What piece in your collection brings you the most satisfaction and joy?

[mouschi]

I've been thinking about this a lot over the past couple of years. Many of our collections are filled with cards / memorabilia that we like, once liked, or just ran into. But then there are pieces that put a smile on our faces each time we see them.

What piece(s) in your collection brings you the most joy/satisfaction, and why?

[larietrope]

Ungraded but I can hold it in my hand. From a simpler time of childhood

[pawpawdiv9]

Before we had cardboard- we had posters!!!

[G1911]

The cards I had as a child that were firsts. The T205 Livingston that was my first tobacco card, the 7 T220 Silvers that were my first boxing cards, the 1955 Bowman Gern Nagler that was my first 50’s card, the 1968 Topps Lamar Lundy that was my first old card, the 1997 Topps Dan Marino that was in the first pack of sports card I ever had, the Fleer/Skybox animated Batman and Toy Story cards that were my first cards of any kind when I was 3-4. The 1971 Topps football set I put together as a teen and was my first completed set.

The cards that bring me the most joy have nothing to do with money, and that realization is why I don’t play in the realm of expensive investor cards. I buy the stuff I wanted as a kid, who didn’t care about creases or bragging rights but about old sets I thought were cool.

Here is mine

[gonzo]

This T205 Reulbach is a favorite of mine. It's a Piedmont 25 that has been torn and then put back together with a piece of notebook paper on which the biography has been written. I love the thought of some kid umpteen years ago carefully restoring his treasured card.

[Chicosbailbonds]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Before we had cardboard- we had posters!!!

Timeless

[hcv123]

Any one could be favorite depending on the day:

1) 1955 Clemente rookie - still in its original plastic screwdown - the beginning of a 30+ year quest for most things "Clemente". Mom bought it for me (after a lot of begging, pleading and crying - $48 was A LOT of money to her for a baseball card in 1980).
2) 1952 Topps Willie Mays - just one of my favorite cards ever - it is "card art"
3) 1960 Complete Bazooka box with Clemente - it was a 30+ year quest and the only one currently known to exist!

[Casey2296]

The only card my Dad and I ever bought together. Priceless to me.
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[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

The only card my Dad and I ever bought together. Priceless to me.
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Nice memories Phil !!!!

Beautiful card, tough to find centered.

[jcmtiger]

Hey, it’s 19th Century.

[commishbob]

This does. I got the dig in person on a very memorable day during the lead up to his fight with Jimmy Ellis.

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[bigfish]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Hey, it’s 19th Century.

that is fantastic!

[Bram99]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Any one could be favorite depending on the day:

1) 1955 Clemente rookie - still in its original plastic screwdown - the beginning of a 30+ year quest for most things "Clemente". Mom bought it for me (after a lot of begging, pleading and crying - $48 was A LOT of money to her for a baseball card in 1980).
2) 1952 Topps Willie Mays - just one of my favorite cards ever - it is "card art"
3) 1960 Complete Bazooka box with Clemente - it was a 30+ year quest and the only one currently known to exist!

1952 Topps Mays? Huh!

[Bram99]

Just these ones.

[JLange]

1928 postcard of League Park, Cleveland OH. This is one of my favorite items, with a tantalizing question that beckons me from the past: "How would you like to see a real Ball game in a place like this"

This piece brings me joy, but at the same time sparks nostalgia for a time and place I never experienced personally and never will.

[CurtisFlood]

Curt Flood 1972

[oldjudge]

Joe-what a great program. I love it.
James-That tobacco album is a beauty. It’s rare to see GQs that nice and you have a few scarce Old Judges in the group.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Joe-what a great program. I love it.
James-That tobacco album is a beauty. It’s rare to see GQs that nice and you have a few scarce Old Judges in the group.

Thanks Jay, got that in a trade with Net54 member

[CurtisFlood]

[QUOTE=CurtisFlood;2120368]Curt Flood 1972

[todeen]

Billings Mustangs team signed ball, and Aaron Boone auto card (in front of the Mustangs jersey) bring back memories of my childhood. I got the team signed ball as a present from a Little League coach. The other card is a Joey Votto team card when he played for the Mustangs. But I had moved by 2003. The 1961 Topps Dodgers cards were purchased by my mother. I looked up longingly at her when I was 8/9 y.o. probably saying I would be a good boy for the rest of my life if she bought them. And she did! As for a pre-war card, the Tris Speaker exhibit was the first I ever bought, maybe around 17 y.o. My grandma lived with us in Billings and told me that Speaker was a distant relative - it's true, too. I've been enamored with him ever since. OT, for something recent, I restored a 120 y.o. family heirloom China hutch that belonged to my great-great-grandfather. He and his wife received it as a wedding gift in 1900, in Iowa. This provides more joy and satisfaction than any of my cards because I did it myself.

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[71buc]

After 50 years of collecting I finally landed these two items. I never actually believed I would acquire either. It’s safe to say these two pieces do it for me.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by 71buc

After 50 years of collecting I finally landed these two items. I never actually believed I would acquire either. It’s safe to say these two pieces do it for me.

I remember when you posted the ring, but I didn't know about the bat. Congrats.

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[71buc]

Thanks I just got the bat two weeks ago.

[rjackson44]

Vintage hockey