WWII and Before Cards You Have Owned More Than Once
 

I have a few...

https://luckeycards.com/pe94crawfordorange.jpg

I don't have a scan handy, but the t209-2 Pressley/Pritchard two player horizontal comes to mind. Wish I had kept it second time around.

About 12 years ago, I sold a bunch of sets (both pre and post war) to help pay for an addition to our house. Starting about 5 or 6 years ago, I started putting them together again and have got them all back in my collection. I'm hoping I don't have to go through that again.

These are the pre-war sets I sold and then eventually collected again:
1939, 1940 and 1941 Play Balls
1933 Delongs
T201s
Diamond Stars

I have owned this exact one twice, and it's still in my collection. Forgive the clip art frame.

Sticking to cards that I also currently own:
https://i.ibb.co/bbjddzy/2nd-time-lot.jpg







__________________

Chris
iconsportscards

1911 Zeenut Hap Hogan
 

I traded away this 1911 Hap Hogan zeenut and repurchased it from Leon 10 years later. Only card I have ever repurchased.

It's unusual in that the background has an olive tint and not the usual brown background commonly found in the 1911 zeenuts.

Patrick

I sold an e121 PSA 5 Ruth (throwing pose) years back go get my Rookie Ruth

Took me years but finally picked up a PSA4 recently to replace it in my collection.

Several others I am hoping to get back but no luck yet

My first go-round with baseball cards came in the 1960s. My pals Mark Terry and Chuck White both got going before me. Once I saw what it was all about, I went at it in earnest, as they already had. We used to meet up at Mark Terry's house on a regular basis, and compare what we had and even trade cards. After a while Jimmy Robinson and Edwin Jaffe got in on it. As time went by, several of these guys picked up old cards, most from the 1950s and some even pre-war. I do not remember who had them, I suspect Mark Terry, but somebody had what we would call today 1933 and 1934 Goudey cards, including these two. I did not have them, but I vividly remember someone did, and they were thrown out on the floor and handled and looked at like all the other cards. We called them "old-timers". They most certainly were not treated like the Hope diamond back then!

Now I own these two, and others, safely within my new safe deposit box and they will not be leaving my possession anytime soon (I hope!).

This Matty should look familiar to a few of you Gents ~

You have a real knack for finding beautiful cards with relatively low grades.

When I first found out about these I wanted one as a type example. When Leon sold his collection I wanted to makes sure I picked up one. I ended up winning one but it wasn't the one I really wanted. A couple weeks later, HA contacted me as I was the underbidder on the Miller and asked if I was interested in it as well and the one I really wanted showed up on Ebay. So I went from hoping to get one to owning 3. I didn't really feel like I could afford to keep them all so ended up selling the Miller on the BST. Immediately I regretted it. Fast forward, the exact card shows up at auction and I won it back and have since become obsessive with the set. Anyone have one to sell?

https://live.staticflickr.com/4364/3...46778306_b.jpg

[QUOTE=Leon;2176570]I have a few...

The E94 Crawford is such an incredibly detailed and beautiful card. Thank you for sharing that image--its a fantastic example. I think if I had let go of that I would need to buy it back too:)

He sure does. I don't have anything of "Wahoo Sam". That's a beautiful card.