Most visually appealing sets

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Posted By: will watson

in your opinion, by era? i guess the easiest way to break it down would be

1. 19th Century
2. 1900-1920
3. 1921-WW2

my votes would be:

1. N162 Goodwin Champs
2. T205/Obaks (tie)
3. 1933 Goudey

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Posted By: Glenn

1. N162
2. T206
3. Diamond Stars

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Posted By: Paul

N162.
T3, followed closely by T205.
1938 Goudey, although the 1926 Sports Company of America cards deserve to be mentioned too.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

photos and photographic images: N173, T204, any Exhibit

graphic representations/drawings: N28, T206, 1933 Goudey

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Posted By: Jerry

1. N162
2. T205
3. I dunno

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Posted By: Judge Dred

Photographic Images: N172-3, T222, 1940 Playball

Lithos or non-photos: N162, Cracker Jacks, Diamond Stars

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Posted By: Steve Dawson

N28/N29/N43
T3
1935/36 Diamond Stars


Steve

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Posted By: Chuck R

Nonsports:

1) R152 Tootsie Circus
2) R39 Dare Devils
3) R21 Ripley's Believe it or Not

Baseball:

1) T3 Turkey Red
2) R327 Diamond Stars
3) R333 Delong (sorry, I like strange stuff)

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Posted By: Adam J. Moraine

I prefer Diamond Stars and 1933 Goudey as far as most visually appealing sets. I also LOVE the backgrounds of the N162's.

Best Regards,

Adam J. Moraine

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Posted By: tbob

1. N162
2. E94 and D311 (tie)
3. 1933 Goudey

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Posted By: anonymousdave

N36 amd N135

T227

George C. McMillers and Sea Raiders Gum

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Posted By: leon

1. 19th Century- Lorillard team cards
2. 20th Century- T204 Ramly Square Frame
3. 30's - Delong

of course don't hold me to this...as a type collector my fave's change often......D359's/T308's....or D304's... ...

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Posted By: painfullyours

...D304 and 359
are just sooo damn ugly..nobody could like em.

..even a texan.

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Posted By: Anson

1.E223 G&Bs although I like the Gypsy Queens (N175) too
2.All the E cards from E90-1 to E107
3.Both Goudey and Diamond Stars

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

though most of us will never get to own one......Boston Garters of 1912 -1913 are awesome.

1953 Bowman color are really nice , I do not collect 50's but think this issue is
really nice.

and last but not least - the e90-1 has alot of beautiful cloud backgrounds, green ,purple red, etc....

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Posted By: Chris Counts

1. 19th Century — 1888 scraps — When I was kid in the 70s, I found a Sam Thompson and a Deacon White in an antique store. Now they're one of those things I wished I never traded away. Amazing, colorful images.

2. 1900-1920 — Turkey Reds — My choice for the most appealing set of all. The greatest players of the dead ball era, oversized, on thick cardboard, in action poses, in vivid color, with striking detail and bathed in a golden, otherworldy light. Honorable mention to the Obaks.

3. 1921-WW2 — ? — This is a tough call. 1933 Goudey, 1934 Diamond Stars and 1941 Play Ball are all classic sets. Personally, I like several of the Wheaties sets of the late 30s just as well as the others, especially the ones in color and the ones with the baseball tips.

4. Post WW2 — I know it's not vintage, but I can't resist — 1948 Signal Oil, 1950-53 Bowman, 1952-53 Mothers Cookies, 1956-57 Topps, 1959-61 Morrell Meats, 1958-62 Bell Brand and 1967 Topps.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

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Canadian Goudey World Wide Gum, '36--esp. GEHRIG, jOE DImAGGIO, gRoVE

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Posted By: jay behrens

N42 and N43

t205 and t3

Delong and Diamond Star

Non-Sports

N2 Indian Chiefs

e50 Wild West Caramels

Dick Tracy (don't know the designation) although most non-sports sets from the 30s are awesome looking, except for the Indian Gum cards. Goudey really slacked off on the artwork with those cards.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

1. N162 Goodwin Champions
2. T3 and T9 Turkey Reds
3. 1933 Goudey

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Posted By: identify7

Chuck R: could you post scans of

1) R152 Tootsie Circus
2) R39 Dare Devils
3) R21 Ripley's Believe it or Not

I bet lots of us have never even seen what your favorites look like.

Thank you.

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Posted By: Daniel McCarthy

T-205s, 34 goudeys and 53 bowmans.

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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

1. N162
2. T202
3. 1952 Topps

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Posted By: ChuckR

Sure, I'll post examples of them...won't be able to get scans up until tomorrow though

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Posted By: identify7

Thanks Chuck.

My favorites are n162, t202, and Wheaties Series 9 & 15.

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Posted By: brian p

19th Century--N162 Goodwin

1900-1920--1910/1911 Obaks, T3, T227 (just way too many visually appealing in this era to narrow it down too much)

1921-WW2--Diamond Stars


Brian

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Posted By: Chuck R

As requested, I've attached scans of some of my favorite pre-war nonsports sets. Dare Devils are somewhat tough to find. Made by National Chicle, you can probably see some similarities in color and design with the Diamond Stars set. Tootsie Circus cards are scarce, but I love the colors and subjects. The R21 Believe it or Not set by Wolverine Gum (whose only other set was the equally strange and rare Strange True Stories set) have odd designs and stories. The low numbers 1-24 pop up on eBay. The high #s 25-48 are some of the rarest cards of the 30's, sports or nonsports.

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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

There are so many nice sets, but these are the ones that stand out in my mind.



1. N321 S.F. Hess California League
2. D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit
3. 1953 Bowman Color

Although they aren't on my list, I'd have to add all three of the T212 Obak sets as a runner-up. One of the nicest series in all of baseball card collecting.

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Posted By: Bob Rousseau

Obaks, E92s, E95s, N162 Goodwin champions are some of my favorites.

T218 Champions also has some interesting images (some of the boxing, billiards, bowling, golf, and the other athletics)- there are some good 'orange sky' images in these, too.

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Posted By: Julie

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Posted By: Chuck R

I could see them fine on this thread a little while ago

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Posted By: Scott Elkins

Lone Jacks (19th Cent.)
E92 Croft's Cocoas
and E120's for the newer cards

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Posted By: Anson

I don't think the Crofts Cocoas look any better than the E101, E102s, or Dockmans. But they would look better in my collection

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Posted By: Scott Elkins

regarding the fronts (all the E92's and E101's look the same). However, I was once one of those type card and "back" collectors. So, I have to go by the back as well (and those Croft's Cocoa backs are COOOOOOOOOOOOOL - wouldn't trade one for all the VAM's in the world!).

BTW - I meant to tell you this. You might want to call Fritsch cards. Even though he overgrades, he has a couple of E101 Knight cards. In the E92 and E101 series, Knight has to be the TOUGHEST common of all!!!!!!!!! Get that one, and the rest of the set will be down hill for you.

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Posted By: Chuck R

Can someone verify for me that those nonsports scans I put up yesterday are visible? I'm here at work and can see them fine, but at home yesterday I couldn't view them...I tried two different computers and two browsers (IE and Firefox) and just saw a red "X". I know this isn't that big a deal, but it's the first time I have tried to upload an image and would like to know for future reference. Just in case there is a problem, I've put the pictures on a web page. Here's the link:

http://www.longwood.edu/staff/rosscd/net54.htm

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

i see em.

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Posted By: Chuck R

Thanks Keith!