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Old 01-06-2025, 08:41 PM
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Hornsby is undervalued but the reality is, the market sets the prices. A lot of top level HOF'ers don't get the respect, value-wise.
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Off the top of my head anything non-T206 Matty is tough.
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Old 01-06-2025, 09:22 PM
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I find Joe D hard to collect. I just don’t like the cards issued during his career other than the 1941 Play Ball but it’s been hard to find one with decent registration.
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Old 01-06-2025, 09:34 PM
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I find Joe D hard to collect. I just don’t like the cards issued during his career other than the 1941 Play Ball but it’s been hard to find one with decent registration.
I would agree, by far the best DiMaggio card but super hard to find not only registered but centered, and also with the correct purple color background.
My other favorite is his 4 on 1 with Gehrig, passing of the torch and all that.
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I guess the ones I think of as a HOF collector include :
Jesse Burkett (he played mostly in the 19th Century but the only card one is ever likely to obtain is his T204)
Ross Youngs (referenced above)
Stanley Coveleski (sp?) and George "High Pockets" Kelly
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Jim Thorpe and Joe Jackson and the Black Sox players (other than Cicotte and Gandil)...
To widen the search HOF managers Wilbert Robinson and Joe McCarthy and HOF umpires Klem and Evans (who are in the 1922 Exhibit set).
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I find Joe D hard to collect. I just don’t like the cards issued during his career other than the 1941 Play Ball but it’s been hard to find one with decent registration.
This is so true. So glad I was able to land a nice example.
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For hall of fame MLB players it's got to be someone from the 20s. My pick is Coveleski. Nobody who is in Goudey/Diamond Stars or T206 is that hard (obvious exceptions excepted) just because the supply is so high.
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From the Negro Leagues, Willie Foster and Pete HIll.
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Right on, Paul. Don’t forget Biz Mackey too, only one card known and only two or three examples at that.
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I think the answer has to be Joe Jackson. I can’t think of a period card of him where the cheapest entry isn’t the low to mid 5 figures unless you can find a beat to hell T200. He’s arguably the key card in almost every set he’s in. I can remember years ago Leon had a Jackson game card (either Polo Grounds or National Game) on his website for a couple hundred bucks and a couple times when I made a purchase I thought about adding it but never did. Been kicking myself. Wagner, Ruth, and Cobb are all in the “you’re going to have to pay up” category but at they are in enough sets that if you have some options. With Jackson it’s game card/Play Ball or take out a second mortgage.
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I find Joe D hard to collect. I just don’t like the cards issued during his career other than the 1941 Play Ball but it’s been hard to find one with decent registration.
His features didn't help. Don Drysdale practically couldn't take a bad photo, but some of Joe D's card images could chase a dog up the tree. I do like this one:

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