Underappreciated sets

[BobC]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Many of these sets mentioned have a certain level of appreciation by collectors.
Batter Ups in comparison are definitely a set that is barely recognized at all. They are just plain cool for the reasons Judson mentions, as well as for its set size and scope of players it includes, but no one seems too interested...

Brian

Great set, and so under-appreciated and unrecognized that in my opinion it has never properly been listed as the two separate sets it really is. The low number series (cards 1-80) were originally issue in 1934. There are multiple ink colors used for all the cards/players issued. My understanding is the high number series (cards 81-192) possibly didn't come out till 1936. Also, though the layout, format, and picture quality/style of the high and low number card series are the same, all the high number cards are a smaller, uniform size than those in the low number series, and the high number cards only come in black and white and do not have any other colored cards, like the greens, blues, reds, and so on, that only appear in the low number series. These should be two separate sets IMHO.