What is your favorite set from each decade?

[terjung]

1940s: 1940 Play Ball
1930s: 1933 Goudey
1920s: E121
1910s: M101-6 (Felix Mendelson)
1900s: E107
19th c: N300

[kmac32]

E121 for the 20's
T207 for the 10's
Topps for 50's to current

[Robextend]

1940s: 1948 Bowman
1930s: 1933 Goudey
1920s: Any of the Exhibit Sets
1910s: T3
1900s: E107
19th c: Allen & Ginter

[dog*dirt]

Many great sets out there..

40's- 49 Leaf
30's- DeLong
20's- E126
10's- T3
0's- 1905 American League Champions Postcards

[Fred]

I'm basing these on aestheitics and the players available in the set. I'm very vanilla in my picks

1880's: Old Judges
1890's: Mayos - N300
1900's: W600 (ok, it's not a card)
1910's: Cracker Jacks (both years)
1920's: 1921 Exhibits (oh no, shoot me, it's not a card)
1930's: 1933 Goudey's
1940's: 1940 Play Ball
1950's: Toss up - '53 Topps, '53 Color Bowmans
1960's: Topps
1970's: Topps

[iwantitiwinit]

2010s:
2000s:
1990s:
1980s:
1970s:1970 Topps
1960s:1967 Topps (first pack I received as a kid)
1950s:1953 Topps
1940s:1948 Bowman
1930s:
1920s:
1900's - 1910's T206

[Brian Van Horn]

Wishy washy answer:
1930's-4 way tie-US Caramel, Butter Cream, Uncle Jack and DeLong
1920's-5 way tie-W503, Schapira Brothers Big Show Candy, Star Candy, Oxford Confectionery and Wm Paterson.
1910's 4 way tie-Tip Top Bread, M101-4/5, D381 Fleischmann/Ferguson Bakery and 1915 W-Unc (both variations)

[novakjr]

19th C:Harper's woodcuts(not cards, but very enjoyable and affordable)
1900s:t206
1910s:Hassan Triple folds.
1920s:1929 Kashin
1930s:1933 Goudey
1940s:1941 Double Play('49 bowman very close)
1950s:1957 Topps
1960s:best looking-1965 Topps/personal fav. 1960 topps.
1970s:1975 topps
1980s:1989 Upper Deck/1984 Donruss
1990s:1991 Topps Desert Shield
2000s:2001 Bowman Chrome
2010s:way too early to tell.

[wolfdogg]

19th century--N28
1900s--E107
1910s--1914-15 Cracker Jax
1920s--E120
1930s--1933/34 Goudey
1940s--1941 PlayBall
1950s--gotta go with '52 Topps....since completed set and can look at them I realize they are great
1960s--1965 Topps with '62 Topps running close 2nd
1970s--hmmmm.....tie and between 1972 and 1975 Topps, but always kinda liked the '78 Topps too..........????
1980s--have to go with '84 Donruss
1990s--1992 Bowman
2000s--the Upper Deck Vintage/Topps Heritage sets I guess....only ones that come to mind
2010s--???????

[Runscott]

1700's - Corsendonk Abbey 'great monks' series
1800's - Old Judge
1900's - T206
1920's - nothing, all horrible
1930's - '33 Goudey
1940's - '41 Play Ball
1950's - '52 Bowman
1960's - '63 Topps

[matty6]

19th C: N162
1900's: T206 or E102
1910's: '14 CJ
1920's: '22 Neilson's Chocolate
1930's: '34-'36 Diamond Stars
1940's: '48 Bowman
1950's: '52 Bowman
1960's: '66 Topps
1970's: '72 Topps
1980's: '89 Upper Deck
1990's: '90 Leaf or '93 BBM

I would have no clue about 2000-2012.

[tedzan]

19th Century......1888 GOODWIN CHAMPIONS (N162)





1909-1910 all-SOVEREIGN complete set





1911 T201





1922 E120 American Caramel




1933 GOUDEY





1941 PLAY BALL




POST WWII ............


1949 LEAF complete set (101 cards)



1952 TOPPS (near complete master set....500+ cards)



1953 BOWMAN


1967 TOPPS





AND......

1973 (or 1974) TOPPS

1984 DONRUSS


TED Z

[abothebear]

I was just thinking about this subject this week, trying to narrow down some sets by decade I may try to put together this coming year. *s are by those I won't be putting together but like the design.


1920s: W560 two-colors, because I have a couple.
1930s: Gold Medal Foods, my two favorite teams in a small affordable set.
1940s: *1948-49 Leaf graphically striking
1950s: I like checklist of the 1952 Red Man, but I like the post-52 design.
1960s: 1964 (and 62) Auravision, cool photos, and its a record!
1970s: 1978, birth year and hosts many '84 Tigers' RCs.
1980s: 1984 Fleer, my first baseball cards. I like the 1980 Topps design.

[bbcard1]

2010s: Allen & Ginter products
2000s: Gallery Product
1990s: 1994 SP
1980s: 1983 Topps
1970s: 1971 Topps
1960s: 1961 Topps
1950s: 1956 Topps
1940s: 1941 Double Play
1930s: DeLongs
1920s: None
1910s: T205s

[dabigyankeeman]

2000's: 2003 Topps
1990's: 1991 Stadium Club
1980's: 1983 Topps
1970's: 1971 Topps
1960's: 1963 Topps
1950's: 1956 Topps
1940's: 1948/9 Leaf
1930's: 1933 Goudey
1920's: E120 Am Caramel
1910's: T206 Tobacco
1900's: T3 Turkey Red
Older: Old Judge

[PowderedH2O]

1970 on... No particular favorite
1960's: 1963 Topps
1950's: 1956 Topps
1940's: 1940 Playball. Oddly, I don't much care for the 1941's which everyone else loves so much, but I adore this set. So far I'm about 25% through with it in PSA 6-7.
1930's: 1934 Goudey
1920's: 1926 Spalding Champions - out of my price range for the big cards, but I love the design and the photos. Plus all sorts of sports are represented.
1910's: 1915 Cracker Jack

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by PowderedH2O

1940's: 1940 Playball. Oddly, I don't much care for the 1941's which everyone else loves so much, but I adore this set. So far I'm about 25% through with it in PSA 6-7.

Well you're just flat out wrong! Just kidding. I like the 40 PB set a lot as well. However, the inclusion of so many tribute cards, which I do not collect, has always dissuaded me from trying to build this set. That said, I have collected all of the "companion" cards to the 41 PB set, i.e. the cards that are photographic images of which the 41 PBs are artistic renderings.