Goudey Ruth and Gehrig, T206 Cobb green, T206 Cobb, Johnson, Young, every exhibit of Ruth or Gehrig or Cobb or Johnson I didn't buy, especially the 1925 Gehrig, 1948 Leaf and Bowman Robinson and Paige...the list of misses is endless. Even the T206 Wagner was affordable at one point. But why even go vintage? 1986 Fleer basketball in 1987-88. I remember one show where a dealer had an entire table of unopened product and I didn't even give it a look. A case of that in hand right now and I am retired on the proceeds. Heck, as recently as last year I was eyeballing a 1952 Topps Mays but didn't want to spend $800 on a g-vg card. D'oh!
Of course, hindsight is 20-20. My wife demanded to know why I hadn't purchased these cards back in the day. Because I was trying to do the responsible thing and put money into my IRA, and if I'd come home and announced that I spent my IRA contribution on baseball cards she'd have had me committed.
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