ugliest and boring pre war issues

[Leon]

Originally Posted by dstraate

Well, if we're talking ugly, Honus Wagner might not be the face to show if you're trying to convince someone otherwise.

Good thing he could crush a baseball, cause I don't think he was going to become a male model.

he's not George Clooney but it's a neat baseball card.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Leon

he's not George Clooney but it's a neat baseball card.

Wagner, Collins, Jackson -- these guys were like Nixon in the 1960 debates.

[steve B]

It's hard to pick any prewar cards as boring. The big black and white cards, the goudey fine pens and that sort don't do much for me.

But I like stuff with fairly primitive art or printing as much as the really nice litho stuff, so lots of cards fit. I even like the MP Co cards.

Steve B

[Robextend]

I don't like the strip cards at all, although I know many people do.

Also, I know the E91 series isn't pretty, but I love collecting it!

[ValKehl]

I, for one, really like the b & w, real-photo cards much more than the colorful, artist-rendition cards. If I were a set collector, my top focus would be on the M101-4/5 set (I also love the different ad backs of this set). So many of the deadball-era stars are in this set!
Val

[Brian Van Horn]

Ugly? Most W-cards in my opinion. The exceptions being W502, W503, W504 and W590 as well as 1915 Unc (both versions).

On another level, the E91 sets I consider the doll collection. They don't look like the players. They are just dolls in baseball uniforms.

[zljones]

[QUOTE=Brian Van Horn;956131]Ugly? Most W-cards in my opinion. The exceptions being W502, W503, W504 and W590 as well as 1915 Unc (both versions).

On another level, the E91 sets I consider the doll collection. They don't look like the players. They are just dolls in baseball uniforms.[/QUOT

Indeed they do look like dolls, that is a great comparison.

[ScottFandango]

Poor art and detail
Small stature
Poor condition
Thus

Cheap prices

[kcohen]

I can't think of any pre-war issue that I find ugly is the way Topps cards in the 70s became, but mind-numbingly boring, off the top of my head: Maple Crispettes, the ice creams (Yuengling, Tharps, Harrington), York Caramels

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by kcohen

I can't think of any pre-war issue that I find ugly is the way Topps cards in the 70s became, but mind-numbingly boring, off the top of my head: Maple Crispettes, the ice creams (Yuengling, Tharps, Harrington), York Caramels

I'm with you on other issues aside from Maple Crispette. Outstanding player selection, great portraits and interesting background text. I pretty much don't like any "W" issues, "generic" sets, the humanoid illustrations of T207 AND *gasp* the incredibly overrated T206 set. I guess after handling 300 trillion of them the appeal wears off. Heck, I think they even found some on the moon.

[iggyman]

Glad you asked! Hangs down, actually it's not even close, the ugliest set of all-time has got to be the W517! This set is down-right repulsive!!! Makes me puke! Who in their right mind would ever commission a set like this???

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What an awful set. First of all it's not a lithograph, nor was it ever inserted into a tobacco product. Then to make matters worse, a dreadful dull ho-hum strip set. Yeah, I'm falling asleep as well. Okay, so the W517 is chuck full of nuts loaded with hall of famers. So what of it.............just because Bo Derek got the leading role in a movie, that never made her a ten.

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Yeah it's got variations, but have you seen the print quality??? Disgusting, distressing, and mostly dreadful!

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Sure, it comes in a rainbow of colors (purple, red, b&w, sepia, etc) but now I'm beginning to insult your intelligence. Didn't we already learn that colors will fade!

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Thank you thread starter and moderator dude for letting me vent. I actually feel much better and in a small way I'm now a better person. So if you should ever see an unsightly W517 on eBay, don't even bother to take a peek, your money will be better spent on a Sammy Sosa RC.

Lovely Day...