Something you would never part with

[packs]

Can't see myself ever selling this bad boy. When I was 10 Mattingly retired and I was heartbroken. My mom took me to the only card store anywhere near me and bought me a Mattingly rookie from the case.

After he got hired I went to the Marlins park during spring training to try my luck at getting Donnie to sign it. I've had the card for almost 20 years already. The autograph only makes it more important to me:




When it comes to something I've bought for my collection, I can't see myself parting with this George Steinbrenner note. I love the Yankees and definitely overpaid for this. But I'm glad it's mine and only mine:

[Snapolit1]

1923 Gehrig minor league Yankees - Hartford contract. You'd have to pry it out of my dead hands.

[Bugsy]

I couldn't imagine parting with this one...when the 1927 Yankees played in St. Paul.

[JoeDfan]

My James McGovern letter to a Mr. Wilson in Augusta; begging him for a chance to play on the team despite their "old sores".

It is from 1889, so it is old, it is one of a kind, it is baseball, and it is Maine.

And, although Mr. Wilson apparently did NOT forget "old sores"; Mr. McGovern really did get the chance to play ball in 1891. So it ended well.

Plus, he had really good handwriting.

[Andy Sandler]

One of the last things I would part with in my collection is a Pre-1930 California League or PCL baseball program. I also like any pre-1930 sports program that took place in southern California. Who else has these programs?
Thanks, Andy Sandler (914) 388-2940

[Bumpus Jones]

Great topic. Mine would probably have to be this columbia reds license plate topper. It's made of metal and has porcelain enamel graphics. I've lived in the area most of my life and the Cincinnati Reds are my team.

[LEHR]

I've got some great pieces in my collection but I've always said there is noting I wouldn't sell if the money was right. I can't take it with me and the hunt for something new is sometimes the best part anyway.

[w7imel]

this one broke my heart when I didnt get it won at an auction only to see it come back to me after guilting the guy who bought it into selling it to me because it belonged in the hands of a true Maris fan named Mike of course the 500 bucks I gave him above what he paid didnt hurt negotiations any...Haaa

[hcv123]

At the end of the day its just "stuff". Now if you asked me if there were items in my collection that no one in their right mind would be willing to offer me enough to tempt me to sell - YEAH! There are a couple dozen of those items! I have a handful of times been convinced by the "right price" to sell and haven't yet regretted any of those sales (some of the items I found again and some I haven't)

Howard

[Jgrace]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

I couldn't imagine parting with this one...when the 1927 Yankees played in St. Paul.

This is great, I live in the area and didn’t know this ballpark existed! Knew about Nicollet but looks like this one also had quite a history. Everyone who was anyone from the early 1900s played there.

Like Nicollet, you’d never know it was there now.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

1923 Gehrig minor league Yankees - Hartford contract. You'd have to pry it out of my dead hands.

That's an incredible piece!

I don't know that I maintain quite as strong a grip on mine, but similar theme. Minor League contracts for Roy Campanella. His initial contract to play in Danville and then his next contract a few weeks later to play in Nashua.

One of a few players to sign a Minor League contract before Jackie broke the color-barrier in the Minor Leagues (I believe he was the 4th African American signed).