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E, DanielI'm not sure why a 51' Bowman "Say, Hey" is so fabulous, but somehow a pre-world war rookie isn't?
So it's hard to judge which card holds the title with our knowledge of such a myriad of issues still fuzzy all these years later....so what? It's part of the journey as far as I can tell, and as we as collectors continue to grow our knowledge and make written histories for others to pore over, the story of baseball cards is only enriched by the concept of rookie card.
The concept remains the same then as today, and would have been just as exciting at the time for the players involved and the fans who collected the cards. Making it into the public consciousness enough so that you are recongnized as being recongnizable is an awesome achievement in my opinion - date regardless!
Lots of cool cards, lots of cool issues, but only a couple of possibilities for RC's, makes total sense for the collector!