Gypsy Queen or Allen/Ginter?

[journeyto407]

I bought a pack of Allen and Ginter the other day and fell in love. After looking around online saw that Gypsy Queen is very similar and in all honesty, I don't see much of a difference between the two.

[ALR-bishop]

I do not collect AGs but am familiar with them. I am not familiar with GQs. Can you, or maybe someone, post some examples

[bn2cardz]

I don't buy new anymore, but here is my 2 cents:

For design I would take Allen and Ginter. But for checklist I would stay away. I would be very upset to get an auto card of Austin Wierschke, "Texting Champion" or of Guy Ryness "Batting Stance Guy"... I have no clue who these guys are and don't know why anyone really does. I think that would even more disappointing than getting one of their cat cards. At least the cat cards have nice images.

For the checklist alone I would stick to Gypsy Queen.

[steve B]

On the other hand, the card with supposedly a piece of Mark Cubans suit was a pretty cool card to pull.

It's a mostly baseball multi sport/nonsport set which fits in a way since the originals weren't entirely baseball.

But Yes, if you want nothing but baseball it's not the set for you.

I collect both.

Steve B

[ALR-bishop]

Journey --if you have not seen it, there is an A&G thread with more than 80 post currently on C U.

http://forums.collectors.com/message...hreadid=921942

[TCMA]

I've got almost the entire 2014 Gypsy Queen set of base cards, short prints and minis. Just started with 2014 Allen & Ginter.

I can tell you that the two sets are quite different as GQ doesn't include any of the oddball stuff found in the Ginter set. Both sets do offer a great selection of baseball HOFers, which is fun.