For me, will always be a '51 Bowman Mantle in NM/MT condition....

Well played, sir. ;)

I'm not sure if I feel comfortable calling a card this common a white whale, but the '33 Goudey Ruth #53 is starting to feel that way. When building the set in early 2021, I found myself being picky about all of the yellow background cards in the set (so many look "dirty"), and this one was no exception. I was the bridesmaid on a few auctions, always having that feeling that it shouldn't be as expensive as it was. I own a copy of every card in the set except for this one, and it's been like that for over a year now. Waiting for prices to come down didn't work out. I fear that this one may have gotten away from me forever price-wise, and I can't bring myself to buy an ugly one at the prices even those demand.

I’ll intertwine 2 topics here. My white whale would have to be re-obtaining my 1st prewar purchase which was a t206 red portrait Cobb sweet cap 350 back. It’s a certain card because it has a surface scuff on the front mid-bottom left of it, my guess it would be in a 1 holder if graded. I know it sounds funny but it’s the one true card I regret getting rid over the years. I sold it in a lot of 150+ t206s right before I got married to try and pony up some extra coin. The last time I caught a glimpse of it, it was being advertised in 707 sports cards. This is going back over 12-13 years now.

Danny

Great stamps! I have a T202 Blair, and I'll likely do the same with Wood. They're a bit easier to get than the T330s.

Proud owner of that card. I'll probably die with it.

... and this one:

This one wasn't a whale, until it was. Happy to have snagged this.

that one was well bought imo Thomas, congrats.

+1 agree

Great catch their Mate. RRRR

Thanks guys, can't wait to have it in hand, just to GAWK.

My white whale isn't a card. Its something that I don't even know if it exists....or what exactly I am looking for.

I feel that the 1909 Colgan's Chips Square Proofs were not meant to be distributed with the gum, but rather the square proofs were meant for a retailer to add to a store advertising poster weekly, or a book....or something other than being inserted in the gum tins. I have no idea if I am right or wrong, and I'm hoping that one day someone finds something that proves their intended purpose.

You just made my day.

Similar to what Dave said in the above post, for me it's any Sam Rice card I currently don't own. More specifically, these two Rice cards: 1922 Keating Candy and 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back). The pop reports show that one example of each has been graded. I'm even willing to pay a finder's fee to learn where these two cards reside so that I could at least, hopefully, obtain photocopies of them.

Since I just learned of its existence, it’s hard to call it a white whale, but this just came in the mail today.

Shout out to Fred McKie who helped me to learn of its very existence, and then also helped me to land it.