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Your Top 10 Cards
I would love to know what others out there covet. For whatever reason, be it value, sentimental, asthetics, or even a childhood memory/card, what are the Top 10 cards that you personally own. If you want to take the time to explain why, that would be great too.
Top 10 Cards I Own - 1. 1957 Topps Mickey Mantle 2. 1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC 3. 1955 Topps Harmon Killebrew RC 4. 1967 Topps Harmon Killebrew 5. 1969 Topps Nolan Ryan 6. 1965 Topps Mickey Mantle 7. 1955 Topps Hank Aaron 8. 1963 Fleer Roberto Clemente 9. 1966 Topps Willie Mays 10. 1979 Topps Reggie Jackson 1. Just a classic card and I have it in EX. A cornerstone for my 57 Topps set. 2. Iconic card, childhood dream to actually SEE one, let alone own one. 3. Favorite player of all time, very cool year. 4. Classic pose, classic card, favorite card of favorite player. 5. Coolest Ryan card of his iconic career, first "big" card I got as a kid. 6. Classic pose, player, and card. What can you say about Mantle? 7. Again, a work of art of my second favorite player. 8. I have a MINT card of one of his toughest to own. A cornerstone of my set. 9. Card #1 of my favorite set, and I have a MINT version. 10. First card I ever owned, out of my first pack. In 1979 Reggie was a GOD.
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John Otto 1963 Fleer - 1981-90 Fleer/Donruss/Score/Leaf Complete 1953 - 1990 Topps/Bowman Complete 1953-55 Dormand SGC COMPLETE SGC AVG Score - 4.03 |
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1. 1951 Wheeties Mantle - one of the coolest looking cards I have ever seen. Searched for about a year before grabbing a vg/ex copy.
2. 1970s Topps Common - I have a 1970s common in very poor condition. I couldn't tell you the year or the player (it is stored with my childhood cards). But, it easily makes my top 10. My grandpa found it while working for construction, tucked it in his wallet, an saved it for me. It will always have a special place in my collection. 3. 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan - Nolan was a childhood hero. Always wanted this card in the 80s. It was one of my first vintage cards when I re entered the hobby. I was fortunate enough to get it signed by him last year, and this will never leave my collection. 4. Topps Push/Pull Mantle/Berra - In my opinion, this is one of Topps' coolest issues. Very happy to be able to play with it. 5. 1952 Topps Mantle - This is just such a classic card. It's hard not to have it in my top ten. 6. 1951 Bowman Mantle - This was my first big Mantle card purchase and got me started on my chase. 7. 1954 Redheart Dog Food Mantle - The colors on this card are amazing. It is one of the few non rookie cards I actually display. I have a dog that I really love, so the fact that I was able to combine my dog/Mantle interest was really cool. 8. 1960 Topps Mantle/Boyer - No real reason but I just think this card is really awesome. My copy was actually shoved in someone's bike spokes which I find pretty cool. 9. 1969 Topps Super Mantle - Such a sharp card. 10. 1887 Old Judge Common - This card is so beat I can't even read the name on it anymore. I feel like I am holding a piece of history though when I touch it.
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Mantle Master Set - as complete as it is going to get Yankees Game Used Hat Style Run (1923-2017): 57/60 (missing 2008/9 holiday hats & 2017 Players Weekend) Last edited by Bestdj777; 03-15-2013 at 02:02 PM. |
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^^^^ You assume this guys loves Mickey Mantle, you be right!! ^^^^^^
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You are very right. I saw your posting in the pickup thread though, so I know I'm in good company. I also love Yogi Berra (likely my next player project) and Nolan Ryan (too many modern cards for me) though.
