My Favorite Card of All Time

mrichards · November 4, 2002 2:11AM

Hi Everyone,

After speaking with numerous dealers and collectors. Everyone has his or her own opinion of what the nicest/their favorite card is. Some people base it on monetary value. Some people use an aesthetic value and some people use sentimental value. If it was only based on monetary value, that's easy, Honus. Here is a link to my favorite card of all time. Any card qualifies, (Sport or Non Sport). Something that you can look at over and over and say "wow". Even if the card is worth a penny or a million dollars. I have asked about 50 people so far and have gotten 51 different answers. What's yours, 3 Stooges or Babe Ruth? Since I am a Baseball nut, my choice was easy, but I still do not know who the 2nd player is/was sliding in this card? If anyone know, please let me know.

1953 Bowman Color Pee Wee Reese

Have a great Week,
Mike

theBobs · November 4, 2002 2:26AM

1954 Wilson Franks Ted Williams is one of my favorites, in addition to the Reese. There is a scan of a PSA 9 in this set.

1420sports · November 4, 2002 3:33AM

Both of the mentioned cards are great cards. My vote is for the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. The set is OK, as most of the 52 cards are simple portraits. The Mantle is different and defines the hobby.

The Honus is a great card and if I had one I would sell it.

Not the Mantle ... that is a keeper.

If anyone out there wants to give one to me, it will be appreciated and given a very nice home

anjcollection · November 4, 2002 3:37AM

Mike,
Enjoyed reading through your posts this past weekend. Gotta admint though, even if you're at work, to be able to post stuff and search the internet while you're at work has gotta be nice...

Anyways, favorite card? Well, both posted so far reached Joe Orlando's Top200 (I believe the Williams made it, I'm positive the Reese did)

I'd have to go with one of my favorite (there are so many to pick from!):

1959 Topps #464 Willie Mays 54 Series Catch

mrichards · November 4, 2002 4:15AM

Hi Anjcollection,

That card is a beauty!!! It's cool to be at work and to be able to post and research. Owning your own business and having a T1 line helps a little with that. That Mays card is a beautiful card. I wish I could have seen it live. It was one of the most amazing catches I have ever seen on tape. The best catch I ever saw was a highlight on ESPN about 2 years ago of a Japanese Baseball player leaping on top of the wall and stretching up to catch the ball. That batter was really robbed of a home run. Thanks for showing the card. It is a beauty. I received an email from a friend about 2 weeks ago when I brought up this topic asking me if there was ever a card made from any company, which shows an American Flag. He said that would probably be his favorite. I have never seen one. Anyway, have a great day.

Mike

woodrowe1 · November 4, 2002 4:37AM

Mike,
Is this the kind of card that your friend was looking for?
American Flag
I had remembered that score had an example from the early 90's and found this one listed on ebay.

mrichards · November 4, 2002 6:21AM

Hi Woody,

Wow, you're good. No .. No .. You're Good. (Robert Deniro Impersonation).
I have too much free time on my hands.

Mike

brucemo · November 4, 2002 8:17AM

I received an email from someone last August, who told me that the guy on the ground in the Reese card is Stanley ("Frenchy") Bordagaray.

He told me he thinks that his original source was Kit Young.

I don't know if any of this is true or not.

The Reese card is why I started collecting cards, and its beauty can't be denied, but I think that giving it too much praise may lead us to overlook the other beautiful cards that exist. It's one beautiful card in a sea of them.

bruce

mrichards · November 4, 2002 8:23AM

Hi Bruce,

I couldn't agree more with you. I have several. You bought a beauty from me on Ebay about 4 or 5 months ago.

Thanks,
Mike

EOMINT · November 4, 2002 8:46AM

EOMINT · November 4, 2002 8:48AM

A true WOW card would be a 1971 Thurman Munson Rookie Star PSA 9...none exist, I would truly say WOW if i ever saw one!

Eric

toppsgun · November 4, 2002 11:21AM

Like everyone else, I have trouble picking any one card. But it's difficult to beat some of the Topps subsets from the late '50's to early 60's, such as:

1959 Thrills #461-470 (Mantle HR, Mays Catch, Kaline Batting Champ, Musial's 3000th Hit, etc.)
1961 Thrills #401-410 (Ruth 60th HR, Larsen Perfect WS Game, Gehrig's Streak, Haddix 12-inning perfecto, etc.)
1961 MVPs #471-486 (first time this was ever done, I believe, but repeated in '75 and other years)
1962 Ruth Story #135-144
World Series subsets 1960, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, others?

One card? Not the best looking, but what card has the most Hall of Famer's on it, 100% HOF'ers, with no player pictured that's not in the HOF?

1963 #3-NL HR Leaders (Mays, Aaron, Robinson, Cepeda, Banks).

Another nice one is 1968 Superstars #490-Mantle, Mays, Killebrew.

spacktrack · November 4, 2002 11:24AM

1966 Earl Battey
Any 1953 Topps card

anjcollection · November 5, 2002 8:49AM

Speaking of the Mays' Catch. Since I already have a 9 version, I'm sellin my 8:

Mays 8

Some have asked to see the backs of these Thrills cards:

Back

Cubfan · November 5, 2002 9:18AM

Spackfan- I hadnt thought of that Battey card in a long time, but CLEARLY remember the color of the grass and the color of Earl's glove. That is a true beauty.

Cubfan · November 5, 2002 9:19AM

Spacktrack- sorry, I mixed your name with mine. Still a great card!!

mrichards · November 5, 2002 9:40AM

Any Votes for Any of These. They are not mine. I just really love to look at them.

1915 Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson PSA 9

1933 Goudey Babe Ruth PSA 9

1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig PSA 10

1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle PSA 10

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 10

1952 Topps Willie Mays PSA 10

The men who really own these are gods.

ngfred · November 5, 2002 12:21PM

Out of all the things we talk about on this forum, this is my favorite subject (the look of a card). Certainly, the value of a card and star power is important, but anything I collect has to be visually attractive to me. That's why I am not going to buy a Pete Rose rookie, even though he's my favorite player and the card is one of the more popular cards in the hobby. The 63 Topps rookie cards have one of the worst designs ever in my opinion. The least they could have done was to include the players' necks and shoulders.

My vote has to go to the 53 Reese. As for the 6 choices Mrichards listed, I vote for the Gehrig card.

I also like the 1950 Bowman. Each card in that set seem to look like a work of art, and in my opinion, more attractive and "artistic" than the 51 and 52 Bowman. I personally don't see how the 52 Topps are more attractive, although the Mantle card is very nice. 53 Bowmans are also very nice.

Another one of my favorites: 67 Topps Tony Perez.

KING KELLOGG · November 5, 2002 1:39PM

mrichards...

I was gazing at your '53 Reese card, and couldn't help but think what fun it would be to be a ball player in those days.

I know Reese is in a Dodger uniform during a game, but look in the background.....A simple home run fence....a few local advertisements...and NOTHING ELSE!...

This was baseball BEFORE big money.

Great post!!!

My favorite card???......'59 Yogi!

KING KELLOGG

Cyphilissb · November 5, 2002 11:44PM

For me its a tie between
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<my icon pic (kobe bryant topps chrome ref psa 10)
and 1956 topps Mickey Mantle, this card has inspired me to collect the 56 topps set even though i dont like baseball and was born in 1984

GATOR5 · November 6, 2002 12:25AM

Hmmm,

I woud have to say 81 topps dawson or rose...Or my favorite team card 81 CUBS...

78 jackson #200

The guru...

My Favorite Card of All Time

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