What are your 10 favorite vintage cards of all-time?

[Hammerin'Hank]

Great topic ! All collectors have unique taste and favorites.

This list is not in order. I don't know how you put them in order. As you can see I love the 50's stuff.

Hank Aaron 1954 Johnston Cookies
Hank Aaron 1954 Topps
Stan Musial 1953 Bowman Color
Mickey Mantle 1953 Bowman Color
Ted Williams 1948 Leaf
Mantle / Aaron WS 1957 Topps
Pete Rose 1964 Topps (Don't know why but I love this card)
Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey
Joe DiMaggio 1939 Play Ball
Lou Gehrig 1934 Goudey

Love those 50's Red Man cards too. The 53 Bowman Color Yogi Berra was tough for me to leave off but I could not list 3 cards in 1 set.

[kailes2872]

1.) 56 Jackie Robinson
2.) 57 Clemente
3.) 54 Aaron
4.) 54 Williams 250
5.) 41 Play Ball Joe DiMaggio
6.) 68 Manager's Dream
7.) 76 Johnny Bench
8.) 78 Reggie Jackson
9.) 65 Willie Mays (to get double credit w/68)
10.) 56 Mantle

[ALR-bishop]

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Great topic ! All collectors have unique taste and favorites.

This list is not in order. I don't know how you put them in order. As you can see I love the 50's stuff.

Hank Aaron 1954 Johnston Cookies
Hank Aaron 1954 Topps
Stan Musial 1953 Bowman Color
Mickey Mantle 1953 Bowman Color
Ted Williams 1948 Leaf
Mantle / Aaron WS 1957 Topps
Pete Rose 1964 Topps (Don't know why but I love this card)
Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey
Joe DiMaggio 1939 Play Ball
Lou Gehrig 1934 Goudey

Love those 50's Red Man cards too. The 53 Bowman Color Yogi Berra was tough for me to leave off but I could not list 3 cards in 1 set.

Too funny; I agonized over including the 64 Rose and the Mantle/Aaron card myself. The Gehrigs didn't fit in the OP's range so thankfully that decision was made for us. The 64 Rose also always struck me every time I saw it in a card shop as a kid. Something about that massive trophy?

[brian1961]

Al Richter--- My sincere thanks for taking the time and trouble to load up scans of some powerful nice cards, plus that super rare Mickey Mantle premium plastic portrait. Then again, they're ALL super rare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya'll sure know how to bowl us over! Thanks for allowing us to peek at some of your swell stuff. --Brian Powell

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Too funny; I agonized over including the 64 Rose and the Mantle/Aaron card myself. The Gehrigs didn't fit in the OP's range so thankfully that decision was made for us. The 64 Rose also always struck me every time I saw it in a card shop as a kid. Something about that massive trophy?

You have good taste..........What can I say ?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Great topic ! All collectors have unique taste and favorites.

This list is not in order. I don't know how you put them in order. As you can see I love the 50's stuff.

Hank Aaron 1954 Johnston Cookies
Hank Aaron 1954 Topps
Stan Musial 1953 Bowman Color
Mickey Mantle 1953 Bowman Color
Ted Williams 1948 Leaf
Mantle / Aaron WS 1957 Topps
Pete Rose 1964 Topps (Don't know why but I love this card)
Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey
Joe DiMaggio 1939 Play Ball
Lou Gehrig 1934 Goudey

Love those 50's Red Man cards too. The 53 Bowman Color Yogi Berra was tough for me to leave off but I could not list 3 cards in 1 set.

Russ, my last cut was a '55 Redman Willie Mays. I love those. The Kiner is awesome, too, as are the Musial and Teddy Ballgame!

Oops. A few of your cards are from before 1939. I'll let you take a mulligan, though. I certainly can't argue with the '34 Goudey Gehrig, especially card #37, which is one of my all-time favorites from any era. I will be adding that one soon, hopefully before the end of the year.

You can pick two other vintage cards, and we'll leave the Bambino and The Iron Horse in for good measure.

