View Full Version : Show off your beat up cards you can't see yourself parting with!
Piratesfan1418
08-28-2010, 02:24 PM
I enjoy near flawless cards as much as all the others out there. But, I also find something right in a card that has see it's fair share of wear!
I would love to start the thread out with an image but my computer was stolen. That inhibits my ability to scan. So someone get us started!
Cheers,
Brad
Bicem
08-28-2010, 02:32 PM
http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/rotograph/C%20Griffith.jpg
Browncow75
08-28-2010, 03:00 PM
http://i30.servimg.com/u/f30/15/20/37/09/g1_12713.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=21&u=15203709)
Exhibitman
08-28-2010, 05:50 PM
well, heck, for the right price any material object I own is for sale, but with that whore-ish admission in the background, I really do not see myself parting with any of these beaters:
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/zzz_4_on_1_judge_cobb_chaplin_prevost.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/Hartnett.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/upload%20PCL%20averill.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards/websize/1926%20Exhibit%20Marx%20Bros.jpg
milkit1
08-28-2010, 07:34 PM
nice marx brothers postcard! Ive never seen that before! When you do decide to part with it by all means send it my way :)
joeadcock
08-28-2010, 08:29 PM
One
Frank
joeadcock
08-28-2010, 08:36 PM
Jeff
You always have interesting stuff to look at. Thanks alot
Frank
iggyman
08-28-2010, 09:13 PM
Guess, I'll choose this one, but it's not like it was an easy choice.
Lovely Day...
Willard's Chocolates Premium:
http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotImages/13/Lot02a_lg.jpeg
cfc1909
08-28-2010, 10:26 PM
24081
24082
Jay Wolt
08-28-2010, 11:35 PM
Technically these Buchner's are "beat up" but they are "gems" to me
http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1245315006.jpg
http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1246700005.jpg
http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1266189022.jpg
Bicem
08-29-2010, 07:06 AM
Jeff
You always have interesting stuff to look at. Thanks alot
Frank
thanks Frank!
They don't get much more poor than this. Straight from a barn fire and being tacked on a barn wall (so the story goes), to Scott Gaynor on ebay, to me.....:o
richieb315
08-29-2010, 08:29 AM
Ty Cobb
rman444
08-29-2010, 09:13 AM
If these were missing any less, I don't think I would have been able to afford them.
<a href="http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/?action=view¤t=1914CJmattyfront.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/1914CJmattyfront.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
<a href="http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/Other/?action=view¤t=1913BostonGarterTyCobbFront.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/Other/1913BostonGarterTyCobbFront.jpg" border="0" alt="1914 Boston Garter Ty Cobb Front"></a>
Michael Peich
08-29-2010, 09:52 AM
My favorite beater that I would not sell. Enjoy, Mike
docpatlv
08-29-2010, 11:02 AM
Would have to be my one-handed Wagner...
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1910e125WagnerThrowing.jpg
Piratesfan1418
08-29-2010, 12:25 PM
I love everyone's submissions! It's great to see cards I know nothing about!
Brad
Matthew H
08-29-2010, 01:43 PM
My favorite beater is my current avatar. I just love how it looks near mint from across the room.
rman444
08-29-2010, 05:34 PM
Mike - that's a sweet plank!
HRBAKER
08-29-2010, 05:45 PM
Would have to be my one-handed Wagner...
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1910e125WagnerThrowing.jpg
Sort of a "Honus de Milo." :D
T206Collector
08-30-2010, 07:48 AM
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9JThsZG2x8u9YDxbx6mrFDiJm_Z5QsNdec5_I7WHZRE?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/S7FELuCjRqI/AAAAAAAAHxE/wuDRAhz-ZpQ/s800/Clarke%20Batting%20Auto%20SGC%2010.jpg" /></a>
Piratesfan1418
08-30-2010, 07:52 AM
WOW! I love it!
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9JThsZG2x8u9YDxbx6mrFDiJm_Z5QsNdec5_I7WHZRE?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/S7FELuCjRqI/AAAAAAAAHxE/wuDRAhz-ZpQ/s800/Clarke%20Batting%20Auto%20SGC%2010.jpg" /></a>
GoSoxBoSox
08-30-2010, 08:10 AM
It's one of only three triple overprint Mikan rookies known to exist. It's one of the holy grails of basketball card holy grails.
It's sheet cut, it's ghostly, with a grey background (supposed to be blue), missing red ink and it frankly looks a mess.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/tompapa/mikan1948bowmanpsaauthfront.jpg?t=1283017348 http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n184/tompapa/mikan1948bowmanpsaauthback.jpg?t=1283017383
D. Broughman
08-30-2010, 08:13 AM
Here's mine:D
Section103
08-30-2010, 08:57 AM
By many, many multiples, this has to be the cheapest card on this thread. I have an upgraded version (thanks Mr Wakefield and Kawika), but I'd still not part with this one either.....
mybuddyinc
08-30-2010, 01:03 PM
The worst Upp ever .....
