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Worst looking highly touted vintage sportscard? 0pinions?

whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
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I have to say the Clemente rookie... the in action shot is way better in his second year Topps card.

lets try to keep in mind highly touted!
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  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    It doesn't have to be a rookie card tho...
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  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    63 Rose rookie, 65 is my favorite early Rose.
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  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can't stand 1957 Topps Football big three RC's for some reason. The grotesque Unitas is the worst of the bunch.
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd go with the Rose. Actually I like the Clemente RC. '58 Brooks Robinson is an awful photo as well.
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  • CWCW Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭
    Good call on the Rose rookie, LC. I like the card, and had to have one, but it is pretty fugly overall.

    While I agree the '56 Clemente looks a little bit cooler than the '55 RC, the '55 Clemente is no slouch when it comes to eye appeal. Quite a beautiful card, actually, with the green background...

    I'll throw in the '49 Leaf Babe Ruth and, at least in my opinion, the '56 Topps Mantle. Love the action shot on the Mantle, but the portrait looks a little goofy and unlike Mantle, with the huge grin and the over-colored red lips. I want to like that card, I just... can't. image
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    Ryan RC. Multi-player plus very ugly set design.
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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭
    Agree with rose rookie. That is one ugly card... Yet I still want it
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  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    1957 Topps Brooks Robinson is, to my eye, the ugliest iconic card out there.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Agree with rose rookie. That is one ugly card... Yet I still want it >>


    Me too, just hard to drop a grand on a decent one that's still fugly. I have the rest of his Topps run + Hostess, Kellogg's, most of the OPC & oddball stuff and just can't pull the trigger on that one.
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  • UnwoundSageUnwoundSage Posts: 496
    1990 Topps Frank Thomas. Looks like he's grabbing some guys junk.
  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    Thanks guys that was fun!
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  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    On the Clemente RC I think the in action looks like a 16bit Nintendo video game character, real blocky, looking like its an arcade character... sorry just my opinion... mid grade second year, well centered works for me.
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  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    I personally don't like the 59 Gibson. It's pink!!!! Plus he's grinning! I prefer my Gibson scowling and backing hitters off the plate. Was surprised to see the 57 Brooks on the list I think he just looks like a kid in it the 58 on the other hand I completely understand.
  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    E90-1 Joe Jackson rookie. Pretty bad drawing which usually makes him look like he has smeared lipstick on his face.
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    Bobby Orr RC, end of discussion.

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  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    I love the 57 football...I like the landscape of the cards more than anything. I love the in actions on the 57 football... Im a big in action horizontal card kinda guy soo the cartoon of the clemente rc disappoints...bc the potential is there. !(56 clemente is one of my favorite period!


    I think any rookie card that has two or more people stinks. ie munson's.






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  • hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    63 Rose image
  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    I never really liked the 73 Schmidt always wished he had a 72.
  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    the bowman stan musial is kinda blah
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  • whaleteethwhaleteeth Posts: 54
    the 48 rookie
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  • WinkWink Posts: 103 ✭✭
    Always didn't like the pic on the McCovey rookie card. Terrible likeness, just look at the All-star card..........
  • tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    Another vote for the e90-1 Joe Jackson

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  • cjaccardicjaccardi Posts: 542
    Nope that's exactly how joe looked like lmao
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    LOl another vote for e90-1 Joe J. He looks like he got punched in the nose for wearing lip stick
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>1957 Topps Brooks Robinson is, to my eye, the ugliest iconic card out there. >>



    you got the year correct, but how about Drysdale's choppers? ugh! image
  • SteelernationSteelernation Posts: 362 ✭
    Rose? I don't know. In a way only a mother could love....I like it because it's essentially the only significant card that has that design.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Rose? I don't know. In a way only a mother could love....I like it because it's essentially the only significant card that has that design. >>


    Stargell RC? Same design image
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  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭
    Poor Joe looks like a clown on that card.
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are any of these players' cards considered 'iconic'?

    Don Mossi
    Andy Etchebarren
    Willie McGee
    Wally Moon
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  • 76collector76collector Posts: 986 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree on the Rose rookie. I'm not sure what qualifies as "highly touted" but the 72 Fisk rookie is also very ugly in my opinion. Especially since such a large percentage of them seem OC and have printing problems, it really makes it unappealing. I couldn't disagree more on the Clemente rookie card though. That is actually one of my favorite all time cards, but to each their own, and that's what makes collecting so fun. Each of our collections has it's own personality.
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  • corncobbcorncobb Posts: 516 ✭
    Put Me down for the 63 Rose.

    Any multi player rookies are very unappealing to me. Most notebly:

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  • GB5HOFGB5HOF Posts: 590 ✭
    Not necessarily vintage...but the most important card of the best reliever of all-time...and a 1st ballot HOFer....and one of the worst cards I can think of:

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  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1990 Topps Frank Thomas. Looks like he's grabbing some guys junk. >>



    I have never looked at this card in that way before, but now that you mention it, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at it the same way again. Hilarious!image
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  • ClockworkAngelClockworkAngel Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭
    Put me down for the 1963 Rose. It's ironic because that 1963 set is arguably the best looking Topps set ever, but they really dropped the ball on all those Rookie Prospect cards in that set. Just 4 faces kind of floating in the air....part creepy, part silly, and big part ugly. Just go with the 1964 Rose, which is one of the nicest Rose cards out there

    Honorable mention:

    1983 Topps Tony Gwynn. A close up of his ass. Tony has gone on record saying he hates that card


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  • Nathaniel1960Nathaniel1960 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some others for consideration, perhaps not "highly touted":

    1961 Mantle - been discussed before - rouged cheeks

    1962 Gaylord Perry - cartoonish

    1967 Mantle - drunk tank mug shot

    1953 Mays - of all the incredible portraits in the 53 set, this one looks amateurish.

    1959 Norm Cash RC - tough to tell who it is


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  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not necessarily vintage...but the most important card of the best reliever of all-time...and a 1st ballot HOFer....and one of the worst cards I can think of:

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    The 1992 Bowman is ugly, yes. But most important? This one is pretty good too:

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    This one is more even with the Bowman IMO, not up there with the 1990 Diamond:

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  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For ugly highly touted cards, I've always felt that a lot of the 1952 Parkhurst cards looked oddly incomplete when compared with others from the set, due to some having rinks in the background and some not. Here's some relatively unfinished looking Howe and Sawchuck RC's:

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    compared with some other big cards from the set with a little more to their pictures:

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    So really, why did they just put Howe, Sawchuck, and so many others in that set on the cards all by themselves? I'm used to the look, but I don't like it that way much.

  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Rose rookie, followed closely by Stargell rookie. Floating heads FTW.

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Really did not like the look of those 92 Bowman with the players in street clothes!!
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