Show us your Rarest card

[William Todd]

Bruce, That card is absolutely awesome...

[atx840]

Fun thread. Would love to see more.

[pete zouras]

[x2drich2000]

Don't recall if I ever posted this one before. Completely beat, but definitely not common.



DJ

[Louieman]

Only one I've seen to exist yet

[bn2cardz]

Only one known


Great thing about rare cards from unknown sets is that they can be had cheap. So many cards are too rare for their own good.

[edjs]

There is one Bridwell Batting listed with PSA, but it only identifies it as People's Tobacco, not if it is Kotton, Virginia Extra, or MINO. This is the only one I see on SGC. When I got it from Glenn (darwinbulldog), he had this to say about it:

"If, on the other hand, you want a truly rare card, come inside and take a look. It looks as though it's been through a hurricane or two (Betsy? Camille?), and I can't swear it was never placed under a leg to level a chiffarobe or folded into a tube for delivery by carrier pigeon, but hey, it's a Mino.

This is perhaps the only surviving Mino Bridwell (no other copies graded by SGC or PSA). It is, as they say, a true "1 of 1, highest graded!"

So if you like tough T types and Louisiana types and Federal Leaguers and deadball era utility infielders and guys who finished 2nd in the NL to Honus Wagner in position player WAR one year (1909), well, this is the card you've been waiting for."

Sold me on it. I love, still get it out about every week to look at it.

[pokerplyr80]

This is my rarest card. It's not a 1/1 like some others in this thread, but the population is low and they're pretty tough to track down.

[birdman42]

Only one of these is a card, but I'll stretch a bit. And I completely agree, Andy. Some sets are too rare to collect, so demand just isn't there. I'm not going for big-name players, so I can often find unusual items for not too much.

Bill

Probably unique...


...not sure about this one; ask Bugsy...


...these are all ridiculously tough...


...and this one belonged to Buck Barker (stamp on back)

[Jobu]

That is a cool card. It looks to me like it is actually a triple overprint - two at the bottom and one in the middle.

Originally Posted by trobba

Have shown this before...factory 8 overprints are extremely rare with t213-3s, I believe this is the only known double overprint/mid-card overprint, whatever you want to call it.

[ValKehl]

No examples of this card are listed in either the PSA or SGC pop reports:

[Bored5000]

[edjs]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

No examples of this card are listed in either the PSA or SGC pop reports:

Nice! Really nice!

[cardsfan73]

This was my rarest card, right now it's on it's way to PSA for grading and then it will be in Love Of The Games Winter 2015 Auction. So far there have been two graded, one by PSA which was authentic & one by SGC which was also authentic. I am hoping this one gets a numeric grade. It was a thrill to find this card and I am hoping it finds a good home!

quick edit to add: Just got word that the card graded a PSA 1. Pretty cool!

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by vintagehofrookies

One of only 4 or 5 known to exist

Nice Detroit Seamless Steel Tubes Cobb, Dan,, but if he was 21, as the card states, it is almost certainly a 1908, not 1907. Cobb was born December 18, 1886. He would have been 20 through the entire 1907 season, and 21 through the 1908 season. I think SGC could use a little help on their math, unless the manufacturing company got their facts wrong. It would have to have been issued between December 18, 1907 and December 31, 1907 to have been a 1907 card (and therefore one of his several rookies). Quite a small window.

Not likely a rookie, but great card nonetheless,

Larry

[glchen]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Nice Detroit Seamless Steel Tubes Cobb, Dan,, but if he was 21, as the card states, it is almost certainly a 1908, not 1907. Cobb was born December 18, 1886. He would have been 20 through the entire 1907 season, and 21 through the 1908 season. I think SGC could use a little help on their math, unless the manufacturing company got their facts wrong. It would have to have been issued between December 18, 1907 and December 31, 1907 to have been a 1907 card (and therefore one of his several rookies). Quite a small window.

Not likely a rookie, but great card nonetheless,

Larry

Larry, I think that SGC based the date on this example of the card: Link, which has a 1907 postmark.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by glchen

Larry, I think that SGC based the date on this example of the card: Link, which has a 1907 postmark.

Very interesting, Gary--I would tend to agree with you that the postmark is almost certainly correct, which would mean that the issuer got Cobb's age wrong, unless it was indeed released within that very small window in December of 1886!

In any event, Dan's autographed fielding pose Dietsch and '23-'24 Exhibit Simmons are absolute wows! Each likely to be one of a kind. It wasn't easy for me to find my non-autographed examples of each of those cards (PSA 5 Fielding Pose Cobb; SGC VG Simmons--each treasures of my own collection--I can't believe I used to carry the Cobb around with me for awhile after I finally got it in 2011).

Thanks for correcting me,

Larry

PS: what in the world are you doing up at this hour? All the best!

[shernan30]

I've added some rare ones this year.

E90-3 Payne with blue background



T222 Lee Magee



Peckinpaugh PC with Cleveland



Let's throw my only N173 OJ Cabinet in the mix as well
N173 Al Buckenberger Columbus

[darwinbulldog]

One of these probably

[gabrinus]

That's amazing Val......Jerry

[Seiklis]

Outside some of my Diaz, this is my rarest

[Laxcat]

I think this is my rarest.

[Jobu]

Glen, I still love the Cafe du Monde card. Very nice.