24145
..... and a classic "red mustache"
24146
DixieBaseball
08-30-2010, 05:19 PM
Fair shape, and One of a Kind :
brianp-beme
08-30-2010, 10:23 PM
If I ended up panhandling on the street corner with just one card in my shirt pocket (placed carefully inside a Card Saver 1 sleeve which was then put into an upside down Card Saver 2 sleeve to protect against inclement weather and body odor), it would be this Matty. It was one of a group of 5 1910 era HOF'ers I purchased (my first vintage cards) for $11.00 total back in 1981 at the first card show I ever attended, from the first table I visited just inside the entrance.
The other four are great cards too (I still have them all), but this one has always caught my eye and helped formulate my future collecting mantra...a beater can be just as desirable as a higher grade card, and quite often has more interesting eye appeal. I have collected plenty of other fantastic beaters since then...but this one would outlast them all.
Brian
richieb315
08-30-2010, 11:07 PM
Ed Plank
terjung
08-31-2010, 10:33 PM
I don't see myself ever parting with this beater.
http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/terjung1/e107/websize/E107%20Wagner%20SGC%20A.jpg
Loving this thread, btw. Richard, those die-cuts are awesome. I never get tired of seeing them.
joeadcock
09-01-2010, 04:06 AM
Brian
That is a great card. Hope I find one in future(that I am able to buy)
Frank
Piratesfan1418
09-01-2010, 08:03 AM
I don't see smilies used very often on this site but...
:eek:
I don't see myself ever parting with this beater.
http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/terjung1/e107/websize/E107%20Wagner%20SGC%20A.jpg
Loving this thread, btw. Richard, those die-cuts are awesome. I never get tired of seeing them.
tlwise12
09-01-2010, 06:08 PM
A few that I probably won't part with...
RichR
09-01-2010, 08:40 PM
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z220/rrockw/cobb.jpg
Abravefan11
09-01-2010, 08:47 PM
Not a high profile card but really tough and given my collecting niche I'm happy to have it in any condition let alone one that presents well.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UrSHvogCrmM/TC4EcvsJe8I/AAAAAAAACvo/ycMXnfknqeg/s576/T206%20Bill%20Dahlen%20EPDG.jpg
sox1903wschamp
09-01-2010, 09:38 PM
Like Tim's Dahlen, this is not a high profile card but I am very happy to have this in any condition.
I have probably been the underbidder on 10-12 Hageman's the past 5 years and rumor has it someone with the same last name hoards them. Not sure if they are related. So somehow I snuck this one in and an ANON back to boot so I will probably have it forever in this fair shape.
And by the way, there is a player in the T207 set with the same last name as me (Steele) and you don't see me hoarding them :D
frohme
09-02-2010, 06:14 AM
Nice Hageman, Michael! - I feel your pain ;)
Toss up for me between any of these Pirates
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x51/frohme/3de0ea8c.jpg
teetwoohsix
09-02-2010, 08:18 AM
Great stuff everyone !!
This isn't the rarest card, but a semi-tough front/back combo that I can't see myself parting with...............
leftygrove10
09-23-2010, 06:56 PM
I wanted to post a few cards in this thread, but just recently had time to scan the cards. I have no interest in parting with the following four Grove cards. These are 4 of the first Lefty Grove cards that I ever bought. I purchased the cards as a teenager in the late 1980's. The Diamond Star was the first one and is the most special. I hope I never forget the feeling that I had when it first showed up in the mail about 23 years ago.
http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grove/1935_diamondstar_FIRST.jpg
http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grove/1934_goudey_FIRST.jpg
http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grove/1933_tattooorbit_R305_FIRST.jpg
http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grove/1934_batterup031_FIRST.jpg
ChiefBenderForever
09-23-2010, 07:32 PM
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/JOHNNYHARMONICA/Benderwhitecapfourwithmellowkotton0.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/JOHNNYHARMONICA/Benderbacksof4withkottonmellow0001.jpg
Tcards-Please
09-24-2010, 06:57 AM
I've posted this one before, but not in its new home. It is now finally resting in a very attractive SGC case.
rdixon1208
09-24-2010, 10:20 AM
Hopefully I'll find upgrades for these one day, but I'll be keeping these even after I do.
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/rdixon1208/t210-houston-team-set-5-of-12/740/merritt http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/rdixon1208/t210-houston-team-set-5-of-12/742/rose
This one's not going anywhere.
sylbry
09-25-2010, 07:12 PM
Guess, I'll choose this one, but it's not like it was an easy choice.
Lovely Day...
That card is fantastic... to myself, the error card collector on a budget.
Brian Van Horn
09-26-2010, 05:51 AM
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emmygirl
09-26-2010, 03:32 PM
Hi everyone, this is my first attempt to post here with a photo. Nerves of steel I do not have.
Only have a few T206's but this is my favorite. Going to one of my grand kids I guess..... Love this site and all the knowledgable collectors onboard. Jim