Can't hold Big Mac back!
I guess its hard for me to separate the rarity/scarcity/grade factor our from the list, but here they are, at least for the moment:
1. 1947 Tip Top Warren Spahn
2. 1947 Tip Top Yogi Berra
3. 1953-55 Dormand Mantle, with bat on shoulder (beautiful card, raw Near Mint!)
4. 1954 Bowman Mickey Mantle (PSA 8)
5. 1954 Topps Aaron (PSA 7)
6. 1954 Johnston's Cookies Aaron
7. 1955 Exhibit Postcard Back Mickey Mantle (with "Made in USA" legend at lower right, indicating a reissue in '55, from an earlier 1951-53 print date, and depicting him in his 1951 rookie season)
8. 1955 Harmon Killebrew (PSA 8)
9. 1956 Kahn's Frank Robinson
10. 1962 Roger Maris (PSA 8)
Honorable mention:
11. 1969 Topps Super Proof Reggie Jackson (PSA Authentic, due to square corners, but otherwise Near Mint)
12. 1959 Topps Harmon Killebrew (took me quite a while to find a nice PSA 8)
13. 1961 Maris (PSA 8)
14. 1968 Nolan Ryan
15. 1985 Topps Mark McGwire (sorry, but I just loved to watch him in his prime, and am finding it hard to hold a grudge as time goes by, in light of the fact that what he did simply reflected the culture of the game at the time. Like a little kid, I used to sometimes carry his card around with me, and still have the one that was my near constant companion in 1998. His swing was just so sweet, compact and powerful! I also made a killing by selling 12-15 high-grade examples at the '98 National, which I'd been accumulating since 1992, so it doesn't hurt that he put some money in my pocket!)
Good thread, and some very interesting posts!
Larry
Last edited by ls7plus; 08-13-2011 at 02:09 PM.
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