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[Schlesinj]

Maybe that person has those games (and graded them) they may be worth more than the Mantle.

[Cmvorce]

Ha - you never know!

[riggs336]

This WaJo will always be my favorite. In 1988 my toddler daughter sprayed it with grape juice from her sippy cup. She's 36 and living in another city now so I don't see her as often as I'd like, but every time I look at this card I have fond memories.

[Casey2296]

Love the sippy cup story. I have a few trinkets from when my daughter was a young'n that evoke the same memories.
Here's mine, the only card my Dad and I ever bought together. $225 bucks and that was $50 over budget which was a really big deal for our working class family. Priceless to me.

[jchcollins]

The '56 Mantle. As a kid probably 10 or 11 years old, I first saw a picture of it in one of the Surf books that had every Topps card pictured for a particular team. Then a few years later I came upon a lower grade one in a card shop and traded the dealer virtually my entire collection at the time to take it home. That one was traded in for an upgrade (to SGC 4) this past summer. Just a classic looking card of the best player in baseball at the time, and to me screams 1950's nostalgia.

[Cmvorce]

I love all these stories. The grape juice is classic.

[vansaad]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Love the sippy cup story. I have a few trinkets from when my daughter was a young'n that evoke the same memories.
Here's mine, the only card my Dad and I ever bought together. $225 bucks and that was $50 over budget which was a really big deal for our working class family. Priceless to me.

What a beautiful Mays! That is my ideal card condition for vintage. Incredible eye appeal.

[jchcollins]

It’s not much, but this is one of my very first vintage cards. This is from probably 1987 or 1988 in Cornelius, NC - and an antique mall in our small town had several boxes of older cards for sale, and others that were just on display. I later learned the cards were from the collection of former Milwaukee Braves catcher Paul Burris, who lived in the area. The “1954” stamp you see on the bottom of this card was put on there by him. I picked out a generous helping of cards that were for sale, which Mom allowed me to take home. The cards that I remember that were there but NOT for sale, included a 1954 Topps Ted Williams and a 1933 Goudey Gabby Harnett.

This one will be with me as long as I'm above ground, LOL.

[Cmvorce]

Everyone’s stories are so good. This is what I love about card collecting.

[cornhusker]

Listing a favorite card is tough... like picking the best song from Ace Frehley's solo album. Here is one from my short list though. Picked this little gem out of a fiber barrel of cards my son and I bought at auction several years ago. There were 3 barrels with about 150k cards total. Junk '80's cards on top with layers of 60's & 70's vending from the mid point down. This cards stands out to me as I clearly remember my 8 year old saying "these '68 Bench cards are really cool but I wish we would find a '69". A handful or two later - there it was

[familytoad]

Originally Posted by cornhusker

Listing a favorite card is tough... like picking the best song from Ace Frehley's solo album. Here is one from my short list though. Picked this little gem out of a fiber barrel of cards my son and I bought at auction several years ago. There were 3 barrels with about 150k cards total. Junk '80's cards on top with layers of 60's & 70's vending from the mid point down. This cards stands out to me as I clearly remember my 8 year old saying "these '68 Bench cards are really cool but I wish we would find a '69". A handful or two later - there it was

It was New York Groove in a runaway. It launched the most mediocre Karaoke career ever. Mine

[V117collector]

Always liked the 57T Mantle, especially when it's ((centered)).

[puckpaul]

Collected cards as a kid in the 70’s, but when i popped into a Long Island card show in 1989 and saw this on a table, I became smitten with pre-war vintage cards. Still my favorite card and i have several copies now.

[Exhibitman]

So, anyone here used to be a member of the West Coast Card Club here in Los Angeles? We used to have meetings/card shows in the San Fernando Valley. One of the features of these early card club meetings was the auction. Live, no commission, take the card home with you, auctions. I won these signed 1953 Bowman cards at one of them, must've been some time between 1977 and 1979:




I also got this Musial at one of the meetings:



Had it signed a decade later at a show in the Moscone Center in SF while I was in law school.

This is the best insert I've ever pulled from a pack:

[mark evans]

Originally Posted by V117collector

Always liked the 57T Mantle, especially when it's ((centered)).

My choice as well.