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Mantle Master Set - as complete as it is going to get Yankees Game Used Hat Style Run (1923-2017): 57/60 (missing 2008/9 holiday hats & 2017 Players Weekend) |
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1. 1956 Topps Ted Williams
I read My Turn at Bat for a 7th grade book report. I learned Ted was the last man to hit .400; he was a fighter pilot, a fisherman, and a big game hunter. My father told me Ted was what John Wayne pretended to be. The problem was I had learned to hate the Duke at age 5. In 1968 my Dad was in Vietnam, Mom and I were waiting in a trailer park in Fort Benning when Hollywood came to town. She signed on to play a Vietnamese extra in the film the Green Berets. The fact that she was a Chicana was a minor detail. I overheard her telling her Colombian friends, who were too light skinned to be considered viable substitutes for the Viet Cong, about Mr. Wayne. I understood that the Duke apparently liked Vietnamese Mexicans and was not shy about it. Why couldn’t he have been more like George Takei? I never told my Dad until he compared the Splendid Splinter to Ole Rooster Cogburn. When I spilled my guts he laughed and said that the Duke must have had great taste. He then explained how during the 50’s Teddy Ball Game used to give him the finger and mouthed F**K You! at him and his little brother when they heckled him from the Municipal Stadium bleachers. He said those tender moments spent with Ted were some of his fondest childhood memories. Obviously Ted was very cool. The fact that he was half Mexican like me sealed the deal. My 1956 Topps Ted Williams was a gift from Dad after my Mom had died. He winked at me when I opened it. I later learned that my mother had laughed very hard when he told her about my disclosure. 2. 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente See my avatar and user name no other explanation necessary 3. 1954 Topps Hank Aaron It's April 8, 1974 I’m 10 and dancing in my underwear in front of the Curtis Mathis color TV (our first) and Mom was certain I had lost my mind. 4. 1914 WG4 Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner Two cards that individually are boring, side by side they become very sexy. I refuse to separate them so I’m bending the rules. My first and only ménage à trois. 5. 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax 1974 was a very good year (see #3), that summer I mowed my neighbor’s lawn and got an advance on my allowance for this beauty. It was my first 1955 Topps card and when I saw it I knew what art was. 6. 1914 Cracker Jack Sam Crawford A gift from my wife, the only thing sexier than her that night was the Carmel stained Tiger outfielder in my sweaty palms. 7. 1954 Johnston Cookie Hank Aaron My most recent Christmas gift from my 73 year old father. I learned long ago that James Dean didn’t die in that Porsche Spyder. He is a cigar smoking bachelor living incognito in the Great Northwest. 8. 1956 Topps Jackie Robinson What a bad ass, he was Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in flannel before America even knew who they were. It's too bad he wasn't Mexican like me and Ted. 9. 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle 1950s Manhattan, Billy, Whitey, and the Copa need I say more? In this card Whitey has just said, ”Hey Mick check out the rack on the blonde behind home”. The look in Mickey’s eyes says he’s located her. 10. 1953 Topps Satchel Paige In the fourth grade I traded three chocolate milks to a fat kid for this one. The next day he told me Satch was his big brothers property. He begged for me to send Satch home. He claimed that his brother was going to kill him if Satchel didn’t return. I told him that was an ass whipping he was going to have to take. Twenty-eight years later at my 20th High School Reunion I’m approached by a Jose Canseco doppelganger. He said, “You don’t remember me do you”? He then recounted the saga of Satch and our 4th grade trade. I told him Satchel was at home in my safe and I was prepared to take an ass whipping to keep him there. Thankfully it didn’t come to that. 11. T206 Christy Mathewson My first proof that Mom was right when she said Graduate School would pay off in the long run. I miss her. I hope the Duke doesn’t realize she is up there with him. Last edited by 71buc; 03-17-2013 at 12:15 AM. |
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In chronological order.
1. 1953 Bowman Stan Musial - A beautiful picture of him in the dugout. I love this card so much I displayed a reprint until I acquired the real deal. 2. 1953 Topps Hal Newhouser - Prince Hal in full color, defines awesomeness. 3. 1953 Topps Willie Mays - love the photo of young Willie, thinking about him telling Duroucher he was good enough. Only card on list I don't own. 4. 1954 Topps Al Kaline - The first card if Mr. Tiger is a piece of art I dreamed of owning as a kid. 5. 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle - My first vintage Mantle will always be a favorite. 6. 1957 Topps Hank Aaron - Classic card that was always on my wish list. The purchase of it got the collecting fever in me reignited. 7. 1964 Topps Pete Rose - Love him or hate him now. The 12 yr old in me loves this card. The crew cut, the trophy, it all fits perfectly in the 64 template. 8. 1969 Topps Johnny Bench - The boyish look on his face, with the classic vest uniform, topped off with the trophy. 9. 1972 Topps Roberto Clemente - 1st Clemente I owned. The picture seems so unique, how can this not be a top 10'er. 10. 1980 Nolan Ryan - The Express in full power mode and the All Star label made this the coolest card to have the first year I ripped open a pack and smelled the mix of gum and card board. Last edited by brewing; 03-16-2013 at 07:03 AM. |
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