Underappreciated sets

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I think I'm the only person in the hobby that likes 1939 Play Ball...

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I think I'm the only person in the hobby that likes 1939 Play Ball...

1939 Play Ball has some great portrait images.

[Rhotchkiss]

I think D304s are underrated - a very cool set with back variations and many HOFers, but hands down some of the very worst artwork around

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

1939 Play Ball has some great portrait images.

Absolutely, and, in essence, it's the first Bowman set. People don't seem to acknowledge that those and the Swells are the same company.

[ValKehl]

I am not a set collector, except for the following two, small, obscure, and scarce (I love scarce/rare cards!) sets that understandably generate little collector interest or love:

- 1910 E222 A.W.H. Caramels, a 12-card set I collect because all the cards are of Virginia League players (I'm a native and life-long Virginian). Perhaps the most interesting aspects of this set are that both the fronts and backs were issued in different colors for the SAME player, and there are several different back designs. I need these three: Lipe, Revelle, & Ryan plus an upgrade of my Ison card.

- 1925 Holland Creameries, an 18-card set issued in Canada and comprised entirely of players who were on the Washington Senators 1924 WS Championship team (I collect cards of all the players on this team). I need the SP Peckinpaugh card plus upgrades of several others.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I think I'm the only person in the hobby that likes 1939 Play Ball...

Although not a favorite set, I like it, and I prefer the clean black and white photos and simple design of the 1939 cards over its ornate bordered, sepia tinted 1940 Play Ball brother. However I always thought that it was missing player identification on the front. In my opinion a little box with the player's name, similar to what is seen in the 1951 Bowman, would have been a great addition.

Brian