What card are you thankful for? (See what I did there?)

[JollyElm]

You don't have to own the card or anything, but in celebration of Thanksgiving, what is one of your favorite cards of all time and why? Post a scan.

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1972 was the first year my brothers and I collected cards and Willie Mays was suddenly traded to our beloved Mets early on in the season. My dad was extremely excited and he would regale us with many stories about how incredible a player he was and that he started out in New York on the Giants before they hightailed it to the west coast.

My friends and I instantly became obsessed with getting as many of these cards as possible!! And to this day I smile every single time I see one, thinking of my dad and those long summer days of my youth. And, hey, it's a great picture with that packed house in the background.

[HRBAKER]

From a sentimental standpoint this has always been my favorite. In 1967 I was eight years old, this was the first year I really bought a whole lot of cards (mostly 6 pack wax trays at the A&P), and my favorite team the Cardinals were on their way to the Worlds Championship. This card had my two favorite Cardinals on one card - hard to beat!

[Samsdaddy]

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Back in 1982 at the age of 15 I am watching Hart to Hart on TV and this card pops up on the tube. I always loved All - Star Cards and this card started my pursuit of collecting all the 1958 All - Stars which ended about eight or nine years later when I picked up the Ted Williams All - Star card for about $10 at a local card show.

Now, I do not have a scanner so this is not my personal 58 Musial All - Star card but it represents the card I am most thankful for.

[JollyElm]

I'm just loving the Hart to Hart reference!!!!!!!

[pawpawdiv9]

i have yet to have it. As a home town GA boy, i always dreamt about Hammerin Hank Aaron and followed the Braves in the late 80's/early 90s, thats when i picked up card collecting.
At xmas, my Ma got a Sears baseball card collection for me and my brother to share.
It had all the greats. I think they are called immortals by TCMA or something. I still have it stored away in the closet in those 9-pocket binder pages.
Thats when we started collecting all sorts of cards and stored them in those long cardboard boxes. However we stopped when we made it to HighSchool.
Now that we have jobs and are able to afford some of the cards we always wanted to have...however i never got to the Hank Aaron RC yet, or yet find one centered for my needs.

[Exhibitman]

I was 9 the year he broke the record. Hank Aaron was THE MAN as far as I was concerned and this card and the subsequent Hank Aaron Special cards from the set were the first group of cards I can recall actively chasing.

Pulled this one out of a pack in 1976 in New York City. Slabbed it years later, obviously:



When I was 12 after we'd just moved from NYC to LA, my parents took our family to some friends' house. They had grown kids so I had nothing to do but when I mentioned that I collected cards, the mom said that they had a big box of them in the attic and I could take what I wanted. I spent the rest of the day gathering 1950s-1960s HOFers from the box, baseball and football. At the end when we were ready to go they just gave me the box. It was about 2' x 2' and mostly filled with cards randomly thrown in. I dumped the whole lot onto the floor of my room that evening and started sorting. When I reached the bottom of the pile I found one of these, which I later upgraded. Man, was I excited. Still a favorite card:



This has always been my favorite Clemente card, no reason, I just like it:



I realize I am posting a prewar card but I do love the colors on it, even more than the T206:

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I'm just loving the Hart to Hart reference!!!!!!!

Yea, the episode was that an associate/friend of the Harts died and left his young son a great, vintage baseball card collection that a relative stole. The Harts won the cards back in a flipping contest. This card was one that was flipped off the wall and when I saw it I was hooked on the 58 All Star cards.

[Jerry G]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I'm just loving the Hart to Hart reference!!!!!!!

"Jonathon, move your foot!"

[JollyElm]

By the way, my name is Max. I take care of both of them...which ain't easy; 'cause when they met, it was murder!

[SPMIDD]

I am thankful for my '53 Mantle. I love this card!