Most Valuable Baseball Cards

Most Valuable Baseball Cards

Jul 28, 2017 | Baseball Cards, Collectible Cards, Collectibles, Sports Collectibles

CNNMoney.com in a previously posted story from 2006, had a list of the most valuable baseball cards:

1) 1909 Honus Wagner from Sweet Caporal Cigarette Company – Value: $1.265 million
2) 1952 Mickey Mantle from Topps – Value: $127,500
3) 1933 Babe Ruth from Goudey Gum Co. – Value: $105,000
4) 1954 Ted Williams from Wilson Franks – Value: $100,000
5) 1954 Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron from Topps – Value: $17,000
6) 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. from Upper Deck – Value: $250

2022 Baseball Card Price Updates

1. Honus Wagner, 1909-1911 ATC T206
Cost: $3 Million

2. Mickey Mantle, 1952 Topps
Cost: $2.8 Million – Grade 9 PSA card

3. Babe Ruth, 1916 Sporting News
Cost: $717,000 (Sold in 2016)

4. Pete Rose, 1963 Topps
Cost: $717,000 – Grade 10 PSA card

5. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, 1909 American Caramel
Cost: $667,149 – PSA Grade 8 (Sold in 2016)

6. Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman, 1968 Topps
Cost: $612,359 – Grade 10 PSA card

7. Mickey Mantle, 1951 Bowman
Cost: $600,000

8. Babe Ruth, 1914 Baltimore News
Cost: $575,000 (Sold in 2016)

9. Willie Mays, 1952 Topps
Cost: $478,000 (Sold in 2016)

10. Roberto Clemente, 1955 Topps
Cost: $478,000 – Grade 9 PSA card (Sold in 2016)

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