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04-23-2005, 12:00 PM
Posted By: <b>vetekbob</b><p>If this question has been posed before I appologize as I did a search and didnt see anything. Whether you were just starting out collecting pre-war cards or a veteran collector who made a trade or sold a card to get another card, is there a card or cards that in looking back now you could just kick yourself for?

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04-23-2005, 12:19 PM
Posted By: <b>scott</b><p> i'm getting into the hobby after a 15 year layoff.here's my list of pre war.1934 goudey vg-ex,half the set including dizzy dean,jimmy fox ,lefty grove,bill terry,paul waner.t206's vg-ex cobb green back portrait,mathewson dark hat and por,chance por., tinker por.,johnson por.,young pitching,mcgraw pointing and por.,marquard,walsh,clarke,kelley,and about 25 commons.<br />t205 chance ex-mt.plus a few commons.<br /><br /> needless to say its tough typing through my tears.<br /> scott<br /> ps. not to mention the trashbag full of 1971 topps in rubberband stacks that i sold to a friend across the street in 1973 for $2.00.(i was 10 years old).about 5000 cards aaagghhh!!!

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04-23-2005, 12:47 PM
Posted By: <b>dan mckee</b><p>(2) 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth pre-rookie cards.

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04-23-2005, 12:48 PM
Posted By: <b>Jim Clarke</b><p>Dan, R U Kidding? When and how much?

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04-23-2005, 12:58 PM
Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>Those that have been on the board for awhile know my answer. I miss many of the cards I used to own, but the only ones I regret selling were my t208s of Baker, Barry, Bender, Collins, Plank and Mack. Most of the other cards I used to own I could find and own again. I have no hope of ever owning these cards again.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I like to sit outside drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home I would be arrested, so I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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04-23-2005, 01:22 PM
Posted By: <b>Texas Ted</b><p>I swapped a poor condition Honus Wagner Cracker Jack to somebody we all know and love a few weeks ago. Now I regret it. I got a very fair trade out of it, but since then have decided to venture out of the 1940s and 1950s, and retain a few examples from the true world of Vintage. I have no intention of building sets, but want to have an example of all the major sets to at least know what y'all are talking about. I realize now the Wagner would have been a great example of a Cracker Jack, and it was the only one I had.<br /><br />Oh well, live and learn.<br><br>Texas Ted<br />Still Learning after all these years!<br />

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04-23-2005, 01:47 PM
Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>I sold a solid nm/mt CJ Wagner about ten years ago and still wish I still had it. Last year I traded my D314 PSA 5 Cobb to a member of this board. I am happy with the trade, but still miss the Cobb. I know I will never get a chance to replace that one again.<br />JimB

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04-23-2005, 02:07 PM
Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>But esp. the E cards I consigned to teletrade (stupid, I know) several years ago.

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04-23-2005, 02:14 PM
Posted By: <b>Andrew Parks</b><p>T205 Hughie Jennings SGC 88 for $1700 about 6 years ago.

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04-23-2005, 02:19 PM
Posted By: <b>David Vargha</b><p>I suppose we can all tell stories about cards we sold "cheaply" back in the day. I guess that selling Teddy Ballgame's 1939 Play Ball rookie card in NM or better condition in 1978 for $14 ranks right up there. However, the only cards I have sold that I wish I still had were a complete set of graded 1949 Bowman PCL cards.<br><br>DavidVargha@hotmail.com

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04-23-2005, 02:58 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>In theory, based on today's prices, any vintage card anybody ever sold would be one you'd like to get back. How about selling six Just So's in 1998 for starters? But you can make yourself crazy so it's best not to even think about them.

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04-23-2005, 03:05 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /><br /> T206 Plank VG-EX<br /> 1949 Bowman Paige NM <br /> 1948-49 LEAF SP'S<br /> 1954 Aaron NM<br /><br /><br /><br /> Hopefully someone on the board owns them now........<br /><br /><br /> Be well Brian <br /><br /><br />

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04-23-2005, 03:23 PM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>The one that is for auction now in the REA used to be mine. Now, with the other purchases I've made and the price it's at, I can't hardly afford to buy it back....oh well.....

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04-23-2005, 03:36 PM
Posted By: <b>vetekbob</b><p>The card that I regret selling the most about 5 years ago is a 1914 T216 Peoples Tobacco Honus Wagner batting. My first ever wagner card and I had a weak moment for another vintage card and gave it up. I kick myself all the time over that card. I wish I could get it back and I keep an eye out on ebay and other places for one but to no avail <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14> With that card being the only one psa has ever graded, chances are looking terrible. Live and learn the hard way.<br />Robert

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04-23-2005, 03:42 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Now that I've given the matter a little more thought, the T206 Wagner that Leland's sold in their last auction for 101K, the one with the upper left corner missing, used to be mine. I bought it in 1986 for $8250, then sold it in a Phillipp's auction a year and a half later for $18,000 (less 10% to the house). At the time I was thrilled, but I think I'd like to reel that one back in. Ironically, the day after the auction the winning bidder reneged and I had to hire an attorney to force him to buy it, which he eventually did. In retrospect, I should have let him back out and just kept it. But who would have guessed a card in that condition would be worth that much today?

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04-23-2005, 04:29 PM
Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>for other people. I don't miss them yet, though I know I'll never get another Ramly Burkett, and thus never complete my 19th century HOFers., Ther other two are the World Wide Gum ('36 Goudey) Joe DiMaggio, VG, and an M101-4 Ruth (nice card, but has a small smoke stain on one side, and 4 small slight-loss-of-gloss spots where tape was expertly removed. The Joe and the Burkett have alreadcy been graded; the Ruth will not grade, because of the tape removal--although it looks like an awfully nice card.<br /><br />Sorry, but of all the cards I had to sell in 1989, when I needed the money to pay mortgages amd buy food, the only ones I miss---are the '53 Bowman set (WHHOOPS!)<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/ramburk.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/BRees53001.jpg"> (REPLACEMENT!)

