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Pick 5 rookie cards...

Rules are as follows:

Has to be from the 4 major sports

Time period is from 1950 to present

Total spend has to be under $100k

Go!

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  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭

    Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson
    Wayne Gretzky
    Hank Aaron
    Joe Namath

    I picked these because I have a lot of rookies and these would be ones to add to my collection. They are not the greatest of all time or probably the most expensive but classics.

    Collecting Yankees and vintage Star Wars
  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @72skywalker said:
    Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson
    Wayne Gretzky
    Hank Aaron
    Joe Namath

    I picked these because I have a lot of rookies and these would be ones to add to my collection. They are not the greatest of all time or probably the most expensive but classics.

    Gretzky is close enough to GOAT. I can even go so far as to say you can consider him a tie w/ Howe in some conversations.

    100k seems like a heck of a high budget for the OP hypothetical. Should be able to get decent grades of any 4 you want with that kind of bank, excluding a high grade Mantle blazer.

  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @miwlvrn said:

    @72skywalker said:
    Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson
    Wayne Gretzky
    Hank Aaron
    Joe Namath

    I picked these because I have a lot of rookies and these would be ones to add to my collection. They are not the greatest of all time or probably the most expensive but classics.

    Gretzky is close enough to GOAT. I can even go so far as to say you can consider him a tie w/ Howe in some conversations.

    100k seems like a heck of a high budget for the OP hypothetical. Should be able to get decent grades of any 4 you want with that kind of bank, excluding a high grade Mantle blazer.

    $100k is the max, bit of you grabbed say a Gretzky PSA 8/9, a Mantle 3/4, an Aaron PSA 8, a Clemente PSA 8, and a Ryan 8/8.5 the budgets goes quickly ;)

  • StatmanStatman Posts: 597 ✭✭✭

    I'd have to say Aaron, Mantle, Orr, Jim Brown, and Oscar Robertson. I passed over Gretzky and Jordan, just because they are easier to find. Now, I'd have to adjust conditions to fit under the 100K, but that would be fine.

  • Fun Game! I would go after things that seem smart to buy at this point in time based on where prices have settled...

    1. Best Clemente 8 I could find
    2. Best Rose 8/8.5 I could find
    3. Best Ryan 8/8.5 I could find
    4. Best Jim Brown 8 I could find

    Brady

  • totallyraddtotallyradd Posts: 941 ✭✭✭✭

    Mickey Mantle
    Michael Jordan
    Wayne Gretzky
    Jim Brown

    If I had some cash left over I'd buy a Ric Flair card, just because.

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