Your Hobby Dream. What is it?

[jingram058]

One of my favorite "cards"

[Peter_Spaeth]

Great item what is it?

[daves_resale_shop]

Excellent thread Scott!

My hobby dream WAS to get autographs of the first 5 hof inductees... im one short, had the opportunity to wrap it up in 2020, but despite the conditions and timing being right i just couldn't pull the trigger.

Now- i am really enjoying the opportunity to participate in my daughter's hobby adventures... she took a liking to the bruins a few years back and started collecting game used sticks. It has been a real treat to connect with her through a common interest and watch her collection grow

[Jstottlemire1]

Mine maybe close to unattainable but also within dreamings reach. If that can some how makes since. The 1916 Babe Ruth M101-4.

[Jstottlemire1]

Mine maybe close to unattainable but also within dreamings reach. If that can some how makes since. The 1916 Babe Ruth M101-4.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Great item what is it?

As brunswickreeves says, it's an ink blotter. I used to see them a lot years ago. I think if you used a fountain pen, the blotter kept your desk or papers under what you were writing on from being smeared with the bleed-through ink.

[alywa]

Stumbling upon a stack of tobacco cards in an old dusty box and finding a a T210 Jackson.

[Snapolit1]

A signed Gehrig payroll check.
I'd give a kidney for one.
Kidding. Sort of.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

A signed Gehrig payroll check.
I'd give a kidney for one.
Kidding. Sort of.

I already lost a kidney, so I couldn't. lol

[brianp-beme]

Here is a version of my hobby dream, but another lucky collector already got to live it (pasted from the 'Good Ole Days' thread).

Brian


I got back into the hobby in 1967....so many great finds back then,,,,

T3 FIND

THE YEAR WAS 1971 AND SOME FRIENDS AND I WERE GOING TO THE ANNUAL GETTYSBURG STREET FLEA MARKET ON A SATURDAY…..WE LEFT AROUND 2:00 IN THE MORNING SO WE WOULD GET THERE ABOUT DAYBREAK….IT HAD BEEN RAINING OUR WHOLE TRIP AND WE WERE WORRIED THAT THE FLEA MARKET WOULD NOT GO ON……WHEN WE ARRIVED WE WERE TOLD THAT THE FORECAST WAS RAIN ALL DAY SO THE FLEA MARKET WAS CANCELED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY….NOW WE HAVE TO KILL A WHOLE DAY IN GETTYSBURG…..WE STARTED HITTING ANTIQUE SHOPS IN THE AREA BUT FOUND NOTHING…..THEN WE STARTED BRANCHING OUT TO THE COUNTRYSIDE…..ABOUT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER RIDING AROUND FOR WHAT SEEMED TO BE 50 TO 75 MILES WE SEE A SIGN THAT SAID ANTIQUES BUT ALL IT WAS, WAS A FARMHOUSE AND A GREENHOUSE…..MY FRIEND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WENT UP TO THE GREENHOUSE AND CAME BACK AND SAID THERE WERE OLD BASEBALL PICTURES LINING THE WALLS OF THE GREENHOUSE….I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND SEE WHAT WAS THERE…..IT WAS NOTHING BUT T3’S LINING THE WALLS…..I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EYES….AT THAT TIME I OWNED ONE T3….JUST MY LUCK THE PLACE WAS CLOSED….WE WENT TO THE FARM HOUSE AND KNOCKED FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES…..

FINALLY AN OLDER GENTLEMAN ANSWERS THE DOOR AND LET US IN TO THE GREENHOUSE……THE GENTLEMAN SAID HE WANTED $5.00 EACH FOR THE PICTURES….NOW I ONLY HAD $300.00 SO I STARTED PICKING CARDS FROM THE WALL….THE FIRST ONE I PICKED WAS TY COBB FROM THERE JUST NAMES I KNEW….I GOT UP TO 25 OF THEM AND THOUGHT I’D BETTER SAVE SOME MONEY FOR THE FLEA MARKET TOMORROW….SO WE LEFT AT LEAST ANOTHER 25 OF THEM ON THE WALLS…..

HEADED BACK TO GETTYSBURG FOR A MOTEL AND REST….THE NEXT DAY AT THE FLEA MARKET WHICH LINED THE STREETS OF GETTYSBURG….. SEARCHED HALF OF THE DAY AND ONLY FOUND ONE OLD JUDGE CABINET CARD OF HARRY STOVEY FOR A DOLLAR…..NOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO THE GREENHOUSE TO BUY THE REST OF THE T3’S……WE RODE AROUND FOR HOURS AND NEVER FOUND THE PLACE AGAIN…..WELL AT LEAST I GOT 25 OF THEM…..WISHED THEY HAD GPS’S BACK THEN..

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by alywa

Stumbling upon a stack of tobacco cards in an old dusty box and finding a a T210 Jackson.

Ditto, except T206 Wagner.

[ValKehl]

To complete a master set of Sam Rice's cards.

[ullmandds]

completing my dots miller run was my ultimate hobby goal. I honestly was prepared for this hunt to last into my middle ages...but luckily with the help of friends in the hobby...it has been completed. I can die happy now!

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by alywa

Stumbling upon a stack of tobacco cards in an old dusty box and finding a a T210 Jackson.

I'm with Adam...same dream, but finding a T206 Wagner.

[The Detroit Collector]

There are a ton of holy grail cards I wish I could get. I won't do the list, but I will say my #1 would be Ty Cobb 1907 W600 Sporting Life

More realistic goals would be converting my basement into a sports card/memorabilia museum of some sort.

Later in life I would like to retire and own a card store.

[Yoda]

Completing my T206 John McGraw glove showing back run. I am shy only the Cycle and EPDG. If anybody has one they could part with, love to hear from you. Perhaps the National might bear fruit.

[brunswickreeves]

FMI, here's a link to recent auction of the Jackie item (c.1940's Jackie Robinson Racial & Religious Equality Ink Blotter):

https://bid.loveofthegameauctions.co...e?itemid=29377