What card image just sets your heart a'thumpin'?

MorrellMan

I saw this card offered - it's not a great condition version - but the image alone just makes my blood start to rush:



What card image has that effect on you?

Edited to add (for my good friend goose and others) - this card happens to be a '61 Morrell Meats Koufax, but it is the same image to be found on the '59 Morrell Meats card. I've searched for this card for so many decades that all I need to see is the image and that adrenaline kicks in - this card represents the hobby for me.

goose3

that is a cool card, what is it?

let me find a pic of one that I really like....I'll come back and add it.

The Ruth 33 Goudeys have grown on me...I really like this one. I'll have to snag some of the Ruths until I can find a crappy enough Lajoie to buy.

blindflyer

This is my favorite card from my favorite set:

MikeyLikesIt

(Forgive the poor pic as it was stolen from another site...)

To me, this is the perfect baseball card (and no I'm not kidding). Aside from the understated card layout and design, this is a great action shot of a gritty player. (And it helps that he played college ball at my alma mater.)

tennesseebanker

look below

Stone193

Not really thumpin Mark

But, I've always like this colors in this Wallace card.

Too bad it's disgustingly trimmed.

mike

MajorDanby

stone...i own a T3 wallace. My first and only T3. I tried getting into the set, but ive been severely priced out. I was going to bid on a mcgraw PSA 1....went for over $400!

julen23

julen

RipublicaninMass

Southerncards

or this

buddyholly

aaaawww, ya beat me to it!! I think the 53 Bowman color Mantle is one of the finest cards ever made and definitely the best Mantle period in my opinion. Just can't beat that Kodakchrome imagery!! (The Pee Wee is a killer action shot, though!). I hope to own one someday.

lawnmowerman

stown

lawnmowerman

HaHa
You thought it was gonna be an Emmitt card!

halosfan

Joe Louis has some great cards ...



Heres one from one of my favorite sets ...

Griffins

Southern Cards, say it ain't so! Are both of those cards in PSA holders?

stown

<< <i>HaHa
You thought it was gonna be an Emmitt card! >>



: crickets chirping :

MorrellMan

good posts, everyone. I edited the initial post at the top of this thread to put a little more explanation into what drove me to start the thread in the first place.

Anthony, nice collar!

calaban7

Matt , In the name God don't start. Between homie the clown card dealer and homie the refractor god(ess), it will be too much for me to stand.

A card that sorta reminds me of both, is Steve Bilko 61 topps # 184. If I knew how to cut & post I'd do it myself. I'm very computer challenged.

Again Matt Thanks to you and others that exposed some light on the evening, Sonny

Volver

lawnmowerman

Always one of my favs

Southerncards

<< <i>Southern Cards, say it ain't so! Are both of those cards in PSA holders? >>



I dont think so, I think they are tightly cropped images from this site - 1953 Bowman color

Dont worry, I havent given up on my allegiance to SGC!

rose14com

other than the Rose cards, I love cards like these from the 1954 Topps set (not mine, just borrowing from current auctions):


and


I love the white background, the close up portrait and the smaller full body pose. It just makes the colors pop, but these 2 specific examples really pop because their uniforms are mostly white. I like the simplicity of the logos they put on the card as well. These images, without a clear cut border all around just makes them kick ass.

Southerncards

<< <i> A card that sorta reminds me of both, is Steve Bilko 61 topps # 184. If I knew how to cut & post I'd do it myself. I'm very computer challenged. >>



Here's Bilko

envoy98

...any high grade vintage. I always loved the looks of high grade 53 Topps. 33 Goudeys are beautiful and the 1935 Chicle's are right up there too. Problem for me is, I can't afford any of these in high grade so I rely on others to post them.

Anyone have a pic of a nice PSA 8 or better 53 Topps Mantle or Satchell Paige? Love those two cards!

