If you could have one card.......

[mrvster]

Hello All

I'm sure this has been covered before, but if you could have/ trade your whole collection for one card, what would it be???

Mine is very clear.....as most of my friends know, I have been "chasing Wagner" as a kid, and maybe that will be the title of my book I write one day......when I first collected in the late 70's, I always read about the "mysterious" t206 wagner....i'm an average Joe in this world, and really became fascinated by this card, and have always wanted to touch one, let alone own one......I took a hiatus from collecting from age 16 about and started again in my mid 20's.....yes I bought all the 70's , 80's and 1990's and shiney bowman chrome rookies ect, but my friend Johnny D got me into the T206 set in the late 90's.....I soon after a few years dropped collecting the new stuff all together and got hooked on t206 freaks early on......as most of net 54 knows I grab a t206 freak/scrap where ever and when ever I can.....Put everything I could into them...now i'm quite older and am coming to the self actualizing part......I ABSOLUTELY love my cards cause most of them are quite unique ......point of all this gibber gabber.......altho my cards are basically my life(pretty sad yet true)....I have one life goal....MY HOLY GRAIL.....WAGZ.....I would trade my entire collection for one, and hope to some day to the right person.....My card I WANT and I hope the collector is listening, would be the WAGNER SCRAP WITH GHOST IMAGE on front......I dream about that card....that is my ultimate card to own(I would take a factory cut wagz also....But, the Wagner scrap is my ultimate dream and I obsess about it and absolutely LOVE that card.....PHEW


what is the card(be specific if you can,condition, rarity, ect.) would you want to own???your ultimate card??something you would consider trading all your cardboad candy for???that one of one item??

Peace

Johnny

[atx840]

Here you go Johnny.

[atx840]

All for a decent Plank...especially this P150 scrap.

[Jason Carota]

A low grade T210 Joe Jackson. Trading all of my cards wouldn't quite cover the cost, unfortunately.

[mrvster]

Chris.....OMG....theres my holy grail.....

Plank scrap is just ridic!! I know who owns it, and omg person is so lucky, so lucky.....having Plank envy

[mrvster]

Both excellent Choices....I have a feeling we are in for some treatz

can't stop starring at my dream wagz

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Jason Carota

A low grade T210 Joe Jackson. Trading all of my cards wouldn't quite cover the cost, unfortunately.

+1 on the Joe Jackson

[CobbSpikedMe]

I think right now if I could have one card it would be nice blue Baltimore News Ruth rookie. My favorites are always changing, but right now that would be my pick. I just love that card and you can't go wrong with a Ruth.

Best,

AndyH


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[brianp-beme]

I like having a collection. I wouldn't trade it for a single card, no matter how much I wanted it or how valuable the card would be.

Brian

[drc]

1960 Armor Hot Dog Coin Bud Daly. I've long been of fan of these coins, and this is the coveted rare one.

Duly note that I didn't cheat and pick a card that I could resell and buy a BMW.

[z28jd]

I agree with Brian, I'd rather have a collection as opposed to one thing worth more or equal to the collection. I like looking through cards, not just staring at one

I do want an 1887 Kalamazoo Pittsburgh team card, but there is no way I'd trade everything to get it and some cards I wouldn't trade. It took me forever to get an Old Judge card of Alcott on Mansfield, can't see me parting with a card that was on the top of my realistic wantlist for near a decade.

If the trade presented itself, I might consider it, but the KBats is more like a lottery dream and I don't play the lottery, so I never really think about buying one. I dont know if it would be better than knocking off a card that I looked for everyday for ten years and even missed twice due to unreal prices. Besides, I have a nice scan of the KBats on my computer, that's good enough for me for now.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I like having a collection. I wouldn't trade it for a single card, no matter how much I wanted it or how valuable the card would be.

Brian

I am with you Brian. However, if I could only have one card it would be a BN Ruth. At least I wouldn't get too tired of looking at it.

[Wite3]

Duke's Delahanty...beautiful card...(close second it that T205 Hobby no stats)

[mrvster]

Great choices so far

[Bicem]

Baltimore News Ruth. Favorite card of the best player ever, simple enough.

[glchen]

Another vote for the Baltimore News Ruth. The T206 Wagner would be next since it's such an iconic card in the hobby.

[t206blogcom]

I'm with Brian and Leon that I don't think I'd get rid of an entire collection for one card. However, to play along, I'd probably go with a high grade T206 Wagner.

[Eric72]

If the Met was willing to trade their Jefferson Burdrick T206 Wagner for my collection, I would do it in a heartbeat. Realisticly, I have much better odds playing Powerball.

[novakjr]

Easy choice. Just So Cy Young...

unfortunately I'm one broke SOB, so I guess this reprint will have to do for now, hell, probably forever..

[sycks22]

I'm onboard with many of the other guys with the Baltimore News Ruth. 2nd place = my 1990 Leaf Frank Thomas being worth $80, like when I bought it

[g_vezina_c55]

For me another vote for wagner . But look my signature lol the wagner will be a dream all my life...it is not in my range and will nrver be in my range so it will continue to be a dream.

