I'd have to go with the ones others have already suggested.
The Goudey Ruths are nice cards, and appreciate fairly well.
When I started a typical one was around 100, but I'm kinda old... And got in just before the prices really jumped in the 80's.
That's if you want a card to collect that will be reasonably stable pricewise. They tend to get more expensive as time goes by, but don't make any big jumps anymore.
If you want it as an investment...
As others have already said, there are much better investments out there. Aside from a brief period of time, and a few other specific instances*, few collectibles will outperform stocks.
* The 1980's were pretty amazing, cards went from almost a fringe hobby to mainstream then overproduced in less than a decade.
Other times things did well as investments were times particular things became popular. Like Caramel cards being sort of forgotten, then popular, and the prices went up quickly. If you can actually predict that stuff... keep it a closely guarded bit of info, and enjoy the benefits. (I'll be no help there, all the stuff I really like is usually not popular or valuable)
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