What is your most cherished piece, and why?

[auggiedoggy]

My most prized/cherished item is not a baseball item and is therefore outside the scope of this forum so I'll keep it brief. Its a PSA 5 1911 C55 Georges Vezina rookie card.

UPDATE: Scans added

[midwaylandscaping]

Mine isn't a baseball item either. It's an 83-84 Star Co. Clyde Drexler BGS 7.5. Way, way back in the day I once had an ungraded Star Drexler RC. For some ridiculous reason I don't even remember, I sold it. When I got back into card collecting again I made it a point to go after one of those cards first. But I wanted one in as close to the condition that my ungraded Drexler was. 7.5 is about as close as I could get

[CW]

Originally Posted by auggiedoggy

My most prized/cherished item is not a baseball item and is therefore outside the scope of this forum so I'll keep it brief. Its a PSA 5 1911 C55 Georges Vezina rookie card.

Feel free to share a scan. It is prewar, afterall, and it's a very cool looking card.

[packs]

My father bought me this card for my 14th birthday. It was raw when he got it and is the first 19th century card I ever owned. I would never part with it.

[cwazzy]

So many great stories!

This is by far my favorite card. I will NEVER sell it (not that it's worth that much anyway). Back in the early '90s my dad set up a card show in a small town near my home town. We had always dealt in modern cards so I had no experience whatsoever with vintage. One of the other dealers there had a table full of '50s and '60s cards. One card in particular was a 1953 Topps Roy Campanella. I couldn't stop staring at it. The thought that the card was older than my dad and the great, smiling portrait held me captive. At the time I had no idea who Roy Campanella was or even that he was a HOFer. That Christmas the card was in my stocking. Fast forward to the around 2008. I had continued collecting off and on but started to do more research on Campy and fell in love with his story. That started my vintage collection and obsession with all things Campy. I eventually graded the '53 Topps and it is my favorite piece in my collection.

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by CW

Feel free to share a scan. It is prewar, afterall, and it's a very cool looking card.

Ok, I added the front and back scans to my original posting.

[ZenPop]

Originally Posted by auggiedoggy

My most prized/cherished item is not a baseball item and is therefore outside the scope of this forum so I'll keep it brief. Its a PSA 5 1911 C55 Georges Vezina rookie card.

UPDATE: Scans added

THAT is a beauty! The Vezina Trophy was just a name until I saw your card!

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by ZenPop

THAT is a beauty! The Vezina Trophy was just a name until I saw your card!

+1