$100,000 Question

[The Detroit Collector]

W600 Cobb without a second thought.

[hank_jp]

I would say a signed 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle or Jackie Robinson card.

My wife would say a card made out to her with the note, "Honey, enclosed is a token of my love and affection" that included a check for $100,000.

[iwantitiwinit]

The highest graded T206 Plank I could find.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by The Detroit Collector

W600 Cobb without a second thought.

I don’t think $100k would get you anywhere near a W600 Cobb.

[Jason Carota]

N172 Bill Collins, Lowell.

[Spike]

I'd look for a combo of "meaningful to me" and "great looking card" if it needed to be $100K without any option to sell in the future.

My #5 type collection still needs several obscure cards, yet TBD if any would run $100K if they turned up. Even the best known 1887 Old Judge "$10,000 Kelly" #5 card would've cost me ~$12K at the 2023 National.

High-grade 1914 Boston Garter Color (H813-2) of Johnny Evers or 1924 Willard's Sports Champions Babe Ruth (four PSA 7s to choose from) _could_ cost $100K in today's money, so let's say one of those.

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by Spike

I'd look for a combo of "meaningful to me" and "great looking card" if it needed to be $100K without any option to sell in the future.

My #5 type collection still needs several obscure cards, yet TBD if any would run $100K if they turned up. Even the best known 1887 Old Judge "$10,000 Kelly" #5 card would've cost me ~$12K at the 2023 National.

High-grade 1914 Boston Garter Color (H813-2) of Johnny Evers or 1924 Willard's Sports Champions Babe Ruth (four PSA 7s to choose from) _could_ cost $100K in today's money, so let's say one of those.

Small world, I just ended up on your website last night. Really great.

[The Detroit Collector]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I don’t think $100k would get you anywhere near a W600 Cobb.

True.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by The Detroit Collector

W600 Cobb without a second thought.

You might get a corner off of one for that much.

I would go for the best Joe Jackson card I could find.
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[Hankphenom]

I'd be all in on the nicest WaJo T206 portrait I could get for 100K. Not sure what that would be these days, maybe a 6 or 7? I'd be going for the prettiest front, particularly the registration and resolution of WaJo himself, and wouldn't care at all about rare backs. For that money, I would expect good centering and sharp corners. This is a great fantasy thread!

[StraightRaceCards]

We all go on streaks where we like certain sets.

I can’t take my eyes off M116 Blue / Green fronts.

So the nicest Mathewson I can find for 100K

There is a pastel M116 Matty PSA 9 on eBay for 200K right now… maybe I should offer $100K haha!

[Leon]

The way ebay rings up sales upon acceptance of an offer, you might get a 100k receipt, though not sure how that works with this amount. I doubt a lot of people have a CC on file that goes to 100k....

In addition to Jackson for my 100k card, I would look to the other first year HOF'ers too....

Originally Posted by StraightRaceCards

We all go on streaks where we like certain sets.

I can’t take my eyes off M116 Blue / Green fronts.

So the nicest Mathewson I can find for 100K

There is a pastel M116 Matty PSA 9 on eBay for 200K right now… maybe I should offer $100K haha!

[CobbSpikedMe]

I'd like to own a Boston Garter card. Whichever one I could get for $100K.



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