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

[Baseball Rarities]

My favorites are the 1908 PC760 Rose Co. postcard and the 1902-11 W600 Sporting Life cabinet sets.

If I had to choose just one, I would probably go with the Rose Co. set. I love the black and white portraits (mostly taken by Horner) coupled with the green backgrounds, white baselines and figural players along with the ornate gold embossing.

With a total of 206 different subjects, most people do not recognize how large the 1908 set actually is. Each of the 16 Major League teams is represented by 12 players - usually 8 fielders and 4 pitchers. Plus, the Scranton Minor League team has another 14, including Moonlight Graham. There are 26 Hall of Famers including virtually all of the day's stars.

There are many levels of scarcity within the set. Some of the cards have only a single known example while some of the more popular players of the day have nearly 10.