What are your top 10 postwar cards?

[vintagetoppsguy]

My list (in order):
1952 Topps Eddie Mathews
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
1953 Bowman Pee Wee Reese
1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1955 Topps Roberto Clemente
1955 Topps Sandy Koufax
1956 Topps Mickey Mantle
1952 Topps Jackie Robinson
1954 Topps Ted Williams
1968 Topps Ryan/Koosman

[383astro]

My personal list

10. 1952 T Gil Hodges
9. 1951 B Duke Snider
8. 1956 T Mickey Mantle
7. 1949 Leaf Warren Spahn
6. 1953 B Color Pee Wee Reese
5. 1955 T Eddie Mathews
4. 1953 T Eddie Mathews
3. 1954 T Hank Aaron
2. 1951 B Mickey Mantle
1. 1952 T Eddie Mathews

[David W]

My top 10 based on how they impacted the hobby since I started collecting as a teenager in the 80's and having a small card shop in the late 80's.

1 - 63 Topps Rose - really got the rookie card craze going
2 - 52 Topps Mantle - Despite being fairly available if you have the money it is a
legendary card.
3 - 68 Topps Ryan/Koosman - everyone had to have one
4 - 82 T/F/D Ripken rookies - were smoking hot for a long time
5 - 89 UD Griffey - changed the card hobby from a quality standpoint
6 - 73 Topps Schmidt - High number, off centered, pre internet this was a tough card

7 - 51 Bowman Mantle - the true rookie, somehow lost in the shuffle
8 - 90 Leaf Frank Thomas
9 - 93 Jeter rookies - these went like candy at card shows
10- 85 Topps McGwire - I sold these at a card show in 98 and made a killing

[bcbgcbrcb]

Again in no particular order:

1948-49 El Indio - Monte Irvin
1948-49 Toleteros - Hilton Smith
1949-50 Toleteros - Leon Day
1948-49 Toleteros - Willard Brown
1972 Puerto Rican League - Mike Schmidt
1977 Chong Modesto - Rickey Henderson
1980 TCMA Charlotte - Cal Ripken Jr.
1980 TCMA Reading - Ryne Sandberg
1973 Venezuelan League - Jim Rice
1951 Bowman - Mickey Mantle (couldn't leave this one off the list)

[campyfan39]

53 Campy
56 Mick
53 Paige
58 Mick
75 George Brett
52 Hodges
54 Berra
55 Koufax
53 Mick
54 Williams #1

[cdn_collector]

Very interesting lists, all. Here's my post from the other thread...

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Doug,

This could [should?] probably become a thread of it's own, but since you asked, and you're the OP, I'm throwing my response right back into this one.

That said, the list looks like this. As a kid, this is what I dreamed of one day owning:

1948 Bowman Warren Spahn
1951 Topps Red Back Yogi Berra
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
1953 Topps Jackie Robinson
1954 Topps Hank Aaron
1958 Topps Roger Maris
1968 Topps Nolan Ryan


When I came back to the hobby 10 years ago, the list evolved some.

a.) In all likelihood, I will not own the 1952 Mantle. But I'll hold out hope. In the mean time, I'll use a 1956 Topps Mantle as a placeholder until either I own a 1952 or give up the dream of owning one.

b.) Until I hold them both in my hands, there's a chance the 1954 Topps Aaron is replaced with the 1954 Johnston Cookies Aaron.

c.) 1954 Red Heart Stan Musial and 1949 Bowman Duke Snider get added.

d.) As a kid, the modern card all of us wanted was the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. For that reason, KGJ gets the nod to round out the ten.

So there you have it. Your thoughts? Your list [assuming you have one]?

Regards,

Richard.

[Robextend]

In chrono order:

1948 Bowman Berra
1948 Bowman Musial
1954 Topps Banks
1955 Topps Koufax
1955 Topps Clemente
1957 Topps F Robinson
1957 Topps B Robinson
1959 Topps Gibson
1964 Topps Mantle (SGC 84)
1968 Topps Ryan

[vintagerookies51]

I'm also a rookie addict so I'd have to say these. (random order)

52 T Mantle
51 Bowman Mantle
54 T Hank Aaron
56 T Jackie Robinson
52 T Eddie Mathews
68 T ryan/koosman
54 Bowman Ted Williams
55 T Clemente
54 T Banks
51 Bowman Mays

[cwazzy]

I could do this list 50 times and never have the same 10. But here it is at this moment:

1948 Bowman Musial
1949 Bowman Campanella
1949 Leaf Musial
1949 Leaf Paige
1951 Bowman Mantle
1953 Bowman Color Reese
1954 Wilson Franks Williams
1954 Wilson Franks Campanella
1954 Topps Aaron
1954 Topps Banks

[DanP]

No particular order. These were all players I followed when I was a kid (except the Koufax which was the 1st card I purchased which then started me on the MLB HOF RC quest).

[scmavl]

1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1948 Bowman Stan Musial signed
1955 Topps Harmon Killebrew
1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.

Sorry, but I love that Mantle.

[ls7plus]

I gotcha, Jarrod. Have you read Jane Leavy's book, "The Last Boy?" It is truly a terrific read, and a pretty fair account of one helluva player (and I would say eventually one helluva man) all the way around, with nothing but nothing held back, good or bad, all the way around.

Hmmm...interesting post number for me, considering the nature of this post. #353, Mantle's batting average in '56, the triple crown year!

Larry