Rank your top 10 "best" cards

Thought this might be a fun showoff thread for the board. What are the top 10 "best" cards in your collection?

For me:

1. E107 Joss (sgc 10)
2. N321 SF Hess Cali Sweeney (psa 2)
3. T206 Mattern proof
4. E101 Cobb (sgc 50)
5. T204 Plank (sgc aut)
6. D359 Rochester Baking Plank
7. E104-1 Nadja Bender (sgc 30)
8. E90-1 Young portrait (sgc 50)
9. N162 Kelly (psa 1)
10. E270 Colgans Red Border Evers (sgc 60)

1.2.3.4.5.

6.7.8.9.10.

Very nice cards Ben, very very nice.

Thanks again John. Just sorta getting back into the hobby on my summer off. I enjoy what I have, but obviously I'm just a guppy swimming on the surface of a very deep sea. Always enjoy seeing stuff from your awesome collection whenever you choose to share.

Awesome stuff, Ben, thanks for showing. Glad to have you more active now. Good choice on the new avatar, too, btw. What a freakin' beautiful card that Kelly is.

I don't own ten pre-war cards, but would rank the ones I own like this:

1. N173 Ewing & Mascot SGC 80
2. N172 Delahanty SGC 84
3. N172 "Sunday Kelly" SGC 20
4. N172 Brownies Comiskey SGC 20
5. N172 Sam Thompson SGC 10
6. N172 Jimmy Ryan SGC 10

Here's a link to my best stuff:

http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.aspx?cat=6&set=648

I'd love to see some of the other folks on this board comprise their lists.

Ben busting those cards you're far from guppy status.

Besides there is no whale or guppy's. I always laugh at clowns like Dorskind and his lame ass "whale" comments.

If you enjoy cards you just enjoy cards that simple. Some of my favs are $20 cards and others...well...

Bottom line cards are cards all are fun and all are great some just cost more than others that's the nature of the beast always been that way. Just remember there were guys pissing and moaning in the 60's about paying $5 spots for Planks in EX and guy sin the 80's had there been chat boards would have been posting.."when are these damn tough backs going to correct?"..."$50 bucks for Drums in VGEX...just crazy the bubble has to burst soon".

I know you dont buy into that jazz and were poking fun. However on the odd chance anyone new is reading this just remember anybody trys to put a label on your collecting with fish status tags tell em' Wonka said to tell them to blow it out their blow holes.

BTW. Dug the band and watched your tubes from the DR. I'm down there every few months on business I'll ping you next time I roll down lets get some drinks and hit the town.

Cheers,

John

Jamie,

There are a few cards in the hobby (I can count on one hand) that make me grind my teeth with silly good humoured jealousy that N173 Ewing & Mascot SGC 80 of yours is one.

Cheers,

John

Big Ed's going on summer vacation.

I actually find Bruce Dorskind's posts interesting. People get bent out of shape about the "we" thing, it is just a business slang, like if you are setting up a store and are the sole employee, you still say, "We buy gold!" or whatever. I certainly don't share his political views, however.

I have a lot of respect for people who hash together collections on a low budget. I think it's cool that they are into it. Ben has awesome cards, maybe not a whale but clearly a shark.

wonkaticket wrote:Jamie,

There are a few cards in the hobby (I can count on one hand) that make me grind my teeth with silly good humoured jealousy that N173 Ewing & Mascot SGC 80 of yours is one.

Cheers,

John

Thanks John!

I've only got 6 cards that are really worthwhile

1 with a Sporting News back


2 From the GeorgeD collection


3 e92 Nadja haven't seen better color or registration for this card


4 e270 Speaker


5 t205 Joss


6 Delong Gehrig


That's it for me. I have all the HOFers from the t205 set, an e92 Matty and some other decent cards but they are all very low grade like George C Miller Ott and 1940 Play Ball DiMaggio

Thorpe and Speaker are money Jay!

Great Thorpe! I, for one, have an appreciation for T205 HOFers.

wonkaticket wrote:BTW. Dug the band and watched your tubes from the DR. I'm down there every few months on business I'll ping you next time I roll down lets get some drinks and hit the town.