MorrellMan

<< <i>

<< <i>Southern Cards, say it ain't so! Are both of those cards in PSA holders? >>



I dont think so, I think they are tightly cropped images from this site - 1953 Bowman color

Dont worry, I havent given up on my allegiance to SGC! >>



Those are plastic edges and arrowheads at the corners. Nice cards.

calaban7

Southerncards, Thank you. One day I might get some extra grey matter in a box of captin crunch or equivilent and be able to learn how to do what others so easily do. Again thanks, Sonny

Elemenopeo

There are many that get me goin', but I'll limit myself to posting just this one...

MuckyMutt

I don't know - I just always liked this card...

Stone193

Hi Mark

Sorry for being dense - BTW - I did notice it was a different pic but it didn't register beyond that.

Ya know? I don't have a thumper - a holy grail.

I'm assuming you're talking about a card so rare - even if ya have the $ - it rarely shows itself?

I did have game like that - about 3 years ago - when I started collecting board games, I noticed Parker Brothers had different peg baseball games - spanning the century.

I posted the very poor game I picked up - and as I realized - after the fact - it was incomplete.

Well, only a month later - the plot thickens - I'll report the update when the new game comes in.

Thanx for the thread - good timing!
mike

ArnyVee

There are many cards that I really love and not one in particular. I love them for different reasons.....the thoughts that the card conjures up. Memories of a time that was much more innocent in my mind...just lots of stuff. My favorite card image by decade would have to be....

1950's - Pee Wee Reese '53 Bowman
1960's - Reggie Jackson '69 Topps
1970's - Steve Garvey '71 Topps
1980's - Don Mattingly '84 Donruss

.....I didn't collect much of the '90s and don't buy much of anything newer, so I couldn't comment on those. But these cards just stand out...in my mind....for different reasons.

nightcrawler

This card gets me going, I think it has something to do with the young face with the brushcut??? And I love all the sportscards with the TV screen.

This actual card is one of my favorites for another reason... it really has it all, soft corners, rough edges, tack hole, hand writing, and the back has a layer of glue.

I've got a good mind to crease it

tennesseebanker

I've got a good mind to crease it

Whoa ! Big fella, step away from the card slowly....

nightcrawler

It's not a card but this image of Terry Sawchuk...



Need I say more

cravetopps

BigDaddyBowman

I think that these 3 cards perfectly capture my love of vintage football.

Buccaneer

Not a specific card but a specific time in baseball's (and America's) history. I love the artwork of the A&G, invoking a special sense of time and place. Too bad they had to turn this into a gimmicky reprint set recently.

XanaduNow

These are my favorite. I see these slabbed in the little gallery image next to the auction listing and I can't click the link fast enough. Something about that Mace card just makes me smile when I look at it.

1902 Ogden's Tabs Jem Mace (HOFer) PSA 6

105 years old? CHECK
Troublesome black borders? CHECK
HOF athlete? CHECK
PSA grade on the good side of 5? CHECK



I'm also a huge fan of the 1922 The Champion Jack Dempsey card. I love the pitch black background so that just a small portion of him shows up on the card. Issued in weekly magazines is nice too.



Arthur

cohocorp

cohocorp

jimq112

Most important sports moment (at least for me) in my lifetime so far

Elemenopeo

<< <i>Not a specific card but a specific time in baseball's (and America's) history. I love the artwork of the A&G, invoking a special sense of time and place. Too bad they had to turn this into a gimmicky reprint set recently. >>


I have to agree the orginal A&G's are heart thumpin' cards. But I feel compelled to come to the defense of the "reprint" set.

I'll acknowledge the gimmicky part for sure (multiple mini parallel sets, wooden 1 of 1's, cards inside cards?), and not as wonderful as the orginals... but still, I think, beautiful cards.




Of course, they look even better with autographs.

Gonblott

You selling? =P

VERY NICE CARD!

gumbyfan

It might not mean much to 99% of the rest of the world, but when I finally tracked down this one, my heart was thumpin pretty good. The guy I picked it up from even had TWO of them!


1976 Venezuelan League Stickers
Jim Gantner