Poll: Am I crazy to count it?

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by The Cardfather

Dustin,

Does it really matter what the poll results are?

What really matters is, if in your mind it counts as three. It's your collection, so you set whatever criteria you like.

BTW - You and I have the same criteria for our HOF collections.

Happy hunting.

No the results don't really matter for me but I did want to hear opinions of other collectors to see if my thinking was mainstream or just how far outside of the norm I fell.

And it was a conversation I hadn't seen before on here so I figured why not.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I personally would not count a T202 center panel particularly where there is almost no facial detail.

[mrmopar]

This is kind of a weird issue. I would consider it a Collins card because he is mentioned on the panel title on back. I could easily see there most would only consider the two players on the side panels, but why is there an unrelated middle panel anyway? I would consider Lajoie as a "cameo" appearance only.

[HRBAKER]

Seems counter intuitive to me to call that an Eddie Collins card.
Same goes for the one with Joe Jax on the center panel.
To each their own though.

[Luke]

I can see calling it a Collins card because the picture is pretty clear. I think if I were you I would want a card of just Collins since he is such a legend. He is not just any HOFer, and you can find a solid lower grade T206 and maybe e95 for less than $100.

[steve B]

I'd say count it as all three especially for now. Are there better cards to represent Collins and Lajoie? Of course there are.
Is it cool in some ways to have one card with all three? And two of them in an action photo? To me yes.

Our stamp club has an annual "scavenger hunt" where you try to find items that fit a description from a list of maybe 25 different items. The prize is something like a free year of membership or some random collectible. Since I have a lot of random stuff it's usually pretty easy.
So I try to complete the list in as few items as I can.

It might be interesting to see what would make a major league only HOF set using the fewest cards possible. T201/T202s would cover a few of the prewar players, and the leader cards or multi player cards would make the postwar ones interesting as well. (Not to mention making it a fairly inexpensive "set" )

Steve B

[triwak]

For my HOF collection, I have tried to obtain a different card for each HOFer, even though I have several cards with multiple HOFers on them. This way, I have the same number of cards as inductees. I would consider your card good for any of the three players (although, calling it my "Clarke" card would probably be my first option). Nice card, and happy collecting!

My HOF collection:
http://s155.photobucket.com/user/tri...?sort=6&page=1

[irv]

I have picked up a few of these as I am also a low budget collector.

Imo, although they are not individual cards or RC's, they are still cards that depict the players and are recognized cards.