What is your mega-card aka your collection centerpiece?

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

....not very clean nor bright but for some reason this Canadian 1936 World Wide Gum Hank is my thirties centerpiece ; what's weird is that this is possibly the smallest card I own ; my focus has always been "the big stuff" , from 1929 Kashin up to 1939 salutation exhibits and all the big-ass "R" cards in between.........but this little guy is the one that makes me smile...


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Great, tough card of a truly great slugger, Mike. SABR's projections for him have him at 502 lifetime HR's, had he not missed 4 years to the war, and perhaps his lifetime BA could have been around .320 (instead of .313?) as well?

Thanks for showing it,

Larry

[GoBigRed]

Restarted collecting three years ago after a 40 year break. First tried Hot Prospects, changed to 60's HOFers, then to 50's HOFers, now only T206s. This Cobb is my favorite.

[Sean]

Steve, that Cobb is my favorite card in the set as well. And that is a great example .

[jcc6252]

Not baseball, but still a mega-card...

[njdunkin1]

Originally Posted by jcc6252

Not baseball, but still a mega-card...

Bronko!!! A classic card! Excellent choice.

[Jason Carota]

Well-loved, but definitely the centerpiece:

[yanksfan09]

Love that Strunk!

[Exhibitman]

Another for the pre-war pantheon:



Now in terms of post-war, I really favor these:

[brian1961]

My son is up, and can now scan for me. Here are a couple of centerpieces from my collection, beginning with this:

[t213]

My favorites

Andy

[tedzan]

19th Century






Pre-WWII

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Post-WWII ......Mantle cards are from my 1952 TOPPS master set

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The toughest card in the 1949 LEAF set





TED Z
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[btcarfagno]

This postcard was a holy grail of mine since I started collecting AAGPBL items. The fact that it is autographed by the full team made it the centerpiece of my AAGPBL collection.





Tom C

[Stonepony]

Amazing item Tom

[TheBig6]

Great Thread with some Amazing Cards

[brian1961]

Here is the second image I promised. I really prize these Mickeys! --Brian Powell

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

Amazing item Tom

agreed - 100%

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Here is the second image I promised. I really prize these Mickeys! --Brian Powell

Ya, these Mickey Panels are cool Bro.

[argpdt]

I have a new mega card that arrived today.

[DeanH3]

One to be proud of Andrew. Nice card, congrats!

[mrvster]

A type I " design change proof" .....a very rare sub set of the already rare T206 proof.....

essentially a "artist protype" of alperman before a few design changes occurred( stripes in cap/shape of cap/ hand on bat drawn differently).....by the original artist....

chris, if you can post the super imposition???

[edjs]

Originally Posted by mrvster

A type I " design change proof" .....a very rare sub set of the already rare T206 proof.....

essentially a "artist protype" of alperman before a few design changes occurred( stripes in cap/shape of cap/ hand on bat drawn differently).....by the original artist....

chris, if you can post the super imposition???

Dude, that is an impressive card.

[mrvster]

Thank You my friend! I love your style!


btw....great pieces everyone!

[leaflover]

Like a Rockwell painting.

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by mrvster

A type I " design change proof" .....a very rare sub set of the already rare T206 proof.....

essentially a "artist protype" of alperman before a few design changes occurred( stripes in cap/shape of cap/ hand on bat drawn differently).....by the original artist....

chris, if you can post the super imposition???

Nice. Very nice

[mrvster]

Thank you so much!

[h2oya311]

Loving the unique and rare items in this thread! Here are a few more...

Centerpiece:



Close second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth (in no particular order):

[benderbroeth]

although not pre-war or even baseball but here are mine.