52 Mantle Vs T206 Cobb

[PhillipAbbott79]

If you had to chose an investment card to hold for 5 to 10 years which card would you chose. Let us assume you have 20,000 dollars to spend and you spent it all on one card. The goal would obviously be to pick the card that has the least amount of chance to go down, and the highest up side for profit.

The grades and prices are not an exact science obviously but I hope you can see what is intended by the question.

To re-iterate the concept, the idea is not who you like more or what you collect, but rather what you think is a better investment.

[ullmandds]

personally I'd take the best green t206 cobb I could find over a comparable mantle as a long term investment.

[sterlingfox]

Green Cobb all the way. In fact, I'd choose almost any Cobb/Ruth/Gehrig out there that's currently 20k market value over a 52 Mantle.

There are too many Mantles out there, especially in the lower grades, regardless of its status as the most important post war card in existence.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Green Cobb though it may be possible neither would have been a good investment in 20 years though I believe the Cobb stands a better chance.

[KendallCat]

Mantle all day every day. Does not take away from the Cobb at all, but you are talking the gold standard that transcends baseball and sports cards versus a card most people know nothing about. I think that answers your question right there.

[packs]

I'd rather have the Mantle. It transcends cards whereas the Cobb is just a grail to people who collect cards, and maybe not even really on that level to people who don't collect pre-war. I was able to pick up a very nice T206 Cobb Green graded SGC 20 for technical reasons for $1,600 but I would never be able to pick up the Mantle for that, even a terrible one. That alone signifies where the cards are headed if you ask me.

[rats60]

Cobb was the better player. Mantle is over hyped and overpriced. Cobb will continue to rise. One day the Mantle bubble will burst. As others have said, too many out there, especially in low grades.