Low bid regret

[Harford20]

I had just graduated from college, on to further schooling. My wife and I were just married, and I went to New York to meet some "family".

One of my wife's uncles was a card collector and a lawyer for the NFL. He knew I had a large 1970-1990 collection, and brought me to an office area where he had his collection. He had a massive collection, mainly focused on autographed jerseys, but with sets and singles of all eras, but was just starting to downsize it. The card he offered me was a T206 Honus Wagner (I had to assume it was genuine given his collection), and PSA was non-existent in 1990. The card was nearly complete, missing one corner. He had started looking for a buyer about 2-weeks prior without luck. He was asking $20k for the card, although he would go lower as I was "now family". I quickly thought of how much my entire collection was worth and if there was any way to come up with the money; my wife quickly laughed at me. Her uncle sold the card about 3 months later for $25k; one of the sales he regrets to this day.

Dave

[tjb1952tjb]

Originally Posted by harford20

i had just graduated from college, on to further schooling. My wife and i were just married, and i went to new york to meet some "family".

One of my wife's uncles was a card collector and a lawyer for the nfl. He knew i had a large 1970-1990 collection, and brought me to an office area where he had his collection. He had a massive collection, mainly focused on autographed jerseys, but with sets and singles of all eras, but was just starting to downsize it. The card he offered me was a t206 honus wagner (i had to assume it was genuine given his collection), and psa was non-existent in 1990. The card was nearly complete, missing one corner. He had started looking for a buyer about 2-weeks prior without luck. He was asking $20k for the card, although he would go lower as i was "now family". I quickly thought of how much my entire collection was worth and if there was any way to come up with the money; my wife quickly laughed at me. Her uncle sold the card about 3 months later for $25k; one of the sales he regrets to this day.

Dave

ouch!!!

[EvilKing00]

been looking for a joe Jackson my self, saw this and didn't bid on it. cant see his face, & hes batting from the wrong side. Maybe he was catching that day and is behind the mask..... I think u lucked out not winning this.

[pbspelly]

Maybe Jackson is the guy lying on the ground just to the left of the batter.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pbspelly

Maybe Jackson is the guy lying on the ground just to the left of the batter.

Jackson went to the restroom but he's at the ballpark!!

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Leon

Jackson went to the restroom but he's at the ballpark!!

Nah... that's Joe peeking out the upstairs window in the house just over the batter's left shoulder.