While I could name any of several WaJo cards as my whale, being as I am working on a master set of Sam Rice cards, of the Rice cards that I don't have but I know exist, the one I'll likely never have in my collection is his 1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuit card.

Any Rose PC and E107 Yankee

1929 Kashin R316 Gehringer, Ott and Grimes in NM or better

1961 Fleer............
 

1961 Fleer SIGNED Carl Braun #7.

Looking for autographed PSA/DNA or SGC or GAI or JSA slabbed or with Cert.

Will take a signed one raw with solid provenance.

GENEROUS finders fee!!!

Thanks!

Mike

No sh*t. That's an amazing looking 1.

Mike,

I'm sure someone can get one signed in the next couple of days and then have a cert for it in the next week or so..... sorry, gotta pile on the signed slabbed card craze...

ouch!
 

Thanks Fred, no sweat. That whole T206 scandal really sucks and I'm sure has creeped into other areas. MOST of my 1961s come with stories or provenance but I guess you really never know.

Take care,

Mike

PS SMR magazine is running an article on my personal 1961 set in the February PSA SMR, I was emailed today by PSA about the article. They had called me many months ago and I thought it might never run but its coming soon!

Dan, from that pic, the card is clearly undergraded. What’s the issue that gave it a low grade, because it looks like 5?

You got me. It does have a moderate amount of caramel staining and a wrinkle on the reverse that shows through on the front chest under certain lighting where the card is almost see through due to a caramel stain. Honestly, that's it. PWCC agreed and gave it a "High End" sticker for whatever that's worth, but I bought it from a board member. I consider myself lucky because I couldn't have afforded even a PSA 2 more than likely

It’s a great looking card. And that’s why we buy the card and not there grade.

There are probably people who could turn that very card into a 7. :eek::D

Thank you kindly

One of the nicest looking low grade CJ Cobbs I have ever seen, great eye appeal, trumps the grade.

Gibson 1904 Montreal PC
 

Marty,

I passed on a Gibson 1904 Montreal PC about 8-10 years ago since it had some condition issues. Haven't seen another.

Patrick

So it does exist. Wasn't sure if it was in PC form. I've only seen the image in a book. Was the seller on Net 54?

Thanks for the info Patrick.

Marty.

I appreciate that Peter!

I wonder if this is the first thread re-started after almost a full decade. Wow!

I loved David's Mellville quote on August 8, 2009!
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A signed 1953 Topps Howie Fox. Also keeping an especially sharp eye out for Vern Stephens and Dizzy Trout. I was the underbidder on the Trout that Clean Sweep sold a couple years ago, and haven't seen one since. Likewise, I haven't yet seen a Fox or Stephens.

I've always enjoyed Mr. Roarke's version of it:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE

I guess the one that has gone to the top of my list is the T206 Davidson Drum Back. I have a nice, complete run of Davidson which includes some pretty difficult cards with the exception of a gaping hole where the Drum should be. If I ever find one, I can only hope it's no better than a 2. There an SCG A out there somewhere...maybe it will find it's way into may collection to complete my run.

A PSA 7 you say?

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Easy answer ... :o .... Tolstoi Cross .... :rolleyes:

1904 Montreal PC with George Gibson
 

Marty,

The PC was on ebay if my memory was correct.

There was a tear in the bottom middle and a small piece of the lower left corner was gone. I saved a copy of the image in an old scrapbook.


Patrick

My previous "white whale"
 

Fast forward from my original post on 8/2009, my white whales were:

1912 Claude Berry zeenut and a Walter Boles 1912 zeenut.

I now own 2 Walter Boles zeenuts, one cancelled and one not cancelled....still waiting to find a presentable Claude Berry 1912 zeenut.

Patrick

E222 Dutch Revelle. Wouldn’t that be something!

Paul's Avatar...but, he already know that.





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So i posted in 2009 a Boston Store Joe Jackson whichi got a
few years latter ironically now it is clear i need a low grade Boston Store Ruth. I have been builing this set for 10+ years and that is going to be the card. I have a few other tougher cards but the Ruth is the whale.

James G

T205 Hoblitzell no stats.

1933 Rittenhouse
Paul Waner and Lloyd Warner variations.
I have 2 different Paul Warner and Lloyd Waner cards, but I have never seen the other spellings of each. They are listed in the SCD, but does anyone know if they really exist.