Blog post - Top 10 Mays Dream Cards

[rats60]

Originally Posted by raulus

The 62 Pittsburgh Exhibit was another piece that I placed just outside the top 10. PSA has it as a pop 10 for the 6 of Clubs. There is also a 7 of Clubs that is pop 1.

On the standups, did you mean 1964? If the 68 exists, it’s news to me. But it seems like I learn about new exotic issues all the time.

For the 67/68 test discs, they are pop 6.

The 1967 Topps Stand Ups. PSA shows a Mays Proof selling in 2017, but there are pictures of a regular Mays, so I am sure it exists. My Clemente came from Woody Gelman's personal collection. He probably had a complete set.

[Snowman]

I collect Willie Mays, and there isn't a single card on that list that I would be interested in owning. Are you intending this to be the top 10 list of oddball cards? Or is this more intended to be your personal favorite top 10 list? I suspect if you were to poll most Mays collectors, they would place his more mainstream/flagship cards above these. Part of the problem to me of many of these cards is they just lack eye appeal. That's what is so great about many of his mainstream cards. They're just beautiful! 51 Bowman, 52 through 56 Topps, 58 Topps, 60 Topps, 54 Bowman. All are stunning cards.

I'm the same way with my Jackie Robinson collection though. There are numerous Jackie cards that I don't have, and don't intend to buy. Rather than seeking those out and buying every Jackie item I can find, I instead just buy duplicates of the ones I love most. To each their own though. There's no wrong way to collect!

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Snowman

I collect Willie Mays, and there isn't a single card on that list that I would be interested in owning. Are you intending this to be the top 10 list of oddball cards? Or is this more intended to be your personal favorite top 10 list? I suspect if you were to poll most Mays collectors, they would place his more mainstream/flagship cards above these. Part of the problem to me of many of these cards is they just lack eye appeal. That's what is so great about many of his mainstream cards. They're just beautiful! 51 Bowman, 52 through 56 Topps, 58 Topps, 60 Topps, 54 Bowman. All are stunning cards.

I'm the same way with my Jackie Robinson collection though. There are numerous Jackie cards that I don't have, and don't intend to buy. Rather than seeking those out and buying every Jackie item I can find, I instead just buy duplicates of the ones I love most. To each their own though. There's no wrong way to collect!

I think the issue is that they are intended to be difficult to acquire. Most/all of the mainline cards are pretty easy to pick up. You might not easily find one that meets your standards of perfection around centering, but you can get a mainline card in about 10 seconds on eBay, assuming you’re willing to pay the asking price.

So to some extent, it’s intended to represent cards that you might mostly have to just dream about acquiring, simply because they are difficult to impossible to find. Slightly different twist than you had in mind with your list.

[ALR-bishop]

Great list Nicolo

[raulus]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Great list Nicolo

Love that stand-up, Al. I think the last one sold for about $30k, and at the time, I decided I wasn’t willing to go that high.

[doug.goodman]

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