Top Ten Pre-War Cards I Can Afford
 

Given that most of us could never afford a t206 Wagner or Plank, I thought it would be fun to put together a list of the top ten pre-War cards that you can buy for less than $1000 (assuming a decently presentable example).

Here's my first offering that I would put near the top the list. I will try to compile a top ten later based on the responses we get.

A Goudey Ruth (this one cost me $800):

T205 Cobb
 

I think I paid about $500 for this one. You could probably get a nicer example for closer to $1K.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5079http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5078

Another Ruth
 

Anther low grade Ruth....you can definitely find a presentable example for under 1k

http://dixonsbaseballcards.weebly.co...39548_orig.jpg

Nice cracker jacks for under $1k


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I don't have an example, but I'm sure you could get a decent 1887 N28 Cap Anson for less than $1,000

You could get a 1 with nice eye appeal for a little less than 1,000.

My top 10
 

David,

If you mean the top 10 for me, here's what that would look like. All are any Washington player, in as high a grade as I could get for under the $1000.

E105 Mello-Mint
E107
E270-2 Colgan's Tin Top
E286 JuJu Drum
T5 Pinkerton Cabinet
W600
PC796 Sepia
PC805 Novelty Cutlery
R317 Uncle Jack's
Vunc Holland's

Bill

E95 Philly Caramel Mathewson
 

One of my faves and can get an decent one for less than 1K.

:D cue scan (has paper loss on reverse, and, yes, picked it up a few years ago with a BIN at $1K)...

cue second under $1K Anson. Curious to compare their paper loss.. your 1's front looks better than my 1.5's.

I guess the Cuban - Punch cards of Hall of Famers do not count here as probably less than 0.1% of us can afford them (myself included) these days...........

You can get this card in one of my favorite poses of Ruth for a little less than 1K.

Nice Anson there! Here's a scan of my Cap's back (a little more severe, plus a little bit of tape residue)