Most significant or sought after postwar cards (besides Mantle)

[RaidonCollects]

Looking at some of the major auction/ebay prices, post war cards (50's cards especially) are on the rise.

All the 1952 Topps rarities are usually in high demand. Pafko, Mays and of course Mantle to name a few.

The 53 Topps Mays card is always a scarce one to have, as it is a high numbered short print.

The 54 Aaron and especially Banks rookies are increasing in value, especially after Mr. Cub's recent passing.

That's about it from those particular years, there is of course the earlier Bowman's and the later 50's/60's Topps cards.

Kind Regards,

Owen

[Volod]

For true rarity and stunning obscurity based on same, let's at least mention the 1951 Topps MLAS Roberts, Konstanty and Stanky cards.

[KCRfan1]

Ditto on the 1951 All Stars. My top 5 are in no particular order:

1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1954 Wilson Franks Ted Williams
1968 Topps 3-d Clemente
1951 Bowman Willie Mays
1948 Leaf Satchell Paige

Fun thread.....

[mickeymantle24]

I would say...

1955 Clemente
1954 Hank Aaron
1963 Topps Rose
1952 Topps Mays
1968 Topps Nolan Ryan

[almostdone]

So here is the tally so far. I just listed everyone who was mentioned even in honorable mention.

1. 55 Clemente (9 votes)
2. 54 Aaron (8 votes)
3. 52 Topps Mays (6 votes)
4. 63 Rose (5 votes)
5. 54 Bowman Williams, 55 Koufax (4 votes each)
6. 68 Ryan, 51 Bowman Mays (3 votes each)
7. 68 3D Clemente, 48 Leaf Paige, 54 Wilson Franks Williams (2 votes each)
8. 67 Seaver, 54 Topps Willams, 69 R. Jackson, 73 Schmidt, 75 Brett, 54 Banks, 48 Leaf J. Robinson, 52 Mathews, 53 Bowman Reese, 60 Yaz (1 vote each)

I find it interesting that no one has mentioned some players from any set like Musial, Berra, Munson, Killebrew, Dimmagio, Ford, Gibson or even some retired ones like Ruth or Wagner.

Keep it going though. I'll change the tally marks if others continue to chime in.

Drew

[Bigdaddy]

1. 1952 Topps Mays
2. 1954 Topps Aaron
3. 1955 Topps Koufax
4. 1963 Topps Rose
5. 1968 Topps Ryan

That's my list and I'm sticking to it.

[begsu1013]

here's my top 5 picks in no particular order:

68 ryan
54 aaron
55 clemente
63 rose
89 ripken error*

* while not necessarily an iconic player like the others, this card created one of the biggest crazes in baseball card history and has remained one of the top selling baseball cards on ebay to this very day.

[Harford20]

I would choose:

1954 Bowman Williams
1955 Topps Clemente
1954 Topps Aaron
1963 Topps Rose
1968 Topps Ryan

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

here's my top 5 picks in no particular order:

68 ryan
54 aaron
55 clemente
63 rose
89 ripken error*

* while not necessarily an iconic player like the others, this card created one of the biggest crazes in baseball card history and has remained one of the top selling baseball cards on ebay to this very day.

I would agree with the 89 Fleer Bill Ripken being an iconic must have card. I have bought/sold/traded 1000's of them over the years. It is also one of the most altered cards because of the whiteout version.

[jsconscum]

1980 Henderson

[begsu1013]

'89 griffey upper deck.

#1 card of the inaugural set.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by almostdone

So here is the tally so far. I just listed everyone who was mentioned even in honorable mention.

1. 55 Clemente (9 votes)
2. 54 Aaron (8 votes)
3. 52 Topps Mays (6 votes)
4. 63 Rose (5 votes)
5. 54 Bowman Williams, 55 Koufax (4 votes each)
6. 68 Ryan, 51 Bowman Mays (3 votes each)
7. 68 3D Clemente, 48 Leaf Paige, 54 Wilson Franks Williams (2 votes each)
8. 67 Seaver, 54 Topps Willams, 69 R. Jackson, 73 Schmidt, 75 Brett, 54 Banks, 48 Leaf J. Robinson, 52 Mathews, 53 Bowman Reese, 60 Yaz (1 vote each)

I find it interesting that no one has mentioned some players from any set like Musial, Berra, Munson, Killebrew, Dimmagio, Ford, Gibson or even some retired ones like Ruth or Wagner.

Keep it going though. I'll change the tally marks if others continue to chime in.

Drew

The original post asked for "most significant or sought after" post war excluding mantle. While there is no question some of the players you mentioned were great players and are sought after, in my opinion, they are no where near as sought after or significant as those mentioned. Regarding post war cards of pre war players (Ruth, Wagner, etc.) I think that their post war cards are significantly less sought after than their pre war cards from their playing days - dropping their post war cards a few notches in the "significant or sought after" category.

Just my thoughts of course.

[rsdill2]

In no particular order and to keep on track with the OP of most sought after non-Mantle I'd have to say top 6 are:

'55 Clemente
'54 Aaron
'68 Ryan
'63 Rose
'52 Mays
'67 Seaver

Topps is by far the most sought after postwar card so I'd have to go with all Topps cards.

Edited to add:
Most significant and most sought after are very different things to me. I'd say the above 6 are most sought after. Most significant may include cards like the '84D Mattingly and '89UD Griffey.