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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>Post-war cards (and some pre-war) typically contain information on the player, frequently including his seasaon and career statistics as well as other information relevant to aspects of his career.<br /><br />For some collections, this information is the reason a specific card is selected. For example, rookie cards, record breaker cards, etc.<br /><br />The backs of cards which do not contain this type of information are far less interesting to me. Actually, they hold no interest. That is, I do not understand why a card which cites one product supplier is anymore desireable than another; or more desireable than a blank back.<br /><br />I fully realize that much of the hobby places emphasis on the supplier's name which is on the back, as well as overprints and I suppose other back aspects as well. I watch the discussions of rare, scarce, uncommon, etc. backs and I wonder: why bother? They all depict the same ballplayer. It is not as if any of these companies are of historical importance. Or maybe they are. <br /><br />I just feel that I am missing something important here. Burdick seperated these similar cards by the advertisers, and combined several into t206, and perhaps other groups.<br /><br />What is this all about?

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Posted By: <b>Scott</b><p>What would you rather have - a 1908 Indian Head penny, or a 1908-S ? The front is the same on both, just that silly little "S" on the back bottom <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Back to cards - would you rather have a t206 common with a Sweet Caporal back, or with a Drum back?

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Posted By: <b>Gilbert Maines</b><p>Scott: Thank you. You have crystallized my understanding of the situation. It is as I feared. But there is hope. I formerly collected by date and mintmark, as you surmised. But I got better.<br /><br />But there is worse than just backs, as you know. There is color variations, and as one Corcoran collector recently stated: there are always different stages of wear for each example.

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Posted By: <b>martindl</b><p>Its all about the diversity and nuances of collecting and collectors.<br /><br />I'm not a type collector or a back collector, but i certainly get it. Its not about baseball and its usually not about the particular player - its all about identifying a certain trait and then collecting it.<br /><br />Gilbert - you get it. For you its about the stats and their historical significance or just the player himself - thats your trait. For someone else, its about factory numbers in combination with branding - thats their identified trait.<br /><br />If we all collected the same thing, for the same reasons, it would be a lot more boring.<br /><br />Anyone got any no-ad back T'3 they want to move along? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>