that groucho card is very cool!

btw, love those cards!!

Hi, sorry, wasn't referring to the 'new' photo :)

Just the photo that is known(same as the one in the paper).

My most prized possession is not a card but a 1987 Keith Hernandez game used jersey

Here's mine:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnbqe05rv.jpg

Tuxedo
 

Mathewson, currently in Chicago being restored.........

Had to have it!

Amazing Mantle!!

Mickey
 

Might as well show my Mickey

Beautiful!

First thought about the family- as they are a prized possession, then i realized, you meant cards.

https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/QL...PWDT7_GXC3.png

So here is my #1 card, as expected by most post-war guys, generally the most expensive:
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17295

Willie Mays rookie ! Wanted this for a very long time

This is my Grail, it was a present from my wife for Christmas 2016. I am building the set.

Let's See Your Holy Grail - Prize Possession - #1 Item
 

Wow!!! What a wife!! And card too, I guess ;)


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Grail
 

As far as cards, it might be a tie. My Propagandas Montiel DiMaggio, or my US Army WWII post card.
Of anything in my collection, it might be my DiMaggio jersey that I just got.

I vacillate between these four and a few others

I've really gotten into the vintage hockey lately. Love the C56 set and this Taylor card. But I think I like this skateboard more. Took me over 10 years to finally find an original unused Tony Hawk that matched the one I got for Xmas 1985.


http://i1041.photobucket.com/albums/...psmlygfndz.jpg


http://i1041.photobucket.com/albums/...psdfc241e3.jpg

Now that is a cool skateboard!

ive dwindled my collection down over the years. once you do that, you realize the ones left standing are your holy grails

http://www.freewebs.com/majormajor/p...mantle51-1.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/majormajor/p...on/johnson.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/majormajor/p...n/robinson.jpg

chris your mantle is extra special and I'd take your card and history over a 7 or 8.

Brad - I had the chance to get that card at an REA auction nearly 10 years ago before its price started to really escalate. I remember staring at it in the wee hours of the morning thinking "should i bid on this?" I decided not to and went to bed. the price stayed put the next morning - i should have bid on it!

RADICAL!! ; )

that's the one! but mine was red.

i feel like going to watch gleaming the cube now!!

Well, I would assume you have the most expensive card out of the way now at least?

Nice card,,, and wife, BTW :)

WOW! some of the nicest cards you will see in those grades! How is that Jackie only a three?

[QUOTE=martuzzi;1504187]I've really gotten into the vintage hockey lately. Love the C56 set and this Taylor card. But I think I like this skateboard more. Took me over 10 years to finally find an original unused Tony Hawk that matched the one I got for Xmas 1985.


http://i1041.photobucket.com/albums/...psmlygfndz.jpg

Martuzzi---Wow, your Cyclone Taylor is a gem. Bravo, my fellow collector warrior!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing that beauty with us.:D ---Brian Powell

E94 Violet Cobb
 

Searched for this card for years and years, and all of a sudden a couple of Authentic's popped up, then this one. Glad to own one!

I'm not a collector of early cards, but I sure enjoy all the cards and photos you all have shared! Thanks!!

Not pre-war or a card, but until I land an N172 Collins (Lowell,) this is it, by far:


MLB Authentic Game Used Fenway Park 3rd base (May 9, 2011 - extra inning win for the Sox.)

http://www.ellisburkscollector.com/i...u_3rd_base.jpg

Great card Pete, just like all of yours seem to be.

Wow Mike. Totally amazing card and what a gift from an amazing wife. She must come from quite a great family with a loving brother that spent countless hours finding this beautiful example for a great price.:D

Drew

Ps tell my sister and nephew Uncle Drew says hi!;)

Mine was always the 52 Mantle. But I'm a big fan of the Gehrig rookie as well.

Just have to mention: Great thread! Thanks to Tony for starting.

Great cards everybody and thanks Mike!

canseco and the hawk were my youngster grails.

tossing these out there for my adult grails as i just don't think i could narrow it down to 1:

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim....landscape.jpg

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...mantleSGCa.jpg

just love this rose card:

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...71roseAfav.jpg

Some really great looking cards and memorabilia. I can only image what the rest of everyone's collections look like.

Here is my prized pre-war.
N173 Old Judge Buckenberger :D:D

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=18816

And..........I'm going to show off my prized post-war
National Treasure Flawless (diamond) 5/5 Ryan Murray Signed In Person

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=19905

It's a beater, but one that I've had since I was about 10 years old. Had it encapsulated a year or so ago when I got back into cards. And no, I didn't circle the Winged Wheel!

Hmm, is a 2(mk) the same as 'Authentic'? I couldn't care less about the grade, I just wanted it protected.

Great thread! Best, Dave

Dave, it may not be in the greatest shape, but your story...you can't put a price on that. Thanks for sharing!

My other grail:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4ccd86h7.jpg

Haven't found it yet,
 

but it must be out there somewhere ....

<a href="http://s150.photobucket.com/user/T206ster/media/rubber_stamp_zps4cwsovyl.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/T206ster/rubber_stamp_zps4cwsovyl.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo rubber_stamp_zps4cwsovyl.jpg"/></a>

Haha. Great one Ed.

For the last 30 years it had been this:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Image%2045.jpg




Now it is this:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...mage%20496.jpg

These are tied with about 5 other others but here you go--the cabinet is in an SGC 2.5 holder, the Allegheny is the only one in existence.
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1455549538



http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1455549617

Favorite Cards
 

4-way tie:

c1943 RPPC - Campanella
http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...Campanella.jpg

1890's Perkins Studio Cabinet - Jennings
http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...20Jennings.jpg

1873 Warren Studio CDV - O'Rourke
http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...0OquRourke.jpg

1937 San Diego Padres Team PC - w/ Ted Williams
http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...liams_1311.jpg

It's not pre war, but this is definitely my holy grail:

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...1881460fd5.jpg

In 1967 my father, 16 at the time, peeled a bunch of Topps test issue Red Sox stickers and stuck them to the door between his parents' garage and dining room. I spent a lot of time at my grandparents' house in the 80's and the stickers were still there. I remember Reggie smith, petrocelli, Lonborg, a few others, but the one that stood out was Yaz.

Years later, I became a serious Yaz collector. Given the nostalgia factor and the scarcity, an intact copy of that sticker became my holy grail. I had a meager budget at the time and knew there was no way I could afford one.

Then in 2014 I was contacted on CU by a rabid Carlton Fisk collector. He had seen a rare Fisk proof I had posted and offered to buy it. I had been watching the sticker above on eBay, wishing I could afford it. I told the Fisk guy that if he could get the Yaz sticker, we could trade. He accepted and a (long) week later the sticker was in my hands.

It's a scarce issue of my favorite player, in a much nicer grade than I dreamed about, but more than that it's a reclaimed part of my father's childhood and a reminder of happy times with my grandparents. I would never part with this card.

My Joe Jackson strip card in my grail!

Good stuff! :cool:

great campy

Holy cow, that's a nice Mantle! Great Plank also. Two really iconic cards.

A lot of great cards in this thread.

WOW, great thread