What will never leave your collection?

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Posted By: Mark Rios

Besides my '17 Almeida contract and '16 game used Marsans bat - my '13 Voskamps Coffee Wilson and '22 Holland Creameries Ogden & Miller are stuck ball & chain.

And yours?

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Posted By: Rob NYC

The love I have for it.

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Posted By: Steve M.

my Springfield Roses

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Posted By: jay behrens

I won't say never, since I learned long ago that there are people that will pay what you think is a stupid price for something you have, but here are the cards least likely to leave my collection



Anything else is my collection I am willing to part with in trade, some with very strict guidelines for what is involved in the trade, like my e107 being traded for another e107

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: Ben

Don't have as many keepers as I once did, but this is a card I cherish and will hopefully keep forever.

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Posted By: Rob NYC

You guys have GREAT stuff. I'm almost ashamed to post my 'keepsakes' since I have nothing compared to what any of you have.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

Him and his five brothers-

1923 Aquilitas Capablanca-

T206 Mathewson, wouldn't trade it for a T206 Wagner-

T206 Cobb-


And any of my 1956 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers.
Edited to ad i'm glad you like your Voskamps so much mark, they're great cards.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

I generally share Jay's sentiments that nearly everything can be had for a rediculous price. These are my least likely to go anywhere items...




The following are my sentimental, not for any price keepers...


My Dad purchased the Martin and Maris for me when only 11, which really got me started in older cards. He also got me a T206 Titus, but still don't remember what ever happened to that card, but I get sentimental every time I see one. The Kirkwood was the first baseball card I ever owned- I found it in a trunk of my brothers stuff.

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Posted By: Jerry

Hard to decide. This would be one

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Posted By: Jamie Hull

I might trade it for a Wagner, but not for any other card.

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Posted By: Andrew

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Posted By: John S

The Cobb was a gift from my wife when we were both in grad school...still don't know where she got the money (as beat as it is) to pay for it as we both subsisted on canned tuna and potatoes for two years. The Young was purchased using silver dollars (I saved about twenty to give to my children someday) that were given to me every month by my grandfather. When he passed away I had a couple hundred of them that I had managed not to spend.

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Posted By: Andrew Parks

The first pack of cards I ever opened yielded my favorite player on my favorite team. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Later I got "Pancake" to sign it.

My treasure:



You can see how much I looked at it as a 7 year old.

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Posted By: steve f

Until I recieve the W514 Jax from PSA;

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Posted By: Mike

My George C. Miller Foxx (Grade 5)

My U S Caramel Foxx (Grade 5)

My T207 Anonymous back George Weaver (grade 5)

There's probably more I'd never sell. But money talks....

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Posted By: Anonymous

I agree with Rob.



These are among probably a couple hundred others (not bragging) that I would not want to sell or trade.

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Posted By: scott brockelman

But it's the only TTT T204 pack known!

http://sb1.50megs.com/custom2.html

scott

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Posted By: Charlton McDonald

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Posted By: Anson

My E101 Young, my E210 Heilmann and my R314 Feller will certainly stay put. But, I can never say never.

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Posted By: Matt

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Posted By: bcornell

...because he played hard-to-get for 4+ years.

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Posted By: steve f

Sorry, had to.

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Posted By: Scot

E210 Coveleskie

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Posted By: Josh K.

I believe this will only leave my collection to pay for part of an upgrade.



This one I go back and forth on, but cant quite ever bring myself to sell it:

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Posted By: jay behrens

Rob, go ahead and show us. We all had humble beginings at one time.

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: Rob NYC

1939 Will's Cigarettes Horses & Riders (full set)


1906 Ogden's Cigarettes Famous Riders(?) - if anyone has any information on where I can locate more of these it would be GREATLY appreciated! I am trying to complete this set:


And a couple of cards that aren't as scarce as the great stuff you guys have:

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Posted By: Bill Kasel

The Chance-Red was the first pre-war card I purchased. Got it for $22 (with good reason) back in 2001.

I may upgrade the Merkle & Leach, but will always own one as they are just fantastic looking cards.



If I ever find one, a Zeenut Halla will stay for good too.

Bill

My personal collection - http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f176/fkm_bky/

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Posted By: warshawlaw

If someone offered me life-changing money for a card or for my collection I would do it. Probably the last card I'd part with is my cousin Ray's E211 card. It is the only one I've ever seen, but if someone just had to have it and had enough zeros after the digit in their offer, I would sell it too. I know, I know, now that we've established what I am we are merely negotiating price.

