What is your favorite set from each decade?

[zljones]

What would be your favorite set of cards from each year maybe because of rarity, the players, or the design etc....

Mine:

2010s:none don't collect from
2000s:none don't collect from
1990s:1991 Donruss, love the design, rated rookies, and Donruss Elite
1980s:1986 Donruss, love the design, rated rookies
1970s:1972 Topps love the design
1960s:1963 Topps love the floating heads and Pete Rose rookie card
1950s:1956 topps just like 54 and 55 topps only better looking
1940s:1941 Playball love the color and the shadow
1930s:1934 Goudey tied with 1934-36 Diamond Stars gorgeous design and color
1920s:none don't collect
1910s: T205 just gorgeous
1900s:E107 love the rarities too bad I can't afford any
19th century:N162 Goodwin Champs beautiful cards

[Teamsets4u]

19th Century: 1887 Gypsy Queen I have always loved them.
1900's: 1909 Rose Company Postcards Great design
1910's: 1916 Tango Eggs Got a friend that collects them
1920's: 1929 Kashin Publications Love the size and pitcures
1930's: 1934 Tarzan Bread Clyde Manion was my first pre war card.
1940's: 1949 Leaf Satchell Paige is one of my favorite cards.
1950's: 1952 Red Man like the colors.
1960's: 1967 Topps Birth year set.
1970's: 1978 RC Cola Cans Drank alot of soda as a kid.
1980's: 1989 Topps Talking Baseball Spent many hours listening to these.
1990's: 1990 Topps Tiffany The set that I broke into team sets and sold on ebay to get me back into the hobby.
2000's: 2001 Topps Archive New cards of old players.
2010's: 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen Reminds me of the original.

[glchen]

2010s:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s: 1984 Donruss
1970s: 1971 Topps
1960s: 1964 Topps
1950s: 1952 Topps
1940s: 1946 Propagandas Montiel
1930s: 1933 Goudey
1920s: 1926-29 Exhibits
1910s: 1914 Cracker Jack
1900s: E107
19th century:

[brianp-beme]

My Pre-WW2 vintage only list

2010s:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s:
1970s:
1960s:
1950s:
1940s: 1941 Playball - hey, they qualify, just barely
1930s: 1934-36 Diamond Stars - art decopage
1920s: W503 - love the crisp and unique photos
1910s: 1911 Obak - has just a few more incredible looking cards than the 1910 set
1900s: E95 - great looking set with the big stars of the day
19th century: N162 -most beautiful set that exists - anyone have a spare Kelly?

Brian

[terjung]

1940s: 1940 Play Ball
1930s: 1933 Goudey
1920s: E121
1910s: M101-6 (Felix Mendelson)
1900s: E107
19th c: N300

[kmac32]

E121 for the 20's
T207 for the 10's
Topps for 50's to current

[Robextend]

1940s: 1948 Bowman
1930s: 1933 Goudey
1920s: Any of the Exhibit Sets
1910s: T3
1900s: E107
19th c: Allen & Ginter

[dog*dirt]

Many great sets out there..

40's- 49 Leaf
30's- DeLong
20's- E126
10's- T3
0's- 1905 American League Champions Postcards

[Fred]

I'm basing these on aestheitics and the players available in the set. I'm very vanilla in my picks

1880's: Old Judges
1890's: Mayos - N300
1900's: W600 (ok, it's not a card)
1910's: Cracker Jacks (both years)
1920's: 1921 Exhibits (oh no, shoot me, it's not a card)
1930's: 1933 Goudey's
1940's: 1940 Play Ball
1950's: Toss up - '53 Topps, '53 Color Bowmans
1960's: Topps
1970's: Topps

[iwantitiwinit]

2010s:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s:
1970s:1970 Topps
1960s:1967 Topps (first pack I received as a kid)
1950s:1953 Topps
1940s:1948 Bowman
1930s:
1920s:
1900's - 1910's T206

[E93]

1880's - N167 Old Judge
1890's - Just So Tobacco
1900's - T206
1910's - E93 (or 1915 Cracker Jack)
1920's - They made cards in the '20's ?
1930's - '33 Goudey
1940's - '41 Play Ball
1950's - '51, '53 Bowman color, '52, '55 Topps
1960's - '64 Topps
1970's - '72 and '75 Topps
1980's - '80 Topps - stopped paying attention to new issues in '82.

JimB

[campyfan39]

1910's: t205
1930's: 38 Heads Up
1940's: 41 Play Ball
1950's: 56 Topps
1960's: 65 Topps
1970's: 75 Topps
1980's: 80 Topps

[Mark]

These are all sentimental favorites, except for the cards from the teens and 20's, which I'm still accumulating.

1900: T206
1910: E135
1920: E121 and E220 (can't decide)
1930: R319
1940: R335
1950: 52 Topps
1960: 67 Topps
1970: 72 Topps

[Griffins]

2010's- '12 Heritage ('63 Topps Design)
2000's- '05 Heritage ('56 Topps Design)
'90's- none
'80's- '84 Donruss
'70's- '71 Topps
'60's- '67 Topps
'50's- '53 Bowman Color
'40's- '41 Playball
'30's- '34-'36 Diamond Stars
'20's- '21 Exhibits
'10's- '15 Cracker Jack (T218's if allowed)
'00- T204
'90's- Alpha's
'80's- N162

[vintagechris]

19th C:N162
1900s:t206
1910s:1914 Cracker Jack
1920s:E121
1930s:1933 Goudey
1940s:1948 Bowman (I may be the only one)
1950s:1956 Topps (Mantle is a classic and one of my all time favorites)
1960s: 1967 Topps
1970s:1972 topps
1980s:1983 Topps( Always loved the design and loved pulling the Super Veteran cards from packs when I was younger. I also may be one of the few people oin the planet who loves 1981 Donruss cards.
1990s:1990 Leaf
2000s:
2010s

[deadballpaul]

19th century- 1887 A & G
1900's Grignon Cubs
1910's- PC796 postcards
1920's- W502
1930's- W554

[vintagerookies51]

1880's- N172 Old Judge
1890's- don't collect
1900's- E107
1910's- either T3 or Cracker Jack
1920's- 1926 W512
1930's- 1933 Goudey
1940's- 1949 Leaf
1950's- 1952 Topps
1960's- 1969 Topps