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Old 12-05-2016, 08:31 PM
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Was about to post 38 Goudeys. Really dislike them, and the DiMaggio one is just odd odd odd. He just looks goofy as hell.
Agreed! Maybe the single ugliest card in the history of baseball cards.
Makes Gold Coin look like Rembrandt painted them.
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Old 12-05-2016, 08:46 PM
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E90-1 Joe Jackson. My four year-old could do a better illustration.
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Old 12-05-2016, 09:39 PM
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I hate T205s. They are just ugly. So are T204 Ramlys. I have zero interest in owning any of each. I actually bought 1 of each just to make sure they really are as ugly as the pictures show, and they are - perhaps uglier. So if anyone wants a T205 John McGraw or a T204 common (can't even remember who its is), let me know.

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E90-1 Joe Jackson. My four year-old could do a better illustration.
Indeed. That's one fugly card.
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Old 12-05-2016, 10:10 PM
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I hate T205s. They are just ugly. So are T204 Ramlys. I have zero interest in owning any of each. I actually bought 1 of each just to make sure they really are as ugly as the pictures show, and they are - perhaps uglier. So if anyone wants a T205 John McGraw or a T204 common (can't even remember who its is), let me know.



Indeed. That's one fugly card.
I'm with you on the T205s. I just don't find them attractive at all (although I think the minor league ones are kinda cool). I used to not be too fond of the Ramly's either, but they've really grown on me as of late.
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Old 12-06-2016, 04:38 AM
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Strip cards. All of them. I don't even know their Burdick classification because I can't devote neuron connections to them.
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Old 12-06-2016, 05:14 AM
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e91c, I find both T205 and T204 when high grade to be among the most beautiful cards ever. goes to show one man gathers what another man spills.
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Old 12-06-2016, 06:43 AM
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Hands down the 1921 W9316 set. Alas, I have sold all my examples. I'm certainly not losing sleep over not owning one any more...
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e91c, I find both T205 and T204 when high grade to be among the most beautiful cards ever. goes to show one man gathers what another man spills.
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IMO Big Heads don't totally suck!!!...there's a (strange) uniqueness to them, plus a certain scarcity level
involved (in GREAT condition anyway) but...multiple strip cards are mucho fugglier IMO...

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Agreed! Maybe the single ugliest card in the history of baseball cards.
Makes Gold Coin look like Rembrandt painted them.
Joe D. gets even better in the large premium form.
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Strip cards are absolutely some of the ugliest cards ever made, but man can they make a budget HoF-collector happy.

P.S. Not sure they taught proper scissor-cutting technique in school back then. Some of the strip cards look like Edward Scissorhands cut them after doing a modern day Edward Fortyhands.
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Strip cards are absolutely some of the ugliest cards ever made, but man can they make a budget HoF-collector happy.

P.S. Not sure they taught proper scissor-cutting technique in school back then. Some of the strip cards look like Edward Scissorhands cut them after doing a modern day Edward Fortyhands.
Can someone please enlighten me how grading companies approach the W strip cards. How do they determine which hand cut cards are merely authentic and others deserve a grade? Is it just the published/predetermined measurements of each set or determined by the grader?
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In general I love the M116 set, but there are a few amazingly fugly ones like the Amos Strunk:
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I'll have to go with drawn (not real photo) strip cards as the ugliest, but they are historically important, so I'm still including them in my "type" collection.

I also dislike sets with players who all look the same or very similar (E91C, T201, Buchner's, etc), so I won't ever be completing any of them - just including 1 as a "type" in my collection.

As for the '38 Goudey Heads Up cards, I really like them. They might look a bit odd, but I find them to be original and fun. Some day I'd like a full set of the high #'s.
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Joe D. gets even better in the large premium form.


Man, that guy was UUUUUUGLEEE!



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