What card will maintain value the most over the next 10 years?

[parkplace33]

There was a recent post about what card will increase in value the most over the next 10 years.

My question is what card will maintain value the most over the next 10 years? So basically, hold value and not decrease.

I thought about this question all day and my answer is the 48 leaf Robinson. I just don’t see card going down in value.

[Peter_Spaeth]

There are only so many ways we can do this?

[Eric72]

99% plus of the worthless bulk junk wax commons. In ten years it will still be worthless.

0.00% projected change over a 10-years time frame.

[Fred]

Probably many cards to choose from. I'll put it out there - T206 Wagner because it is considered the holy grail of vintage. You could probably find a much more rare/scarce card, but when people talk about vintage, it's the Wags.

[LEHR]

Anything from Mantle, Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Mays, Robinson, etc..

[Johnny630]

This is a really good question…..I would say, Mainstream Ruth, Mantle, and Jackie are your power 3….. these always seem to go down the least and go up the most.

[G1911]

The same players mainstream big set cards that are given as the safe bets and profiteer items in every one of the daily threads.

[Peter_Spaeth]

To me this is the same question as what card will go up the most. If you think card X is most likely to go up, then almost by definition you think it is least likely to go down, assuming we are talking vintage cards not dependent on player performance.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

To me this is the same question as what card will go up the most. If you think card X is most likely to go up, then almost by definition you think it is least likely to go down, assuming we are talking vintage cards not dependent on player performance.

Peter, the other post was about biggest upside. My question pertains more to a safety net in the collecting world.

[theshowandme]

The GOATs

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Peter, the other post was about biggest upside. My question pertains more to a safety net in the collecting world.

Drew, yes, but logically the answers are the same to both questions it seems to me. If I think the 311 is the most likely to go up don't I necessarily think it's at worst the least likely to go down?

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

The GOATs

No pitchers on your GOAT list?

[Fred]

Ruth pitched... ok, but he's known for incredible fielding prowess.

[CurtisFlood]

Originally Posted by LEHR

Anything from Mantle, Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Mays, Robinson, etc..

I would agree, at least with the first few years of the Post War Cards, likely all cards of Ruth and Cobb also Gehrig.

[parkplace33]

Thanks all. Circling back to my post, I would like to know which specific card would maintain value if you had to pick.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Thanks all. Circling back to my post, I would like to know which specific card would maintain value if you had to pick.

Specifically for Me the Rookie Ruth is still probably the most undervalued(most upside to me)
Even though like everything the prices have gone it still has alot of growth. Other cards if Ruth and other great players cards are going up but the Ruth still seems under prices compared to the played and the fact that we are talking about his Rookie Card. Low Population and Great player yet the Goudey Ruth, the Topps Mantle, The t206 Wagner, the T206 Cobbs all seem to hve gone up so much more and yet not his Rookie

[Johnny630]

I have no idea....99% of the cards I feel have ran to much to quickly over the last 2 years. I would say right now don't overpay in auction...try and find a private deal on a big card or two...that's all. If I had to pick one I would say a dead centered 51 Bowman Willie Mays in a 7 or 8 is where I would put my money.

[MR RAREBACK]

All these cards feel rock bottom to me, so these are my picks
1990 leaf Sosa raw 5 bucks
1984 topps mattingly raw 10-15 bucks
1983 topps Boggs Gwynn sandberg raw 10-15 bucks
1985 Clemens McGwire raw 10-15 bucks
1987 bonds raw
1994 arod raw
Some you may find for less

[Snowman]

Pretty much any player that has already passed away and who didn't have a reputation of being a shitty human.

Players who are still living still have a chance to f* up their reputation (this is why some dislike Lebron James and is a significant factor in his prices having fallen as much as they have). Also, I think there's a much higher risk in holding players like Cobb and Anson than there is in guys like Gil Hodges or Lou Boudreau. Cancel culture has already come after statues of guys like Thomas Jefferson. I don't think it's a stretch to think that mindset could eventually reach its way into the hobby as well.

[iwantitiwinit]

T206 Plank

[steve B]

Prices do go up and down a bit, but over a decade, I don't think I can come up with more than a handful of cards with established prices that have really dropped.
Junk wax , sure. But we're now 30-40 years on from most of that, and the prices I see for boxes full of that stuff while not pandemic high aren't exactly pre-pandemic cheap either.
"Hot" rookies have mostly been busts, except for the handful that aren't.

But once things have settled, they're usually stable, with a few exceptions, like OJ Simpson.

[todeen]

I read this question very differently than everyone else. I interpreted the question, and the word MAINTAIN, to mean a card is worth $10k in 2023, and will remain $10k in 2033. IE, the value is stagnant.

Following that logic, I think players like Frank Robinson, Kaline, Killebrew, and Duke Snider, Koufax, Spahn would hold value without gaining or declining.

In another thread, someone argued that social/cultural pressures would negatively affect Cobb card values. I actually think that may be true, although 10 years might be too short a window to judge. Regardless of our arguments on Net54 about whether he was an extreme racist or not, the old saying goes "How easy it is to convince people of a lie, and how hard it is to undo it!" Following this, it is possible Ty Cobb prices remain stagnant on most of his cards - excluding T206, CJ, and T3

[JustinD]

1990 Fleer Jose Uribe uncorrected birthdate error. Amazing card, catalogs at 1 or 2 cents but people are positive its worth 90k.