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Old 02-18-2010, 08:56 AM
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Default "Mount Rushmore" of Postwar Cards

I liked the idea over on the prewar board about what four cards you would pick for your "Mount Rushmore" and I thought it would be fun to see what postwar cards everyone would pick. Here's mine: 1952 Topps Mantle, 1953 Topps Mays, 1954 Topps Aaron, 1955 Topps Clemente. How about everyone else?
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Default mt rushmore post war

1961 topps dice game (anyone) or mickey mantle
1955 topps stamps
1967 topps stand ups
1963 topps mickey mantle mask
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Old 02-18-2010, 10:10 AM
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I know these might not be the ideal cards for this, but I like to see multiple eras represented:

52 Topps Mantle
54 Topps Aaron
64 Topps Pete Rose (63 is too ugly)
89 Upper Deck Griffey Jr.

Honorable mention to the 55 Clemente and Koufax
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Default I think this is unanswerable. However...

fun to try!
great question

1948 Leaf Paige
1952 Mantle
1954 Aaron
1955 Clemente

Also want to squeeze in
1951 Bowman Mays
1952 Topps Eddie Mathews
1953 Topps Paige
1954 Topps Jackie Robinson
1955 Bowman Banks
1968 Topps Nolan Ryan
1984 Donruss Don Mattingly
1989 UD Jr. Griffey


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For impact on the hobby -

48 Leaf Paige - Ushered in the "Modern" era
52 Topps Mantle - Topps would begin to dominate for 30 years
63 Topps Rose - Started the "Rookie" card craze circa 1980
89 UD Griffey - Began the high dollar modern card craze

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Old 02-20-2010, 06:19 AM
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1952 Topps Mantle of course
1954 Wilson Franks Ted Williams
1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1953 Topps Mays
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1952 Topps Jackie Robinson
1954 Bowman Ted Williams
1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1956 Topps Mickey Mantle

I know there are more valuable and/or rarer cards but I really like these.
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Great question, Doug. But it's almost impossible for me to pick four, because another that I love will pop into my head 5 minutes after I post my selections.

These would be my 4 favorites right now.



I will have all these, not quite in this condition, obviously. But once I own them, they will look this nice to me. I may work on getting one depending on what's available in the B&L and REA auctions.
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Fun topic...

I agree picking only 4 is next to impossible. There are cards like the 50B Robinson or 59 Koufax that I love, but obviously can't compare to a 52 Mick.

It will be very interesting to note which cards appear most often on our lists.

For Mt. Rushmore, I'd have to put aside some personal sleeper pics and most heavily weight a card's importance to the collecting hobby and sport, so with that in mind I'd vote these for Mt. Rushmore...









Yes, Mick appears twice, but as much as I love the Clemente, Mays, Ryan, Koufax, Rose, Aaron, and many others, Mickey Mantle is the standard bearer of the baseball card collecting world. Add to that how hard it is to find a nice copy of his undisputed rookie card, and I have to give his 51B the nod.

The Paige I select because, as Orlando says in his book, it's the toughest post war card-- in terms of total graded pop and then specimens within that group that have even a modicum of eye appeal, this card is legendarily brutal, and an elusive piece for many a baseball card collection. When the desire and budget are there, and one still has a hard time acquiring one, that says something.

Ted Williams is in the discussion of greatest hitter ever alongside the likes of Ruth and Gehrig and then his Wilson Franks is another card with hobby mystique, a great action shot, and also has a cool condition quirk-- with the top cut being unattractively sloped on so many.

But have to shout out to:

- 51 Mays
- 52 & 53 Bowman Musials
- 54 Aaron
- 55 Clemente
- 55 Koufax
- 56 Mantle
- 63 Rose
- 68 Ryan
- 84T or D Mattingly (images that crystallize that booming 80s card era for so many of us)
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Here is a poor man's version of it




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Very fun topic and nearly impossible to pick just four from either the "most significant" pool or the "most attractive" pool.

I vote:

51 Bowman Mick
52 Topps Mick
68 Topps Ryan
80 Topps Henderson (won't make many lists but love this card)
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1967 Clemente Giant Stand up
1952 Topps Mantle
1954 Stahl Meyer Mays
1952 Topps Jackie Robinson
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52 mantle
53 bowman peewee reese
68 ryan rc
89 UD Griffey

honorable mention
80 Henderson
84 Donruss matingly
52 Jackie robinson
55 clemente and Koufax
among others
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1951 Topps Current All Stars Robin Roberts
1955 Topps Stamps Hank Aaron
1961 Topps Dice Game Mickey Mantle
1966 Topps Punchboards Sandy Koufax/Carl Yastrzemski
1970 Topps Cloth Sticker Nolan Ryan

Edited to add: For a card to qualify for a proverbial Mount Rushmore, it shouldn't be possible to buy it on eBay...............ever. (IMHO)

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Today's list includes:

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
1953 Topps Satchel Paige
1963 Topps Pete Rose RC (ugly, but significant)
1989 UD Ken Griffey Jr RC

Tomorrow's list would def include Mick's 52T, but may also include any of the following:

1968 Topps Nolan Ryan RC
1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC
1955 Topps Ted Williams
1952 Topps Willie Mays
1953 Bowman Pee Wee Reese
1953 Bowman Stan Musial
1971 Topps Thurman Munson
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52 Mantle
53 Paige
54 Aaron
55 Koufax
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1952 Topps Mantle
1954 Bowman Teddy Williams
1964 Topps Rose
1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr

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Thanks, Jay and Matt!
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For set builders:

59 Gibson
61 Mantle AS
66 Grant Jackson RC
67 Tom Seaver RC
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1951 Bowman Mantle
1952 Topps Mantle
1961 Dice Game Mantle
1948-49 Leaf Paige
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52 Mantle
53 Robinson
53 Musial
64 Koufax
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49 Leaf Jackie Robinson
52 Topps Mantle
54 Bowman Ted Williams
67 Topps Standup Clemente
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1953 Robinson
1954 Aaron
1954 Mays
1957 Mantle
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1952 TOPPS - Mickey Mantle - most popular and most valuable PostWW2 card.
1954 Wilson Franks - Ted Williams - best looking Food-issue
1957 Topps- Ted Williams - first card in new standard size
1989 Upper Deck- Ken Griffey, Jr. - first ultra-premium card; first hologram.
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48 Leaf Stan Musial
53 Bowman Pee Wee Reese
53 Topps Jackie Robinson
55 Topps Roberto Clemente

I picked them mainly because I have them and all because they are beautiful cards IMO.
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I'd have to agree, Drew. All of them being works of art on cardboard.
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52T Mays
54T Banks
53T Jackie Rob
54T Hank Aaron

52T Mantle stands alone, so he is the Crazy Horse memorial just down the road!
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