Top Five Tough-to-Find Cards You Own

[Yoda]

I try not to remember too often the ones once held and beloved that no longer live with me and rejoice with the ones I still have. My top 5 are:

1. 1887 OJ Griffith RC
2. E98 Wagner - Orange Border
3. T227 Cobb
4. T205 Wallace - One Line of Stats.
5. Tie - '14 CJ Chance and Bresnahan no #.

The stories behind my acquisitions are great personal memories.

[Exhibitman]

Gotta love life on the fringes...off the top of my head:

1920s uncatalogued strip card of Cobb



1920s uncatalogued strip card of Simmons



1920 Universal Surprise Box Ruth-Johnson-Sisler-Coveleskie



1949 Sommer & Kaufmann Lefty O'Doul, signed



1964 Penafiel (Mexico) Gehrig

[Kawika]

I'll play.

Last PC796 I needed. Tough card.


Red Belts would be a lot easier without the Palace of the Fans postcard.


I reckon there's not too many T4s of ol' Buck out there.


Matty's brother is a tough Ullman.


Henry's brother in all his glory.

[realbigfatdog]

My top five Hal Chase toughies:

-1919 T213-3 Coupon factory 8 overprint
-1906 W600
-1912 Baseball Bats
-Colgans Square Proof
-1910 T3 no offer back

Honorable mention, Piedmont Art Stamps, Orange Borders, T213 type 1s

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[BobC]

Only five?


S74-1 Silks - Cobb w/Red Sun back

S74-1 Silks - Cobb w/Helmar back

S74-1 Silks - Smith-Rustlers w/backing

S74 Silk Colored Proofs - Archer, Doyle, Kling, Phillipe (Only 5 silk proofs are known to exist, including 2 of Phillipe, making this the only know complete set of colored S74 silk proofs to exist.)

1921-30 Major League Die Cuts - Complete, unpunched Detroit team set sheet w/Cobb

Honorable mention:

E102 - Dots Miller w/big glove
1921 - Herpolsheimer's - John McGraw
Any Baseball Image - Magic Lantern Slide
BF2 - Ferguson Bakery Felt Pennant - Joe Jackson
1927 RinkyDink Stamps - Babe Ruth. (Both the large and small size stamps.)
1890 Old Judge - Player's League cards.

[BuzzD]

The Ganzel was my contribution to the Old Cardboard W600 gallery. The 2 Rose Co are really tough. Still looking for Niles for the trifecta. The 1906 Williams PC is rare and the E122 Bodie is pop 1 and may be a set rarity.

[jcmtiger]

I think I sold all my rare
cards before the explosion that happened in the last 3 years. Lol. Joe

[Vintagedeputy]

The 4 Colgans square proofs that I recently picked up are pretty hard to come by.

Card #5 is a non-sports card but pretty hard to find as well. Its the Rocket Freighter card from the 1954 Tip-Top bread set. For perspective, a PSA 2 of this card just sold on eBay for $511.

[fkm_bky]

In no particular order:

Bill

[joejo20]

Here are mine. Many of which were found at Net54.

[tedzan]

1904 "World Series" Champions..... MLB W.S. was not played in 1904. I acquired this gem in 1991
in Cooperstown (I have not seen another one since then).






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1949 LEAF GUM




Just had to accent this post with this very colorful piece of artwork, which I acquired in 1982 in Media, Pennsylvania. I have not seen another one since then.
So, how many of you remember some of these guys ?

This is my favorite in my uncut sheet collection....1952 LARGE issue, 1st Series BOWMAN Football.




TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Tim Kindler]

David,
Your Obak Premium Weaver just leaves me in awh and speechless....beautiful, museum quality collectible!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Tim

[molenick]

Ted, I love the pieces, but I am unclear about the reference to the 1904 "World Series" champions. Did you mean to post something else? The Buffalo team you posted were the Eastern League champions in 1904.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by molenick

Ted, I love the pieces, but I am unclear about the reference to the 1904 "World Series" champions. Did you mean to post something else? The Buffalo team you posted were the Eastern League champions in 1904.

Michael

As I stated...."MLB W.S. was not played in 1904."

The NY Giants refused to play the MLB World Series vs. Boston Americans.
There is an excellent, well-written book on this subject titled...."THE YEAR THEY CALLED OFF THE WORLD SERIES", BY Benton Stark. I highly recommend it.

The "Junior" World Series ** between the Triple-A Minor League teams Buffalo Bisons (Eastern League) and St. Paul Saints (American Association) was won by Buffalo.

