if it's iconic is it a keeper?

it was not quite a year ago when i completed the 1961 topps baseball thrills subset. the last card i needed was babe ruth's, and i picked it up as part of a partial set purchase. there were about 100 cards from the set in the purchase, including the ruth and this card

roger maris was number 2 in the set

while his mvp counterpart (and world series champion) in the national league, dick groat, was number 1.

i decided not to pursue the full set and wound up flipping the other cards as a lot on sportlots except for the ruth and this maris. i kept the maris even though it doesn't fit within the standard confines of my collection. i thought about putting it as the 1961 topps representative in my topps flagship year by year collection, but i currently have tracy stallard (who gave up maris' 61st home run in 1961) in that spot. i bought the stallard at my local card shop when i was just a kid and so i don't see moving it out of my collection. i suppose that is why i also have the "meaningful and just because" minicollection - for cards like this which don't have a home but are worth holding on to.

maybe i should start an "iconic card" minicollection. that would be dangerous!