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02-13-2022, 09:32 AM
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50’s:
Tier 1- Mantle, Robinson, Mays, Aaron Tier 2 - Clemente, Paige, Musial, Williams, Koufax 60’s - Rose and Ryan, maybe Reggie Jax. Forget the rest There are some unique 50’s cards worthwhile like 1952 Topps Pafko and Mathews, 1953 Bowman Reese, and 1958 Maris (plus I always thought the 1957 Dodgers Sluggers was special) 
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02-13-2022, 11:24 AM
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Maybe with the exception of Mantle, I think you can't just stop at naming a player. IMO rookie cards, early cards, or relatively low pop cards have more relative upside than later, common issues. Assuming you're buying at today's market price -- a big assumption because lots of people including myself haha tend to overpay -- I think well centered cards and mid to high grade cards have more relative upside than not so centered and lower grade cards. So if one is really buying to "invest" I don't think it's as simple as saying Mays is a good investment and Spahn isn't.
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02-13-2022, 11:34 AM
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As an aside, ran a keyword search for "Invest" in the ebay sports card section.
27,000+ results for invest
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02-13-2022, 11:55 AM
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I agree on 50's and 60's cards. The condition matters more than the player, if you are "investing". If you want to put together a 1960 Topps set in raw vg/e, looking for the best deals on groups of cards, and slowly building a set, it can be a fun hobby, without concern for making a big profit.
Safe places to park money would be Goudey Babe Ruth T206 Cobb and Cy Young, stuff people outside the hobby have heard about. If I were treating cards like a stock play, I would look to modern players' cards that are "distressed", like Ben Simmons, or Carlos Correa. On 70's cards, even as I opened the packs in the 70's, I knew that they made too many of them to be worth money.
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