Wich card is untouchable in your collection

[g_vezina_c55]

Wich card in your collection you will never sell..you will keep until the end of your collecting days ?
Thx

[bn2cardz]

My first t206 given to me as a Christmas Gift as a teen. Also the first 33 Goudey I bought. Both aren't worth more than the sentimental value and are not rare in any way.

[MattyC]

Priceless memories of my first card show at 10 years old in 1986.

I handed Straw an 86 Topps card prior to this one, which he signed (the card was later lost to time). Then, when I handed him this second 1986 Topps card, a security type 'handler' standing behind him curtly said it would be another $10 for him to sign a second card; it was $10 per sig apparently. I was tapped out and must have looked heartbroken, so Straw told the handler he was being a dick, and took my card, asking my name, and signed it for free...

Many, many years later, he wound up needing my brother's help to get into a nightclub in LA. I showed up and bought him a tequila shot, and regaled him with that story from 1986. Just a sweet guy all around. I always wonder what his final numbers could have been, had he fully applied himself and reached his max potential...

[GregMitch34]

One of maybe a dozen I'd never part with, but a favorite: Combines my interests in Japan, art, and the Babe. And not that many of them around.


http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1387560554

[Runscott]

Only one for me:

[WillBBC]

Anything Clemente related. My dad took me to the Hall of Fame the weekend they were opening the big Clemente exhibit (May of '98) and I was hooked. Sadly he passed this year, the cards mean that much more to me now than they ever did.

[pawpawdiv9]

I dont have many pre-war items, since i focused on Mantle. (Love my 52 RC)
but here are my fav 2 items...1 already mentioned.
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On the post-war side...of all the Mantles i do have..it has to be the 52 #311 Rc and the 51 Bowman as the favorites (but many fall right in line behind them)-BerkRoss, Dan-Dee, RedHeart, Oklah.Today
honorable mentions...my Hank Aaron RC picked up recently and all my football RC's like Joe Namath...he was my favorite in that era. along with Unitas, Montana, Payton.

[Vintagevault13]

1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC. He is my favorite player and it is just a great looking card.

[Republicaninmass]

1989 Score Nick Esasky. My grandmother took me to the game, and he signed the card for me

[packs]

One of the very first pre-war cards I ever bought. Used my confirmation money to buy it at a Gloria Rothstein show:

[JoeyF1981]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC. He is my favorite player and it is just a great looking card.

Me and you both! Hes my favorite player and theres just something about that card that stands out from most.

[atx840]

Dads 52T Mantle, picked from a pack when he was 9.

[ZachS]

A few cards that my dad bought me when I was a kid. A Roger Clemons rookie, '75 Topps Dave Winfield and Reggie Jackson.

None of them are worth much monetarily but they have a great deal of sentimental value to me.

[GasHouseGang]

I guess it would have to be the 1962 Lou Brock rookie card I got signed in person. It's not in great shape, but it's personalized.

[keating3620]

75 Diamond Stars that my dad bought as a kid in 1935, $.01 each

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

When I was a 14yo HS freshmen I asked a minor league ball player for advice on hitting. He not only gave me great advice but took the time to sign autographs, take a picture, and became a pen pal. You may have heard of him - Josh Hamilton. The cards and letters are priceless.

[Exhibitman]

Everything I have is for sale--it is just stuff, after all--but these are the last cards I'd part with:

My first old card, which I got when I was very young and just starting out collecting:



Pulled this from a pack in 1976 [slabbed later]:



Got this at a card show in Anaheim in the late 1970s [also slabbed later]:



Cousin Ray:

[atx840]

Thanks for sharing Chuck. Beautiful Cobb...definitely a keeper.

[rainier2004]

My first "old" card I got 28 years ago and the Kaline will always be tied to my childhood with my old man.

[Brian Van Horn]

Too many to list.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Too many to list.

Brian, is one of them a 1916 Altoona Tribune card that I covet?
Best,
Val

[Brian Van Horn]

Val,

Let's just say the Altoona Tribune Johnson is happy with its playmates of the Altoona Tribune Crawford and the Altoona Tribune Mack.

Also, the W504 Rice is happy with its many fellow W504s.

[CW]

Originally Posted by atx840

Thanks for sharing Chuck. Beautiful Cobb...definitely a keeper.

Thanks, Chris, happy to oblige.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Nelson, one of the best threads, it truly made me think. I'm 27 and have built a collection I'm so blessed to have had the chance to acquire. I have my Ruth, Mantle and Gehrig signed "rookies" (I know I know Pete, don't kill me on the rookie part ), but my dad got me hooked on vintage, and the first cards he got me were from a gentleman named Calvin who had an amazing shop in MN. He got me an Oldring T206 that would grade to a 6, Hoblitzell T205 and a Ewing silk I believe. That is what started it all for my love of these cards.

Thank you dad!!!


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[HOF Auto Rookies]

And to add, I hold those to more value than the previous cards I mentioned, because your truly can't put a price on memories and cherished moments that will last forever.


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[johnmh71]

My 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson RC. It came out of the first pack of cards that I ever bought. Also my 1955 Ted Williams and 1961 Mantle AS card.

[ksfarmboy]

Awesome cards Brian! Thanks for sharing.