ugliest and boring pre war issues

[familytoad]

Ig, my old pal...
You convinced me, I will not collect the W517 cards.
Now, i may pick up a HOFer or two, but I promise to only get the guys who have been panned as not worthy HOFers. You know that set has several of the 30's players who should have never been HOFers (so I have heard) and the set itself is ugly and boring.
And my York Caramels are ugly too ...although I think I will hang onto them, just so no one else has to suffer with them.

Whew...that was close

[zljones]

Gee wow some defensivness I am detecting about collectors like myself not liking 1916-1932 era cards because they are dull. I did not think I would be thought of as less intelligent because I do not collect from this era or find them interesting. I do not see how INTELLIGENCE plays into having a preferrence in what kind of cards one collects.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by zljones

Gee wow some defensivness I am detecting about collectors like myself not liking 1916-1932 era cards because they are dull. I did not think I would be thought of as less intelligent because I do not collect from this era or find them interesting. I do not see how INTELLIGENCE plays into having a preferrence in what kind of cards one collects.

You had to expect a little grief with your original post. You talk about the cards some of us collect as being ugly & dull and then you even go as far as to say that there are some b&w you can stand because they have "history" (implying somehow that 1916-1932 doesn't have that going for it--- when in reality that period is almost without rival as the most exciting and historic of all time periods in baseball history as it basically is babe Ruth's entire career and the period of transition from the dead ball era to the modern live ball era). In reality I think people were very well behaved.

[zljones]

So I should just collect Sammy Sosa Rookie cards because I do not prefer to collect this era of cards that do not interest me, how does that happen?? What does Sammy Sosa have to do with vintage? Gee I must be DUMB because I do not prefer to collect from this era and I wanted to see if anyone felt the same way as me, wow that makes me STUPID.
Stupid me needs colors to make me happy I guess. I guess appreciating the fine art of litograph over a BW photgraph makes me dumber, wow that sucks, I think I need to grow a bigger brain now.

[ScottFandango]

I guess you didn't like IGGY's wisenheimer response...


Sepia toned cards? Good for colorblind dogs...

Photo cards are so boring, no originality


The Real cards are Half-tone color lithographs, otherwise known as ARTWORK.

An example of real art :

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

I guess you didn't like IGGY's wisenheimer response...

As per urban dictionary:
Wisenheimer: Someone always making feeble wisecracks, who laughs at his/her own jokes and is generally deserving of severe and painful punishment.
That guy is up there thinking we are all listening to his puerile crap, such a wisenheimer.


Yikes! I thinks I would prefer to have my intelligence questioned . Okay, truth be told, that definition fits me to a tee.

Zach, please don't take it so personally. I was just having some fun, nothing more. In hindsight, perhaps it was at your expense, but I also kinda' mentioned Leon so you wouldn't feel so lonely. Plus, there is nothing wrong with drumming-up interest in W517's, just in case you see them on the B/S/T page (NOT!).

In all seriousness your thread is spot-on. Come on man, nobody could ever have any qualms with it, your premise is painfully accurate. There are a bunch of really ugly sets from the 1916-1932 era, which is a darn shame but is the obvious truth. If I must confess, I really really really think that those cartoonish "Big Head" strips that Leon collects are unpleasant to look at and whenever I see one they make me a little bit queezy.

Lovely Day...

[aelefson]

These are on the ugly side, and worse they are generic. At least other ugly issues have player names attached.
Alan

[zljones]

Originally Posted by iggyman

As per urban dictionary:
Wisenheimer: Someone always making feeble wisecracks, who laughs at his/her own jokes and is generally deserving of severe and painful punishment.
That guy is up there thinking we are all listening to his puerile crap, such a wisenheimer.


Yikes! I thinks I would prefer to have my intelligence questioned . Okay, truth be told, that definition fits me to a tee.

Zach, please don't take it so personally. I was just having some fun, nothing more. In hindsight, perhaps it was at your expense, but I also kinda' mentioned Leon so you wouldn't feel so lonely. Plus, there is nothing wrong with drumming-up interest in W517's, just in case you see them on the B/S/T page (NOT!).

In all seriousness your thread is spot-on. Come on man, nobody could ever have any qualms with it, your premise is painfully accurate. There are a bunch of really ugly sets from the 1916-1932 era, which is a darn shame but is the obvious truth. If I must confess, I really really really think that those cartoonish "Big Head" strips that Leon collects are unpleasant to look at and whenever I see one they make me a little bit queezy.

Lovely Day...

Oh lol I feel dumb now. Sometimes it's hard for me to pick up on humor, so I missed the boat here Iggy. Plus it did not help for me to come on late on saturday night from my friend's house . I should stay off commenting on saturday nights late, the cocktails loosen the tongue (or keyboard typing). It's all good I am too new here so I need to get to know everybody still.