John - absolutely drop me a line next time you're in the DR. I'll show you some great spots. And thanks for the kind words re: the band and everything else. It was an exceptional year for me down there, both musically and professionally, but it's also really nice to be back with the family over the summer and to have some time to get back into collecting.

And yes, I was being facetious with the guppy comment as you well know....some of that stuff over there is so ridiculous it becomes almost comedic. I think the majority over here has a pretty healthy attitude towards collecting, regardless of budget/social status. I feel pretty lucky to have a tight knit group of collectors to fraternize with here on FC when we pretty much started from nothing 4 years ago.

I have not gotten into T's, E's, or N's yet, but thanks to the board I have a good idea where I will start. Here is a top ten of favorite W's in my collection;

1) 1916 - 20 w-Big Head Strip Card Home Run Baker SGC "A"
2) 1919 - 21 w514 Babe Ruth SGC "A"
3 - 7) 1928 w513 five uncut strips of five & Earl Coombs for the set
8) 1919 - 21 w514 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson PSA 3
9) 1926 - 27 w512 both variations Ty Cobb, PSA 4 and SGC "A"
10) 1921 w516-2-1 Walter Johnson SGC 50

Hey Ty, a W514 Joe Jackson PSA 3 is a super nice card, IMO it's the best "W" strip card there is. Surprised it only ranked 8th on your list!!

Thanks for sharing....looking forward to everyone's responses.

Thanks Ben, traded a used up 390ci out of a '65 Ford Galaxie for that Jackson. Strangest trade I've ever made.

1. T200 Boston National (SGC 50)
2. T206 Becker Drum (SGC A)
3. N300 Duffy (SGC A)
4. T206 Lindaman Hindu (SGC 60)
5. E90-1 Graham (PSA 3)
6. T206 Herzog Lenox (Raw)
7. E97-2 Kelley (SGC 20)
8. T206 Becker BL 350 (PSA 4)
9. E145-1 Evers (SGC 50)
10. T206 Sweeney CB (SGC 40)

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My top 10

How many of your top cards are ones you are not willing to part with?

For me, the Thorpe and Jennings cards are untouchable unless the offered price is insane. The Oakes and Speaker cards are almost in that category. The price can be a little less insane

sabrjay wrote:How many of your top cards are ones you are not willing to part with?

I would part with anything in my collection for the right deal (love to trade) but it would be very difficult to pry my top 3 away from me (E107 Joss/N321 Sweeney/t206 proof).

Awesome thread; some amazing cards shown here! - here's mine...

the-illini wrote:some amazing cards shown here!

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Here's my Top 10 (order was a challenge...):

1. E90-1 Tris Speaker



2. M131 Tris Speaker



3. E92 Dockman Honus Wagner (throwing)



4. 1915 Cracker Jack Harry Hooper



5. E97 Color Dennis Sullivan (Boston)



6. E97 B&W Dennis Sullivan (Boston)



7. E94 Tris Speaker



8. 1915 Cracker Jack Smokey Joe Wood



9. E94 Eddie Cicotte (Carter Collection)



10. T207 Tris Speaker

My 4th of July Fireworks:

None of the cards I am showing are available, they are my top ten best because they are my crown jewels in my collection.

E94 Wagner:



T206 UZIT:



OJ Ewing & Mascot:



Piedmont Art Stamp Cobb:



T3 Cobb (A Full Count Favorite):



T3 Speaker:



T206 Cobb Red Cycle 460:



N43 Ryan:



T206 Cobb Bat Off:



I couldn't come up with a single T202 so here is my whole set:



Lee

Wow some amazing cards, thanks for sharing. Let me see if I can pick 10 pre war favorites-

My toughest and top card-

2, My favorite Cobb Pose and a tough back-

3-4 Two of the toughest Exhibit Ruths and Love the colors-

5. A super tough seldom seen Ruth Exhibit-

6 Cy Young, one of my favorite poses and the color on this one is just awesome-

7-8 Wagner and Cobb, two classics-

9- I just love this issue, hope to get his brothers card someday too-

10- One of my favorite cards of his, love the 4 different colors, the blue in this one is my best, looks like it was printed yesterday-