Second year cards that look more appealing then the Rookie

[Rookiemonster]

Doing some browsing on eBay . I noticed that some rookies are not as appealing as the second year card . Now this is a matter of taste of course . I'll go first ( there are a few that seem obvious 1952 mantle

1956 Topps sandy Koufax .

1955 Bowman Hank Aaron .

[jkray25]

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[Robs70sCards]

I'll take 1970 to 1971 Topps Thurman Munson for the win....

[arexcrooke]

I've always liked Mike Schmidts 1974 2nd year card over his 73 rookie.
Then you've got the 52 Topps Mantle. It might be more appealing than his 51 Bowman rookie.

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Rose RC has to be the worst looking card out there.

[JollyElm]

I'll take the opposite tack and present a case where the second year card is just an abomination. After a fine rookie portrait, Topps decided to picture Brooksie in what could only be described as mid-sneeze form in 1958.

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I'll take the opposite tack and present a case where the second year card is just an abomination. After a fine rookie portrait, Topps decided to picture Brooksie in what could only be described as mid-sneeze form in 1958.Attachment 217923

Come on Darren that's "almost" an awesome picture!

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I'll take the opposite tack and present a case where the second year card is just an abomination. After a fine rookie portrait, Topps decided to picture Brooksie in what could only be described as mid-sneeze form in 1958.

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Eli manning face ! Yeah that's a bad pic . All of these are awesome .

Jasonc you are correct imo I also feel these way about 1968 1969 Johnny bench . But it's not that the first is terrible . It's that the 1969 is just great .....

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I'll take the opposite tack and present a case where the second year card is just an abomination. After a fine rookie portrait, Topps decided to picture Brooksie in what could only be described as mid-sneeze form in 1958.

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The 58 Frank is no gem either.

[Gr8Beldini]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Doing some browsing on eBay . I noticed that some rookies are not as appealing as the second year card . Now this is a matter of taste of course . I'll go first ( there are a few that seem obvious 1952 mantle

1956 Topps sandy Koufax .

1955 Bowman Hank Aaron .

+1 on the Bowman Aaron.

[Harford20]

Upon reading the title, the Pete Rose and Johnny Bench immediately came to mind. The 1964 Rose and the 1969 Bench are "iconic", especially with the Rookie Trophy on the card.

[WillBBC]

'69 Topps Johnny Bench is a beautiful card. Not a big fan of the '68.

Completely agree with the Munson!

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

Doing some browsing on eBay . I noticed that some rookies are not as appealing as the second year card . Now this is a matter of taste of course . I'll go first ( there are a few that seem obvious 1952 mantle

1956 Topps sandy Koufax .

1955 Bowman Hank Aaron .

I literally had a post almost identical to this one typed up yesterday and got busy and didn't finish. I have started a HOF collection, and since I cannot afford HOF Rookie cards for the most part, I look for cards of the player (any year) I like. There are a few exception but the rookie card is rarely their best card appearance wise. As mentioned above, I hate most of the shared rookie cards.

[ALR-bishop]

As Darren and others pointed out in an earlier thread, it gets complicated when a player has multiple cards designated as rookie cards. Bill Davis had 5 multiple player rookie cards, but no stand alone cards. Piniella has 3 multiple player rookie cards. Cey and Murphy had more than one, and Gaylord Perry had a stand alone card in 62 and then a "rookie card" in 63

I vote for Rose as the best 2nd year improvement

[Cliff Bowman]

From an ugly Phillie (yechh) to a beautiful Cub.

[ALR-bishop]

Cliff--- amazing that with all the great players the Cubs had in those years they did not win more

When you gave us Brock for Broglio in 63' we did our best to pass it on by sending sending Carlton to the Phillies for Rick Wise.

[DBesse27]

The guy I collect is Yaz and I prefer his 61 Topps over his 1960 RC.

[Rookiemonster]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

I literally had a post almost identical to this one typed up yesterday and got busy and didn't finish. I have started a HOF collection, and since I cannot afford HOF Rookie cards for the most part, I look for cards of the player (any year) I like. There are a few exception but the rookie card is rarely their best card appearance wise. As mentioned above, I hate most of the shared rookie cards.

I do this for a hand full of players ( or trying to ) so are just nice looking cards .
Then there's some rookies that like well if I want his rookie then this is it lol .

But I find the second year has some appeal to as the earlest estheticly appealing card . At least in some cases . And while it doesn't add value I feel like there is some kind of value in it .