If you had $750 to spend...Cobb or Jordan

[mintacular]

Well, as much as I love baseball, and while it still retains some popularity, there is not enough kinetic activity for kids to stand around patiently and wait for their turn at bat. Clearly, it's grip on the nation's heartstrings is weakened if not watered down with the emergence of other sports....

In terms of Jordan, it doesn't matter comparing him with other basketball stars. It's like people arguing Mantle is overrated, etc. The market has decided both are iconic stars...

One of the reasons that I raised this question is that two people close to me that I talk to cards about get very excited about seeing the Jordan card but little interest in Cobb....These two people are in there 30s. Think it's always worthwhile to challenge conventional wisdom. And trust me, I have few cards in my collection post 72 so I certaintly understand the instinct to buy vintage only but I'm also very depressed about the future of card collecting especially baseball and think "investment" cards will have to be a confluence of supply AND demand...