Did Plank, who was stridently anti-tobacco, object to being used to promote the American Tobacco Company? Or did the future Hall of Fame pitcher simply not like how much he was being paid for his likeness? Like Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson is the symbol of the disgraced American sports hero, just as famous for a career-ending gambling scandal, the Black Sox World Series, as he was for his prodigious hitting exploits.
Along with cigarettes, baseball cards were also included as premiums with candy in the early 20th century. Instead, it's another T error: Magee's name was initially spelled "Magie" before being corrected.
The corrected version was printed in much higher quantities than the error. The T Sherry "Magie" is considered the most celebrated "error" in baseball card history. PSA 8 is the best-preserved example of this piece of history. While this Ryan rookie card is relatively plentiful — as of August , PSA has graded 8, copies — only one of this fireballer's debut issue has been graded a PSA Ryan, who holds the all-time record for strikeouts, figures to hold his popularity over the years.
It's been years since the Black Sox scandal and 30 years since "Field of Dreams," but the public continues to be fascinated by "Shoeless Joe. There are red and blue tint versions of this card, which depicts Ruth in his minor-league Baltimore Orioles uniform.
That the highest-recorded sale of this card happened six years ago is a testament to its rarity. The amazing thing? Besides his smooth, all-around game, the Pirates outfielder is also remembered fondly as a humanitarian.
He died in a plane crash on the way to Nicaragua in , delivering emergency supplies to a country that had just been rocked by a massive earthquake. He was just Like the Mantle, this isn't Mays's rookie card -- that honor also belongs to Bowman -- but this is the Say Hey Kid's most sought-after pasteboard. Considered by some to be the best all-around player in baseball history, Mays was the prototypical five-tool star: He could hit for average, hit for power, field, run, and throw with the best of them.
The molasses-flavored, caramel-coated snack was immortalized in baseball lore by 's "Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Cobb drove pitchers nuts over three decades. It's not common for a rookie card of a year-old pitcher to be so highly coveted.
But Leroy "Satchel" Paige was no common pitcher. Perhaps the most-dominant hurler in Negro Leagues history, the charismatic Paige didn't get a chance to show his stuff in the majors until The ageless wonder stepped in with ease, going for the world champion Cleveland Indians.
A PSA 9 mint copy of the U. Besides the Babe's obvious notoriety, this isn't an easy card to find in such top-notch shape. Consider that the cards were packaged with caramel, which means they're susceptible to staining.
And if the cards weren't stained by the caramel, there's a good chance that sticky-fingered kids would do the rest. Besides its inclusion in the legendary T set, it's a printing error — his T card is supposed to say "American" on the bottom but instead says "Nat'l" — which has made collectors go crazy.
As cards were being inserted into packs, the error was spotted and the printing plate corrected, but about 10 valuable misprints survived. As mentioned, there were four Cobb cards in the landmark T set. But only one variation is rarer than even the T Wagner. Mantle became a full-fledged superstar in , clubbing 52 home runs on his way to winning his first MVP award. The St. Louis Cardinals are one of baseball's most storied franchises, and the first-ballot Baseball Hall of Fame inductee holds most of the franchise's all-time records, from games played, runs, hits, home runs, RBIs, you name it.
The other reason was its perfect condition — this PSA 10 Musial is the only one of its kind, so far. Still considered by many to be the all-time home run king, the Topps Aaron isn't particularly rare.
But high-quality copies are still in high demand. PSA is really important to the baseball card world. The value of a card goes up when it is graded by PSA. If I had two of the same cards in identical condition but only one of them was graded, the graded one would be worth more money even though they are the same card. When a card is graded, the authenticity of the card becomes recognized to potential sellers.
My collection probably exceeds 5, cards. It would be outrageously expensive and not worth the cost to get my thousands of cards graded. To be clear, Like any business, baseball cards become valuable through supply and demand. Really old cards become valuable by default- the industry did not produce baseball cards the same way they do today. There was way too much supply to demand high prices for any of the cards produced during that time.
Trading card companies do not share with the public how many cards they make per year, but before the late 80s production boom it can be assumed that the industry made significantly less than 81 billion cards a year. Since there are way fewer copies of cards from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, these cards can be worth a lot of money. Because of how much time has passed, it is hard to find mint condition cards from the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
Rookie cards from this era are some of the most valuable cards in the entire industry. Cards from before the 40s are almost impossible to find in mind condition and are expensive simply for how old they are. What I would prefer to do is get or 50 depending on the pricing of different plans of my most valuable cards graded with the hopes of one day in the future cashing out on a profit.
Joining Wagner in the more-than-a-million-dollars card club is none other than Mickey Mantle. But in a few weeks this list might need updating— another Topps Mickey Mantle card is up for auction in April, this time with a PSA grade of 9. It was far from the only auction that featured this card of a young Bambino, though. It's just another example of how selling at the right time and finding the right buyer can make a six-figure difference.
It's not nearly as old as a Ruth card, yet it went for just as much money. Well, for one, it features Pete Rose on it, and anything with "The Hit King" is going to get some interest. Another reason is that it was graded a perfect 10 by the PSA, which is exceedingly rare for any card of its age. It's the only copy of this particular card ever to get that rating, and for collectors, that's a big deal.
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