Wagner is absolutely inner circle. He was the greatest player of his age and one of the inaugural 5 inducted into the HOF. He is much much more than a good player with a baseball card. And, I think Joe Jackson is deep “inner circle” re cards, even though he is not an HOFer
With respect to Pre-War (WWII), I think these are your top tier, and almost every iconic/most expensive card contains one of these people
Ruth
Cobb
Jackson
Wagner
Mathewson
Johnson
Gehrig
Young
DiMaggio (goes into vintage)
Williams (goes into vintage)
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