Who was your first pre-war HOFer?

[nolemmings]

I honestly can't remember for sure, but I think the first pre-war Hall of Famer I acquired was a T206 Elmer Flick. Nothing overly exceptional about either the player or the card, but I can't seem to part with it, even though I now own fewer than a dozen T206. I loved the name--it rolls off the tongue--and the card has just the perfect amount of wear to ooze genuineness and dead ball era. As I pay homage to 'ol Elmer, who was the first HOFer in your collection?

[AMBST95]

T206 John McGraw Portrait, No Cap

[4815162342]

T206 Frank "Home Run" Baker

[jimivintage]

T205 Cobb SGC 50....which became the first prewar card I sold.....and then used that cash to go to my first National in 2005.

[HRBAKER]

'39 PB Gehringer bought from Kevin Savage

[joeadcock]

T206 Nap Lajoie, early 1970's at a Flea Market for $1(my dad paid). I was a kid less than 10 or so.

Still have it also.

[ullmandds]

t206 matty white cap beater...still have it...paid $2 for it.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by AMBST95

T206 John McGraw Portrait, No Cap

Me too!

[ethicsprof]

mine was a T206 matty dark cap in '84---around 15 bucks.
all the best,
barry

[deadballfreaK]

Bought a group of about 10 1933 Goudeys that had been pasted in a scrapbook around 1974. They all cleaned up pretty well. Maybe 5% paper loss. Included Ruth, Speaker, Bottomley, Cuyler, Lazzeri, and Pepper Martin. Paid $10 for the Ruth. Still have them all and no desire to upgrade. Luv em despite their flaws!

[DerekMichael]

T206 Cy Young portrait ... I won it on Easter Sunday a few years ago.

Awesome

[atx840]

This was my third or fourth T206, one of my favorites.

[Runscott]

Mine was a T205 Matty for $125. He was missing a tiny piece of paper on the bridge of his nose, which bugged me to no end.

[tonyo]

1933 goudey Travis Jackson August 20, 2009

[srs1a]

Mine was the WaJo portrait below, and it's still one of my favorites.

[deadballera]

mine was the 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig portrait. Back in the early 90's after watching Pride of the Yankees.

I was hooked !

[Cardboard Junkie]

Bought a stack of T cards (all kinds) from Charlie Conlon in the 70's for 100 bucks......loaded with HOFs, including t206 Cobb red and green portraits.
Sure was a lot more fun when cards weren't worth a lot of money. One hundred dollars was about 2 weeks full time work for me as stock boy at S. S. Kresge Co. My dad thought I had lost my mind.

[Paul S]

Got it mid/late sixties. $5. When most others were thinking Thai, I thought Ty. Still got it. Here. Thai came later...bat off version.

[RCMcKenzie]

I bought a 33 Goudey Goslin port and Hornsby #119 around 1979 from an ad in a baseball publication. I think the Goslin was $40 and the Hornsby $70. I probably paid way too much on account of the cost of the ad. Here is the Goslin. It is still in one of my early vintage binders shown here front/back. I traded the Hornsby a long time ago. Cheers.

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[cyseymour]

Jim O'Rourke

[albrshbr]

Not quite sure,,,they were within a few days of each other, but either a T205 McGraw (Polar Bear back) or an E135 - type blank back Sam Crawford

[Rickyy]

I don't own it anymore but it was a 33 Goudey Gehrig #92... It was a thrill...my first big time pre war HOF card!

Ricky Y

[warrior1978]

Mine was a T206 Ty Cobb, red portrait

[leftygrove10]

Here was my first pre-war card. I will never trade or sell this. I have had it since 1986 or 1987.

[h2oya311]

My first:

1909-11 T206 Nap Lajoie (w/ Bat) Polar Bear back

Bought it raw in 2002 and got it graded last year - came back as SGC 50!
Sold it shortly thereafter for a nice 132% profit (not a horrible 10 year return though).

At the time, I wanted a card of each player in the 3,000 hit club...somehow that collection morphed into a focus on HoF rookies...here I am today...not a single T206 in my collection!!!