What is your most cherished piece, and why?

[67_Palmer]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

'67 Palmer, that's a great collection, and that your dad got them, and gave them to you, makes them all the better (and personal). I'm curious, have you thought about posting pictures of the signatures you have not identified here on the forum?

Bill,

Thanks! I probably should scan them all and post them in the autograph section to get some help figuring out the ones I don't know.

I'm thinking about starting a project of looking for a card for each auto and building a blog to display them.

[bnorth]

My most cherished is a 1990 Score wrong back pair of Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens. For those that do not know what wrong backs are. 1 card has Wade Boggs on the front and Roger Clemens on the back and the other card has Roger Clemens on the front and Wade Boggs on the back. I got these 2 cards directly from a Score employee back in 1990 along with several other wrong back cards. In the last 23 years I have seen less than 10 Score wrong backs that where not mine first.
They are my most cherished because they are probably a real 1/1 error pair and they both happen to be my all-time favorite players.

[Cardboard Junkie]

There is nothing in my collection that I could apply the word "cherish" to. Dave.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by 67_Palmer

Bill,

Thanks! I probably should scan them all and post them in the autograph section to get some help figuring out the ones I don't know.

I'm thinking about starting a project of looking for a card for each auto and building a blog to display them.

Let me know if you do that. I don't check that part of the forum all that often (as all the autos I buy are certified), but if you post here that you've got them up, I'll take a look to see if I can help you.

Originally Posted by bnorth

My most cherished is a 1990 Score wrong back pair of Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens. For those that do not know what wrong backs are. 1 card has Wade Boggs on the front and Roger Clemens on the back and the other card has Roger Clemens on the front and Wade Boggs on the back. I got these 2 cards directly from a Score employee back in 1990 along with several other wrong back cards. In the last 23 years I have seen less than 10 Score wrong backs that where not mine first.
They are my most cherished because they are probably a real 1/1 error pair and they both happen to be my all-time favorite players.

Ben, post some pics! I'd like to see them. I like Wade Boggs quite a lot. Roger was a great pitcher, but I always pulled for Dwight Gooden more back then.

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

There is nothing in my collection that I could apply the word "cherish" to. Dave.

Dave, I'm probably in the same boat you are. I don't have anything so special I could never part with it.

I'd say the closest I come right now is my 1971 Roberto Clemente. Clemente was one of my favorite players growing up (Robin Yount being the other). I was only a year and three months old when his plane crashed, but I learned about about him as a little boy, and read everything I could find about him growing up. The '71 Topps was printed the year I was born, and it's the first card of his I bought. So it's special to me.