Best investments by player and decade

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by todeen

Someone else said it, but I am buying two types of cards now that I have disposable income. First are cards I saw in sets from my youth I couldn't afford. Topps Tiffany is the biggest. I just bought the final Griffey Tiffany. I personally think Tiffany are undervalued. In 30 years when junk wax is 60+ years old, will collectors be buying base cards, or Tiffany? It'll be Tiffany. I also am buying 90s inserts. I find this funny, because 90s Topps inserts for most of the 2000s were not worth very much. And now they are desirable. It's what millennials want, and will most likely continue to want. Its our nostalgia. 90s RCs and special 90s cards are good investments now. Some will taper off, but some will continue to grow.

My other thought is to seek cards of players tied to moments. Robinson is tied to the civil rights era. Mays has "the catch." Koufax and Ryan have their no hitters. Mantle is 1950s NYC. This is why I never see Spahn or Mathews being the next big thing. They are simply in the long shadow of Aaron's 715.

Someone else said they are buying cards they saw in books as kids. I am doing that too: 33 Goudey Gehrig, T206 Cobb, Wheaties Gehrig, 48 Leaf (sad these were trimmed in massive quantity), 40s/early 50s Bowman.



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I also agree with the principle...in my own collecting that I'm collecting "different" kinds of stuff. The stuff from the 50's-60's I coveted as a kid collecting in the 70's-80's I couldn't affdord...I buy raw...and put in binders in most cases...just like I did as a kid. In this way I'm recreating my childhood collection(before grading existed) but better!

Additionally the bulk of the value of my collection is in prewar...mostly ruth...cobb...other big name hof'ers I never could afford or dreamed of owning as a kid.

[mordecaibrown1]

Always liked Cobb especially low pop ones!