The one that got away...

[Exhibitman]

Since I've been collecting for 40+ years there isn't much that I haven't stupidly failed to purchase at one time or another. But one specific deal that stands out was around 1979 or 1980. I went to a local show and there was a dealer there with a stack of Ty Cobb signed checks for $50 each. I had a few hundred dollars on me but I wasn't into autographs and figured that if he had a stack I'd just get one later. D'oh!

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Guys I have not let many great things go by but I have SO MANY regrets about all the great stuff I have sold over the years!

[1963Topps Set]

I have had many opportunities to sell my cards, especially in the late 1980s / early 1990s, but never did. I once came within a hair of trading all of my 1951 / 1952 Bowman cards for a 1962 Topps set, but pulled out at the last minute.

Today, I still have my Bowmans and the 1962 Topps set has long been completed. : - )

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Good move Tom, I have made the mistake twice but not again.

[pawpawdiv9]

As only a few know..i let a 63 Mantle premium mask/plaque get away back in 2013 @ REA
while obtaining 2 other lots. I had always looked back on that moment as what if? There is only a handful know to exist.
Well, yesterday a lot ended @ Goodwin, which i bidded as strong as i could afford.
It held up until the last 4 hrs. I thought i would never see another opportunity and wanted it badly, but not go broke doing so.
In the end, i took a look and thought...i am more please to have a Dimmagio Zeenut RC than the premium mask/plaque and still have some extra $$.