The One That Got Away

[ValKehl]

I have been kicking myself for the last 10 years for not being able to bring myself to pay $3K for the only known-to-exist card #16 of Roger Peckinpaugh in the 1925 Holland Creameries set, which depicts the key players of the 1924 World Champion Washington Senators. I can't remember if this was the only card I needed to complete this 18-card set back then, but it is now.
Val

[Al C.risafulli]

That's funny, Dean, because one of my "ones that got away" was ALSO a '15 Matty.

It was at a National in Chicago a few years ago. I saw it at a dealer's table - an outstanding PSA 5, absolutely gorgeous. The dealer wanted $1,500 for it. I agonized over it - not because the price was high, but because it was LOW. I thought there must be something wrong with it. The show closed for the day and I left the room.

That night, I decided to get on the shuttle first thing in the morning and buy the card. On the bus, I got into a nice conversation with Net54's Daniel Enright, and took my time getting into the show, which hadn't opened yet. When I got to the dealer's booth, the Matty was gone. I told the dealer the story, and he said that the person who bought it did the same thing - went back to his hotel, decided to buy it, and came back first thing in the morning. He beat me to the card.

Probably one of you guys.

-Al

[Wite3]

Told this one many times...At an early Anaheim National I got to rifle through the deck of Allegheney playing cards and was told I could pick the Phillies for $150 each...did not have the money and thought that was too high at the time...silly me.

The second worse one was losing out on a large ebay lot of T205s that included a t205 Hobby no stats...a friend (and fellow board member) won it because I forgot to put in a high bid. Next day, I signed up for Gavelsnipe...

Joshua

[TheBig6]

late 80's/Early 90's Card show in the Astrohall adjacent to Astrodome
N173 Wilbur Robinson $1400.00
Couldn't afford it and didn't have a clue of it's rarity.

I'm pretty sure I also saw a Black Border N173 Connie Mack at the 1990 National in Houston.
Don't remeber the price but evidently it was out of range for me at the time.

The Mack or the Robinson would have been cornerstone cards for me.
Oh if we could go back in time,

Owned a Nice Dogshead Stovey at one time but sold it in a momentary lack of judgement.

[z28jd]

Mine has to be the dumbest reason for passing on a card.

At the 2003 National in Atlantic City, I had $400 on me and I was looking to spend it all on Old Judge cards. One table had 150+ OJ's, but all of them were $200 or more. I looked around, then went back to the table right before I had to leave. I really wanted a Kid Madden card, pose of him leaning on a rock. Thought it was the best pose of the group and the price tag was $250 so I put it to the side, looking to see what else I could get.

After realizing I couldn't find any other low-priced cards($150 or less) I ended up passing on it, because it meant I would have $150 left in my pocket and that couldn't happen. So I bought a nice Dave Orr card for $400, which was $150 off the tag price.

In the ten years since, I have not been able to buy a Madden/Leaning on Rock.

[MattyC]

What a cool thread.

For me-- easy: a dead centered PSA 8 Mantle 51B. Was offered to me days after I tapped my card funds on another purchase. Had to pass. Regretted it instantly. I still keep the scans of it on my laptop and admire them time to time, daydreaming I made it happen.

[packs]

For the longest time a guy had a severly miscut Cobb T206 that had about half of two portraits on it at the White Plains Shows. Like a head above a head. It was always there. I can't remember what he was asking for it, but I remember thinking, who would ever buy that card?

What a mistake.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by packs

For the longest time a guy had a severly miscut Cobb T206 that had about half of two portraits on it at the White Plains Shows. Like a head above a head. It was always there. I can't remember what he was asking for it, but I remember thinking, who would ever buy that card?

What a mistake.

Which Cobb? Was it the Green Cobb?
If so, I'm pretty sure that I know where it ended up.

[Rickyy]

I passed on a VG T206 Magie error card that was selling for about $800.00 at the SF Moscone Show many moons ago... I thought about pulling the trigger on it and didn't... -_-

Ricky Y