If you had $5-10k to invest...The Mick or Stocks?

[sickmantz]

I started thinking about this recently. With the current economic and governmental climate, the stock market does not seem like the same safe mid-to-long-term investment that it used to be. I don't really understand why it's going up and that makes me nervous. Maybe it's still safe in the long-term (20+ years), but that's what a 401k is for...

So, if you had $5-10k to invest, would you rather put it into stocks or high end vintage? If vintage, what would you buy? It doesn't have to be Mickey Mantle. It could be a Clemente RC, perhaps? Anyway, have at it.