Your personal top 5 prewar cards

[Gecklund311]

T3 Ty Cobb
M101-5 Babe Ruth
BF2 Joe Jackson
1923-24 Exhibit Al Simmons
1940 Play Ball Ted Williams

I'm lucky enough to own two of them...hopefully I'll get a chance to pick up the others someday

[paulcarek]

1933 Goudey Ruth
1934 Goudey Gehrig
1941 Play Ball DiMaggio
T205 Johnson
Colgan's Chips Wagner

[philliesphan]

Harry Wright cabinet card
Lorilarrd's Philadelphia Quakers Team Card
1887 Kalamazoo Bats Philadelphia BBC Team Card
T206 Phillies Proof card
1914 Cracker Jack Grover Alexander

[Jason Carota]

1. E90-1 Cy Young - Boston Variation (currently own)
2. T206 Speaker with a Polar Bear back (currently own)
3. M101-5/4 Joe Wood with a Morehouse Baking back
4. E94 Cicotte
5. E97 B&W Proof Amby McConnell


This list is subject to change at any time.

[sox1903wschamp]

W600 Buck Freeman
W600 Jacob Stahl
M116 Joe Wood
M116 Harry Hooper
E-135 Babe Ruth

[Cat]

Boston Store Hornsby
Boston Store Heilmann
M101-5 Ruth
E107 Wagner
Zeenut Vance

[bigfish]

My list would be

1. M101/4 Ruth
2. E135 Hornsby
3. CJ Cobb 14/15
4. N172 Delehanty
5 N172 Chicken Wolf

[fkw]

in VG/EX...

1929 Zeenut Ernie Nevers
1935 Pebble Beach Clothiers Lefty O'Doul
1928 PCL Exhibits Earl Averill
1928 Middy Bread Ernie Nevers
W590 GC Alexander "House of David"

[TheBig6]

Let me see, off the top of my head and all SGC 50
T207 Speaker
M116 Speaker
Novelty Cutlery Speaker
Horner Cabinet Speaker
Colgan's chip Speaker

Honorable Mention 1936 WWG Myatt

[tedzan]

In this current market, I'm not sure what I can "realistically" afford in vintage cards, anymore. Therefore, I have posted the 5
top pre-war cards in my collection.....which obviously, I can afford.


I cannot decide between my N162 Anson and Kelly; therefore, both are shown here.






1904 Eastern League "World Champions"....since no Major League World Series was played in 1904 (thank you John McGraw)





American Caramel E90-1






1909 T206 Piedmont 150







I have included my 1949 LEAF Paige here because he should have had a Major League pre-war card.



Now, for the top pre-war card that I would like to have is a....T206 Piedmont 150 EDDIE PLANK.



TED Z

[smokeyjoewood]

M116 Joe Wood
N173 C.S. Stratton
E95 Cobb
Freep Postcard Cobb
N172 Delahanty

[Matt]

N172 $10k Kelly
N162 Anson
M116 Wagner
CJ Cobb
E135 Hornsby

[bijoem]

maybe in order, but I haven't given the order a whole lot of thought.

There are a couple of cards that I have in my collection that I might want to put in the top 5 (my own personal bias) / but I kept them out for this thread. And, if I reviewed David M.s collection, I am sure I could put a bunch of his into the top 5.

but for now, here goes....

1914 CJ Walter Johnson (*greatest of them all)
T206 Wagner
E90-1 Young
E90-1 Speaker
e107 Wagner