The Memorabilia/Autograph that got away

[mr2686]

Just curious as to which piece of memorabilia or autograph that you regret not getting.
For me, it was a nicely matted litho or painting (can't remember which) of Ty Cobb with a matted Check underneath. No big deal really, except the check was dated the exact day, month and year that I was born. Unfortunately, It was at the first big show that I had attended and was at one of the first tables I saw. By the time I came back to it, it was long gone. The other one was a cut of Claude "lefty" Williams from the 1919 Sox. The price was REAL good but I could not find an exemplar and had never seen his autograph, so I passed. Although not positive, I do believe it turned out
to be good. Oh well.

[jacksons]

This Tony Lazzeri signed photograph:

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDeta...x?lotid=59573#

[perezfan]

Pair of 1910 Testi Baseball Satues that were on Ebay around 4 years ago. This was before I was familiar with snipe services. With about 8 seconds left to bid, my computer froze, and my snipe bid got in half a second too late.

The pair sold for $550 to an esteemed Net54 member. The only pair I have seen since then recently appeared in Hunt's, and was in lesser condition. It had a reserve against an estimate of $5,000 - $6,000. So I guess one man's pain is another man's pleasure (and you know who you are!)

[packs]

A few weeks ago someone sold a Baseball Cabinet on the BST of a player from Chester, NY with a Goshen, NY photographer stamp on the back. I am from Goshen, NY, which is tiny, and was too late to the party. JMANOS got it for $295 and I later saw it listed on eBay for I think $795. Probably never see another one. Most frustrating thing is it might have some inherent value because of the age but it really only means anything to me. Might try to trade him for it at a later date.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by packs

A few weeks ago someone sold a Baseball Cabinet on the BST of a player from Chester, NY with a Goshen, NY photographer stamp on the back. I am from Goshen, NY, which is tiny, and was too late to the party. JMANOS got it for $295 and I later saw it listed on eBay for I think $795. Probably never see another one. Most frustrating thing is it might have some inherent value because of the age but it really only means anything to me. Might try to trade him for it at a later date.

Packs, I'm sure you could work a deal out with Jim. He doesn't seem to hold things for long as he's a wheeler dealer.

[packs]

Most definitely. He's contacted me about a trade but I just don't have anything for trade right now. I'm hoping to pick it up sometime in the near-ish future once I have something I think he might want. He seems like a guy who is more than willing to work with you.