Cards you regret letting go...

[CMIZ5290]

My two are easy....1953 Topps Mantle SGC 92 (Canadian find, card was off centered) , and 1915 CJ Joe Jackson PSA 8oc. I'll get sick to my stomach if I say how much I paid for these cards in 1998-2000.....

[Stonepony]

My D380 Mathewson. Thanks for the reminder.

[Runscott]

Great topic - wish it didn't make me want to throw up.

For me, by far it's the Mino Wagner. I bought it back in the days when you could find real bargains on ebay, and it was so beat-up that no one took a chance on it but me. It presented well and SGC holdered it for me. Very cool card I should have kept.

[Sean]

Right after I joined this board I traded a Seymour/Drum. I really needed a Merkle for my back-run. A week later I found out that Jaime was doing a Seymour back-run.

So I am literally the reason that Jaime never finished his run.

[Eric72]

My Avatar is a cropped image of the beautifully centered T206 Addie Joss I let go while funding another purchase. Regret set in almost immediately.

Fortunately, the card came up for sale a few months later and I was able to reaquire it. I now intend to keep it until my time on this Earth has come and gone.

Separated once and then reunited. If you love something, set it free...

Best regards to all. Have a wonderful Independence Day weekend.

Eric

[clydepepper]

In 1999, I donated my 1928 Harrington Ice Cream Babe Ruth to The Hall of Fame and got a Lifetime Donor's Pass in return.

I was able to get there for the Induction Weekend in 1999, but it will be very difficult to get back. It's not really the same since they no longer have the HOF game on the same weekend. I did get to see Greg Zahn call his shot (REALLY!).

...and, while I do have three nice Ruth cards, I have never replaced the one I donated.

[Sean1125]

I had 2 Clemente RC's in 8 2 years ago at the national (and bought+flipped one). I took under $8k for each. Aaron 7 and 8 multiples of each as well.

[1880nonsports]

negotiated with Terry Sr. for about 2 1/2 years before he succumbed and I was able to add it to my type collection. Sold in the dismantling of said endeavor and I haven't been able to replace it in the past 15 years.....
Mint S81 Cole large silk with backing - went to the Utah hotel guy (CRS) - still need it for my silk type collection.
Too many painful memories for me to continue - I try not to look back.

[Peter_Spaeth]

PSA 8.9 Orr rookie.

[Paul S]

Seems to be lots of remorse in this thread regarding TPG grades and what we could have gotten for it later on. My Mom bought me my first prewar in the 60's (hi Goldfadden) - T206 Cobb b/on, $5. First thing I sold, in a batch I consigned to an AH just a couple of years ago. That's when I knew I could sell anything, when I surrendered the sentimental value.

[pokerplyr80]

I my biggest regret isn't a card I sold but one I passed on. A little over a year ago a seller on ebay offered me an SGC 3 52 Mantle for 9k. It looked nice and was centered decent for the grade. Now that I'm ready to buy one I will probably end up spending more than that to get one with a lot less eye appeal.

[philliesfan]

Easy for me. A 1940 Playball # 1 Joe DiMaggio. Raw but would have graded a 7 or higher.

On a side note, back in the early 1980's I had the opportunity to purchase a T3 Cobb for $1,500.00. I was young and did not have the cash so I never bought it. That card EASILY would have graded an 8. Yes an EASY 8 and maybe a 9. It had only the slightest show of white in the upper right corner. It was a real beauty.

Thanks for making me feel horrible.

Robert

[wolfdogg]

short list of cards I've owned and sadly sold is: (cards I never though I'd sale)
E90-1 Jackson, Mitchell and Speaker
M110 Cobb and the "Chief Myers" signed Chase card in Leons sale
'15 Cracker Jacks of Joe Jackson (SGC30) and a PSA8 Joe Wood
'17 D350-2 Joe Jackson
N172 Phenomenal Smith Script Portrait
N172 Mack and Ward portrait
N162 Anson
E102 Dots Miller fielding pose
'52 Topps set
'33 Goudey #144 Ruth in SGC50 w/great centering and well focused
E121 Ruth w/bird
E125 Wagner fielding
E95 Wagner (probably would have graded a 5)
T3 Cobb and Johnson
and more.......
and I regret not buying the T210-8 Joe Jackson that I had chance to buy for under $7K raw (probably a 2 if slabbed)

OK I'm stopping before I start crying.......

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

I purchased a 33 Goudey Lajoie PSA 6 for $25k in 2001 and sold it 4 years later for $35k to help fund a new business. That business has long been out of business but that card lives on somewhere in someone's collection. That card has such a great story and prominence in the hobby. Wish I still had it!

* Anyone on here remember buying it?