1 card from each post war decade

[robsbessette]

If you had to choose one card between 1950-2000 from each decade for your collection and that's all you could have, what would you choose and why? Some you may already have, some you may not.

For me it's...

1950s - 1952 Topps Mantle - Pretty obvious
1960s - 1968 Topps Ryan RC - I was a huge fan of his as a kid
1970s - 1971 Topps Munson - Possibly the greatest action shot of all time
1980s - 1982 Topps Traded Ripken RC - Classic card/pose in a decade of junk
1990s - 1993 SP Jeter RC - I'm a big Jeter fan, even bigger Yankees fan

[savedfrommyspokes]

I am a Yankee fan and my choices below clearly reflect this:

1950s - 1956 Topps Mantle - couldnt afford the 52, this card won in a coin toss with the 53 Mantle due to their vivid colors and poses

1960s - 1965 Topps Mantle- similar to above, with the 65 winning in a coin toss against the 60 Topps Mantle, with again the color and poses on each the deciding factors

1970s - 1971 Topps Munson - my favorite card from the 70s...Munson was my first Yankee hero. A copy of this card was a gift to me in the late 70s and I still have that copy(as well as many others)

1980s - 1984 Topps Tiffany Mattingly RC - a rarer RC of my second Yankee hero

1990s - 1991 Desert Storm Chipper Jones RC---a tough RC of a first ballot HOFer

[hangman62]

50s - 52t Mantle
60 s- 67T Seaver
70s - 73 Schmidt
80s - would not accept any
90s- would not accept any

[VinTX]

50's - 51 Bowman Mantle as I'd rather have a "true" rookie card
60's - 68 Topps Nolan Ryan RC, he was my favorite player as a kid

*now this may break the rules, I dunno...the original post didn't say it had to be all baseball even though this is in the baseball section

70's - 76 Topps Walter Payton RC
80's - 86-87 Fleer Michael Jordan RC
90's - 92 Upper Deck Heroes Autographs Ted Williams

[Bestdj777]

50's - 1951 Mantle Wheaties (such an undervalued card given the scarcity and significance)

60's - Topps Push-pull Mantle/Berra or 1968 Topps Ryan (to close to decide)

70's - A beater card my grandfather found in a wall while doing construction. No clue who the player is but wouldn't trade it for anything. Nice to have a genuine grandpa/found in wall card

80's - 1987 Donruss Maddux Rookie - I tried so hard to pull this card. Eventually my mom took pitty and bought me one

90's - Nolan Ryan - he has several really nice 90's cards I would gladly take if offered. My favorite is likely the one with his face all bloody (can't recall the year/manufacturer), but he looks so tough there.

[VinTX]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

50's - 1951 Mantle Wheaties (such an undervalued card given the scarcity and significance)

60's - Topps Push-pull Mantle/Berra or 1968 Topps Ryan (to close to decide)

70's - A beater card my grandfather found in a wall while doing construction. No clue who the player is but wouldn't trade it for anything. Nice to have a genuine grandpa/found in wall card

80's - 1987 Donruss Maddux Rookie - I tried so hard to pull this card. Eventually my mom took pitty and bought me one

90's - Nolan Ryan - he has several really nice 90's cards I would gladly take if offered. My favorite is likely the one with his face all bloody (can't recall the year/manufacturer), but he looks so tough there.

probably this one from his 1991 pacific set

http://www.sportsbuy.com/images/ords...ook/795058.jpg

[Exhibitman]

My favorites:





Don't really collect beyond that...

[novakjr]

1950's- Going with the kings, '54 Aaron/'59 Hoshi Gangu Gold Border Sadaharu Oh.
1960's- '63 Pete Rose
1970's- '73 Schmidt
1980's- '82 Traded Ripken
1990's- standard- '93 SP Jeter/variant-'91 Desert Shield Chipper Jones/foreign-'93 BBM Ichiro
2000's- (standard non-auto)tie '00 Topps Traded Chrome Miguel Cabarera//'01 Traded Chrome Pujols

[vintagetoppsguy]

1950's - '52 Eddie Mathews
1960's - '63 Pete Rose
1970's - '75 Brett
1980's - '85 Topps Roger Clemens