The Most Valuable One-Off Player Card

[1963Topps Set]

How about a 1954 Topps Tom Lasorda?

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by 1963Topps Set

How about a 1954 Topps Tom Lasorda?

Depending on what you consider a 'card', Lasorda was also featured on the 1955 Topps Golden Stamps set.

[philliesphan]

Fred McCullen.

Member of the 1919 "Black Sox" team. Has only one baseball card, a 1916 Zeenut card.

Without coupon, it's a $4k card, give or take. With the coupon, worth even more.

Definitely crosses into the pre-war territory, but it takes the noise out of the equation of:
*Players whose card is only valuable because of someone else on the card.
*Players whose card is only valuable because of a third-party grade of the card (i.e. PSA 10 Gem Mint)
*Players whose card is only valuable because it is part of a really rare, esoteric set (i.e. 1955 Felin's Franks John Meyer)

[Zach Wheat]

I suspect one of the early card collecting pioneers choices might qualify. One of Charlie Conlon's favorite sets - the '53 Glendale Meats - might qualify for one of the registry collectors as cards are very condition sensitive.

The 5 players with the rarest cards (Houtteman, Hoeft, Wight, Ginsberg, & Friend) all have other regular issues cards....but one of the other 23 players might qualify. Hal Erickson? or Milt Jordan?

The cards are very condition sensitive...and a higher grade card would qualify.

Z Wheat