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Posted By: J Levine

My most treasured card is a T-206 Magie...About 10 years ago I noticed a poor (very poor-Tipton) T-206 Magie in a Mike Wheat auction (pre-ebay) and e-mailed the trading group I belong to (OBC) to plead for people not to bid. I bid $400 which was all that I could afford at the time. And waited. With two days left in the auction the bid jumped to $1000...then I think it closed pretty high after that, somewhere around 10 times my bid.

After about two weeks, I get the card in the mail with a note from Mike Wheat saying that it was paid for in full.

Turns out my group of guys took up a collection and bought me the card. Granted, they probably overpaid but it really is the centerpiece of my Phillies collection. I have since acquired rarer and more valuable cards but that one is still one of my favorites.

Joshua