Mount Rushmore Of Non-Sports Cards

maddux69

PSA has their new Mount Rushmore of cards survey on their main page, this is Non-Sports cards. The current list includes:


1959 The 3 Stooges #1 Curly


1962 Mars Attacks #21 Prize Captive


1940 Superman #1 Superman




While I am not a big Non-Sports collector, and I am sure a lot of folks will chime in that are, I think that the choices for the 4th were lackluster. If I had to think of a Non-Sports card that captured a generation and was the face of a product, it would be this one:

vols1

U.S. Caramel William McKinley and R72 "Strong Man" are the grail cards. I never even heard of those others.

addicted2ebay

The 59 Curly #1 is my favorite all time non sports card. Impossible to find in a 8 or higher.

PM770

The C3PO "error" card from Star Wars Series 4 (Green)?

LarkinCollector

Originally posted by: PM770
The C3PO "error" card from Star Wars Series 4 (Green)?

I was thinking there should be Star Wars representation, this is probably too risque to make the Rushmore, but would get my vote.

lahmejoon

Garbage Pail was what got me into collecting when I was in kindergarten, so I'm partial to Adam Bomb, although I totally see the other cards being the most iconic. The Curly card is classic and I have always wanted the 3PO error card. Maybe a shout out to Wacky Packages for guys who grew up in the early 70's?

DanBessette

I'm gonna go ahead and be the bad guy and say that a thread with "non sports" in the title probably doesn't belong in the sports forum. There is a nonsports forum for discussions just like this.

MULLINS5

Happy to say I own (most) of one!

lahmejoon

Originally posted by: DanBessette
I'm gonna go ahead and be the bad guy and say that a thread with "non sports" in the title probably doesn't belong in the sports forum. There is a nonsports forum for discussions just like this.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dpeck100

Since PSA moved wrestling cards to Non Sport in the registry I voted for a card that wasn't listed.



1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A #2 Hulk Hogan



If a 10 ever hits it will easily be one of the most expensive modern cards and even though Hulk Hogan is on the cold list right now you can never count out the Hulkster.

ndleo

How about the Horrors of War?

MULLINS5

I'm not very familiar with the Mars Attacks set, but is the Prize Captive card scarce? Wondering why that card is on their list over all the others in the set.

And 1940 Superman #1 is not the big card in the set. I believe it is card number #72 (the last card in the set) which is very short printed and sells about 5 to 10X the amount of card #1.

Dpeck100

The best card in the Horrors of War set is Hitler so I doubt that will make it even though value wise it is way up there in high grade.

charrigan

Prize Captive has an iconic 50s babe being attacked by a weird Space Alien. It's so of-the-era that it sums up the whole set. Very highly demanded.

UFFDAH

Prize Captive from my collection. I am mainly into sports cards, but I really like this card for its iconic image, color etc.

MantleMarisFordBerra

I'll echo the Garbage Pail Kids. So iconic. They came out when the baseball card boom was in full swing, and so many of us gobbled up GPKs much to the chagrin of parents and teachers everywhere



No game cars? I figured The Black Lotus would be included. Those cards fetch very high dollars.

skrezyna23

I figured The Black Lotus would be included. Those cards fetch very high dollars.

Agreed. People have even killed over it.

tennesseebanker

Originally posted by: vols1
U.S. Caramel William McKinley and R72 "Strong Man" are the grail cards. I never even heard of those others.

I agree these are two of the most sought after non-sport cards ever produced. But I think therein lies the problem they are so scarce that hardly anyone has one.

cardbender

natetrook

How about Magic the Gathering Black lotus card

Stingray

Originally posted by: ndleo
How about the Horrors of War?

Bingo!!