What card or set has kept your excitement for collecting going strong?

[Sean1125]

I really like the T206 set. I think backs have yet to take off. You can compare some of the rarer backs to 'total' population before they distinguished backs... Something like 5-10% of the pop per back... The numbers are really amazing.

[mattsey9]

T201s for me. I fell in love with them as a kid 35 years ago and bought my first one last year.

[rsst206]

I would have to say S74 colored. So many different colors to go after.
1350 different and counting. Just added a nice group from Rob's latest auction.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by rsst206

I would have to say S74 colored. So many different colors to go after.
1350 different and counting. Just added a nice group from Rob's latest auction.

1350?! Holy crap that's impressive.

[tedzan]

Patrick....pardon me for modifying your title, as there are several that keep my excitement going.


1888 Goodwin Champions......I've put together 3.5 sets




T206 sets......and, especially player sub-sets

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1949 LEAF BB
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1949 BOWMAN

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TED Z

[EvilKing00]

Love the anson and kelly! 2 of my fav cards, i have neither yet

Originally Posted by tedzan

Patrick....pardon me for modifying your title, as there are several that keep my excitement going.


1888 Goodwin Champions......I've put together 3.5 sets




T206 sets......and, especially player sub-sets

..
1949 LEAF BB
.

1949 BOWMAN

.





TED Z

[h2oya311]

It's not a "set" per se, but I am addicted to wookiee cards.



Oops, I meant "rookie" cards, mostly of HOF players!

Anyway, the thrill of this "set" is that it is always evolving as new items become known. My checklist is always in a state if flux. As an example, when this 1892 Kreb's BBC Studio Cabinet was unearthed, my checklist had to be modified. This might be frustrating to some, but it's what keeps this hobby interesting to me. Half the fun for me is the research that goes into discovering earlier and earlier images of star players.

[GregMitch34]

As something of a fine arts lover, I have gotten hooked on early colorized cards (I've done this hand-painted style with some of my black and white photos in the past). Here are three samples:
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1399039527

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Oops, I meant "rookie" cards, mostly of HOF players!

Anyway, the thrill of this "set" is that it is always evolving as new items become known. My checklist is always in a state if flux. As an example, when this 1892 Kreb's BBC Studio Cabinet was unearthed, my checklist had to be modified. This might be frustrating to some, but it's what keeps this hobby interesting to me. Half the fun for me is the research that goes into discovering earlier and earlier images of star players.

Derek, here's a cabinet of a KREBS player - wish it was the Iron Man

[KCRfan1]

I used to buy 52 Topps, and slowly got burned out on them. Thanks to Net54, I branched on to prewar and look for good examples of t207's. The set I am actively working on is a 73 Topps set. It takes me back to when I was a kid.

[Vintagecatcher]

Thanks for sharing your great Chief Meyers S74 collection. It's nice to see that other colors exist that I have yet to see.


Patrick