What Single Card does almost EVERYONE have in their collection?
mouschi
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This is going to be followed up in a bit with a poll. More on that later, but I want to know: What card do YOU think almost everyone in the collecting world has? Please give your answer with supporting reasons.
My vote goes to the 1991 Topps Ken Griffey Jr.
- Height of the junk wax era
- Estimated FOUR MILLION of them exist
- Little to no negative press about him exists
- Everyone loves him
- Superstar w/out steroids
- On a team that virtually no one hates
Do you concur? I would have said Chipper from '91 Topps, and while it is the most pricey card in the set, I still think the Griffey has far more mass appeal, even though it is probably a quarter card 
What do you think?
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1993 Topps Derek Jeter base card graded or raw. Everyone liked him, and I know a few collectors who hate the Yankees that own a copy just because it's Jeter.
I don't think it would be that card because it's not his rookie card. People would get it in packs of course, but I don't think too many people would buy it as a single.
So, I'd vote for 1989 Donruss Ken Griffey Jr.
1987 Topps Barry Bonds.
There must be a ton of those around. Everybody who has at least one will always have at least one because you can't even give them away. Unborn children don't want them.
I'm thinking 89 Upper Deck Griffey Jr.
-beginning of the high quality card era
-UD printed sheets and sheets of just this card
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I agree 100%...Everyone, and I mean everyone has a copy of this card if you have been collecting for more than a couple of years.
Mouschi is probably right about 91 topps, or 90 topps as well. I probably have some in a box somewhere, but I KNOW I have 89 Donruss!
I don't own one baseball card made after 1982. So I think it's going to be hard to find something almost everyone has, when there are a lot of "vintage only" and "modern only" collectors.
Oops, I take it back, I do have a run of David Wright Heritage cards
Fun fact: The most plentiful card available on COMC is the 91-92 UD Zigmund Palffy Hockey card. There are 2 versions combining for over 4,000 copies available. Well over everything else!
While I don't think it is owned by most people because the $20 value is still a huge hump for many to get over, I do find it interesting how many 1989 UD commons there are available. Some commons have hundreds of copies. Very odd! I would LOVE to know how many Griffey there are available, too. It is insane that they printed so many just of that card!
Which time?
I don't have any cards after 1981, except for a couple of Bonds rookies.
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Are those monster boxes of bonds cards?!?
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WHOAAAA!!!!! How many do you have?
I'd like to know a rough estimate of the quantity as well. I was going to speculate that everyone has an 86 Donruss Canseco in their collection, but I think other previous answers are more accurate.
If the question was what single card did everyone WANT for their collection back in the height of collecting, then I would say 86 Donruss Canseco is near the top.
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I'd say the 1990 Score Bo Jackson football/baseball card. People might not have multiples of it, but I bet most collectors have at least one. Bo knows....
All the cards mentioned so far I have, so some good choices.
Non-baseball highest percentage of ownership might be the 1990 Pro Set Emmitt Smith
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What he said
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Interesting thread. Here's my intersection with it:
1991 Topps Griffey - No
1993 Topps Jeter - No
1989 UD Griffey - No
1989 Donruss Griffey - No
1987 Topps Barry Bonds - Oh my yes, like 65 (but the monster box shot above - mind blown - lol)
1986 Donruss Canseco - Yes
1990 Pro Set Emmitt Smith - No (but I do have a PSA 10 Score Supplemental)
1990 Score Bo Jackson - No
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I don't have any of the cards mentioned as I only collect Nolan Ryan, but my guess would be a Barry Bonds card from the late 80's.
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Any of the Cal Ripken rookies.
The 1978 Rose was double printed and seemed to show up in every 3rd pack.
1988 Donruss anything
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The 89 UD Griffey is the highlight card of the 80's. Canseco's 86 Donruss is the other.
What about the 89 Billy Ripken FF Error? My non collector friends are all starting to buy that card just because so many of us couldn't have it as kids, and now its much more affordable.
Not a fan of 88 Donruss at all, and found some factory sets and cello boxes recently and have no clue where I got them or how long I've had them. This post wins.
a card from these sets:
Yep, those TCMA Immortals and Conlon cards.
The 1982. Kmart set