Card(s) you wish you purchased

[hcv123]

The standout was back in 2008 after my Mom passed - I had earmarked some money to go into cards and was super close to pulling the trigger on a PSA 8.5 1955 Clemente rookie (still one of 2 examples at that grade) at 10K. Ended up buying something else that appreciated WAY less.

[mrreality68]

Two Cards that I wish I had Purchased

1. The 1986 Jordan Rookie Card. PSA 10 was offered to me in early 2018. They wanted to trade it straight up for a 1915 Babe ruth photo Type 1 that I had.

Big miss. I did not know or understand Basketball cards at the time and I sold the Ruth photo for a small but nice profit but WE all know what happened with the Jordan Card.

2. THe 2nd Was the Texas tommy Joe Jackson Card came up for auction approx 2 years or so ago. I was in on the bidding but was not liquid enough to continue bidding and it went for less then I would have been willing to bid if I had the funds.

With me being a Joe Jackson Addict hard to see that go. Hopefully someone on the board won it and is enjoying it

[Peter_Spaeth]

Toleteros Josh Gibson in 2013 or so LOTG; 25 Gehrig when they were affordable; second version of the 311 when they too were more affordable.

[Klrdds]

In 1984 I was a senior in dental school and attended a card show near my school in Atlanta and a collector there knew I collected "older" baseball cards . While there he tracked me down to show me a card he wanted me to buy ..... a T206 Wagner. He wanted $4000 for it . I'm like yeah sure I can get that .... I am a student with no money . I found a pay phone (remember those ? ) and called my dad long distance collect ( remember those calls ?) to ask for a loan and he just laughed and said NO because you don't spend hard earned money on a baseball card and you called me collect to ask me for that . I called my aunt , who in 1977 bought me a 1933 Goudey Gehrig card for $10 and other older cards. She said no also because $10 was helluva lot different that $4000.
I checked by student loan balance because I had extra money left over but it was only $2800.
Told the dealer I could get him $2800 in a week and the rest I'd put on a credit card .
He said his consignor wanted the card sold that weekend . I never got that card and it was sold a few days later.
Up until my dad died in 2016 I never let him forget that and he did apologize for not lending me the money when he saw how much that card was selling for later in his life.
So if you miss them miss them BIG !

[egri]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

In 1984 I was a senior in dental school and attended a card show near my school in Atlanta and a collector there knew I collected "older" baseball cards . While there he tracked me down to show me a card he wanted me to buy ..... a T206 Wagner. He wanted $4000 for it . I'm like yeah sure I can get that .... I am a student with no money . I found a pay phone (remember those ? ) and called my dad long distance collect ( remember those calls ?) to ask for a loan and he just laughed and said NO because you don't spend hard earned money on a baseball card and you called me collect to ask me for that . I called my aunt , who in 1977 bought me a 1933 Goudey Gehrig card for $10 and other older cards. She said no also because $10 was helluva lot different that $4000.
I checked by student loan balance because I had extra money left over but it was only $2800.
Told the dealer I could get him $2800 in a week and the rest I'd put on a credit card .
He said his consignor wanted the card sold that weekend . I never got that card and it was sold a few days later.
Up until my dad died in 2016 I never let him forget that and he did apologize for not lending me the money when he saw how much that card was selling for later in his life.
So if you miss them miss them BIG !

Ouch!

[egri]

Not a card, but the mother of one of my track teammates was a professional photographer. In the 1980s, she was hired to cover a show with Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. She spent the day at arms length away from the two of them, chatting them up, and at the end of the day they each offered to sign as much stuff for her as she would like, for free. She turned them down, as she didn't collect autographs.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

A friend/collector was selling off some of his collection about 20 years ago. He offered me his 1915 Baltimore News Ruth and mailed it to me to look over in advance. He wanted $15K for it and I had the funds to do it. When I received it to look over I could not believe 1 of the corners was clipped and he still wanted $15K for it. I mailed it back to him saying it was not worth it and proudly told him that I only buy "whole" cards.

Doh!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

In 1984 I was a senior in dental school and attended a card show near my school in Atlanta and a collector there knew I collected "older" baseball cards . While there he tracked me down to show me a card he wanted me to buy ..... a T206 Wagner. He wanted $4000 for it . I'm like yeah sure I can get that .... I am a student with no money . I found a pay phone (remember those ? ) and called my dad long distance collect ( remember those calls ?) to ask for a loan and he just laughed and said NO because you don't spend hard earned money on a baseball card and you called me collect to ask me for that . I called my aunt , who in 1977 bought me a 1933 Goudey Gehrig card for $10 and other older cards. She said no also because $10 was helluva lot different that $4000.
I checked by student loan balance because I had extra money left over but it was only $2800.
Told the dealer I could get him $2800 in a week and the rest I'd put on a credit card .
He said his consignor wanted the card sold that weekend . I never got that card and it was sold a few days later.
Up until my dad died in 2016 I never let him forget that and he did apologize for not lending me the money when he saw how much that card was selling for later in his life.
So if you miss them miss them BIG !

WOW Great but sad story

[GasHouseGang]

I had the chance to purchase a beautiful Topps 1952 Mantle back around 1980 (don't remember the exact year). But that card had hit a high of $3000 and then fallen back to around $1K, which is what it was offered to me at. I thought it wouldn't be climbing back up in value any time soon and there would be plenty of other opportunities, so I passed. The card quickly climbed back up to it's previous value and kept right on going.