** Note....the Sports media of that era referred this post season event as the Junior W.S.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[molenick]

Got it....I knew the World Series wasn't played in 1904, but I didn't realize there was a Junior World Series played and that Buffalo won. Thanks for the clarification. I just didn't make the connection between Buffalo and the unplayed 1904 W.S.

[yanksfan09]

Some of my faves, a bit over 5...

[mrreality68]

Erick

Fantastic cards and a great collection you have.

I love all those cards

[sportscardpete]

Erick.. unreal!!!

[yanksfan09]

Thanks guys!

[tedzan]

Here are a few more tougher cards from my collection, just to give this thread a friendly bump.


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American Caramel (E90-1) This Wagner was issued in the last series cards (circa 1910).
It can be quite tough to find if you are looking for one with a high quality image.





TED Z

T206 Reference
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[ksfarmboy]

Ted as always, love that 1952 bowman uncut sheet!

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Ted as always, love that 1952 bowman uncut sheet!

Clint

I love to show-it-off.

It's such a beautiful piece of artwork.

My scan of it is a little off. It is actually more vivid than my posting indicates.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Kenny Cole]

Here are some of mine

[DeanH3]

Five toughies of mine.

[JimC]

I'm embarrassed to post after some of the crazy rare stuff shown here, but here are a few:

[ValKehl]

To me, the term "Tough-to-Find Cards" immediately suggests 1-of-1 cards. Here are 5 of the 1-of-1 cards (as per the pop reports) in the master collection of Sam Rice's cards that I am pursuing. Because the fronts of these cards all have the same pic of Sam, to keep you all from getting bored, I have included pics of the more-interesting backs. Can anyone kindly help me locate any of the Sam Rice cards I need that are listed in my signature line below?

[t206fanatic]

some great cards so far. my contributions- the Dessau and Lowdermilk are 1/1's as far as I know.

[Yoda]

That Lowdermilk just takes one's breath away.

[big-six]

This is in my top five- It was found in a wall with many others in Philadelphia- Printers scrap but no creases.

Jeff wow those are beautiful!

[oldjudge]

This N173 Ewing is unique. This pose is not known on an N172:

[oldjudge]

This is the unique Deacon White proof that led to the McGreachery N172.

[brianp-beme]

All these particular card examples are tough to own, because I own them and they are not for sale.

And if they were to make it to other collections, their new owners might not know what to make of them. And might be tempted to throw them out. So, in a sense, making them tough for some to own.

Brian

[oldjudge]

1863 Harry and Sam Wright grand match ticket:

[oldjudge]

1871 Harry Wright Mort Rogers scorecard:

[oldjudge]

Unique McPhee N173:

[Baseball Rarities]

Great cards Jay. Hard to get much tougher than unique.

[CobbSpikedMe]

My tough to find cards aren't on the level of most of these other posts show. But here are mine.




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[ksfarmboy]

Jay those are all fantastic!

[oldjudge]

Thanks guys, I hadn't seen the images in a while so it was fun to pull them out for this thread.

[mrreality68]

Here are a few of my tough ones

[ksfarmboy]

Jeff great Cobb postcard. Would love to see what that medal he’s wearing looks like in color and close up.

[25801wv]

My only one.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by 25801wv

My only one.

That's a nice "only one" to have Eugene.


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[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

1871 Harry Wright Mort Rogers scorecard:

Wow!!!

[timn1]

All tough within the set, or from an impossible set...

[Big Red Machine]

Here are a few of mine. I'm glad I acquired some of the exhibit cards before they really got expensive.

[darwinbulldog]

As far as I am aware, I'm the only one who owns any of these cards (with the caveat that I haven't paid for the Hornsby yet but should be invoiced today).

1. Garrety Dry Cleaners John Morrison
2. Souby cabinets Farmer Vaughn
3. Robinson Cruso Bill Killefer
4. Hendlers Ice Cream Hugh Jennings
5. Cafe du Monde Whitey Glazner

+ Leader Novelty Rogers Hornsby

[mrreality68]

Very nice cards Glenn.

Great looking Hornsby card

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

As far as I am aware, I'm the only one who owns any of these cards (with the caveat that I haven't paid for the Hornsby yet but should be invoiced today).

1. Garrety Dry Cleaners John Morrison
2. Souby cabinets Farmer Vaughn
3. Robinson Cruso Bill Killefer
4. Hendlers Ice Cream Hugh Jennings
5. Cafe du Monde Whitey Glazner

+ Leader Novelty Rogers Hornsby

Glenn,

Loving the W572 Garrety back. Nice one man.



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[Leon]

some tough ones...