Blunders and Wonders in Collecting

[Zach Wheat]

Biggest Blunder - to date my biggest blunder occurred when I was in the midst of finishing a T206 set. I was working fiendishly at it and was in the 75% range....with a number of backs, most of SL'ers and a number of HOF'ers. I purchased a nice Cy Young portrait from someone on N54.

I received a number of packages in the mail that day. Somehow I managed to throw away one of the last HOF'ers I needed, along with all the packing material. I searched & searched for it - to no avail. The card had existed for 100+ years but get it in my hands and it was gone within minutes.

Z

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by zach wheat

biggest blunder - to date my biggest blunder occurred when i was in the midst of finishing a t206 set. I was working fiendishly at it and was in the 75% range....with a number of backs, most of sl'ers and a number of hof'ers. I purchased a nice cy young portrait from someone on n54.

I received a number of packages in the mail that day. Somehow i managed to throw away one of the last hof'ers i needed, along with all the packing material. I searched & searched for it - to no avail. The card had existed for 100+ years but get it in my hands and it was gone within minutes.

Z

ouch!

[packs]

Blunder: not buying the T206 Ty Cobb green portrait freak error card (half of two cards on one card) that sat in a display case in White Plains forever. I always passed over it because I figured who wanted half a card? I must have walked by it 10 shows in a row.

Wonder: bought a Grover Cleveland Alexander signed baseball (sweetspot) along with a few other signatures from the original owner for $80. Sold it for $2,000 later.

Wonder 2: bought a poorly listed Carl Horner cabinet on eBay for $300. Flipped it for $900.