What is your niche collection focus?

[cardsmemro]

It’s always fun to hear what niche people collect. Mine, while not completely rare, is pre-war Buffalo cards/memorabilia. What’s your super specific focus?

[BCauley]

Slowly but surely plugging away at obtaining a card of each player that served in the military. Well, those who have a card anyway.

The best part is reading up on all of these players, many of whom I've never heard of before, and what they did in both baseball and the military.

[mrreality68]

not sure if it is a niche but mine is trying to get a card of each year that Babe Ruth and Joe Jackson played

[Exhibitman]

Heck, my collection is all niches. In terms of vintage baseball, though, I'd have to go with snapshots. I just love 'em.

Jimmie Foxx w/the Cubs:



Gabby Hartnett in spring training on Catalina Island in CA:



The Cubbies do the Seven Dwarves thing in Avalon, the city/port on Catalina:



Biz Mackey during the California League season (an integrated winter league where he played 26 seasons):



Ol' Satch warming up, 1949:



Leo, from a Dodgers pre-season game:

[atx840]

I like the oddball, error, test printing items...the more messed up the better.

[Leon]

Nice cards, guys. I always gravitate to type cards or cards that are great (for me) to look at...

[inceptus]

Pre-WWI Brooklyn cards...

[YankeeHotelFoxtrot]

I collect Buffalo (NY) cards, too. I do not have a ton but I believe I have all or most of the Buffalo T206 guys

I have some really old ones. Curious about what you have

Originally Posted by cardsmemro

It’s always fun to hear what niche people collect. Mine, while not completely rare, is pre-war Buffalo cards/memorabilia. What’s your super specific focus?

[benge610]

Battery Mates.







Ben
"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[VintageBen]

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[cardsmemro]

Just wanted to thank everyone who has responded so far! I’ve had a blast going through the post and have seen some really awesome stuff I didn’t even know was out there.

[babraham]

My niche focuses are:

White/Black Sox W514 subset (just completed)
Mickey Mantle Topps/Bowman (7x remaining)
T206 520 Set (still 394x remaining)

[ValKehl]

I have perhaps too many niche-collection focuses, which in order of current importance to me are:
- A Sam Rice master card collection (see current wants in my signature line below).
- Walter Johnson cards, with emphasis on his black & white, real-photo cards.
- Cards of all the other players on the 1924 Washington Senators WS Championship Team (including cards issued when these players were on other teams).
- Pete Runnels & Mickey Vernon cards and memorabilia. These were my favorite Senators' players when I was a kid. Need 1962 & 1963 complete Jello boxes for Runnels.
- Virginia League cards from these sets/subsets: E222 A.W.H. Caramels (need Lipe, Revelle, & Ryan), T209-2 Contentnea (need many), T210-2 Old Mill (have completed), and T206 (slowly working to complete).
- Pre-War type cards, with emphasis on scarce issues with advertising.
- Back run of non-T206 Hugh Jennings cards with his "ee-yah" pose and the red/orange background. Need E92 Croft's Candy w/red back, T216 Kotton Cigarettes with "NGO" back, and a blank back.
- N172 Old Judge cards of Washington players, at least one pose of each. Need (card must show "Washington"): Daly, J.C. Healy, Arthur Irwin, Morrill, & Wise, plus 2-player cards of Gaffney-Shoch & Gardner-Murray.

[Rickyy]

Pre war cards - sample type collection...its been reduced considerably now...but I have kept a small group.

Exhibit Type Cards (pre and post war BB and FB) - focus on HOF and short prints, color and back variations

Post War Type Cards (focus on Topps including unissued proofs and test cards, looking for Hostess unissued proofs).

Still have ungraded Topps BB set run (70-79 plus greatest moments set), 71-73 Topps FB set run.

Topps ungraded Basketball set run (72-73 and 73-74) plus complete 86-87 Fleer Basketball set (Jordan and Barkley are graded rest are ungraded).

OPC 71-72 ungraded Hockey Set.

Ricky Y