Vintage card regrets

[Ricky]

Long-time lurker, first time poster.

About ten years ago, I sold several vintage cards from my collection, probably 8 or 9 total, at a time when my daughter was going to college and we needed help paying for her tuition. Long story short, ten years down the road, even though it was the right thing to do at the time, I still regret parting with those cards, as I know that, with the way prices have soared in the past decade with vintage cards, I'll likely never be able to replace them.

I was wondering if other collectors had sold cards over the years that they now regret not having - and probably can't replace - and what those cards were.

For me, my top 3 that I sold and miss are:
• N172 Old Judge Hoss Radbourn
• N300 Mayo's Kid Nichols
• 1933 Goudey Ruth (red background)

[ejharrington]

I have no regrets over sold items. I do have regrets on some items where one more bid may have won me something I have been looking for ever since.

[Promethius88]

Several cards I've sold over the years that I wish I still had. My Pete Rose rookie and my entire 1970 Topps basketball PSA 8 set. But, those can be replaced if I choose one day.
Regret/reedemed - My 55 Topps Jackie Robinson PSA 8 that I purchased from my father in the mid 1980's. Sold it to a friend around 1999 because I needed some money. After my father passed away last year, I realized how much that meant to me. Purchased the card back from my friend a few months ago and it is now back in it's rightful place
Regret - 1960 Fleer #80 Lefty Grove/Pepper Martin back. Sent it for grading in the late 90's and came back as miscut or something...not slabbed. Sold it raw for maybe $600. I think it was sent back in a few years later and slabbed as "authentic". Really a tough card to find.

[markcal02]

Originally Posted by Ricky

Long-time lurker, first time poster.

About ten years ago, I sold several vintage cards from my collection, probably 8 or 9 total, at a time when my daughter was going to college and we needed help paying for her tuition. Long story short, ten years down the road, even though it was the right thing to do at the time, I still regret parting with those cards, as I know that, with the way prices have soared in the past decade with vintage cards, I'll likely never be able to replace them.

I was wondering if other collectors had sold cards over the years that they now regret not having - and probably can't replace - and what those cards were.

For me, my top 3 that I sold and miss are:
• N172 Old Judge Hoss Radbourn
• N300 Mayo's Kid Nichols
• 1933 Goudey Ruth (red background)

After reading your posting to this thread you started, felt I had to say this. Baseball card collecting is an enjoyable hobby for many and some make their living from it. To make a posting about regret from not having baseball cards, which financed your daughter's college education is a little disturbing. Being able to give your daughter something that can never be taken away and being so important, but looking back at that gift as a regret doesn't make sense to me.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by markcal02

After reading your posting to this thread you started, felt I had to say this. Baseball card collecting is an enjoyable hobby for many and some make their living from it. To make a posting about regret from not having baseball cards, which financed your daughter's college education is a little disturbing. Being able to give your daughter something that can never be taken away and being so important, but looking back at that gift as a regret doesn't make sense to me.

Wow! I don't think Ricky stated he regretted helping out his daughter he stated he regretted selling his cards. I do not see those as the same statements. What a way to welcome someone.

[ramram]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Wow! I don't think Ricky stated he regretted helping out his daughter he stated he regretted selling his cards. I do not see those as the same statements. What a way to welcome someone.

+1

[markcal02]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Wow! I don't think Ricky stated he regretted helping out his daughter he stated he regretted selling his cards. I do not see those as the same statements. What a way to welcome someone.

That was my reaction too, "WOW". Being able to give your daughter a gift of a college education, but having to sell baseball cards to do it made him make this thread. If I ever had to sell something to give my daughter something so important as an education, I would be so grateful for being able to do it, "regret" would never enter my mind and would never post about it here. Merry Christmas to Ricky and all on this forum, Mark

[Ricky]

So, maybe I wasn't clear enough.

Certainly, my daughter and her education was and is, absolutely, #1. I don't regret what I did - at all. Looking back, it was a decision that my wife and I made and we probably did so in haste. We panicked a little at the price tag of the university that she chose and as it turned out, we were able to help pay for her education in subsequent semesters with no future baseball card sales involved. Probably could have done so without the selling the ones that I did.

My only intent in starting this thread was to see if there were others among you who had, over the years, sold cards that you miss today and wish you still had. That's all.

[pokerplyr80]

Tough crowd this morning. I knew what you meant Rick from your first post. I was buying a house a couple of years ago and sold a few more cards than I needed to in order to free up some cash. I regret letting a green cobb go as it was really nice for the grade and would probably cost me 2 or 3x what I sold it for now to replace.

[dk1216]

Yep... A few years ago I sold several T206 scraps and a proof. The money I got for them was more than was fair, but I regretted it the minute I dropped them off at the post office. The only cards I've ever sold outright.

[deeg23]

Originally Posted by markcal02

After reading your posting to this thread you started, felt I had to say this. Baseball card collecting is an enjoyable hobby for many and some make their living from it. To make a posting about regret from not having baseball cards, which financed your daughter's college education is a little disturbing. Being able to give your daughter something that can never be taken away and being so important, but looking back at that gift as a regret doesn't make sense to me.

Tough scene.

I took it as he probably would’ve rather sold different cards or something else that hasn’t taken off in value so much!

Anyway - I don’t really have any regrets in collecting as I luckily haven’t had to sell anything yet (knock on wood)!

[Leon]

First of all welcome to the forum. This is a great first post/thread.
My only regret is selling my '25 Gehrig Exhibit to Hal Lewis for 10k around 15 yrs ago, a world record at the time. I bought it raw in a Mastro Auction where they said it was NRMT-MT for around $2750. ....I had it graded and it was a 5.5 and eventually I believe it got bumped to a 6. Ouch. No regrets otherwise....

Originally Posted by Ricky

Long-time lurker, first time poster.

About ten years ago, I sold several vintage cards from my collection, probably 8 or 9 total, at a time when my daughter was going to college and we needed help paying for her tuition. Long story short, ten years down the road, even though it was the right thing to do at the time, I still regret parting with those cards, as I know that, with the way prices have soared in the past decade with vintage cards, I'll likely never be able to replace them.

I was wondering if other collectors had sold cards over the years that they now regret not having - and probably can't replace - and what those cards were.

For me, my top 3 that I sold and miss are:
• N172 Old Judge Hoss Radbourn
• N300 Mayo's Kid Nichols
• 1933 Goudey Ruth (red background)