The Roaring Twenties?

[clydepepper]

The 1920's were notorious for consumer consumption...namely liquor. Very light on Baseball Card production however. The decade ended with the huge crash...60 years before the first super-premium (hologramed) cards were produced.

Certainly, there were a few nice looking 1920's cards. Whatcha got???

Here are three of my best:

Tom Zachary.jpg

Walter Mails.jpg

Walter Johnson.jpg

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

The 20s seemed like a lull between the cards of the 10s and 30s.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

The 20s seemed like a lull between the cards of the 10s and 30s.

I had always totally felt this way too, but since joining the board and being exposed to more and more of the various B/W caramel issues (many posted on main forum, and many offered on BST like Brian Van Horn's regular listings), many of the sets have grown on me including E120, E121, E122, E220, as well as some of the exhibits. Still can't bring myself to like strips through.

Here's a few favs picked in my life A.N. (After Net54)--
1922 Eastern Exhibits Babe Ruth.jpg1927 Exhibits Lou Gehrig.jpg
1929 R316 Kashin Mel Ott rookie.jpg1929 R316 Kashin Lou Gehrig.jpg
E120 Grover Alexander.jpgE120 George Sisler.jpgE122 Sam Rice.jpg
E121 Rogers Hornsby SGC40.jpgE121 Harry Heilman.jpg
E121 Ross Youngs.jpgE121 Babe Ruth previous listing.jpgE121 George Sisler.jpg

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

I had always totally felt this way too, but since joining the board and being exposed to more and more of the various B/W caramel issues (many posted on main forum, and many offered on BST like Brian Van Horn's regular listings), many of the sets have grown on me including E120, E121, E122, E220, as well as some of the exhibits. Still can't bring myself to like strips through.

Here's a few favs picked in my life A.N. (After Net54)--
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You have almost all of them...certainly lots of HOFrs I cannot get a hold of.

Big Kudo's - especially on the Alexancer, the Hornsbys, and the Sislers!

[clydepepper]

Alexander not Alexancer

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

You have almost all of them...certainly lots of HOFrs I cannot get a hold of.

Big Kudo's - especially on the Alexancer, the Hornsbys, and the Sislers!

Thanks, all 3 of those raw ones and the Hornsby came from the BST. In addition to Ruth, HOFers like Sisler, Alexander, Heilmann also sucked me into the '20s sets because all played in a window that kept them out of many of the other huge sets that came before and after like T206 and Goudey.

There's some sweet ones on BST now.. many of which are pretty uncommon, but affordable

[Leon]

some from the 20s...

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Ian - For the most part BW photo cards (besides OJ) don't do anything for me. Does anyone know why cards had such a dramatic change in appearance during that decade?

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Ian - For the most part BW photo cards (besides OJ) don't do anything for me. Does anyone know why cards had such a dramatic change in appearance during that decade?

I felt exactly the same until I got my first couple. I was roped in by early Ruth's/Gehrigs and fallen in love with them since. Give it time, you may get sucked in like me.

I'll defer to other board experts as to why there was not much color in these 20's sets, but will venture to guess it may relate the development of cameras and their ability to capture action shots more clearly than in the past (as compared with long held/posed faux action shots in OJ era). Seems to me this style of B/W set, with action shots started in the teens (T202, E135, etc) and carried into the '20s. Maybe these were considered more "modern" than the early T and E style artwork.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Ian - For the most part BW photo cards (besides OJ) don't do anything for me. Does anyone know why cards had such a dramatic change in appearance during that decade?

More food coloring needed for all the cheap speakeasy hooch!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

More food coloring needed for all the cheap speakeasy hooch!

I hope this was the case.

[vintagehofrookies]

the 20's have actually been one of my favorite periods for cards as I love the Exhibits, caramel's and HOF rookie's that the era produced.