With baseball I selected no more than one card from any set, but that is much more difficult with basketball due to the lack of sets in many years. In no particular order: 1980 Topps Larry Bird ...

It's the most money ever paid for a vintage (pre-1980) basketball card. The previous record was a 1980-81 Topps Larry Bird/Magic Johnson rookie card, which sold in August 2021 for $840,000 ...

These are the 7 vintage basketball cards that cost under $1,000 that I would target if I were starting a vintage collection.