The 100 Greatest Modern Era Cards (1948-1993)...

[Mark70Z]

John... Appreciate you taking the time to post the listing; so nice to view. Of course I think there should be "multiple" Brooskie cards on the list, but other than that pretty good!

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

John... Appreciate you taking the time to post the listing; so nice to view. Of course I think there should be "multiple" Brooskie cards on the list, but other than that pretty good!

Having just acquired the 1967 Topps Brooks...I would agree with that! The SP and the horde story behind that card alone trumps several cards on this list. Of course, if this list was done today there would be several dropping off, and several added.

[almostdone]

It's funny. As soon as I started reading the OPs starting statement I remembered this article in Beckett. It was the first time I ever really realized there was cards before the 80's and they looked awesome. I saw three cards on that list over 20 years ago that I thought maybe someday I might see one in person. Now all three in my personal collection. 53 Topps Satchell Paige, 53 Bowman Pee Wee Reese, and 48 Leaf Stan Musial.
Kind of odd I still haven't picked up that 86 Canseco though.
Drew

[callou2131]

Loved seeing the Jerome walton. I started collecting in 1988, and got my first job at wild bills card shop in Crofton Md. I will never forget that 89 UD set and the crazy prices people were coming in paying for Jim Abbott, Todd Zeile, Dwight Smith, and of course Walton. I was only 13 at the time and got paid a box of 1989 topps per day I worked lol.

[Zach Wheat]

John,

Nice list. Kind of neat reading it. I would have included the '91 DS C Jones Rookie card. They of course wouldn't have know how good Chipper was going to be at that time. What other additions would people make to the list??

Z Wheat

[the 'stache]

There are, in my opinion, three sets I'd consider up for the title of most beautiful ever created: the T3 Turkey Reds, the T206, and the 1953 Bowman Color. Yet this list of the best 100 cards of the modern era contains only the '53 Bowman Color Reese? How are the Roy Campanella, Stan Musial, Ed Matthews and Mickey Mantle cards not included...any of them?



Iconic set. Hall of Fame player. Baseball's Golden Era. For my money, one of the most beautiful cards ever produced.

[Paul S]

Bill, IMO, although some of the cards they listed are quite beautiful, it doesn't seem to me that in general they necessarily gave aesthetics all that much weight. - Paul

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

There are, in my opinion, three sets I'd consider up for the title of most beautiful ever created: the T3 Turkey Reds, the T206, and the 1953 Bowman Color. Yet this list of the best 100 cards of the modern era contains only the '53 Bowman Color Reese? How are the Roy Campanella, Stan Musial, Ed Matthews and Mickey Mantle cards not included...any of them?



Iconic set. Hall of Fame player. Baseball's Golden Era. For my money, one of the most beautiful cards ever produced.

I have to agree with you here...the Mantle is unreal...but the Musial I think is the best Stan the Man card ever produced. One day I plan on tackling this set, but I won't be waiting on Stan. Been looking for the right deal here for a while now.

[Bestdj777]

Awesome list. Thank you for posting. This would be an awesome set to tackle.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Awesome list. Thank you for posting. This would be an awesome set to tackle.

I wonder if anyone put this together as a set when the article was first written. Getting the 52 Mantle is always going to be a biggie...but it wouldn't surprise me if this was done or attempted. What a great idea. I just went thru and counted...I currently have 54/100. Some of the easy ones I don't have, and of course there are some biggies I would need...lol.

[jasonc]

Interesting to see how many other users have out of the 100 listed, I have less than half on the list at 47.

[39special]

I have 44 so I would have a long way to go.

[Bestdj777]

I think I have around 15-20 of these. I am not exactly sure what is in my childhood collection so may have a few more or less.