Anyone ever tried to Corner the Market on a Particular Card?

[Peter_Spaeth]

I tried to buy all the 1988 Donruss Tom Glavines but fell short.

[iowadoc77]

I had a buddy who had over 500 1989 Topps Steve Avery rookie cards- that went pretty well for him...

[Republicaninmass]

Kid buying all the 52t bartiromes has prices through the roof

[conor912]

Fool's errand, IMO

[scooter729]

Seems like a horrible idea - I'd never do that......

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Seems like a horrible idea - I'd never do that......

Awesome Pele hoard! Love it!

[midmo]

Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to corner the market on rare non-HoFers from sets that people have little interest in.

[x2drich2000]

I wasn't exactly trying to hoard them, but at one point I had 3 of the 7 graded e92 Nadja Jennings and knew where 3 more were (1 in each of the top 2 registry sets and 1 in a board member's Jennings collection). Traded 1 of mine to another board member for his Jennings back run this summer.

DJ

[KMayUSA6060]

T206 Honus Wagner. Terrific card. I had 3 at one point and wanted to get the rest. One person actually had the rest for sale, and I was in the middle of making a deal with him when...


... I woke up. What a dream.

[z28jd]

Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.

[bnorth]

Back when I was a seller instead of the collector I am now I done it with several different error cards. I done it to make $ though not have a bunch of the same card.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.

+1. So odd.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.

I find this hilarious and amazing. Nicely done I wish you do continue.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.

Gutted I missed the one on the BST this morning.

Here's the article from July 20th, 1908 where Reilly got sold to St. Louis from the Class D Gulfport-Biloxi Sandy Crabs.

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[bocca001]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.

A T204 Tom Reilly just sold on the BST today... perhaps it suddenly has new value as a scarcity? An increase in demand?