What 2 cards would not sell even if you where offered...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Zone91

Guys come on the fight is over like Leon said let's talk cards. If you are not able to talk cards PLEASE do not write in my thread....I will not allow this one to become a train wreck. And will not answer any replies if they do not pertain to baseball cards.

Post # 3

Please don't answer this and use a post Adrian, but I agree with you. And to answer the question, probably my Peck and Snyder and my T231. But those cards could change...

[Ease]

For 150% market value, I'd sell every card I own, other than my pops' stuff from when he was a kid. Then I'd start collecting all over again with the cash

[Publius]

Originally Posted by Ease

For 150% market value, I'd sell every card I own, other than my pops' stuff from when he was a kid. Then I'd start collecting all over again with the cash

Ditto, everything is for sale for the right price. If someone offered me $1m for my collection, I would cash the check and start trudging up the hill again!

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[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Publius

Ditto, everything is for sale for the right price. If someone offered me $1m for my collection, I would cash the check and start trudging up the hill again!

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to be fair to the OP, he's asking what would you not sell for 150% of market value. Of course you'd sell your collection for $1M, but is it already worth $700k? Most of us would sell for 10x market value, but which cards would you not sell for a small profit?

[Zone91]

I my question was if you would sell a card even if offered 40% to 50% over current market value not 150%.

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[brob28]

The only ones I would not sell are those from my original childhood collection. For a 40-50% premium over market I would sell any as long as I felt I could replace it easliy at market price.

Edited to add: There are some others with sentimental value that I would not sell, but in the grand scheme of things are nothing special.

[t206hound]

I think a similar question was asked about a year or so ago... and the card that I listed as my answer has been traded away.

At this point, I'd have to list these two. Anything else in my collection could be probably be replaced (and pretty easily); I have another Rossman-McBride, but it's not as nice:

[VoodooChild]

I only have one card that I am that sentimentally tied to. My dad bought me a Clemente rookie back in '85 for my 11th birthday. It's a little off-center, but would probably grade at a 4 or 5. I could replace it, but could never replace the memories of my childhood that it brings. So, it is priceless to me.

Thanks
- Jason

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by Zone91

I my question was if you would sell a card even if offered 40% to 50% over current market value not 150%.

50% over market value is the same as 150% of market value.

In reality it would be silly for anyone to not sell a card for 50% over market value since they could just buy another and keep the 50% profit. The only exception would be cards with sentimental value (a replacement just isn't the same) or where something is rare enough that another will not come around for awhile.

For me it's the following with no established value and these are the only ones known to exist. What's cooler than a 19th century gladiator card (N197)and a Robert E Lee general card (T64) that was not know to exist until recently.

[Peter_Spaeth]

For me, with the exception of a few 60s cards that could very very easily be replaced, that wouldn't be enough of a premium to entice me to sell anything, I don't think. Just not worth the effort to start the search again.

[smtjoy]

My two cards I would never sell I purchased as a kid, the T-206 Clarke was my first pre ww2 HOFer and a gift from my parents. The Nabisco Clemente was a card I had on my want list that I searched for at a few conventions and was so happy to finally find one-

[gnaz01]

Mine would be this one

[Zone91]

gnaz01

Very cool Wagner...never saw that card before anywhere!!!

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[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by Leon

Please don't answer this and use a post Adrian, but I agree with you. And to answer the question, probably my Peck and Snyder and my T231. But those cards could change...

Leon, gotta post scans of those beauties