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Rich KleinI could go into long boring details about why this fascinates me and how I had to lead a SABR discussion group on this. But this is the same general question I asked at a SABR deadball meeting.
1) Why was C 1910 such a big year for new card sets. Almost all T Sets are from that immediate era. Note the paucity of sets between 1890 and 1908. Has anyone done real research on the "explosion" of sets in 1909-11 time period
2) Same question for 1933-4. Again, with the Goudey sets leading the way -- why in the middle of the depression is there a sudden growth in products after a nearly 20 year hiatus.
OR
If you could collect any set; assuming $$ were no object; but the toughness of the set (or individual cards) stayed the same; what set would you collect
Regards
Rich
PS Im trying to be part of the solution 
Edited to add the PS