[williambryan]

I want to ask the forum the following question.

If you could pick just 1 card for each category, who would you pick?

$50 Investment ?

$100 Investment ?

$250 ?


$500 ?


$1,000 ?


$2500 ?

$5000 ?


Thanks All !

[waynetalger]

50- Nolan Ryan
100- Nolan Ryan auto
250- 1909-1911 T-206
500- Vic Willis 1909-1911 T-206
1,000- Christy Mathewson 1909-1911 T-206
2,500- Ty Cobb 1909-1911 T-206
5,000- Ty Cobb 1909-1911 T-206

[mikecala98]

Invest in anything but baseball cards.

[accfan01]

I agree with Wayne except for the $5,000 price. I personally would go for a Babe Ruth auto since there aren't that many around. But that's my 2 cents.

[petillo64]

Crude gold and ammunition...

[nolan5000]

I want to ask the forum the following question.

If you could pick just 1 card for each category, who would you pick?

$50 Investment ?

$100 Investment ?

$250 ?


$500 ?


$1,000 ?


$2500 ?

$5000 ?


Thanks All !

How appropriate for my 2,634 Post!!

$50 - Nolan Ryan

$100 - Nolan Ryan

$250 - Nolan Ryan

$500 - Nolan Ryan

$1,000 - Nolan Ryan

$2,500 - Nolan Ryan

$5,000 - Nolan Ryan

[captbucco]

Mccutchen-Cole-Machado-Trout-Kershaw and Puig. That`s who I`d invest in.

[uvaspina]

I think it's hard to "make money" in baseball cards, especially once the prices get high. It's hard to imagine what it would take to make a $1,000 card become a $1,500 card.

On the other hand, I think it's possible to do ok if you buy a particular prospect's cards in bulk (at next-to-nothing prices). For example, last summer I bought about 250 Bowman paper/chrome Avisail Garcia cards. I paid about .10 to .15 a piece (about $30ish total). I'm not especially confident that these base cards are ever going to have a cash value of more than a couple bucks, but if they do, I could "make" a few hundred dollars, and possibly several hundred.

Obviously, this strategy backfires more often than it does not. But I figure for the price of a couple blasters, I might end up doing ok in the end.

[williambryan]

Cespedes Card? why this?

Puig is a stock that is very high now. I have 13-14 of his and some in a lot on Ebay currently.
Ryan I agree with.
Rose RC not mentioned and one of my fav finds in PSA 7 - 8 grade
Cobb - couldn't agree more. Something about owning his cards are empirical !

[akbobcat]

I want to ask the forum the following question.

If you could pick just 1 card for each category, who would you pick?

$50 Investment ? any World's Finest comics numbered 120 or less

$100 Investment ? first appearance of Ghost Rider

$250 ? Uncanny X-Men issue number 3 in VF condition


$500 ? Any Incredible Hulk #3 to #10 in VF condition


$1,000 ? Any Iron Man #2 to #5 in VF condition


$2500 ? Iron Man #1, or Uncanny X-Men #1, Fantastic Four #1, or Avengers #1 in VF condition

$5000 ? Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, or Spiderman early issues that are graded in VF condition.


Thanks All !