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04-23-2005, 05:22 PM
Posted By: <b>Steve Dawson</b><p>T227 Cobb<br />N172 Mike Kelly Chicago portrait w/o hat<br />N162 Kelly<br />N28 Kelly<br />N28 Clarkson<br />N28 Keefe<br /><br />All VG or better<br /><br />Steve

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04-23-2005, 05:57 PM
Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>Old Put Cobb<br />Croft's Candy Cobb<br />T206 Lenox Cobb Bat Off Shoulder<br />T207 Red Cross Blackburne<br />13 different Uzits (3 HOF'ers and one PSA 7)<br />E96 Mack<br />E104-1 Mack<br />T205 Drum<br />Mino Cobb Batting<br />3 T206 Brodleaf 460's<br />12 T206 Red Hindus (including 3 Gandils, 4 HOF'ers and a PSA 7)<br />2 E90-1 Joe Jacksons<br />4 E94 Cobbs<br />8 E98 Cobbs<br />4 E93 Cobbs<br />3 E94 Youngs<br />10 Matty E-Horizontals<br />13 Lajoie E-Outstretched cards<br /><br />T215 Pirates Doolan<br />3 Virginia Brights Backs

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04-23-2005, 06:00 PM
Posted By: <b>Adam J. Baxter</b><p>I've sold off quite a bit (N172's, T212's) in the last 1-2 years and I have only a couple of regrets.One was an N172 of McQuaid, Denver. I originally paid $120 and and later sold it ungraded on Ebay for $370.00. I haven't seen another example since then and I sometimes wonder if I had held on to it, whether it would do even better now? The other regret is the Zeenuts I've sold in the last 2-3 years. Before I decided to get serious collecting these, I had sold a couple dozen or so here and there. I have often regretted it as I could really use many of them now and I've been unable to find some of the same cards again, even on Ebay. Oh, well.

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04-23-2005, 08:20 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> Hi Scott,<br /> Thanks for selling all of your rare backs......<br /><br /><br /><br /> Art, Dan, and a few more of us are grateful.<br /><br /> Be well Brian <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1114309227.JPG">

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04-23-2005, 08:35 PM
Posted By: <b>Chuck R</b><p>I have some stuff that nobody else in my end of the hobby (pre-war nonsports) has but I've never been tempted yet to sell anything I don't have a dupe of....credit card bills come and go, but my suggestion is to hold on to the tough stuff

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04-24-2005, 06:24 AM
Posted By: <b>John Spencer</b><p>Oh so many, but the one that I still wake up screaming about in the middle of the night is an ex/mt E107 Matty. It was the jewel in the crown of my collection that I sold in its entirety about 15 years ago to buy a house.

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04-24-2005, 09:25 AM
Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>I don't mind helping out fellow collectors (still do it when I can and have the cards). Besudes, I know that most of you guys who bought them cherish them as much or more than I did and they are resting in some very nice collections. There were a ton of rare backs I didn't list I sold as well. <br /><br />NOW - if just a few fellow collectors will help me out! I am half-way there for completion of the E92 Croft's Cocoa set - I can almost start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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04-24-2005, 09:47 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>But John- Think about how much your house increased in value, and how much pleasure you've gotten living in it, and it all doesn't seem so bad.

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04-24-2005, 09:50 AM
Posted By: <b>vetekbob</b><p>Hi Scott,<br /> I dont know you personally but I recognize your ebay nic and I think we have bid on some of the same auctions before here and there. Nice to put a name with the nicname. I hope the surgery goes well for you and good luck on finishing your croft set. <br />Robert<br><br>basicgreatguy@hotmail.com

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04-24-2005, 06:25 PM
Posted By: <b>dan mckee</b><p>Jc, not me but pop. 1992 for $1000.00 and 1994 he found one in an antique shop but wouldn't pay the $8000.00 and turned another guy on to it.

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04-24-2005, 06:29 PM
Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>..anytime you wish.

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04-24-2005, 06:52 PM
Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>I'm hoping now that the surgery is not until after the National - would love to get there and finally meet Tbob, Dan, Leon and the rest of the gang in person!<br /><br />Wish we would have done something with the thread we had where we would all some way display out eBay I.D.'s names and info. - then we wouldn't seem as strangers some times. BTW - Robert, I see your handle quite a bit myself.

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04-24-2005, 08:12 PM
Posted By: <b>Scott Forrest</b><p>Anything I sold I used the money to buy something else. But if I could have any items back, it would be: t206 ledger page with Hindu Ed Reulbach, BL460 Reulbach, t206 Jacklitsch proof, t205 Matty with particularly incredible color and registration, my completed e95 set and almost complete e96 set, my almost complete t206 HOF portrait subset (missing Wagner and Plank so incomplete <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>)

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04-25-2005, 07:45 AM
Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>In the past few years I have sold my T-205, 206, and 207 sets.<br />They were all complete, except for T206 Wagner and Plank cards.<br />I had no regrets doing this; however, the one "BIG REGRET" is<br />selling the two Old Mill Cabinets (cat. H801-7) I acquired over<br />10 years ago. These cabinet cards resemble T-3's and are very,<br />very rare. When I sold them, I did not realize how rare these<br />cards are. It certainly pays to do your homework before selling<br />any Pre-War (especially Pre-WWI) items nowadays. <br /> <br />