Your favorite card issues - as far as backs

[bbcard1]

Not prewar, but I am partial to the 1971 Topps/OPC

[quinnsryche]

I know this will be an unpopular post BUT, I really don't and never have, understood the attraction to card backs. I thought we collected the photos of the baseball players on the front, not the advertising on the back? I will never understand why someone would care what the back looks like, although I guess I can see some appreciation for the artwork, colors etc. But not enough to change what or why I collect, the ball players on the front. If all cards were issued with blank backs, would anyone not collect cards? Forgive my ignorance and I certainly don't wish to demean anyone's collecting decisions, I just felt I finally needed to ask the question and this seemed a reasonable place to do it. Thanks for listening.

[asphaltman]

Tony -

I understand many are not into the backs. Most issues I'm the same...it's the front the matters. But there are a few issues where I just find the backs to be pretty cool. For me it all started when I was into the T206 set and started really focusing on backs and that just kind of branched out.

[quinnsryche]

That's cool, I tried it also with T206s, I just couldn't get into it. I guess to answer the question, I always thought the Red Sun back was really neat looking.

[Leon]

Personally I love collecting the backs. I like them MORE than the fronts. I don't know why...maybe it's because it's how many of them are identified or, because of them, it makes some far more scarce than others. I have just always enjoyed it. My first back collecting was the M101-4/5's....then the E94 Overprints then...the list goes on...

The back of this one makes it arguably the best T207 in the hobby. With a more common back it's still a nice card but not the special one that the Red Cross makes it. Again, it's like chocolate and vanilla. To each their own.

[ullmandds]

I like collecting backs...as well as fronts...and the ones I like best are the ones that are very colorful...or ornate...like:

red hindu, red sun, mono, t214 victory, t215 pirate...

Additionally without the back...in a lot of cases...we wouldn't know what set a card is from?!

[ChrisStufflestreet]

Originally Posted by quinnsryche

I thought we collected the photos of the baseball players on the front, not the advertising on the back?

While I don't presume to know what "we" collect...I can tell you that "I" was able to enjoy some very stormy Summer days as a kid by reading card backs. I attribute that fact that numbers usually come easy to me from those afternoons.

Unfortunately, the cards I read as a kid are well outside the scope of this board, so I won't bother elaborating about them. Within the scope of Net54, I do like some of the more elaborate back designs, like Red Sun.

[drdduet]

1956 Topps has a great back design--love the cartoons...

Prewar--T206 brands take the cake in my book.

[Beatles Guy]

I'm partial to the Red Sun and Polar Bear backs.

[mrvster]

Jim!!!
Wow!!!

T205 backs and the Bios and stats on them