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Forbes Releases List of Top 10 Baseball Cards of All Time

By The Cardboard Connection Jan 20, 2009

The rise of the baseball card over the last 100 years has been nothing short of amazing. Along with the vast increase in the popularity of the baseball card hobby has come an equally impressive rise in value. Because of the nature of the baseball card market it is difficult to set a definite price tag on the value of a baseball card. The value of baseball cards are fundamentally dependent on the law of supply and demand. Additional factors that are used to calculate the "real" dollar value of a baseball card are its condition, and the popularity of the player represented on the card.

Business and Finance Juggernaut, Forbes.com, recently published an article highlighting what they considered to be the 10 most valuable baseball cards of all time. Forbes' list contains no more then one card per player, less the list be entirely made up of Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, and Mickey Mantle cards. The list is as follows:

	#1 1909 T206 Honus Wagner #366 Card: 1909 T206 White Border #366 Player: Honus Wagner, 2B Pittsburgh Pirates BV: $250,000-$400,000 Highest Recorded Sale: $2.3 million
	#2 1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb #30 Card: 1914 E145-1 Cracker Jack #30 Player: Ty Cobb, OF Detroit Tigers BV: $3,600-$6,000
	#3 1914 Cracker Jack "Shoeless" Joe Johnson #103 Card: 1914 E145-1 Cracker Jack #103 Player: Joe Jackson, OF Chicago White Sox BV: $5,000-$9,000
	#4 1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie SP #106 Card: 1933 Goudey #106 Player: Nap Lajoie, 2B Cleveland Indians BV: $20,000-$30,000 Highest Recorded Sale: $34,800.00
	#5 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #53 Card: 1933 Goudey #53 Player: Babe Ruth, OF New York Yankees BV: $3,500-$5,000
	#6 1938 Goudey Heads Up Joe DiMaggio #274 Card: 1938 Goudey Heads Up R323 #274 Player: Joe DiMaggio, OF New York Yankees BV: $2,000-$3,500
	#7 1949 Leaf Satchel Paige #8 Card: 1949 Leaf #8 Player: Leroy "Satchel" Paige, P Cleveland Indians BV: $3,500-$6,000
	#8 1951 Bowman Willie Mays #305 Card: 1951 Bowman #305 Player: Willie Mays, OF New York/San Francisco Giants BV: $2,000-$3,000
	#9 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 Card: 1952 Topps #311 Player: Mickey Mantle, OF New York Yankees BV: $12,000-$18,000
	#10 1954 Bowman Ted Williams #66A Card: 1954 Bowman #66A Player: Ted Williams, OF Boston Red Sox BV: $2,000-$3,500