What's the one vintage card you really wish you had back?

[CMIZ5290]

Mainly based on what you sold it for, versus what it's value is now..... Mine is a 1915 cracker jack joe jackson psa 8oc.... A close second, but not pre-war, was an sgc 92 1953 topps mantle.

[almostdone]

Not prewar but I sold my 1968 Roberto Clemente in Mt condition last year. I wish I hadn't as it was the first "vintage " card I ever bought back when I was a kid. It was in a local card shop in a side case inside of a box that was marked "any card $2.00" I had seen the case in there many times before but when I finally asked to see what was in it I found the Clemente. Once I saw it I asked the shop owner if he really only wanted $2 bucks for it. He smiled and said that card was in there for a few years and he was waiting to see who would finnally find it. $2 Bucks, not bad. Not really sure why I sold it now.
Drew

[Jayworld]

1933 Goudey #41 Gus Mancuso. This was the very first pre-war card I purchased at a local (big at the time) card show in Dallas in the 1970s for $5. It was in fair-good condition with a stain in the corner. Wish I still had it.

[Vegas-guy]

All 4 T206 Cobb variations in PSA 6 I sold in 2004..:(

[danmckee]

1914 Baltimore News Schedule card Babe Ruth, we had 2 and I would kill to have just 1 back!

Not dad's fault, I was chasing skirts instead of paying attention to my collection.

[Runscott]

1914 Baltimore News Schedule card Babe Ruth, we had 2 and I would kill to have just 1 back!

Not dad's fault, I was chasing skirts instead of paying attention to my collection.

Dan, that is sad.

I'm not going to mention the ones I miss - invariably when I do, the current owner posts a scan and the post-sale cognitive dissonance thing kicks in all over again.

[danmckee]

Not nice by him Scott! Yes that would stink! To see the cards again would make me even more sick, ugh!

[zljones]

1914 Baltimore News Schedule card Babe Ruth, we had 2 and I would kill to have just 1 back!

Not dad's fault, I was chasing skirts instead of paying attention to my collection.

How much were those sold for Dan? If you don't mind me asking

[mintacular]

Hindu Leach and T205 BL

[danmckee]

1st one was sold for $1K to a lawyer on the West Coast from a Chicago National. The 2nd was sold for $8K to a gent in New York.

I know, I am sick!

[zljones]

1st one was sold for $1K to a lawyer on the West Coast from a Chicago National. The 2nd was sold for $8K to a gent in New York.

I know, I am sick!

Whoa! I feel your pain

[ullmandds]

Wow, Dan...a band aid won't fix that one!!! The only regrets I have are cards I never bought...I don't regret selling anything.

[ls7plus]

This one's a tie for me: (1) 1959 Bazooka Mantle SGC graded NMt; and (2) 1925 Exhibit Lou Gehrig rookie; both sold in a 2007 Goodwin auction.

Regards, guys,

Larry

[TheBig6]

Dogshead Stovey:(
Excellent Condition

[vintagerookies51]

My old T3 Cy Young graded PSA 1. I love the T3s and his pose was one of the best in the set

[GoldenAge50s]

I regret selling my OJ Harry Wright & Pud Galvin that I found in a yard sale in the late '80's. I got a decent price at the time I sold, but nothing like what they would be worth today!

I didn't appreciate what I had found back then & kinda' wish I still had them today!

[JasonD08]

A tie:

Both 1914 CJ Mattys in SGC or 1915 M101 PSA 4 Ruth Rookie.

[JasonD08]

No......not a tie. I wished I had the Ruth back.

[CMIZ5290]

Jason- what grade was your 1914 cj matty?

[matty6]

I regret selling my E102 set, my Matty Mello Mint, my Matty E103 and my T205 Hindu back.

[ullmandds]

andrew...did your e102 set have the miller fielding and wagner throwing????

[matty6]

Yes it did. The Wagner throwing was SGC 20 and the miller was SGC 50. I also had a Miller SGC 60.