[ValKehl]

Ed & Jerry, thanks for the kind words re my T214 Gandil.

Glenn, I like your nice group of very scarce backs, especially the Barker Bread. I wanted this card, but couldn't bring myself to bid higher on it because of all the other cards I was bidding on in the Heritage-Luckey auction.

Val

[phlflyer1]

A pair of 1/1s from an extremely scarce set

[ls7plus]

Sorry no scanner, but going by what I've seen in auctions, ebay and pop reports, I'd have to say my 1955 Exhibit Postcard Back Kaline in PSA 6. Last time I checked, it was the only one graded by either TPG, and a continuing ebay search hasn't turned up any more.

I'm also wondering if my recently acquired 1939 V351 Ted Williams isn't too far off--a total of 3 graded between SGC and PSA, and googling reveals very few auction listings--just two different cards, I believe, which were originally sold raw in 2001 and 2011, if memory serves correctly, and which are now likely the SGC Ex that I own, and the PSA ExMt, which someone sold on a ludicrously low $2000 BIN in 2013. A continuing search for years only came up with the latter two for me.

Interesting post,

Larry

[asphaltman]

Surprised the M101-4/5 guys haven't posted yet....no Green-Joyce or Mall Theatre, Holmes to Homes.....or did I miss a post somewhere?

[Jobu]

I only have a few where I don't think there are more than 2-3 in the pop reports.

[vintagehofrookies]

I also have these:

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by vintagehofrookies

I also have these:

Dan

Nice stuff.

[clydepepper]

1904 Alleghent Card Co Joe McGinnty SGC 40.jpg

1904 ALLEGHENY ED MURPHY SGC 88.jpg

1904 ALLEGHENY SAM LEEVER SGC 84.jpg

[Baseball Rarities]

I always knew that E104-1s with Nadja backs were rare, but I only recently realized how rare they really were. I purchased this Plank from the Luckey collection and when I started doing some additional research on the issue, I could not find another example of Plank. There were plenty of blank backed cards out there, but none with the Nadja advertising on the back. I am sure that others exist, but I have not been able to put my finger on another.

[Andy Baran]

No idea who owns these now, but they were 2 of my favorites from my previous collection.

[pawpawdiv9]

Wow, you pre-war guys are nailing the coffin shut here. Heck i dont even know a lot of those guys, other than looking in the recent addition threads.
I guess my rare one, is just a hard one that seldom comes up for sale much with a low pop:
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[Sean]

Chris, I've always loved that card. Congratulations.

[scooter729]

I believe it's still the case that all of the 1921 Herpolsheimers are one of a kind? Has anyone found additional copies of any of them?

[bwbc917]

Here's my favorite and one of my rarest

[MikeGarcia]

...1937 Goudey Premium Type 5 , included in the R314 set in the checklists , first name misspelled on the card by the manufacturer and mis-identified as well as misspelled up in the flip by the kids at Joe's place . Picture is from his few months with Toronto in 1936....he also appears in the 1932 Picture Pack Team Issued Chicago Cubs . I'm assuming this is rare because I've not seen any others in twelve years of searching....


I'm loving this thread , thank you all.; you fellow collectors are amazing .

..

[atx840]

Great cards everyone.

Do errors count? Two player split.

[joeadcock]

Very nice Chris

[pkaufman]

1/1 and 1/2

[Michael Peich]

This is not the rarest of cards, but it certainly eluded me until recently.

Cheers, Mike

[Sean]

Originally Posted by atx840

Great cards everyone.

Do errors count? Two player split.

Hey, I remember that one from the National.

By the way Chris, how did SGC decide to put Pastorius on the flip instead of Lake?

[MVSNYC]

I hope errors do count, too.

Great card, Chris!

[atx840]

No clue, I tried for both and they just wouldn't go for it. With PSA now labeling all error types I would think SGC would be willing to accommodate for their existing customers.

[pencil1974]

I have many low pop cards but this is my favorite

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I always knew that E104-1s with Nadja backs were rare, but I only recently realized how rare they really were. I purchased this Plank from the Luckey collection and when I started doing some additional research on the issue, I could not find another example of Plank. There were plenty of blank backed cards out there, but none with the Nadja advertising on the back. I am sure that others exist, but I have not been able to put my finger on another.

Hey Kevin
Great pickup. I picked that up in a Lipset auction sometime around 15 yrs ago. I think it went for around 450, Lew commented it was a low price and I wholeheartedly agreed. Even at the price you got it I think it was a good buy. In all my (20ish) years I have seen 1 other plank with nadja back and it was totally beat. Quan has seen it too, I believe. One other was mentioned in the write up also and it's the same one just mentioned. I don't remember anything else....but always knew there was at least one more. I would guess there might be another, somewhere, but it's super rare and really neat, in my book. Congrats..

Any of these cards are rare.....

[HRBAKER]

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Only one known


Great thing about rare cards from unknown sets is that they can be had cheap. So many cards are too rare for their own good.

Great card, but not the only one.



If you'd like to see most of the others from the set including Ruth and Speaker:

http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/ent...rabiliaforsale

I love these threads: I see stuff I've never heard of and I've been collecting since the 1970s.

Picked this up recently: 1960 Baltimore American Brooks Robinson:

[begsu1013]