Vintage card regrets

[jchcollins]

I don't have any true regrets, as all of the cards I'll mention below that passed through my hands at one time or another I couldn't really afford anyway - so it's all kind of a wash. But in the days from about the time I graduated college (22) through the early years of my marriage (maybe 26?) I was kind of a pseudo-dealer. I'd buy nice stuff I liked, then when it came time to pay the bills, I'd sell something to finance them. I probably could have been a halfway decent dealer if I had put my mind to it, but the money was always an afterthought - I've always been a collector at heart. Anyhow, if I could have a few back - these would be some of them. They were all in pretty nice shape, save for the Bazooka Mantle:

E92 Dockman Cy Young
1941 Play Ball Ted Williams
1948 Leaf Ted Williams
1952 Topps Jackie Robinson #312
1953 Bowman Mantle
1954 Topps Aaron RC
1954 Johnston's Cookies Aaron RC
1954 Red Heart Mantle
1954 Red Heart Musial
1955 Topps Clemente RC
1959 Bazooka box Mantle
1959 Topps Mantle PSA 7 NM
1965 Topps Mantle
1968 Topps Ryan RC
1973 Topps Schmidt RC

I'm sure I'm missing a few. I have a nice mid-grade collection of post-war now, but a few of those obviously I would have a hard time replacing at what I paid for them probably - mostly in the early 2000's.