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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt
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What an interesting discussion. Whoever said it above was right, it's hard to pick 4 cards in all nonsports without separating eras. Im not that fluent about vintage nonsports. I sense the fine folks on that Net54 board would NOT like my rushmore in the OP.
I wonder what percentage of nonsports collectors are vintage era like that, vs modern though. The grails of the modern crowd will all be more aligned with some of the rushmores posted in this thread. Some of the prices mentioned in that thread took me by surprise....96k for the Mckinley in a 5?
That thread also answered what the Marquis of Lorne is, since I had no idea what that card was. Apparently first tobacco card, from 1879, very few exist? (but maybe not actually the first one?). Either way sounds like a grail that I had no clue about.
Magic Black Lotus, Pokemon Charizard etc does not count as they are TCGs/CCGs, not traditionally lumped into the nonsports cards category (blowout distinguishes them in forums, for example, as does ebay). That would open up a whole different can of worms.
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Originally Posted by finfangfan
Nice idea for a thread but we will never get close to a consensus.
Throwing this one into the mix… Mars Attacks is a property that originated in a card set and this one is probably the most iconic image.
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This set is just plain awesome. Has that very 'classic non-sports vibe' to it. I could see something like this being put in the iconic list. Probably not as much in the grail category since there were likely a lot made in 1962.
It just occurred to me how rare that is in nonsports sets (bolded). Seems like almost every mainstream set, especially today, is from an external property.