Uggliest Pre War Issue or Card

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by frohme

I was wondering how long it would take before someone dropped T207 into the conversation! Never gets any love. Fine by me - those that are out there go further.

--
Mike

If you asked 'ugliest HOF'er card', outside of the E91 debacle set, I would choose the T207 Johnson - especially ugly when the registration is off.

And to the guy who said T205 - I blast forth a virtual raspberry.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Runscott

If you asked 'ugliest HOF'er card', outside of the E91 debacle set, I would choose the T207 Johnson - especially ugly when the registration is off.
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Point made, Scott.

Of all the cards in the set, Johnson's got to be the butt-ugliest, even if the registration is spot on.

[brianp-beme]

The E91's may be ugly to most collector's eyes, but at least a good chunk of them were based on actual photo images of the player's face, as illustrated in the following article.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=e91+generic

They definitely became more attractive to me once I researched into them.

Brian

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The E91's may be ugly to most collector's eyes, but at least a good chunk of them were based on actual photo images of the player's face, as illustrated in the following article.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=e91+generic

They definitely became more attractive to me once I researched into them.

Brian

It's funny you mention that. I always thought they were horrible, but I only needed one - Reulbach. I picked up a gorgeous copy, and it was immediately my favorite Reulbach.

Sure wish I still had my old collection
But the new one will be great!

[Fred]

N284.... with the exception of a couple of the cards

[Spike]

The 10-card W9316 set stands out for its crudity. My post on #5 includes scan links for most of the others, all ugly.

http://number5typecollection.blogspo...-johnston.html

[judsonhamlin]

Originally Posted by frohme

Point made, Scott.

Of all the cards in the set, Johnson's got to be the butt-ugliest, even if the registration is spot on.

I would nominate the Cole as ugly as any in that set

[Leon]

t204 and t205 both ugly? They might be the sets I think are the best looking of any pre-war set collected, but oh well. I guess this is why they make chocolate and vanilla. Now, if you want butt ugly try these two strip sets....W542 catcher and w9316 Baker.

[judsonhamlin]

Okay - That catcher card is about the ugliest thing I've seen. I'm not sure which is worse - the high heels or that it looks like he has his hand stuck inside a flounder.

[90feetaway]

The poses are boring and replicated but the uniforms and backgrounds look cool IMO. Good to see some different opinions though.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Runscott

And to the guy who said T205 - I blast forth a virtual raspberry.

T205... where you can see pasty heads float among a sea of "gold"...

At least T206 portraits had the decency to include a pair of shoulders...

[Hot Springs Bathers]

T205 is probably my favorite set from this era, they are beautiful and while I have only owned one T204 it is quite nice though a bit plain. I really love the T206s too.

I think this is fun, it just shows that we all have different tastes.

Many of those strip cards are ugly but they reflect the art of the times, check out some 1915-35 comic strips, really ugly by today's standards.

[brianp-beme]

A few of my 'favorite' ugly cards/sets. The W9316's are pitiful, even the squiggles in the Cadore variation can't camoflage the crude drawings. The W515's are bizarre looking until you realize they would make create 30's era cartoon villians...just take a look at Alexander and Frisch. The Maranville is in a league all of its own with his all angles rhomboid face. The D381's in general have unflattering closeups that show a lot of wrinkles, bags under the eyes, skin blemishes and bad teeth, and when you are unattractive like Egan it just magnifies the hideous. I always thought the M101-4/5 of Janvrin made him look like a pinhead. And the Donovan card is easily the worst of the E121 sets...egad those eyebrows, that smile, those wooden denture teeth.

Brian

[vintagerookies51]

I'd have to agree with T206Collector on the T205 debacle. I would take the catcher with the flounder card over a T205

[Anthony S.]

The faux wood paneling on C46's always reminded me of the cheesy wood paneling in the Brady Bunch's family room. Even when I was 5, I knew that room was hideous.

[pbspelly]

I'll add my vote to the T207s. I've got a couple T207s of my great-grandfather Billy Sullivan and I don't show them to anybody. The only thing I like about them is the lengthy bio on the back.