The Top 100

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Thanks Jim...it was fun to see some of the choices. One head scratcher is the W517 Ted Lyons...when has the W517 set ever gotten any real respect? Is this his rookie card? Even so, we're talking Ted Lyons here, not a player on the top of many wantlists. Would love to see all 29 of the Pre-WW2 cards they list, and see how many of the 'top' cards of today they missed.

Brian

Ask and you shall receive Brian!

In addition to those listed above...as listed in the book...
7) 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
13) 1941 Play Ball Pee Wee Reese
14) T3 Turkey Red (Vic Willis)
16) E90-1 Mike Mitchell
22) T214 Mike Donlin
23) 1933 Goudey Hack Wilson
24) 1938 Goudey Bob Feller
26) T213 Walter Johnson
40) T204 TTT Ed Karger
42) 1933 Delong Riggs Stephenson
43) E102 Christy Matthewson
44) 1911 T201 Doublefolder Cobb/Crawford
46) T207 Buck Weaver
49) Old Judge Hoss Radbourn
65) Studio Cabinet
69) 1913 Fenway Breweries/Tom Barker Baseball Honus Wagner
79) R-312 Vaughn/Wagner
88) W551 Cobb and Ruth

I remember reading this book at the time, scratching my head at a few of the examples chosen...as I do now. However, since I believe the authors wrote this book with the general public in mind rather than the hardcore hobbyist, I think they made it a point to make some non-standard selections like the W517 Lyons, T3 Willis and T204 Karger. Nothing wrong with these cards - I wouldn't mind owning any of them - but the authors even admitted in places that they could have chosen others for particular issues.

Of course, with hindsight being 20/20, they certainly could have chosen something better at #55 than a 1989 Star Co. Bob Hamelin