a card you bought just because you liked it

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>You ever buy a card just because you liked it and not that you "needed" it? I always thought this was a neat card. Now that he is a HOF'er I am surprised this went for only approx. $56 recently on ebay.....show a card that you bought just because you liked it, even though you didn't need it...(do we really "need" any of them?)<br /><br /><img src="http://luckeycards.com/pe121southworth.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>99% of the cards I have purchased are "just because I liked it". I "need" 10 cards. That's it, that's all. The realistic liklihood is that I will pick up maybe two or three before it's all over.<br /><br />But to add to the thread here is a card I bought "just because I liked it"<br /><br /><img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/jacklitsch1/SGC%20Postcards/ChesbroSGC80.jpg"><br /><br />Edit: That one was too big <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Hagar Henderson</b><p>Well, I would have to post my entire collection. I only collect cards that just happen to catch my eye the right way. If I had to pick one good example of a pre-war (I collect all cards no matter what era) I would use this T-206 Jim Stephens. It's in sparkling condition. The scanner magnified the flaws 10X worse. What caught my eye was the vintage mitt he's wearing.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-10/1284504/stephens.jpg"><br /><br />Post War, I bought a 1955 Jackie Robinson just because I just loved the dual pictues plus anything Jackie Robinson related is just a good piece of US history.

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Posted By: <b>Neal</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210208738.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210209481.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210209555.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210209657.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Hagar Henderson</b><p>Neal, I love that card. What issue is that from? I don't recognize it.

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Posted By: <b>Neal</b><p>Thanks! It is from the 1925 Turf Cigarettes. It was a two-series-50 card issue by Turf based out of the UK. George Sisler was the only baseball player depicted in the series.

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Posted By: <b>Jerry Rucker</b><p>Bored one night, saw this card and had to have it.<br />Leo the Lip with the Gas House Gang<br /><p><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers/1930scards/websize/36nctalkingsgc50.jpg" width="640" height="351">&lt;/p&gt;

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Posted By: <b>steve yawitz</b><p>"Just because I liked it" applies to most of my cards now that I've officially renounced set collecting. (Well, besides my T206 St. Louisans.) But I really like this one - one of my favorite images coupled with one of my favorite backs:<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/yawie99/myothercards/combined/websize/1911-14%20T216%20Magee.jpg"><br /><br />Condition obviously wasn't a big consideration here.<br><br><a href="http://imageevent.com/yawie99" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://imageevent.com/yawie99</a>

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>This has always been one of my favorite cards. I imagine this photo was taken about the time the 1919 WS scandal was breaking...it just looks like there is sadness in his face.<br /><br /><a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Prewar%20Baseball%20Cards/?action=view&current=1921ExhCollinsSmall.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Prewar%20Baseball%20Cards/1921ExhCollinsSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="1921 Exhibit Eddie Collins"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Seth B.</b><p>This is one I bought for no other reason than that I liked it--I'm certainly not going to try for this set. It came with eggs! How cool is that? I'm waiting for a big find of previously unknown bacon cards.<br /><br /><a href="http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh294/sgbernard/?action=view&current=Bescher.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh294/sgbernard/Bescher.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh294/sgbernard/?action=view&current=BescherB.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh294/sgbernard/BescherB.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Aaron Seefeldt</b><p><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6399/192130mldiecutcobbsgc20st9.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a>&lt;br/&gt;<a href="http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=258&i=192130mldiecutcobbsgc20st9.jpg"><img src="http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6399/192130mldiecutcobbsgc20st9.c0bbae00a5.jpg" border="0"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Jantz</b><p>Its the only T205 that I own. It reminds me of the Mona Lisa. Mr. McGraw kinda has that smirk/smile thing going on too. The color combination also draws me in. The scan is borrowed because my card is in a deposit box.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210214102.JPG"> <br /><br />Jantz

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>this singleminded 206 fella bought a NM 201 McGinnity just so I could have one of those tricky fold in half cards.<br /><br />best,<br />barry

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Posted By: <b>Anthony N.</b><p>I always end up starting a set because I see a card that I think is cool<br />In this case it was 3 cards:<br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/griffins/1933georgecmiller/icons/Frisch.tif.jpg"> <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/griffins/1933georgecmiller/icons/Grove.tif.jpg"> <img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/griffins/1933georgecmiller/icons/Andrews.tif.jpg"><br />Thanks to James, Mark and Brian.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Anthony - talk about knocking out the tough cards first! Great pickup on the Andrews!

