Uggliest Pre War Issue or Card

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Runscott

If you asked 'ugliest HOF'er card', outside of the E91 debacle set, I would choose the T207 Johnson - especially ugly when the registration is off.
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Point made, Scott.

Of all the cards in the set, Johnson's got to be the butt-ugliest, even if the registration is spot on.

[brianp-beme]

The E91's may be ugly to most collector's eyes, but at least a good chunk of them were based on actual photo images of the player's face, as illustrated in the following article.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=e91+generic

They definitely became more attractive to me once I researched into them.

Brian

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The E91's may be ugly to most collector's eyes, but at least a good chunk of them were based on actual photo images of the player's face, as illustrated in the following article.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ht=e91+generic

They definitely became more attractive to me once I researched into them.

Brian

It's funny you mention that. I always thought they were horrible, but I only needed one - Reulbach. I picked up a gorgeous copy, and it was immediately my favorite Reulbach.

Sure wish I still had my old collection
But the new one will be great!

[Fred]

N284.... with the exception of a couple of the cards

[Spike]

The 10-card W9316 set stands out for its crudity. My post on #5 includes scan links for most of the others, all ugly.

http://number5typecollection.blogspo...-johnston.html

[judsonhamlin]

Originally Posted by frohme

Point made, Scott.

Of all the cards in the set, Johnson's got to be the butt-ugliest, even if the registration is spot on.

I would nominate the Cole as ugly as any in that set

[Leon]

t204 and t205 both ugly? They might be the sets I think are the best looking of any pre-war set collected, but oh well. I guess this is why they make chocolate and vanilla. Now, if you want butt ugly try these two strip sets....W542 catcher and w9316 Baker.

[judsonhamlin]

Okay - That catcher card is about the ugliest thing I've seen. I'm not sure which is worse - the high heels or that it looks like he has his hand stuck inside a flounder.

[90feetaway]

The poses are boring and replicated but the uniforms and backgrounds look cool IMO. Good to see some different opinions though.