Member’s most precious card

[rats60]

Originally Posted by hcv123

The standout of the group is the Clemente rookie - the exact card that I begged and pleaded my mom to get for me at 13YO. $5 was a lot for a card back then - the $48 she layed out was incomprehensible! It began a lifelong quest for Clemente cards and memorabilia!

The Giant Stand Up - well, it's a giant stand up and a memory attached to a collection that was passed from 1 Clemente Collector (Ron Gordon) to another - me!

The 58 Kahns - again - a memory of the first one I didn't buy because I didn't know how rare it was at the time and a reminder that with patience most things come around again!

The 67 Venezuelan - a card I bought from John R. - John introduced me to Venezuelan cards back at the Philly show in Fort Washington in the 90's. I "visited" the card for about a year before pulling the trigger as John wanted considerably more for it than most of the rest of the Venezuelan's he was selling.

The 1960 Bazooka box - the culmination of an intense 30+ year search just ended a couple of years ago! Only known example and the last piece to my complete run of Clemente Bazooka boxes.

The Clemente rookie would be the hardest to sell, but for $5Mil - I'll personally deliver them to your door.

The way I've been saying it for years is - there is no card/collectible I own that in theory does not have a price - just quite a few that no one in their right mind would offer enough to tempt me.

The 1967 Topps Stand Up would be my choice. The card has never been publicly sold. When I was trying to find the value a few years ago, I couldn't even find a picture of one on the internet. Mine came from Woody Gelman's personal collection via Alan Rosen, who knew I was a huge Clemente collector.



I could understand the box as it is the only one know, although singles and panels of that Clemente are easily found. The other 3 cards have sold on eBay within the past year or so. Your Kahns and Venezuelan are beautiful high grade examples for those issues.