Not a card but I will always miss my autographed Mickey Mantle litho I got in Memphis Tenn in 1989 while stationed at Blytheville AFB AR.. Traded if for comics years later that I was into at the time and swore I'd get another.. At least I have the memories of that day meeting him..

About 20 years ago I sold a 51 parkhurst hockey set out of desperation. Wish I had that set back.

Let’s see, last year I sold:
1915 cj ty cobb
T206 Ty Cobb (both bats) and a red
33 zeenut dimaggio
My Goudey babe ruth’s
Oh yeah a 52 Topps mantle...

As I got the bug back this year, I asked why did I sell as those would be cornerstones in my current smallish collection. Oh yes, a better school district. So I tell myself... could of kept them and sell one of my kids instead. Oh well I guess I made my choice and now I’m stuck with an extra kid. I decided not to collect doubles. Anyone want to trade?

:)

None sell sell sell.

I purchased a card from a woman on ebay twelve years ago and I sent
her a message to let her know that I had sent a money order. This
is the message that she sent back to me.
Attachment 310772

After having the card for over ten years I sold it last year. If it came
up for sale again I would try to buy it back.

There have been many, but two still give me severe angst: 1. A beautiful exmt Goudey #144 Ruth with the Babe's signature in beautiful bold black ink splashed across it. When getting it authenticated, Jim Spence said it was one of the nicest autographs of Ruth he had ever seen, 2. A T206 Griffith PSA 7 with, yes, a Drum back. I suspect it must be the choicest Drum reverse out there. I often wonder what David Hunt would have paid for it.

PSA 5 1933 Goudey Gehrig
PSA 6 Aaron rookie
PSA 7 Koufax rookie

PAINFUL

I have two cards that haunt me.

T206 Honus Wagner (#17 on T206 Resource)

T206 Ty Cobb, Bat Off, Brown Lenox

Two come to mind...
 

Biggest regret is letting go of a Gabby Street (catching) Drum. A little off-center, but the back was solid with no paper loss or issues. I've seen it around since, but now worth many multiples of what I let it go for ...

A story with a happy ending: Many who have been on the Board for awhile may recall ChicagoT206 (or some variation of that name). He came on the Board and ruffled some feathers with his "style." One of his (aggressive) pursuits was putting together a T206 back run. Well, at some point, in the face of criticism from fellow members, he posted a swan song thread wherein he sold all of his back-run cards and left the Board/hobby. His Broad Leaf exemplar was a Billy Purtell. This was one of his last to sell and it lingered for a few days until I decided to nab it - my first BL. I had for a bit and then traded it (for a very nice Shag Hindu as I recall), but soon regretted letting it go. Sometime later, I had a chance to reacquire (I think from a different Board member than who I dealt it to). Anyway, nothing special, but a card I really like, and glad to have back - it must have been meant to be.

First and foremost I wish I hadn't given away most of my collection to my neighborhood friends when we moved from NJ to Texas in 1967. I'm not alone in wanting my cards back now.

I sold off a beautiful Johnny Unitas rookie about 20 years ago to pay for some audio equipment. I regretted it immediately and it bugged me until I bought another one a few years ago.

Not a card but...walking across campus forty+ years ago I found, propped up against a dumpster next to the school media building, a terrific matted 16x20 of Mickey Mantle. It was a B&W shot of him answering questions at a press conference, smiling and wearing a pinstriped suit. Most random thing ever. I had it on my dorm walls and later each apartment I lived in. When I got married and bought a house I tossed it. I hate that I don't have it now.

Chuck, I am haunted too by that story....

I more wish I'd bought than wish I hadn't sold. I thought of the following cards when they were readily affordable but just didn't want to bother:

--Babe Ruth RC
--1933 Goudey #144 Ruth
--1925 Exhibit Gehrig
--1952 Topps Mantle

In terms of sold and missed, the worst move I ever made financially was to sell my PSA 7 1954 Topps Aaron and Mays a few years before the price run-up. The cards had basically stagnated for years and when I got an offer I went for it. The worst move ever sentimentally was selling off my childhood run of early Mantles. They were lower grade but all had been picked from $1 or $2 boxes when I was a kid. The most I paid for one was $3.25 at auction in a local card show for a 1952 Bowman. I had 52-53-54 Bowman and 56-57-61-65-66 Topps, and I was probably into them for under $20. I also wish I'd hung on to my run of 1950s-1960s football, especially the 1957 and 1962 Topps cards. Family friends with older kids gave me a giant box of their kids' cards. They had amazing runs of late fifties to early 60s cards. Finally, I wish I'd not sold off the 1969 Topps basketball set I assembled as a kid. I kept the Chamberlain and still have it but had to reassemble the rest of it.

