A few years ago, I learned about these and drooled over them for a bit, and then ruled them out as a possibility because of the expense. Well, in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, after receiving birthday money, I just went for it. I found this one, with a pinhole and other edge flaws, but beautiful.
I love the old stars that people have forgotten/never heard of. This guy won two games in the 1907 World Series and the clinching game in 1908. Depending on the site you go to, he has the 15th lowest earned run average IN HISTORY!
And he's on a beautiful, huge, card. His spot on display is on a special little shelf above all the other cards. He's Over-All of them. (See what I did there?)
Delivered 4/24/20. Ungraded.

Tracked this card for probably a year or more. Just really wanted a double folder and thought Mordecai was the way to go. Feel bad for Hofman, though, who's on the back and not whole. Since the card is graded, only Brown will ever be properly displayed. Also, the T201s are considerably cheaper than T205s or T206s, which made this HOF purchase possible.
So now I have the three fingered pitcher and the six fingered pitcher (Antonio Alfonseca) from the Cubs.
Delivered 4/18/18. BVG 2.

Suddenly became obsessed with the triple folders. Then found a card with the only guy who's thrown two shutouts in one day and a guy who gained arm strength when he fell into a vat of boiling sap at 19, with Evers in the middle? All Cubs? Had to have it.
4/24/16. PSA 4.

Stalked Cracker Jack Cubs for a few months. The ones I found were always Hall of Famers or graded way out of my price range. But after being patient with my Christmas money, three Cubs came on the market: two SGC 1.5s and a PSA 2. I just missed out on the bidding for the PSA 2, but my offer on Mr. Lavender was immediately accepted (wonder if I offered too much...don't care).

Jimmy Lavender threw a no-hitter for the Cubs in 1915. He also snapped Rube Marquard's 19 game winning streak, the longest in history at the time. Better still, he was once suspected of having an emery board on his pants. When the umpire approached, he ran into the outfield, only to be caught by a Phillies outfielder. This incident led to the punishments for such infractions to be greatly increased, and the spitball eventually to be outlawed. Bad for Jimmy, a spitballer.
As I kicker for me, he was once injured by a ball hit by Fred Merkle. Yeah, Jimmy Lavender checks all the boxes.
2/13/21. SGC 1.5, hence the fuzzy scan.

11/20/17. So pleased to have the other half of the between double header trade of Max Flack for Cliff Heathcote. Took me awhile of stalking to get this one. SGC 55, hence the fuzzy scan.

9/21/20. Kind of a surprise here. Just stumbled into this set on eBay. Didn't have any of them and did not have any cards from 1922. After a little research, Mr. Krug became the obvious choice, since as a scout later in life, he proclaimed Ted Williams too fragile to play baseball. Oops.
PSA 2, hence the fuzzy scan.

My first card from the 20s. Once I got this, I really needed to find a Max Flack, whom Heathcote was traded for between games of a double header. Both players played for both teams that day. As you can see, I got the Flack.
11/12/17. SGC 40.

The latest in my quest to get at least one card from every year. Had to go minor league on this one. It's a nice, quirky, card, but I'm a little sad that there's so little information available about the player. I also prefer cards with something on the back, which the cards from the 20s seem to lack. Still, a very nice addition. And pretty cheap, given that it's 93 years old.
I also think it’s cool that, as of now, I’m the only person on tcdb who has this card.

12/5/23. PSA 3

Yet another giant card. But I'm trying to get a card from every year possible, and this 1931 card came up for auction. A HOFer, albeit considered by some to be the worst of all the HOFers. Played on the Cubs and was meant to replace Fred Merkle on the Giants, so that's big for me. And it doesn't hurt that he had a great nickname: High Pockets.

11/6/23. SGC 1

This is almost certainly Japanese Hall of Famer Jiro Kuji. I was looking for any card from 1932. eBay kept turning up Babe Ruth cards, and THAT wasn't going to happen, but then I found this. It's kind of amazing. German writing about a Japanese player of an American game. It's also gorgeous.
9/5/23. PSA 4.5.