This card is a symbol of the evolution of not just football, but the sports card hobby. A PSA 9 has sold for over $85,000 on March 30th of last year, and last year a PSA 10 sold for $289,000.

I’ve identified the players across the baseball, football and basketball hobbies (vintage hockey cards aren’t on the same level as the aforementioned) who have generally proven safe to buy at ...