Mt. Rushmore of Nonsports Cards

DynaEtch · 09-25-2023, 10:47 AM

If I may borrow a thread from the baseball section, and be excused for using the tired rushmore theme.

What is the rushmore of nonsports cards, as in 4 most iconic, important, and sought after cards. Would it be something like this?

1. 1940 Gum Inc Superman #1
2. 2008 Rittenhouse Iron Man Robert Downey Jr Auto (Iron Man suit)
3. 2013 UD Fleer Marvel Retro Spider-Man Green PMG /10
4. 2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Update Daniel/Emma/Rupert Triple auto

A few notes
-I wouldn’t consider any of these cards actually iconic, as in for a wider audience. Unlike the baseball thread, where if you showed a pic of some of the top cards to non-collectors in the general public and people probably still heard of it, I don’t think the general public knows about the above cards….and these are considered top cards of the hobby. Tells you a lot about how niche Non-Sports cards are. Heck, I’d wager if it was just the above list and I didn’t include the pics, even some nonsports collectors might not be able to picture what the card actually looks like.

-I don’t own any of these cards. The only one that I would really want to add is the HP triple, but not affordable for me.

-One of these cards is probably way more expensive than the others (can you guess which one? Answer below).

-Did not include any sketches. Being 1/1s, they don’t generally become iconic or sought after. Also, take a major sketch card like 2007MM Nar’s. There are like 200 of them…so wouldn’t make sense to pick one and include it here.

-I do not know much about MCU cards like the Rittenhouse Iron Man, I just included it because it’s known to be sought after. Is it correct that the one shown was not pack inserted? Which is more desirable, this or the Tony Stark versions that were pack inserted? Maybe I shouldn’t have included it because there is more than 1 version.

-I kind of cringe putting a modern Marvel manufactured scarcity card in the PMG green vs something from 90s Marvel, my fav era….but this isn’t about my personal fav looking cards, plus 90s marvel was overproduced and doesn’t have a single grail type card. There is no question that the Retro Spider-Man green PMG represents an important shift in the entire hobby to more limited, numbered cards. The card symbolizes that shift for me: first green PMG set, top character in the set.

What would you put as the top 4?

Answer to most valuable: Spider-Man green PMG, probably by a long shot too. Ironic that it’s from just 2013.

09-25-2023, 10:47 AM	#1
DynaEtch Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 9,675	Mt. Rushmore of Nonsports Cards If I may borrow a thread from the baseball section, and be excused for using the tired rushmore theme. What is the rushmore of nonsports cards, as in 4 most iconic, important, and sought after cards. Would it be something like this? 1. 1940 Gum Inc Superman #1 2. 2008 Rittenhouse Iron Man Robert Downey Jr Auto (Iron Man suit) 3. 2013 UD Fleer Marvel Retro Spider-Man Green PMG /10 4. 2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Update Daniel/Emma/Rupert Triple auto A few notes -I wouldn’t consider any of these cards actually iconic, as in for a wider audience. Unlike the baseball thread, where if you showed a pic of some of the top cards to non-collectors in the general public and people probably still heard of it, I don’t think the general public knows about the above cards….and these are considered top cards of the hobby. Tells you a lot about how niche Non-Sports cards are. Heck, I’d wager if it was just the above list and I didn’t include the pics, even some nonsports collectors might not be able to picture what the card actually looks like. -I don’t own any of these cards. The only one that I would really want to add is the HP triple, but not affordable for me. -One of these cards is probably way more expensive than the others (can you guess which one? Answer below). -Did not include any sketches. Being 1/1s, they don’t generally become iconic or sought after. Also, take a major sketch card like 2007MM Nar’s. There are like 200 of them…so wouldn’t make sense to pick one and include it here. -I do not know much about MCU cards like the Rittenhouse Iron Man, I just included it because it’s known to be sought after. Is it correct that the one shown was not pack inserted? Which is more desirable, this or the Tony Stark versions that were pack inserted? Maybe I shouldn’t have included it because there is more than 1 version. -I kind of cringe putting a modern Marvel manufactured scarcity card in the PMG green vs something from 90s Marvel, my fav era….but this isn’t about my personal fav looking cards, plus 90s marvel was overproduced and doesn’t have a single grail type card. There is no question that the Retro Spider-Man green PMG represents an important shift in the entire hobby to more limited, numbered cards. The card symbolizes that shift for me: first green PMG set, top character in the set. What would you put as the top 4? Answer to most valuable: Spider-Man green PMG, probably by a long shot too. Ironic that it’s from just 2013. __________________ ~~~ '90s trading cards === Golden Era ~~~ Last edited by DynaEtch; 09-26-2023 at 11:55 AM.