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What is the most valuable basketball Card?

frolicofrolico Posts: 156
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What is the Honus Wagner of b'Ball cards?

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  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭
    Guess it'd have to be the 1948 Bowman George Mikan. I'm pretty sure I've seen a PSA 9 in an auction but don't know what it brought.
  • frolicofrolico Posts: 156


    << <i>Guess it'd have to be the 1948 Bowman George Mikan. I'm pretty sure I've seen a PSA 9 in an auction but don't know what it brought. >>



    Basketball cards seem to be somewhat dead. I guess maanily because there are so many years without sets.
  • fensfanfensfan Posts: 89
    Interest in basketball cards very much runs with the actual season itself. Top grade vintage, however, typically brings above-book prices year round. There has also quietly been an uptick in offseason interest in Jordan first and second-year cards.
  • jmullenjmullen Posts: 159 ✭
    It depends on what you consider the "Honus Wagner" of basketball to be.

    If you just go for price, you are looking at a PSA 10 1948 Bowman Mikan that would price out at roughly $100,000.

    If you are looking for card rarity then the 1948 Bowman Mikan would not be it, it would be a different Mikan. Remember, the Wagner card is not impossible at all, over 100 exist, but it is rare in the fact that thousands of 1952 Mantles exist. The Wagner, however, does have magic to it as a card -- not as a grade. When a new one is "found" -- in any condition -- its almost like a religious event took place.

    That being said, I think the honus wagner of Basketball cards is Mikan's 1950 Scott's card. There is a picture of it (i think) on my site www.sportscards.info. This card is incredibly rare ... I'm only comfortable in saying that 15 may be in collectors hands at most (since I've been collecting I have only known of the existence of 4/5). I know the last one sold for about $15,000. Most of these are not in good shape (maybe a PSA 5/6) which, in my book, makes it the most expensive basketball card in every grade that its available in (even what would be a PSA 4 stained sold for $8,000 a few years back). Also, the cards were redeamable for lakers tickets and that is why very few exist.

    My second choice would be the 1950 Bread for Energy Mikan (sells for roughly $10,000 although most collectors that have one say they think they are $25,000 cards and wouldn't sell unless they had those types of offers) and the 1950 Royal Dessert Mikan (typically sells for around $6,000 if you can find one). Like the Scott's, these prices are for cards that would be PSA 5s ... and only about 15 exist for each one.


    Jeff jeff@sportscards.info

  • DhjacksDhjacks Posts: 343 ✭✭
    Excellent response Jeff. BTW, do you have any plans to update/activate your site again? Thx. Don
    Working on 1969 through 1975 Basketball.
  • frolicofrolico Posts: 156
    There are over 100 Wagners? I thought there were only about 40 to 40.
  • jmullenjmullen Posts: 159 ✭
    Answering Frolico first ... From the few collectors I know that are crazy about Pre-WWI, there are well over 100 Wagners. I even know one collector with a multi-million dollar Pre-WWI collection that has passed on Wagners multiple times because "it just isn't rare enough." I've heard him use the words "plentiful" more times than not (think about it, there is one in every major auction ... and those are always just the "authenticated" ones). BUT (aka, disclaimer), I'm just a basketball collector -- not baseball -- so I don't know anything directly about quantity, just what I've heard from my baseball collector friends.

    As for Don, thanks for the comment. I actually have been meaning to update my site -- but I've been working on just too many things at the moment. I basically have pictures of everything now, but the hope is that one day I'll sit down and pop out the book I always wanted to write (but I've been saying that for the last four years so who knows). If you want to see anything in particular, just let me know and I'll scrounge around and see if I can post it. I even got a scan of an entire Scott's set in the beginning of the year (although I had to pay $100 for the pictures). The Scott's have the coolest backs out of all basketball cards -- the most interesting stories about players I've ever read. I'll try and post some when I get home.

    Also, my plan is to still open a 1957 pack at the next National I can finally get too (I had to miss this year's because of a wedding).

    If anyone cares to see what's taking up my time these days, feel free to check out:
    http://www.jeffreymullen.com
    If anyone is in the beverage business, then check out the new little thing I'm working on at:
    http://www.snacklabs.com

    Jeff











  • JohnRJacksonJohnRJackson Posts: 70
    ylder, stick to hockey ya loser! lol
  • jmullenjmullen Posts: 159 ✭
    Speaking of, what is the honus Wagner of hockey? Its that 1910 Canadian goalie ... right?

    Jeff
  • frolicofrolico Posts: 156


    << <i>ylder, stick to hockey ya loser! lol >>





    Who are you and what is your problem man?
  • frolicofrolico Posts: 156


    << <i>Speaking of, what is the honus Wagner of hockey? Its that 1910 Canadian goalie ... right?

    Jeff >>





    Most dealers that sell hockey show Vezina's rc, but it's probably not the rarest card by any means.
  • JohnRJacksonJohnRJackson Posts: 70


    << <i>

    << <i>ylder, stick to hockey ya loser! lol >>





    Who are you and what is your problem man? >>



    youre ylder riza! for those of you who dont know, ylder is a nutcase, the bad seed in the vintage hockey world. unless you want a psycho on your hands, id avoid him!

    oh ya and hes been kicked off these boards a dozen times already.
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