10 Most Iconic Cards under $200

[midwaylandscaping]

I Really liked Robin Yount growing up. 2 MVP's at two different positions. Hard nosed athlete. He gets overlooked a good bit.

[ls7plus]

'73 OPC Schmidt in "7" (or even a "6" with great eye appeal)--the greatest third baseman of all time and far, far tougher than his Topp's rookie.

Have fun in the quest,

Larry

[the 'stache]

I readily admit to being biased where Robin is concerned. He and Clemente are my baseball idols, with Teddy Ballgame not far behind.

I spent a lot of time at old Milwaukee County Stadium as a kid, and I watched him emerge from a strong glove guy with a pretty good stick into an absolutely lethal hitter. The ball just jumped off his bat. I mean, it screamed. He was always in tremendous shape, but when he started hitting the weight room, and adding lean muscle, you could really see what a threat he was becoming, offensively. When he was on, the doubles, triples and home runs came in bunches. He battled at the plate, and really rose to the occasion when his team needed him most. I remember the one game "playoff" the Brewers had against the Orioles in 1982; the winner would meet the Angels in the American League Championship Game. Yount absolutely destroyed Jim Palmer in that game, homering in his first two at bats. And he hit .412 in his only World Series. He's still the only player in World Series history to have multiple four hit games.

The guy always came to the game, and played his heart out. I don't remember his ever taking a play off. I mean, if he hit a grounder to short that was sure to end the inning, he ran like he was trying to beat it out.

Originally Posted by midwaylandscaping

I Really liked Robin Yount growing up. 2 MVP's at two different positions. Hard nosed athlete. He gets overlooked a good bit.

[arexcrooke]

One thing about Banks is that he played more games at 1st base than he did at SS.
As far as iconic cards under $200 I like the following:
1953 Bowman Color Stan Musial. Great picture of Stan and his last card until 1959 I believe? PSA 5 for around $200 and a 4 for well under $200
1953 Bowman Color Duke Snider. Jeez just a beautiful card and a great picture. PSA 5s close to $200 and 4s easily under 2 bills
1967 topps Mantle great pic and great card. I just bought a 6 for $180
What about the 57 Aaron? Great pic tough to find centered and good picture...but it's a reverse negative. Does that bother anyone and keep it out of the iconic department?

[bobsbbcards]

I don't have a list of under $200 iconic cards, but the '69 Bench would probably fit the bill.



Some more '50 works of art.

[rats60]

I would add the 57 F Robinson rc and 1959 Gibson rc to my list. Both can be found for 200 in Ex-Mt condition.

[RobertGT]

I'm partial to the player, but this card is at the top of my list. 84 Donruss is affordable to basically everyone and still gets love from me:

[KCRfan1]

Robert -

That certainly was THE card back in the day!!!

I remember talking to Jim Roy of V&J Cards ( at N. Oak and Englewood in Gladstone MO and named after his daughters first initials ) who told me about a customer who only bought Mantles and Mattinglys.

Seeing that card brought back some great memories!

[71buc]

Originally Posted by rats60

I would add the 57 F Robinson rc and 1959 Gibson rc to my list. Both can be found for 200 in Ex-Mt condition.

I would love to find a PSA 6 Gibson for under $200. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...psa+6&_sacat=0

The Robinson has been creeping out of this price range as well.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...p2045573.m1684

[PowderedH2O]

How about one of the most beautiful and most colorful images of all time of one of the most admired superstars of all time?

1952 Bowman Stan Musial

You can get it graded in PSA 5 for around $200 often. Ungraded, maybe even better.