The Pride of My Collection

[h2oya311]

Great stuff! And holy Harry Wright Kalamazoo! That card is sick!!!

Ditto to Phil's post -- can't wait to see the HoF rookie collection! I saw plenty of rookies in this display! All the best in your pursuit of the last few items you need! If I could, I'd help you out.

[triwak]

Outstanding, Paul!!!


My HOF set:
http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/triwak/

[paul]

Thank you everyone. I'm glad you all enjoyed them. It's tough to answer Jake's question -- which one is my favorite. Certainly, the Selee has to be right up there at the top, since it is the only known copy of his only card. I also like the Jennings because there is so little of him out there as a player, and he was elected to the Hall of Fame as a player. Just on pure looks, the Cobb, Keeler, and Brown would be near the very top.

Paul

[paul]

I've now uploaded the Hall of Fame rookie gallery. For each Hall of Famer in the gallery, I've tried to include their earliest known card, including minor league cards. If I don't have the player's minor league card in my collection, or if the player doesn't have a minor league card, then I went with the major league rookie. In a few exceptional cases, I went another early card of the player. If a player did not have a card in his first two or three full seasons, then in my opinion he doesn't have a rookie card and he is most likely not in this gallery. In a few cases, I stretched the definition of a "card." For Nellie Fox and George Kell, I included team issue photos because I wanted something of both of these players from their early days with the A's.

This collection is by no means complete. You'll find no Just So Cy Young in here. No Matty. No Wagner. Just cards that I actually own.

Enjoy. The gallery of my "other favorites" will be up in a few minutes. It's very small.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very nice, Paul.

I need your Schoendienst & Wynn if you ever decide to part with them, never seen another of either one.

[JLange]

Thank you for sharing!

[Brian B@rry]

I'll come out of lurkdom for this. Fantastic display, fantastic collection. A fine eye for not necessarily the most valuable card of each HOFer, but the best. Just great. Congratulations and thanks.