Burdick Collection. THE MET.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Two oddballs that last I knew were in the hands of board members. An e127 Sam Rice with the most stunning ghost image on the reverse which was in the hands of Val Kehl and a T205 "blue" border which Leon had last I knew.

I love strange, and those were two of the strangest to pass through my hands.

[phlflyer1]

I've posted this non sport card before but this definitely brings a smile to my face when I read the inscription on the back.

[bmattioli]

My father sent this to me when I was stationed overseas in Spain in 1986. Reminds of him..

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Two oddballs that last I knew were in the hands of board members. An e127 Sam Rice with the most stunning ghost image on the reverse which was in the hands of Val Kehl and a T205 "blue" border which Leon had last I knew.

I love strange, and those were two of the strangest to pass through my hands.

Scott, the Sam Rice card you are referring to is actually an E126:

[BuzzD]

This is just a beautiful card

[GeoPoto]

This card makes me smile every time I see it because it reminds me of what Dimitri Young once said. They asked Dimitri, who never looked comfortable tracking the high foul popups that only the 1B can reach, after a particularly awkward effort what he thinks about while he is under the ball. He said: I just keep asking myself where the circus music is coming from?"

[Jdc3798]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

This one says, " One of the Brotherhood 1890" which must be a reference to the Players' League. Kids always make me smile. Sorry for being so large.

Dansville, NY is about 45 minutes from me. Pretty cool!

[michael3322]

[darkhorse9]

This one makes me chuckle. It's a painting, for crying out loud! They could have done him from literally any angle and they chose this.

[BabyRuth]

Snookums

[abmchenry]

Such an atypical pose and that bright blue sky is always nice to look at.

[MVSNYC]

Thanks Rob. Uzit backs are often faded or not printed that dark...this one is definitely the boldest/darkest one I've seen...Great Berra, by the way!


Bruce, awesome that the Clemente card instantly connects you to your dad. That put a smile on my face.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Great thread Leon! Although pretty much any card puts a smile on my face haha. It’s very cool to see how certain cards connect with people for all kinds of different reasons. There are plenty of funny ones (the Donnelly T206 with Hulk Hands and the more modern Jay Johnstone 84 Fleer “Budweiser hat” come to mind), but most of the ones that make me smile are not humorous.

Two that really stand out are T206’s… the Camnitz (arms crossed) and the Solly Hoffman. Camnitz grew up in Covington, KY which is basically Cincinnati and about one mile from where I live. The card to me though just puts you back to that era more so than any other T206, or pre-war card period for that matter... Tough guys through and through even when playing a child’s game and not making millions show for it. The Hoffman, to me, is maybe the most beautiful card ever made and again just looking at it takes me back to that time, or at least the way I envision it.

Some honorable mentions include the T202 “Just Before the Battle”, the 38 Goudey Jimmie Foxx (the only mlb smile to rival Foxx in that card are early Griffey Jr cards), another T202 with Speaker/Wood (such a cool image of Joe Wood), and pretty much any of the Boston Garter’s.

[MVSNYC]

Tyler, I agree on the Hofman. Love the pose and the bold red background...I'm working on the run...

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

This is just a beautiful card

As an imagine collector I appreciate that fantastic type card.

[brianp-beme]

Even if fielding a ball was such an uphill battle for Zeke, his smile makes me smile.

Brian

[Eric72]

Not mine; however, this is (for some strange reason) one of my favorite T206 cards to see. It might be the joy it appears to bring its owner.

Perhaps it's also the common thread between Waddell and the card. In either case, he's not all there...

[mybuddyinc]

Maybe this one doesn't make me happy, but it certainly made someone happy .........

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I can just imagine the "grand happiness" that some little sister felt when she most vindictively cut her big brothers card in half ................


Fun, fun, Scott

[aljurgela]

when I looks at this one

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Tyler, I agree on the Hofman. Love the pose and the bold red background...I'm working on the run...

Beautiful start you have to it! Got most of the toughies, including that beautiful Drum!

[RayBShotz]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Not mine; however, this is (for some strange reason) one of my favorite T206 cards to see. It might be the joy it appears to bring its owner.

Perhaps it's also the common thread between Waddell and the card. In either case, he's not all there...

I did smile too when I saw this image 🤓

[Exhibitman]