[ullmandds]

wow...nice!!!!! 2 millers!!!!

[matty6]

I know. Kicking myself. The set is still up on the SGC registry. But it's not mine anymore. :-(

[tbob]

T213-3 Ty Cobb with the factory overprint. It was a beautiful card. At least I managed to secure an SGC 50 E94 Wagner for it, but I miss the Cobb from the original Southern Find.
The other one was a red E98 Lajoie I sold to Rob D. At the time I was switching gears to go back in to private practice after working for the State for 10 years and needed some start-up money so I dumped some cards. Little did I know that the red Lajoie card would prove to be one of the scarcest cards around. I miss the Nap....

[JasonD08]

I had an SGC 10 which I got from Dan Paradise and SGC 20 dead centered which netted $14K...hard to turn down. The 20 had pin holes nice otherwise.

[CMIZ5290]

Jason- i think you came out ok if you got $14k for the 20 if it had pinholes. A recent one went for $18k, but i don't think it had issues other than corners and slight creasing....

[Jason Carota]

N172 Dick Conway

[JasonD08]

Had 2 pinholes, one small crease in the corner and best centered example in the hobby. Very attractive SGC 20.

[packs]

I wish I could have this one back.

http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/madjams/redcross.jpg

[asphaltman]

This one -


http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv276/cardstokeep/Sale/1914cjjacksonf.jpg

[cdn_collector]

Two that immediately come to mind for me -- 1911 Obak Ten Million and e92 Croft's Cocoa George Gibson.

Both cards went to good homes, though, so that makes it tolerable.

Regards,

Richard.

[Steve D]

My Top-3:

T227 Ty Cobb
N162 Mike Kelly
N172 Mike Kelly

Bought 'em all for $250 or less a piece in G-VG condition back in the early '80s.

Steve

[goudey1933]

The stacks of 1971 Topps I had as a kid.Filled 3/4 of a grocery bag.Sold them to the kid up the street for 5$...in 1971.In prewar Plank E95 SGC40 sold 5 years ago and 15 years ago sold a 1933 Goudey Dean in nrmt/T206 green Cobb portrait in about VG.

[phikappapsi]

I've only ever sold one card, and I regret it terribly.

1939 signed Joe DiMaggio play ball. I had 2, so I flipped one to help pay for some others.

In retrospect, having both of them was so much cooler, knowing there's not even a handful of them out there.

[wolfdogg]

several actually........E90-1 Jax RC, M110 Cobb, E125 Wagner, 1917 Standard Biscuit Jackson, 1915 E145-2 Jax and N172 Phenom Smith portrait plus few more.....oh, well.......life goes on

[steve B]

Not much for prewar, as I rarely sell any. I have mild pangs ocasionally with the ones I have sold, but they all went to really good collections so it's fine.

Postwar I do miss the 48 Bowman set I put together for very little with most cards being poor. Sold it to pay for a ski trip.

The ones I really miss were a group of 76 Hostess proofs. Yellow and green instead of red and blue, reversed negatives, numbers over 150, screened and probably cropped differently. I traded a 74 McCovey washington for about 20 of them, and promptly traded half to a local dealer for another McCovey washington. I've never seen any others.

If any of you have one I wouldn't mind seeing it.

Steve B

[Pup6913]

I had a Hoblitzell T205 drum a few yrs back. Should have never sold it:(

[Runscott]

Much to the dismay of other scrap collectors, it is NOT the T206 Downey. Chris and others have mentioned it several times, so might as well set them straight :) ...it's sort of ugly.

I would have back this beater Mino Wagner/throwing:

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/LotImages/38/57499a_lg.jpeg

[aljurgela]

Ouch.... I feel the pain from here.... sorry to hear that...

[atx840]

...it's sort of ugly.

Them's strong words Scott. ;)

[irishdenny]

This Really Hurts...

[E93]

This one.
JimB
http://photos.imageevent.com/jimblumenthal/notmineanymore/websize/D304%20Cobb%20front.jpg