1887 Old Judge (Cap Anson)
The 1887 Old Judge card of Cap Anson is the oldest on this list! Many collectors and experts think this is the most important set of 19th century cards because of the large variety of players and the number of variants in the series. These cards were packed in Gypsy Queen and Old Judge Cigarette packs and had to survive traveling more than a hundred years to reach collections today. Of all the cards in the set, the Cap Anson one, specifically the In Uniform variation, is the most valuable. It is super rare and there are only a few copies in existence.
1887 Old Judge (Cap Anson)
1948 Leaf (Jackie Robinson)
The most important American athlete during the 20th century has to be Jackie Robinson. He broke the Baseball Color Line in the MLB, and this made a lasting impact on the history of sports. He has been immortalized in this 1948 Leaf card, the only real rookie card of the first African-American representative of baseball and hero to all. The item is coveted in collector circles as it is scarcer than his other 1950s cards. Needless to say, the price changes depending on the grade of the card, but a grade 8 one sold for nearly $75,000 in the spring of 2019.
1948 Leaf (Jackie Robinson)
