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Originally Posted by Tyruscobb
What single card would you take was the posed question. This eliminates safes, fireproof boxes, card storage cases, etc. This is actually a difficult question. The knee jerk answer is my most valuable card - a T206 red portrait Cobb.
However, my father and I accumulated many vintage cards during the early 1990s at shows. These cards include complete Mantle, Mays, and Aaron runs from 1954 (excluding Aaron’s rookie) through 1960. Most are mid-grades.
Despite all these valuable cards, I probably would grab my 1964 Topps #9. The is a 4-player card depicting the 1963 NL home run leaders. It has Mays, Aaron, McCovey, and Cepeda on it. It is probably a $40.00 card. However, it’s sentimental value is worth more than my T206 Cobb.
It was the first vintage card that my dad gave me after our first show. While I was off chasing junk wax, he was making a deal for a 1954 Bowman Mantle and the dealer threw the card in as a bonus. My first vintage card.
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Great story...wish the old man
wasn't chasing junk wax. I was the one with the eye on vintage, he had the funds. I was lucky to pick up what I could in the 80s.
Question: who wants all these 1980s complete sets?
One card? Jeez, Cobb Red? Big Train ? Davy Jones near mint?