Top 3 prewar sets

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Curious as to why, if I may ask?

I decided to sell a big chunk of my collection and reinvest the proceeds in a farm in Virginia and a coffee farm in Panama. Spending money on any set, not just 33 Goudey, was counterproductive to converting cardboard to real estate!

Nothing personal on the 33 Goudey set. It’s a beast and some day I would like to own/assemble one.

[oldjudge]

For me the top two are Old Judge and T206. I don't know what the third set would be--probably Goudey, but an argument can be made for E107, W600, M101-4/5, E135 too.
In my mind, Old Judge is the best because of the scope of the set as well as the fact that it was the first major baseball card set. Interestingly, it has 523 different subjects which puts it close in numbers to T206. However, when you start comparing apples to apples (total different poses) it is much bigger. The only argument against Old Judge in my mind is that it is not really a set, or even really a baseball card set. It is composed of multiple sets, many of which involved cards other than baseball players. Calling Old Judgea set is like calling Topps a set without differentiatiing by year.

[MVSNYC]

T206
Cracker Jack
1933 Goudey

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[kmac32]

T205, T207, and E121 Yankees and giants