Most significant or sought after postwar cards (besides Mantle)

[begsu1013]

'89 griffey upper deck.

#1 card of the inaugural set.

[JollyElm]

Unfortunately, everyone's picks invariably come down to rookie cards. The same rookie cards. It would be nice to redo this entire thread and eliminate all Mantles and all RC's from consideration. Then we could get somewhere. But then, of course, it would become all about the high numbers from various years (1961 All Stars, 1967 Brooks Robinson, etc., immediately come to mind), so I guess there's no real solution to this dilemma.

Unless…how about the top 5 toughest non-Mantle, non-RC cards to find centered? That's a topic that would result in many, many vastly different lists.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Unless…how about the top 5 toughest non-Mantle, non-RC cards to find centered? That's a topic that would result in many, many vastly different lists.

I like this thread! In no particular order, here is what I came up with :

1953 Bowman Color Stan Musial (and really every star from that set)
1954 Topps Ted Williams #1
1948-1949 Leaf Ted Williams
1957 Topps Yogi Berra
1955 Topps Duke Snider

[autograf]

1955 Topps Clemente
1952 Topps Mays
1954 Topps Aaron
1953 Bowman Color Reese/Musial
1951 Bowman Mantle

UPDATING TO ADD #6

1963 Topps Pete Rose

[Beatles Guy]

The '53 Topps Satchell Paige ain't no slouch.

[gnpaden]

Here are my top 5:
1955 Clemente
1986 Jordan
1989 Griffey
1958 Maris
1955 Koufax

[brewing]

Here's my top 5

54 Aaron
49Leaf Paige
49Leaf Robinson
49Leaf Newhouser
68 Ryan

I detest the Leaf's because they are ugly and expensive. Expensive can mean "sought after" in this case.