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Posted By: nbrazil

wish i could post a pic...but, im at work...

tough to say. i could probably not part with the following four cards:

dave justice 1991 upperdeck (my first ever baseball card)
willie mays 1951 bowman (just love the card...and willie was a pretty good player)
hank aaron 1954 topps (big aaron fan...and the card looks cool)
t206 red portrait cobb (card that hooked me into pre war and t206's)

sorry for the post war (and the 1990 card!)...

would love to hear why the cards you choose are ones you wouldnt want to part with.

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Posted By: Rob NYC

And thanx for the vote of confidence, Jay!

I'll add one more as soon as I get it. It is a card from the Nagy Collection.

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Posted By: Cat

It's hard to say that any given card will never leave my collection simply because I may decide to upgrade, but of my entire collection, it is fairly safe to say this specific card will always be there:

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Posted By: leon

There are many things in my collection, which if I got rid of them would be impossible, or almost impossible to replace, especially in today's elevated market...here's a few ....

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Posted By: Chris Bland

one card i will never part with is my t206 marquard portrait. got it when i was thirteen for a cool 8 bucks. My first ever vintage card and my favorite. I would post a scan of it, but i think you all have seen that particular card/pose once or twice

this card, while a more recent aquisition, would be almost as hard to let go:

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Posted By: jay behrens

Forgot to mention, my childhood sets from 1971 and 1972 are going nowhere.

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: dd

1956 Topps Mantle
T206 Cobb red
T202 Cobb/Jennings
E95 set
R333 set

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Posted By: Dean H

M116 Wagner Pastel
T206 Cobb Green
33 Goudey Ruth #144
15 CJ Johnson
T206 Matty Dark Cap

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Posted By: pete

The 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson I dont have yet....

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Posted By: Max Weder

hmm, what's the line from HMS Pinafore? "No, not never?" "Well, hardly ever"...



while this will never be leaving, even though it isn't a card



Max

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Posted By: Zach Rice

Max, i'm guessing you forgot the sweater !?!?

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Posted By: Bob

My autographed Matty baseball. Everything else is negotiable.

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Posted By: Elliot

Zach, the mirror, don't forget the mirror.

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Posted By: Al Crisafulli

My collection is nowhere near as cool as the collections you folks own. Nothing super-scarce, nothing earth-shattering, nothing uncatalogued or unique.

That said, I'd be hard pressed to get rid of these - some for sentimental reasons, some just because I love the way they look.

-Al

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Posted By: Brett

Hey tbob, could you post a picture of that Matty signed ball !

There must be only a hand full of those still out there ?

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Posted By: eric p.

i would have to say my:

1) e100 bishop set
2) 1937 opc dimaggio and feller

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Posted By: JimB

Al,
Wow, that Feller is a blazer! I have always liked the '38 Goudeys but have never owned one.
Jim

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Posted By: Sean

Harmon Killebrew was my favorite...I wrote to him when I was 6 and invited him over for dinner (my mom said it was okay), he replied and apologized that he couldn't but sent the postcard and autographed my card (lost the letter he sent during my yearly "show and tell" classes these pieces went to). The picture is a bit small but it says; "To - My Pal Sean, Good Luck - Harmon Killebrew"



I will never get rid of my T206 Minneapolis SGC graded team.

Go Twins! 2006 World Champs (if we beat Japan)!

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

1913 Boston Garter Speaker
1913 Boston Garter Evers
1913 Boston Garter Herzog
1914 C-Jack W.Johnson
1915 C-Jack J.Jackson x4
1915 C-Jack T.Cobb x3
e102 EVers sgc 50
e102 Evers sgc 50
e102 Cobb x3
11 VIctory Tobaccos
Kotton EVers psa4 looks 6
15 Mello Mints
t 206 EVers Portrait sgc 84
raw Tinker portraits sshould be 6 & 7 or 7 & 8 that nice
Kotton Cobb that i have had for 17 yrs
e98 Cobb red
My first red Cobb portrait that is sgc 50 bought many years ago from a guy from Florida named Sal Weingarden
no longer in the hobby .( great guy )
e 103 Cobb raw that is EX
Mayo Clarkson psa4 looks like a strong 5 and nicer then the 2 5's recently seen.
e95 Cobb raw EX
t205 Doc White sgc 70 and sgc 80...they just stare at me funny.

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Posted By: cmoking

I'm willing to sell just about any card in my collection if the price is ridiculous enough...but probably not this one

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Posted By: Anonymous

One more:

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Posted By: JimB

Two of my favorites which I know are irreplacable. I bought the Johnson raw more than a decade ago.