[vintagerookies51]

Intentional or not, a lot of the top cards would have made very good investments over the years. I remember PWCC's "Top 500 Index" or whatever that showed how it compared to the S&P 500. I never looked at the details, but I'm assuming it was very cherry picked. Either way, my memories tell me it was pretty common to find low-grade '52 Mantles for 4 figures when I started collecting in 2011 that would go for $30K today. Many other popular cards have also at least tripled over that timeframe.