Counting Down The 10 Most Iconic Sports Cards of Alltime Video - Thoughts

[Rhotchkiss]

I think the list tends too modern, but I concede that many of the cards I would put on a top 10 list likely aren’t proper for an all time iconic, defining iconic as most widely recognized (definition 2 of Websters).

Here is my LAYMAN most iconic list

52 Topps Mantle
T206 Wagner
1987 Fleer Jordan
1989 UD Griffey
T206 red/green Cobb (Horner image)
1933 Goudey Ruth Batting
1980 Topps Bird-Magic
1954 Aaron
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
1979 OPC Gretzky

My Baseball card collector most iconic

T206 Wagner
BN Ruth
1952 Topps Mantle
M101-4/5 Ruth
T210 Jackson
T206 red/green Cobb
1914 CJ Mathewson
T206 Plank
1933 Goudey Lajoie
1914 CJ Jackson

Honorable mention
1933 Goudey yellow Ruth
1948/9 Leaf Paige
1948/9 Robinson
1963 Rose
1968 Ryan

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I think the list tends too modern, but I concede that many of the cards I would put on a top 10 list likely aren’t proper for an all time iconic, defining iconic as most widely recognized (definition 2 of Websters).

Here is my LAYMAN most iconic list

52 Topps Mantle
T206 Wagner
1987 Fleer Jordan
1989 UD Griffey
T206 red/green Cobb (Horner image)
1933 Goudey Ruth Batting
1980 Topps Bird-Magic
1954 Aaron
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
1979 OPC Gretzky

My Baseball card collector most iconic

T206 Wagner
BN Ruth
1952 Topps Mantle
M101-4/5 Ruth
T210 Jackson
T206 red/green Cobb
1914 CJ Mathewson
T206 Plank
1933 Goudey Lajoie
1914 CJ Jackson

Honorable mention
1933 Goudey yellow Ruth
1948/9 Leaf Paige
1948/9 Robinson
1963 Rose
1968 Ryan

Our lists are pretty close. I included 1 junk wax era card and two modern cards being the difference.

8 of the cards on my list have been in general media news stories over the last ~5 years. Many times due to selling for record or near record prices. These cards should be the most known cards both in and outside the hobby. For the first ~60 years of the hobby there was a big 3. I could not ignore cards that were so important to our hobby for so long, and still are.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I think the list tends too modern, but I concede that many of the cards I would put on a top 10 list likely aren’t proper for an all time iconic, defining iconic as most widely recognized (definition 2 of Websters).

Here is my LAYMAN most iconic list

52 Topps Mantle
T206 Wagner
1987 Fleer Jordan
1989 UD Griffey
T206 red/green Cobb (Horner image)
1933 Goudey Ruth Batting
1980 Topps Bird-Magic
1954 Aaron
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
1979 OPC Gretzky

My Baseball card collector most iconic

T206 Wagner
BN Ruth
1952 Topps Mantle
M101-4/5 Ruth
T210 Jackson
T206 red/green Cobb
1914 CJ Mathewson
T206 Plank
1933 Goudey Lajoie
1914 CJ Jackson

Honorable mention
1933 Goudey yellow Ruth
1948/9 Leaf Paige
1948/9 Robinson
1963 Rose
1968 Ryan

These lists are close to my thoughts to me the Cracker Jack Cards needs to be mentioned and Joe Jackson is widely known. and the 1989 Griffey needs to be on it because that was the .card of that Generation and in some-ways kicked off the new look. the Topps Bird/Magic Card great card not sure it is that high on the list but I can live with it

[Touch'EmAll]

To be sure I have a reasonable idea of what iconic is, it seems to boil down to being famous, influential and recognizable. With that definition in mind:

T206 Cobb portrait (red or green)
T206 Honus Wagner
1933 Goudey Ruth (heck if I know, choose one)
1941 Dimaggio
1941 Ted Williams
1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson
1951 Bowman Mays
1952 Topps Mantle
1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1968 Topps Nolan Ryan
1986 Fleer Jordan
1989 UD Griffey Jr.

I know I went over 10 with my listed 12. Yes, perhaps a bit vintage biased vs. modern. I struggled with not having a Gehrig, I suppose the '34 Goudey Yellow would be the one.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

These lists are close to my thoughts to me the Cracker Jack Cards needs to be mentioned and Joe Jackson is widely known. and the 1989 Griffey needs to be on it because that was the .card of that Generation and in some-ways kicked off the new look. the Topps Bird/Magic Card great card not sure it is that high on the list but I can live with it

I agree with Cracker Jack. I learned about CJ in 1991 as a 5yo when they were putting the minis into boxes. From then on I have considered them iconic.

Sent from my SM-G9900 using Tapatalk

[babraham]

Originally Posted by todeen

I agree with Cracker Jack. I learned about CJ in 1991 as a 5yo when they were putting the minis into boxes. From then on I have considered them iconic.

Nice! Same, I collected as many of those mini CJ as I could when I was a kid, still have them in a box.