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Old 07-15-2015, 11:54 AM
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My advice is probably only worth what you are paying for it lol, but I would think that if you are just going for one card that either a 1951 bowman Mantle or a 1933 Goudey Ruth are good options. I even like the World Wide Gum Ruth's, as I believe they are still a little under appreciated compared to their Goudey counterparts. You said you were open to other sports and while not as expensive as the others a high grade centered 1958 Jim Brown should hold it's value or do better as centered versions of this card are tough to come by. I am of the opinion that vintage football has more room to grow than baseball so high grade centered examples of older football HOF RC's would be worth looking into. Ultimately I would try to find cards that you will enjoy owning no matter what happens to their value and trust that in the future these will be the cards that others see value in too.
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1. '25 Gehrig RC - edit to add can maybe still find a 1-2 grade specimen for 5k, if one surfaces.

2. 51B Mick RC.

3. 33 Goudey Ruth, #53 and #144.

4. 68 Topps Nolan Ryan RC.

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Anything from the Leon Luckey Collection from Heritage.
If Leon once owned it, it has to be worth something!!!

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1989 Donruss are gonna be getting HOT!!!
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Anything from the Leon Luckey Collection from Heritage.
If Leon once owned it, it has to be worth something!!!

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1989 Donruss are gonna be getting HOT!!!
Lol, Chris ain't they still printing 88, 89, and 90 Donruss or does it just seem like it.

MattyC had some great choices. I am just a collector so grade means nothing to me. My only opinion would be to make the choice in the cards you want to invest in. Then research those cards and buy a couple cheap commons from the same set to get familiar with the set. Then buy raw examples from a collector that you feel meet the stanards you want. If investing always get the best example you can afford. Then when you sell find what grading companies cards are selling the best at that time and then have them graded before selling.

With all the fiasco's going on in the grading industry now I would not hold any of their cards for a long(10+ yrs) investment.
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Those are all good choices. I recently picked up a 51 bowman mantle and a 33 goudey ruth in the price range you're looking at. For an investment I would say a psa 6 or 7 55 clemente would also be a good choice. As would a high end later issue Mantle, PSA 8. Like a 56 or 57.

Or a nice t206 green cobb. You could probably get a 4-5 at your price.
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I now have a nice blueprint on what to keep on the lookout for....in fact, I might need to sell a few more Troutys because I pretty much want everything that was mentioned!

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Old 07-16-2015, 05:58 AM
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Default Venezuelan Big name HOF's

The Venezuelan cards are some of the most underappreciated in the hobby imho. Their availability in any condition is usually between 2% and 5% of what is available in regular topps issues. Collectors are at the beginnings of learning about and understanding these cards. Prices haven't yet truly begun to reflect the limited supply of these cards. I would stay with the key cards:

1959 Venezuelan Mantle
1960 Venezuelan Yaz rookie
1964 Venezuelan Rose
1964 Venezuelan Mantle
1967 Venezuelan Clemente
1968 Venezuelan Ryan rookie


Good luck finding most of them
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