Picking a favorite card is comparable to choosing a favorite child. You just can't do it. You can pick out suberb qualities of an individual child that might be superior to the other siblings, but you love'em all the same.
So, no disrespect to my other cards, since I love you all, but 10 cards listed below are special for certain reasons.
1) My 1958 Yankees team card. Beat to hell, but it is only card I own that belonged to my dear, departed father (when he was in High School)
2) my 1967 Topps Series 5 packs that were bought for me by my grandfather as a bribe to get my hair cut by his smelly, cigar smoking barber.
3) my 1968 Topps Super Stars Mantle, Mays, Killebrew. The first Mantle card I ever ripped from a wax pack ... It was an exciting moment.
4) my 1969 Topps Munson rookie cards. Pack pulled one of my favorite current players at that time
5) my 1984 Mattingly RC. This got me back into cardboard and lasted until the 90s card glut.
6) my 2011 Heritage Brooks Robinson auto /62 red ink. This was my reintroduction to the hobby and had me ... Hook, line and sinker.
7) all of my various (# 7 ) Mantle vintage cards ... Need I explain?
8) my 1998 Donruss Significant Signatures Yogi Berra (#8)
9) my 2012 SP Pride of a Nation Ford/Rizzuto auto /10
10) my Topps 2012 Willie Mays coin/auto /30 ... I just love Willie, ok?!
Obviously Sentimental Value usually wins out over Beckett Card Value.
Photobucket is acting a bit 'wonky' right now, otherwise I'd post some more pics.