$100,000 Question

[jsfriedm]

If you had $100,000 to spend on a card, what would you buy? The stipulations are that it has to be one and only one card, you could never sell or trade it, and you do not get to keep the change (so you couldn't buy a card for 20K and keep 80K).

[rjackson44]

Darby chocolate ty cobb complete box

[obcbobd]

Not sure I could ever spend that much on a card, but if I did it would likley be a Collins-McCarthy Babe Ruth, lower grade

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by obcbobd

Not sure I could ever spend that much on a card, but if I did it would likley be a Collins-McCarthy Babe Ruth, lower grade

Great card

sadly just not sure you could get it at this point at this price.

[parkplace33]

The best looking and highest graded 1933 Goudey Ruth.

[Touch'EmAll]

T206 Cobb, green PSA 7. Like all these cards, can you find one to buy ?

[Rhotchkiss]

"you could never sell or trade it" -- this, to me, is a key stipulation.

Personally, I believe the T204 Ramly Wajo, the D322 Tip Top Wagner, the 1907 Diestche Cobb fielding, and the 1925 Exhibits Gehrig are all very undervalued and poised to take off (the E90-1 Jackson would have made this list too, but that seems to be moving up lately). So, if I could sell or trade (i.e., invest), I would get the best looking/highest grade of one of these 4.

However, I cannot sell or trade, so its a keeper card. Under those circumstances, as a collector item, I personally would either buy (i) the best D322 Wagner I could, or (ii) the best T206 Plank. The Wagner because it is the closest thing there is to the T206 Wagner, which is the ultimate card. The Plank because its rare, awesome, and tied to the T206 Wagner (by set and perhaps reason for rarity).

I recently bought this D322 Wagner for $80k and bought this Plank for around $80k back in like 2018-19 (I expect its worth a lot more than $100k now)

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Great card

sadly just not sure you could get it at this point at this price.

No, not sure that I would spend anywhere near $100k on a single card. :-)

[Bliggity]

For me it would be a high-grade E121 Ruth. Great classic card, early photo in a Boston jersey, but on a Yankees card. And unlike the E135 you could get a really nice one for $100K

[fisherboy7]

E107 Wagner or Mathewson.


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[Eric72]

One of those wild T206 cards with the multi-strike (including Lash’s Bitters) backs.

[Bicem]

Hubel Cobb postcard

[jsfriedm]

Interesting that so far no one has said "The nicest 1952 Topps Mantle I could get for 100K."

[Seven]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Interesting that so far no one has said "The nicest 1952 Topps Mantle I could get for 100K."

Funnily enough as I entered the thread, that's exactly what I was going to ask for.

The Nicest 1952 Topps Mantle I could get for that price is what I would buy. I've always wanted to own one, I would never sell it.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

Interesting that so far no one has said "The nicest 1952 Topps Mantle I could get for 100K."

Well, you did post on the pre-war side.

[ValKehl]

The nicest T204 card of WaJo that $100K would buy to upgrade this one in my collection:

[CardPadre]

The prettiest signed 1933 Goudey Ruth I could get. And It would be raw and I would have it in my hand almost every day.

[brunswickreeves]

1951 Bowman Willie Mays-I think Mays is very undervalued and this his rookie card has great potential to catch up to similar high grade 51 Bowman Micks.

[Yoda]

Plows Candy of Cobb in decent grade.

[TheBig6]

Duke cabinet Delahanty and maybe the Davis if I have enough money left

[Leon]

100k? Probably the nicest Goudey Ruth 144, or T205 Cobb, that 100k will buy...
an upgrade for this one..
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[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

The prettiest signed 1933 Goudey Ruth I could get. And It would be raw and I would have it in my hand almost every day.

I was miraculously able to obtain a pennies-on-the-dollar alternate version of my $100k dream card, previously owned by someone in this group. So hooray and you can keep the change!

And if you have a wrapper, I highly recommend making a pack for display. Once you start folding the wrapper around a card, it really hits that you’re seeing something fantastically similar to what you would have found back in 1933.

[Yoda]

I know whose card Charlie Brown would buy, although I don't know if Chuck has a hundred grand in his piggy bank.

[LincolnVT]

I’d probably try to get something like this.

[Bicem]

Hubel Cobb postcard

[Casey2296]

E94 Cobb and Wagner, plus Wolverine Cobb should pretty much burn through that budget.

[Steve D]

T206 Plank, since right now, I'm one of the many stuck at 520 on the set.

Also, if possible to also add the '33 Goudey Lajoie and get both for $100K, I'd do it.

Steve

[3-2-count]

I have a handful on my list. In no particular order, any card below in the nicest condition possible at the $100K level which is perfectly centered would suffice!

T205 Ty Cobb
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #53 yellow

[Gorditadogg]

52T 311

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[ullmandds]

for 100K....the nicest d322 wagner I could find.

[Schwertfeger1007]

Likely no chance a N172 Anson in Uniform would trade under $100k right??