Yet ANOTHER Top 10...for YOUR collection

[Phil68]

This may be here somewhere. I'm new to the forums and I'm just getting to know folks.
Top 10 threads can be fun. Thing is, if we all had unlimited resources, many of our collections would look the same. Everyone would like the good fortune to complain about paying 600.00 to ship a card or the need to have an armored truck deliver it. Since that scenario is relevant to only an immeasurable amount of collectors, a thread about a T206 Wagner or Boston Garter Joe Jackson is theoretical in nature. Most Top 10 lists are driven by scarcity &/or real--or even perceived value. No doubt, the rookie cards of most players are their most valuable and, thus, desirable. For me, I MUCH prefer their second year issue. After a big rookie year, the anticipation of that player's card became huge when I was a kid. I like the first 5 or 6 cards of players I enjoyed. The 1977 Bill Madlock & Joe Morgan cards were hot on my block. Seeing cards with Mariners or Bluejays on them was downright miraculous! I could trade Joe Lis straight up for Johnny Bench for most of that summer!
To that end, a card of a fat, aged, declining Mickey Mantle is undesirable to me at any price...but that's just me.

I really want to see, read, YOUR top 10. If that's the 10 most expensive, elusive cards--great! If that's a '78 Keith Hernandez--even better!

The attraction for me in a forum like this is to get to know what other's collect for the pure joy of it. I like to learn about who likes what and even "why". I know a guy that collects Craig Biggio cards (I do, too--that's how we met) and he has no interest in Biggio's cards as a catcher--NONE. I think that's fascinating how he views his collection.

So, please, throw a list of YOUR personal collection's Top 10. The last cards you'd hold on to if you had to liquidate it all tomorrow.