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>I'm not much of a set collector - so most every purchase is because I like the card.<br /><br />But, I think this card would be my best example for this thread.<br /><br />It doesn't really fit the era I collect....<br />but - I had to, had to, had to have it<br />just because I liked it.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.internetville.com/images/albums/userpics/49jackiefront.jpg"><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>Saw this one get away on the B/S/T<br /><br />...and then saw it posted on ebay.<br /><br />Couldn't let it get away a second time, even though I don't really collect Goudeys. The signature and color are both amazing. <br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pmifsud3d/SignedGoudeys/photo?authkey=L0arVIwFcdU#5161465785522888690"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/pmifsud3d/R6E1yQpsn_I/AAAAAAAAC4Q/xbB-qCJS7QQ/s800/Gehringer.jpg" /></a><br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> to see signed pre-war card galleries, articles, my blog and more! <br />

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Posted By: <b>fred</b><p>i just liked the look of this card<br /><br /><img src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa211/baseballfan8photos/T%20206/clarkebat.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>As a reformed type collector...I now ONLY collect cards I like...here are a few!<br /><img src="http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/sc0024da8e.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/sc00026e36.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Bill Kasel</b><p>Saw this and had to have it. Originally started with a beater, then upgraded. I did the same with the E95 Merkle but sold it off a year ago. Still looking for another one.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210253478.JPG"> <br /><br /><br />Bill

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Bill - you sure that's not a Cobb?

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Posted By: <b>Bill Kasel</b><p>I wish Matt. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Chris</b><p>That signed Gehringer is beautiful. Like you said - both card and auto!

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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>Agreed on the Gehringer. It's a knockout. If I remember correctly it was part of a 3 or 4 card lot on BST. I don't collect autographs or 33 Goudeys (though I think it's a great set), but I seriously considered buying it for that Gehringer.

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Posted By: <b>Sean BH</b><p>Bill, I would send it back to PSA, I'm sure it's a Cobb, the rare error version. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />I bought this because he looks like a tough guy, and I like the writing on the back.<br /><br /><img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g193/hanksta3/My%20Collection/patterson.jpg"><br /><br />sdbh

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Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>I'm a do-it-yourself subset collector, so this is the kind of thinking that usually starts me down a road of a whole lot of trouble...<br /><br />I just bought my first M-card a couple weeks ago, and have yet to scan it, but I will post it shortly. <br />In the meantime, here's one that only fits in the collection because I jammed it in there...<br /><br />This guy was apparently SO good, that he could play ball with the big boys while wearing his overcoat!<br /><br /><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/smallcapdaddy/T206BergenBattingPSA4.jpg"><br /><br />and for those who like to argue about grading...there's no way this thing crosses over to a SGC50...have you ever seen more wanting corners on a PSA 4?! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>Not only do I like the card, the flip makes me smile, too.<br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/wolfie51sb/t205matty.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>That is friggin (@Tbob) classic. You ought to send them a scan and ask them how many of the white cap T205's they have slabbed .....

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Rob, that is one of the saddest mistakes I've ever seen. A monkey that was trained for 2 minutes might make that mistake. I only wish it would have read "white cap" on the flip.

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Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>Dan,<br /><br />Eddie Collins always appeared to be inordinately sad. I would have paid a wheelbarrow full of money to see him randomly burst into a song-and-dance routine with full "jazz hands".

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Posted By: <b>Rob D.</b><p>I'll have to admit that this was a case of me buying the card <i>and</i> the holder.

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Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>Actually, Rob, what you have there, according to my research, is a very very rare T205 chase preview card that was randomly inserted into the T206 Rack Packs. The odds on that pull are thought to be close to 1:2,500,000<br /><br />The checklist, from what I can tell so far, includes that Matty, Cobb, Shoeless Joe, Lajoie, and a Babe Ruth prookie from his travelling orphanage team.<br /><br />Congrats on the pickup!<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br />edited to add: thank you Jodi. I think that is the first documented use of the term "Jazz hands" on this forum!

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Posted By: <b>Jason L</b><p>This is my first non-tobacco pre-war Cubs card, but I just HAD to buy it...<br /><br />Has there ever been another single card that so perfectly captures the complete historical context of an entire organization, such as this one does for the long suffering Cubbies?!?!?!<br /><br />I doubt it.<br /><br /><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/smallcapdaddy/M101-4ZwillingSGC10.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>1921 Heinie Groh with his bottle bat<br /><br /><a href="http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards?p=35&n=1&m=-1&c=3&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards?p=35&n=1&m=-1&c=3&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2</a>

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Posted By: <b>Cat</b><p>It has no real place in my collection at all, but it is one of my favorite poses.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6189/ai8fplankwu0.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>pat</b><p><br /> <br /><img src="http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h240/cohocorp/venezuelawagner.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Dennis J. Meehan</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210554586.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210554617.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Kenneth A. Cohen</b><p>I'll always remember the story I read as a kid - relating that Nick Altrock was the only pitcher ever to win a game without throwing a pitch. I believe someone else did it a few years ago.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1210556137.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Lance</b><p><img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w153/bamacollection/Postaco022.jpg"><br /><br />Only because it was a Cobb that was affordable and attractive.