[the 'stache]

That World Series batting foes is phenomenal. I love those kinds of cards, like the Buc Blasters (Smokey Burgess, Dick Stuart, Roberto Clemente and Bob Skinner), or the Berra, Bauer & Mantle 1953 Bowman Color. Or the 1963 Topps "Bombers Best", with Tom Tresh, Mick and Bobby Richardson. Or the 1964 "A.L. Bombers" with Roger Maris, Norm Cash, Mickey Mantle and Al Kaline. Then you have your various "Managers' Dream" cards, with Mantle & Mays, or Tony Oliva, Chico Cardenas and Clemente.

Then there are the All Star cards. Oh, how I love the 1961 Sporting News All Star cards. You know, the ones with the picture of your favorite player bursting out of the newspaper. Great stuff!

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Russ, my last cut was a '55 Redman Willie Mays. I love those. The Kiner is awesome, too, as are the Musial and Teddy Ballgame!

Oops. A few of your cards are from before 1939. I'll let you take a mulligan, though. I certainly can't argue with the '34 Goudey Gehrig, especially card #37, which is one of my all-time favorites from any era. I will be adding that one soon, hopefully before the end of the year.

You can pick two other vintage cards, and we'll leave the Bambino and The Iron Horse in for good measure.

Love the art work and color on those Red Man cards. My like for them is more as a set then as for an individual card.

My bad on the brain lapse with years.

Now to narrow it down to just 2 more:

1948 Bowman Stan Musial
1957 Topps Roberto Clemente

Had to go with 2 classic head shot photos of HOF's in their youth.

[39special]

1. '53 Topps Satchel Page
2. '56 Topps Ted Williams
3. '64 Topps Pete Rose
4. '58 Topps Rocky Colavito
5. '62 Topps Roger Maris
6. '71 Topps Nolan Ryan
7. '53 Bowman color Pee Wee Reese
8. '65 Topps Frank Robinson
9. '53 Topps Jackie Robinson
10. '56 Topps Sandy Koufax

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by 39special

1. '53 Topps Satchel Page
2. '56 Topps Ted Williams
3. '64 Topps Pete Rose
4. '58 Topps Rocky Colavito
5. '62 Topps Roger Maris
6. '71 Topps Nolan Ryan
7. '53 Bowman color Pee Wee Reese
8. '65 Topps Frank Robinson
9. '53 Topps Jackie Robinson
10. '56 Topps Sandy Koufax

Nice list !

The '53 Topps Page was hard for me to not to include. Same with the 53 Bowman Color Reese card. I just already had 2 listed from that set.

[39special]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Nice list !

The '53 Topps Page was hard for me to not to include. Same with the 53 Bowman Color Reese card. I just already had 2 listed from that set.

There are a lot I left out.I could do a top 25 list or more!

[Exhibitman]

My favorite post war card:


A personal favorite I was lucky enough to snap up on a BIN one sleepless early morning [yay insomnia!]:


My favorite card of my favorite FB player:


This epitomizes the 1952 set for me:


My favorite card of the Topps Golden Age [1952-56]:


An early childhood favorite:


1968 Crack [Argentina] Pele, seemed appropriate for the World Cup:


My favorite Koufax:


Gotta thrown in the Louisville Lip, from the 1967 Crack Campeones [Argentina] set:


And finally, my favorite hockey card of my youth:

[JollyElm]

Here's what I wrote when this topic came up in another thread a while back…



My All-Time Top 10 Cards
In no particular order... (All photos are grabs from ebay)
• 1973 Willie Mays - The first card of my idol in the uniform of my beloved Mets.
• 1978 Reggie Jackson - The classic Reg-gie follow through. Awesome!!
• 1972 Willie McCovey - Love the blurry hand. Can't recall another Topps card with that effect.
• 1962 Roger Maris - As a kid I heard of Maris' accomplishment like it was ancient history. Had one of these cards with a hole punch in it squirreled away in my collection.
• 1974 Nolan Ryan - This one needs no explanation. Look at that shot!!
• 1976 Johnny Bench - In a word, "intimidation."
• 1977 Dave Kingman - My absolute favorite player in a great photo.
• 1958 Mantle/Aaron - I wish the Mick was looking at the photographer, but that's just splitting hairs.
• 1965 Casey Stengel - Gesticulating while holding court on the dugout steps. What's not to love?!
• 1972 Bobby Bonds - Look at that grin on his face. It says, "I can't believe I didn't launch that pitch!!"
- See more at: http://s1226.photobucket.com/user/Jo....x74kYzs8.dpuf