The card that got away twice...is it gone for good? & Share your cardhunting stories!

[drcy]

I once won in auction a Jerry Dvorak (the 1953 Topps painter) painting of Buck Leonard that hung on my wall for several years. I finally sold it. A year or so later, it was offered for auction again and the price was right, so I bought it a second time and put it back on the wall in the same spot.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by drcy

I once won in auction a Jerry Dvorak (the 1953 Topps painter) painting of Buck Leonard that hung on my wall for several years. I finally sold it. A year or so later, it was offered for auction again and the price was right, so I bought it a second time and put it back on the wall in the same spot.

Lol, awesome story David

[steve B]

A couple things.

Oddly, a Jose Canseco was the last card I needed for the 1988 Topps set. Easy right? Nope, took 2 years to get one. At the time it had fallen into that limbo of not being a common, but also not worth enough to be in the showcase. So every time I asked the answer was "sure we have that....Out back somewhere"

And, not cards, but one that got away and later didn't and one that did and I'm now glad it did.
The stamp dealer whose shop I hung out at briefly got into cards. He picked up a couple nice items, and two I wanted were a nice older photo of Fenway Park, and a Ty Cobb letter. The Cobb letter was too much, the photo a bit more than I wanted to spend. I've become convinced the Cobb letter was a complete fabrication by Stump. Green maybe felt pen on Cobbs stationery. First page was typical reply to a fan - thanks for remembering me, etc. The second page was really downright mean stuff just as Stump portrayed him.
The photo was a neat pic of a game in progress and signed by "some front office guy"
Eventually I moved was doing a bit better and decided to buy them both, saved up and went to the shop but he'd gotten out of cards about a month before and sold everything. He checked with the guy who bought it all to see if he still had them, no luck he'd moved the stuff wholesale almost right away.

A couple years later I go to the Shriners show and in a binder of random stuff, there's the photo. Same price as it had been, so I bought it.


After a while I decided to look up the guy who signed it.



Yeah, "some front office guy" was Frank Navin, Tigers owner. Didn't figure it out for a while because I was looking for a Red Sox front office guy. DOH!

Steve B

[njdunkin1]

Morning, all --


A stroke of luck in the search: the second seller was able to put me in touch with the buyer. After a few e-mails and some discussion, we were able to come to a price which was fair for both parties. I signed off on the Kling this morning--he is now a proud new member of the Dunkin Kling back run!
Enjoy the scans

NJ

[Brian Van Horn]

I've been fortunate. With my eclectic collection if I miss out on a card I just wait for another to come up regardless of time. No worries.

[Sean]

Great going NJ. How many do you still need?

[njdunkin1]

Originally Posted by Sean

Great going NJ. How many do you still need?

Thank you, Sean
I'm sitting at 5/11, with three toughies out of the way (both Sovereigns and the OM).
Any cards I don't have by mid-July I hope to snag at the National this year.