What’s everyone’s favorite set? I’ll go first!

[Polarboy]

Originally Posted by egri

Do I have to pick just one?

Not at all my friend! Include as many as you like! I’m loving the discussion!

[campyfan39]

1953 topps

[ChasingPaper]

Way too many amazing PreWar sets, but Id have to say 1914 & 1915 Cracker Jack

[iwantitiwinit]

1967 Topps followed closely by 1953 Topps.

[GasHouseGang]

Prewar T205 (I won't post my Cobb after seeing Leon's).
Postwar, 1954 Topps.

[nat]

This is another vote for the 48/49 Leaf set. Baseball cards as pop art! I even like the poor registration.

53-56 Topps are also very good, but Leaf is my favorite.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by nat

This is another vote for the 48/49 Leaf set. Baseball cards as pop art! I even like the poor registration.

53-56 Topps are also very good, but Leaf is my favorite.

Agree with this.

[StraightRaceCards]

Prewar Favorite Sets

Owned: T206, working on HOF’ers
Desired: M116 HOF’ers and E229 Track and Field

Post War Favorite Sets
Owned: 1956 Topps HOF
Desired: 1953 Bowman Color HOF or 1949 Leaf HOF

So many to choose from!

[obcbobd]

1933 Goudey by far!

[DeanH3]

Pre-war. There are so many, hard to choose just one, or two, but...

1A - T206
2A - T205 - Really tough to beat a nice looking T205. Just look at Leon's T205 Cobb and that says all you need to know. Someday I'll have one.

Post-war, '53 Topps

[Exhibitman]

One set? I collect everything from baseball to pin-ups, so one set...

If I had to pick a favorite baseball set it would be 1954 Topps. I've built, sold and rebuilt it 3x already.



Basketball is the 1969 Topps set. Loved it since I was a kid. Built it 2x:



Boxing is actually easy for me: H815 Adam Hats premiums



Entertainment, 1976 Topps Star Trek



Football, 1968 Topps. Again, a childhood favorite of mine:



Hockey is 1975 Topps. First set I really built from packs in hockey:



Motorsports, gotta go with the 1976 NASCAR postcard set from STP and Racing Pictorial. Just great looking cards.



Nonsports, I am fond of a series of steamship postcards made in Japan in the interwar period.



Pin-ups, I like a rare set of Cuban tobacco cards from Trinidad y Hnos



Soccer, 1968 Crack from Argentina.

[akleinb611]

Pre-War would be T206. Because I don't feel the need to be "different."
Runner-up: T3. See above.

Post-War is Topps 1961, which was the very first set I collected at the tender age of six. I know it's not highly thought of, but I do reserve the right to be "different" when I want to be.
Runner-up: 1964 Topps. Just Because.

Overall favorite set - M114 Baseball Magazine Premiums. Because it's a challenging set, unique in many ways, impossible to complete, nearly impossible to catalogue or checklist, and because I unaccountably found myself an expert on the set.

And if you don't believe me, go ask Doug Goodman!

[Yoda]

The N142 Honest tobacco cabinets. Only 4 ballplayers, but each one a work of art.