The Memorabilia/Autograph that got away

[Forever Young]

QUOTE=Exhibitman;781449]memorabilia-wise, I remember when the big raft of Cobb checks hit the market. I could have had one for $50 but the dealer had stacks so I figured why bother...d'oh![/QUOTE]

I have heard this story...before my time. Were Ruth cks only 100---250 at that time or close to as well?



My sob story....twice:

My dad bought me a R. Yount rc before 3000 hits and the Yount/Brett rcs exploded-only to go back down...but anyway.
I didn't care about Young nor did I even know who he was at that time so I traded it for a Billy Ripken F face card cuz that made me cooler in 6th grade.
I told my dad and will not forget his disappointment.
A year later(7th grade) at a show in the same place in ND, a diff guy had it. I knew it was the same one as it was in the same scratched up case with the same round/orange sticker in my hand writing for 20.00. Apparently, I thought I would buy it later OR my guilt was not great enough(at least didn't outweigh my yearning for some 1990 LEAF packs).
Now when I am older, the fact that I traded away this card my dad bought kills me. To this day, I look at the case and the presence of the little orange sticker on every Yount rc I see at shows.
I suck as a son...