What are the top sets and top cards for each of the major categories?

koby

Here are my picks:

Baseball
1952 Topps
T206 Wagner

Football
1950 Bowman
1935 Nagurski

Basketball
1961 Fleer
1948 Bowman Mikan

Hockey
1954 Hockey
C55 Vezina

Other
1933 Sport Kings
1948 Leaf Graziano

Non-sports
1962 Mars Attacks
Horrors of War Hitler card

WinPitcher

Sounds good Koby

MorrellMan

If I look at this question in terms of what are the top sets and cards in my mind, I would answer:



<< <i>Here are my picks:

Baseball
1952 Topps - for me, T205
T206 Wagner - ditto

Football
1950 Bowman - 1952 Bowman Large
1935 Nagurski - ditto

Basketball
1961 Fleer - 1957 Topps
1948 Bowman Mikan - ditto

Non-sports
1962 Mars Attacks - 1940 Superman, 1935 Mickey Mouse
Horrors of War Hitler card - ditto
>>

koby

Of course I am asking for opinions and there is no right answer. Top set doesn't have to be the most expensive, although I may have leaned towards value a little too much in my picks. It could be most attractive or best player selection or most historic significance or whatever.

I think for singles, this might be easier eg I don't think there any doubt that the Wagner card is number one. For sets, this is much harder, I anticipate that there will be less agreement.

calleocho

two is not enough, at least for baseball.

33 goudey should be included, maybe 15 cracker jack as well

MajorDanby

for baseball, you probably have to break them down by era. A lot vintage collector start their collections around the early 50's, so they dont have enough knowledge to judge some of the scarcer and probably more aesthetically pleasing sets (beyond T206 and perhaps the cracker jacks). Basketball, i believe, only has 3 or 4 "vintage" sets...and of the 3 or 4, i would go with the fleer set just because of the west and wilt rookies.

Football and hockey..dont collect.

interchanges

Baseball
1914 Cracker Jack
T205 Cobb

Football
1951 Bowman
1965 Philly Gale Sayers

Basketball
1957 Topps
86 Fleer Jordan

Oddball
That Happy Days set!

Boxing
T227 Jack Johnson

Golf
Any T218

Tall Boy
1971 Greatest Moments

WarHoundR69

Here's a scan of a PSA1 Horror's of War Hitler card. Can anyone post scans of some of the other cards listed.