Top 10 Most Valuable Baseball Cards

Baseball has been quite a game for many people who love to watch just about any sports or even play them. Here we have listed the top 10 most valuable baseball cards ever.

1. 1909 T206 White Border #366
Honus Wagner, 2B Pittsburgh Pirates
$250,000 – $400,000

This was the card that began it all. There are still about a 100 that are believed to still exist and only 10 of them are in decent condition apparently. Apparently Wagner, a second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates objected to smoking and wanted his cards to be taken out from production. In 2000, the last recorded auction price for a Wagner T206 was $1.1 million.

2. 1914 E145 – 1 Cracker Jack #30
Ty Cobb, OF Detroit Tigers
$3,600 – $6,000

Cobb was a gritty player, sometimes even dirty and was always the hits leader till Pete Rose broke his record in 1985. Still he is remembered as one of the best players ever.

3. 1914 E145 – 1 Cracker Jack #103
Joe Jackson, OF Chicago White Sox
$5,000 – $9,000

He was known as the “shoeless” Joe Jackson and he was a great player of his times, but today he is even bigger a myth. Jackson was banned from baseball in 1919 when he apparently helped to throw the World Series. His supporters are of the opinion that he was duped and his stats from the series support this claim.

4. 1933 Goudey #106
Nap Lajoie
$20,000 – $30,000

There were fans of Goudey who wrote in to request for this card and only then was it available to collectors after having originally left out from the 1933 Goudey set. Lajoie was a good hitter from 1896 to 1916.

5. 1933 Goudey #53
Babe Ruth, OF New York Yankees
$3,500 – $5,000

His first cards still call him Herman and one of the four Ruth cards in the set was called “Sultan of Swat” which happened to be bigger than the sport itself at least, during the 20s and 30s.

6. 1938 Goudey Heads Up R323 #274
Joe Di Maggio, OF New York Yankees
$2,000 – $3,500

When Lou Gehrig left Yankee Stadium in 1938, Joe Di continued the Yankee tradition till Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra arrived. His 56 game hitting streak is believed to be the last “untouchable” record still standing.

7. 1949 Leaf #8
Leroy “Satchel” Paige, P Cleveland Indians
$3,500 – $6,000

Even though his major league stats are not very impressive, he later became worthy enough to get cards printed in his name. Before Cleveland Indians, he spent 22 years in Negro Leagues.

8. 1951 Bowman #305
Willie Mays, OF New York/San Francisco Giants
$2,000 – $3,000

This guy went on to become the greatest all round baseball player ever and was also known as the “Say Hey Kid”.

9. 1952 Topps #311
Mickey Mantle, OF New York Yankees
$12,000 – $18,000

This baseball card brought collecting baseball cards to prominence in the 80s. this became one of the most popular post war collectibles Mick’s popularity got coupled with Baby Boomers’ desire to reclaim the cards of their youth.

10. 1954 Bowman #66A
Ted Williams, OF Boston Red Sox
$2,000 – $3,500

In 1954, Ted Williams was signed only with Topps, while Mickey Mantle was with Bowman. When a Williams Bowman card emerged, either of the two had it pulled from production making this specific card a very rare one and one amongst the top ten most valuable baseball cards.