What is your "White Whale"?

[philliesphan]

Jay-

Thank you so much for reaching out. That's a lovely Ferguson cabinet! There are a number of non-OJ cabinets of Ferguson that I've seen pictures of, but haven't seen available for trade/sale anywhere.

That post about a Ferguson cabinet was made in 2009. Eight years later, I was able to pick up this beauty and add to my collection



Am delighted I was able to cross off that White Whale from my want list.

My next one may be a bit harder. I think I've now got a desire for a KBats Harry Wright

[oldjudge]

LOL, this one?

[MartyFromCANADA]

The 4 Gibson UNC Candy Cards, but lately this 1904 Montreal Royals PC... does it even exist? (i'd take it in regular photo form also)

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[slidekellyslide]

Interesting that this thread pops back up 10 years later. The white whale I was searching for I landed just a few weeks ago. I don’t know exactly how long I had been searching for it but this thread is 9 or 10 years old now and according to my post I had been searching for years without luck.

Landed in November 2018. Never thought I'd own such a nice copy (the grade is laughable)

[ValKehl]

While I could name any of several WaJo cards as my whale, being as I am working on a master set of Sam Rice cards, of the Rice cards that I don't have but I know exist, the one I'll likely never have in my collection is his 1917 D350-2 Standard Biscuit card.

[Prince Hal]

Any Rose PC and E107 Yankee

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Landed in November 2018. Never thought I'd own such a nice copy (the grade is laughable)

No sh*t. That's an amazing looking 1.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Landed in November 2018. Never thought I'd own such a nice copy (the grade is laughable)

Dan, from that pic, the card is clearly undergraded. What’s the issue that gave it a low grade, because it looks like 5?

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Dan, from that pic, the card is clearly undergraded. What’s the issue that gave it a low grade, because it looks like 5?

You got me. It does have a moderate amount of caramel staining and a wrinkle on the reverse that shows through on the front chest under certain lighting where the card is almost see through due to a caramel stain. Honestly, that's it. PWCC agreed and gave it a "High End" sticker for whatever that's worth, but I bought it from a board member. I consider myself lucky because I couldn't have afforded even a PSA 2 more than likely

[Vintagecatcher]

Marty,

I passed on a Gibson 1904 Montreal PC about 8-10 years ago since it had some condition issues. Haven't seen another.

Patrick

[MartyFromCANADA]

So it does exist. Wasn't sure if it was in PC form. I've only seen the image in a book. Was the seller on Net 54?

Thanks for the info Patrick.

Marty.