Top 10 E, M and T card portraits - HOF only

[CW]

Originally Posted by Leon

Did someone say "Cobb?" Ya'll knew this was coming.

Terrific example of a great card, Leon. I recall a short while back there was a thread criticizing T205s and specifically (by some members) this card.

It was knocked for being to garish or "busy", and also the fact that Mr. Cobb appeared to be lacking a neck. For me, this all adds to the charm and appeal of the card. Who made the rule that baseball cards had to be anatomically correct?

This card has it all -- the color scheme; the gold borders; an artistic, stylized portrait of Cobb wearing his crumpled Tigers cap with white prinstripes resting within a baseball diamond. The crossed bats, mitt, and catcher's mask are framed perfectly below Ty's chin, while the Tigers logo and team name rest above him on the outfield grass. A great piece of art, and a fantastic example of lithography from the early 1900s.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by TheBig6

Beautiful card. I went back an forth on a lot of these but chose the less rosy red version in the E103 and since I'm displaying side by side preferred the yellow background of T206. Thanks for sharing.

[cfc1909]

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

What this list need is a Waddell...... OK I WILL NOT POST IT.......

C'mon, post your best portrait. The real idea is to have a thread full of images anyway.

[tiger8mush]

Nice Bender Jim! He are s'more CJs ... not sure if the Merkle and Cicotte are true portraits, but they at least seam to be sitting

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

C'mon, post your best portrait. The real idea is to have a thread full of images anyway.

Don't want to disappoint you,,,,,

Waddell front.jpg

Waddell Back.jpg

[Paul S]

Mike, a shame about the paper loss on the back.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

Don't want to disappoint you,,,,,

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That's a rare variation spelling. Known as the exlamation/period variation Waddell.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

WADDE!.L

That's a rare variation spelling. Known as the exlamation/period variation Waddell.

Of my 280-something T206, Rube is my favorite. He is the reason that my Monster Number on Frank's thread is not a whole number. The rest of the guys are quite pedestrian, but Rube has "STYLE"

As always, I will ask. Does anyone have any theory as to what happened to him? Past suggestions have included a scrapbook removal gone very, very wrong and Mr. Waddell throwing himself on a grenade to save his collection-mates. The primary reason I couldn't resist added him to my collection is not that he is this op-art condition, but that even though he is, someone still kept him in their collection all these years.