Share your contrarian hobby opinions

[leaflover]

By far,collecting the 48-49 Leafs have given me the most enjoyment. A well registered example is truly beautiful. The set has only 98 cards. A high percentage of them are HOF'ers and rookies. What other set has DiMaggio, Ruth, Musial, Paige, Williams and Robinson in it? AND the Short prints are really Short prints.

[ronniehatesjazz]

- T207's are the best looking of the tobacco card sets.
- T201's are incredibly underrated.
- The 1973 Topps set has some of the best photography of all time.
- Vintage Basketball is incredibly undervalued.
- Some of the designs of the junk wax era are right up there with the golden years of Topps/Bowman.
- I'm from Cincinnati and a huge Reds fan but I think Pete Rose and Johnny Bench are two of the most overrated players in the history of the game.
- I collect prewar more for the history aspect than my love of baseball.
- Autographs of living HOF players during the 70's-90's should be viewed as the junk was era of autos.
- By 2050 baseball will again be the favorite national sport.
- The hobby is unfortunately now viewed as an asset class and there's no turning back. Prices will continue to climb over time. Many similarities with the art market.

[skelly423]

Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

- T207's are the best looking of the tobacco card sets.

I think T207s are overlooked because the biggest name (Walter Johnson) is a legitimately ugly card. Most of the set looks fantastic, but there are plenty of collectors who never look past the Johnson when they look at this set

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by leaflover

By far,collecting the 48-49 Leafs have given me the most enjoyment. A well registered example is truly beautiful. The set has only 98 cards. A high percentage of them are HOF'ers and rookies. What other set has DiMaggio, Ruth, Musial, Paige, Williams and Robinson in it? AND the Short prints are really Short prints.

Hey Mike Ryan...... I hope to see you at the National in July.

I am surprised that you are referring to these LEAF cards as a "1948" or a "1948-49" issue. You have probably the best looking 1949 LEAF set of anyone on Net54.

I know you know that the 1949 LEAF Premiums were in the same wax-pack boxes as the cards were. So, why do PSA and SGC have the Premiums correctly identified
1949, but the cards not 1949 ?


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