[DeanH3]

I would want a CJ Cobb. Doesn't need to be high grade. Just a nice centered example with nice bold colors. Great thing is I would not need to trade my entire collection. Just most of it.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Ummm my dream card would be a signed T206 Wags or signed BN Ruth

But, on a real note, maybe a Mathewson signed T206 or a Cobb

[cdn_collector]

If I could trade my entire collection for a Voskamp Wagner, then I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Realistically speaking, I'd need to add the value of a Voskamp Wagner's worth of cards to my collection first...

Regards,

Richard.

[mrvster]

Alot of BN Ruths..... great input...

[calvindog]

Boston Garter Cobb. I was the underbidder in a Hunt auction a few years back and am still a bit nauseous about that.

[tbob]

1911 Zeenut Bohen. I've not only never seen one in person but I've never seen a scan of one. Is there a rarer card from a major set?

[mrvster]

Jeff i hope that bgc comes your way one day, i'll be rooting if i can help i will....

Bob that is i'm sure a true rarity.....hope you get that white whale, i will hunt for you

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Bob that is i'm sure a true rarity.....hope you get that white whale, i will hunt for you

I think we're all hunting now...imagine the collection you could trade that Bohen for?

Regards,

Richard.

[z28jd]

Here's a partial scan of one, someone bought it and got a picture of a real one http://www.oldjudge.com/archive/2004...ball/pcl/56/#a

[Vegas-guy]

In early 2001 i had a chance at mine but didn't take it.. could have traded all my cards and a little cash for a PSA 3 plank and passed! Problem was my collection at the time was worth more than the plank, boy how time have changed!!! I'm still kicking myself today!

[tbob]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Here's a partial scan of one, someone bought it and got a picture of a real one http://www.oldjudge.com/archive/2004...ball/pcl/56/#a

Thanks for sharing. Yes that is the famous silhouette Bohen that some collector had cut off from the card by trimming it around the picture and then placing it on a blank card for the background. If I had known back then that it was in Lew's auction I would have been all over it, "card"or no "card.

[GregMitch34]

To be at least slightly realistic, near-mint M116 Sporting Life blue Matty.

[TheBig6]

Horner Cabinet Speaker
or Four Base Hits Kelly
Would I trade my whole collection for either one, probally not... but I would for this.
Sorry about the reflections but it was behind glass at Boston Library,
Has everything you could want Wagner, Cy Young, other hofers, Nuf Ced Mc'Greevy, even a peanut vendor
and its a huge Chickering Cabinet, did I mention huge

[benderbroeth]

A 1952 topps mantle or 1914/15 Joe Jackson cracker jack

[rainier2004]

e107 Wagner

[mrvster]

really great......Oh to hit the powerball! funny thing is, even with all the moola you can get, sometimes the card/item is still unavailable.....

but to dream sure is nice....

great photo btw....if I owned that Wagner scrap, id get it tatooed on my chest

[ledsters]

T204 Walter Johnson

[MVSNYC]

Johnny- i'm with ya...T206 Wagner for me (i'll leave the ghost example for you, i'll just take a "regular" one ). hey- what is the ghost image anyway on that one?

Jerry- that '03 WS photo is incredible.

Hi Jeff, nauseous because you lost out on it, or because you almost dropped $100K+? dinner soon?

[teetwoohsix]

Johnny, I hope one day you get a Wagner T206 (with the ghost ) without having to give up your whole collection. You have an extremely hard to build collection with many one of a kind cards.

I think it would be harder to part with than you realize Unless it was the ghost Wagner .......

Sincerely, Clayton

[mrvster]

Thanx so much my brother....alot say what you have said.....that ghosty Wagner would do it

[EvilKing00]

BN Ruth for me

[terjung]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

e107 Wagner

+1 my dream card as well.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by atx840

All for a decent Plank...especially this P150 scrap.

Chris,this is my 1st attempt to use this site, so please bear with me. I'm just wondering why the missing color Plank is so special for you?

[Runscott]

I change my mind on this from time to time. At the moment it would be an oversized team portrait of the 1909 Detroit Tigers, but it would have to be a super-clear, well-composed amazing image.

[kmac32]

E123 Curtis Ireland chocolate card of Elmer Miller

[atx840]

Originally Posted by Sean

Chris,this is my 1st attempt to use this site, so please bear with me. I'm just wondering why the missing color Plank is so special for you?

Plank is my favourite card and I prefer print oddities, especially the ghostly missing ink examples. There is another Plank scrap with one layer of blue, however it is not a P150 back.

I "think" it will come to auction here soon but definitely out of my range, I enjoy my collection but would definitely do the trade.

[ValKehl]

1910 Washington Times - WaJo.
Val

[Sean]

The T206 Eddie Collins batting proof is the card I would most like to own, but I don't think I would trade my entire collection for it.

[mrvster]

That Collins proof is insane..........another great choice....

The Plank missing ink is another in my top 3 to own, but that would be another thread.....i'm just like Chris b....