Top Ten Pre-War Cards I Can Afford

[David R]

Given that most of us could never afford a t206 Wagner or Plank, I thought it would be fun to put together a list of the top ten pre-War cards that you can buy for less than $1000 (assuming a decently presentable example).

Here's my first offering that I would put near the top the list. I will try to compile a top ten later based on the responses we get.

A Goudey Ruth (this one cost me $800):

[old-baseball]

I think I paid about $500 for this one. You could probably get a nicer example for closer to $1K.

[rdixon1208]

Anther low grade Ruth....you can definitely find a presentable example for under 1k

[sportscardpete]

Nice cracker jacks for under $1k


cracker jack plank.jpg

[vintagerookies51]

I don't have an example, but I'm sure you could get a decent 1887 N28 Cap Anson for less than $1,000

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by vintagerookies51

I don't have an example, but I'm sure you could get a decent 1887 N28 Cap Anson for less than $1,000

You could get a 1 with nice eye appeal for a little less than 1,000.

[birdman42]

David,

If you mean the top 10 for me, here's what that would look like. All are any Washington player, in as high a grade as I could get for under the $1000.

E105 Mello-Mint
E107
E270-2 Colgan's Tin Top
E286 JuJu Drum
T5 Pinkerton Cabinet
W600
PC796 Sepia
PC805 Novelty Cutlery
R317 Uncle Jack's
Vunc Holland's

Bill

[90feetaway]

One of my faves and can get an decent one for less than 1K.

[CW]

Originally Posted by vintagerookies51

I don't have an example, but I'm sure you could get a decent 1887 N28 Cap Anson for less than $1,000

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

You could get a 1 with nice eye appeal for a little less than 1,000.

cue scan (has paper loss on reverse, and, yes, picked it up a few years ago with a BIN at $1K)...

[itjclarke]

cue second under $1K Anson. Curious to compare their paper loss.. your 1's front looks better than my 1.5's.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I guess the Cuban - Punch cards of Hall of Famers do not count here as probably less than 0.1% of us can afford them (myself included) these days...........

[glchen]

You can get this card in one of my favorite poses of Ruth for a little less than 1K.

[CW]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

cue second under $1K Anson. Curious to compare their paper loss.. your 1's front looks better than my 1.5's.

Nice Anson there! Here's a scan of my Cap's back (a little more severe, plus a little bit of tape residue)