What is your most cherished piece, and why?

[z28jd]

One of my favorite cards with a story is my Alcott, Mansfield Old Judge card. I collected team type cards and he is the only player available with Manfield, plus his St Louis version is 10x easier to find, not that he is an easy player to find. One was up for sale years ago, pulled from a pack and graded, SGC98 I believe. That was out of my price range, so when a PSA4 came up for sale in an auction years later, I had delusions of winning that, even if I had to pay over $1000. That one ended just north of $3200.

Finally, last year another one showed up in REA as part of a large lot. With the help of someone else, I won the lot and finally got my Alcott, Mansfield about ten years after I first put it at the top of my wantlist. Ain't it a beauty!