1938 Goudey (Joe DiMaggio)
Joe DiMaggio’s 1938 Goudey card does not look like the regular baseball card as it shows a caricature body of the player and it has background cartoon illustrations. However, the reason it is so different is the fact that it is one of the Yankee Clipper player’s earliest cards. This card was released only two years into the pro career of Joltin’ Joe. You can expect it to pull in thousands of dollars! There is another card of Joe DiMaggio in the series but it has no background illustrations and is worth a bit less.
1938 Goudey (Joe DiMaggio)
1949 Bowman (Duke Snider)
Rookie cards for Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle have already been mentioned on this list, so it is now time for the Duke of Flatbush! Edwin “Duke” Snider was the popular center fielder of the Brooklyn Dodgers and a member of the “Boys of Summer” team of the late 1940s and 1950s. When it comes to acclaim and popularity, he was just second to Jackie Robinson. This Duke Snider card debuted in the 1949 series and was made by Bowman, like Mantle’s rookie card. In 2016, a copy of the 1949 Bowman Edwin Snider with a good grade fetched $232,750.
1949 Bowman (Duke Snider)