Almost all of them
 

I’ve only sold a dozen cards or so.
I wish I had them all back. I didn’t need to sell any of them, I was thinning the type card collection for no apparent reason.
A T211 Red Sun that I didn’t do good as a consignment that day.
A few T209 , a Big Head Strip Card, e99 , stuff like that which technically didn’t fit my overall collection, but weren’t hurting anything sitting in a box called “ Types”
:rolleyes:

My stomach dropped before I opened this thread. There are so many cards I wish I had kept. Then I started reading and I felt a little better. Lots of money left on the table by this group. I’m glad I’m not the only one, cause misery loves company. Off the top of my head...

1914 CJ Jackson
1914 CJ Matty SGC 40
Rose Co Cobb SGC 40
Rose Co Wagner
E105 Wagner SGC 40
Kotton Wagner ...

***
This is one of those times I’m glad I smoked away some of my memories.

Many...
 

T206 set less Wagner, Plank and Doyle- Divorce
1933 Goudey Ruth Green PSA 6- Divorce
1952 Topps Mantle PSA 3- College money

Not sold, but I wish I hadn't traded this jewel several years ago. At least, it went to another Net54er (hi Ted), whom I'm sure is very happy to have it.

Wow Chuck. That’s harsh. But thanks for sharing. Makes me feel less bad about selling my Contenders Tom Brady during his suspension before it really took off. Super bowl time could have made me about $8k more.

One of my first cards purchased and did not understand enough about the RARITY of certain cards in our hobby. Sold it and within 1 1/2 years the 1925 Exhibits claimed their rightful spot in our hobby.

sold a 1948 leaf paige that had a nice front and minor paper loss on the reverse. sold it after deciding not to complete the set. much regret.

I sold this Lajoie and used the proceeds to buy some coins. I regret it. Coins are not as much fun.

E90-1 Jackson
M110 Cobb
T3 Cobb
‘15 CJ Jackson
D350-2 Jackson
N172 Phenomenal Smith Script Portrait
N172 Mack
E125 Wagner throwing
E102 Dots Miller fielding
E90-1 Mitchell, Cincinnati
1952 Topps set w/55 of 80 1st Series red/Black backs, Page/Sain errors & Campos Black Star
‘54 Topps Aaron PSA6 before they exploded
Few more but the tears are clouding my sight😭

Card I should have bought (I kick myself in rear everytime I get in and out of shower)——T210-8 Jackson raw for under $7K....looked like a possible 1.5-2😕

Paige Leaf PSA 3.

What was I thinking.

yikes!!!
😬😬😬😳

Disagree with you about coins not being "as much" fun.

Which is not intended to "hate" on you for your opinion. As always, as usual, your mileage may vary. At least you do think coins are fun, you just think cards are more fun.

The need for me to reply is kinda like... when a guy from your "enemy" team hits a home run and you're sitting in a sea of fans of that team, and you just needed to make some kind of gesture to support your team. :D

Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey
 

I purchased this one from a member of this site in 2011 for $3,500, then traded it to Sean Brennan sometime in 2013 after I acquired a no. 144. I regretted that trade for a couple years until I reacquired the card when I purchased Sean's entire Goudey collection in 2015. I'm going to hang onto it this time.

http://www.1933goudey.com/uploads/6/...abe_1_orig.jpg

sigh...................
 

PSA 5 - Topps Aaron, Clemente and 1951 Bowman Mays Rookies.........:(

This whole thread is too painful to even read. :(

I spend almost no time regretting anything I sold. Whatever I sold I bought something else I wanted more at the time.

Just a few cards early in my T210/T209 collection that come to find out are quite tough to acquire. Live and learn, right?

$3,500.00 for that Goudey Ruth Auto...
Wow.

Glad you got it back.

Too numerous to mention....

1965 Namath PSA 7
1953 Topps Mantle PSA 5 (looked like a 7)
1956 Aaron SGC 7.5
1956 Jim Brown PSA 6 (looked like an 8)

You can't really have regrets in this game though. If you do, it will drive you batty!

Easy answer for me...
 

8 E-106's
Cobb, Wagner, Tinker among the batch. It was before the grading era, but I see ones graded on E-Bay and mine were above average. Hurts just to think about it.

+1

Just the timing of the sale....
 

I bought a '25 Gehrig raw from Mastro in about 1998. It was advertised as NRMT-MT but when it got graded it was a 5. I paid around 2500 for it and eventually sold it to a board member for 10k. I believe it had two half point bumps after that to a 6. Talk about selling short!!