Regrets, I have a few ….

[yanks87]

In 2009 I sold off almost all of my T206's, which wasn't a huge number, maybe 60-70 of them because I needed the money to ship paintings to my first solo gallery show, and also to pay for the family to fly down for the opening. I sold it to a board member, (can't remember who though) for $1500. What stings was the fact that there were a BUNCH of Hall of Famers in there, including all the Mathewson's, Walter Johnson portraits and others. I have reacquired most of them back at a higher price of course, but I would have LOVED to have kept them all.

so it goes.

[scmavl]

I let my '52 Mantle go a few months before the pandemic AT A LOSS. There aren't many cards I get sick thinking about, but that was one. I kept trying to trade back into another one, with no luck. But just yesterday, its replacement arrived: a better-centered-but-more-worn copy in the same grade (PSA 1). It cost me A LOT in trade, although I luckily didn't have all that much in the cards I traded. But most importantly, that hole in my collection is filled. Values be damned, I'm happy.

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I let my '52 Mantle go a few months before the pandemic AT A LOSS. There aren't many cards I get sick thinking about, but that was one. I kept trying to trade back into another one, with no luck. But just yesterday, its replacement arrived: a better-centered-but-more-worn copy in the same grade (PSA 1). It cost me A LOT in trade, although I luckily didn't have all that much in the cards I traded. But most importantly, that hole in my collection is filled. Values be damned, I'm happy.

Let's see it.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Let's see it.

Well Brian, "better condition" is debatable. But I like it more. A little centering goes a long way.

Card I let go of



New card

[Exhibitman]

New one looks better. You done good!

[egri]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

New one looks better. You done good!

+1

[scmavl]

Thanks, fellas. Sorry to clog up this thread with post-war. I did have a raw '33 Goudey Ruth #144 I let go of for $450 a few years ago. So there's that, too.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

New one looks better. You done good!

+1 agreed

[bmattioli]

1986 Fleer Basketball will always haunt me at $10.00 per box all I wanted..

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Well Brian, "better condition" is debatable. But I like it more. A little centering goes a long way.

Card I let go of



New card

Nice new card.

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Well Brian, "better condition" is debatable. But I like it more. A little centering goes a long way.

Card I let go of



New card

"A little centering??" Amazing that we've become so obsessed with centering that that's the focus rather than the massive, stock-breaking crease and whatever else is going on above his right eye. The photo looks like Mick is looking at it thinking "What the hell is that, why is it hovering so close to me, and is it potentially dangerous?"

Yeah, I'd say the new one looks better.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I try not to go there, and focus instead on everything I bought many years ago for a fraction of what they now go for, but that said, I can't quite get away from not having bought a 25 Gehrig, a Toleteros Gibson, and the other 311 variation.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by ASF123

"A little centering??" Amazing that we've become so obsessed with centering that that's the focus rather than the massive, stock-breaking crease and whatever else is going on above his right eye. The photo looks like Mick is looking at it thinking "What the hell is that, why is it hovering so close to me, and is it potentially dangerous?"

Yeah, I'd say the new one looks better.

HAHA! That made me laugh out loud. The badly creased card was SO CLEAN, apart from the heavy crease and rub above his eye. Also, you know when you let something go you later regret, you're flooded with memories of how great it was in retrospect (whether or not it actually was).

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by scmavl

HAHA! That made me laugh out loud. The badly creased card was SO CLEAN, apart from the heavy crease and rub above his eye. Also, you know when you let something go you later regret, you're flooded with memories of how great it was in retrospect (whether or not it actually was).

Looks like an upgrade to me. Congrats.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I let my '52 Mantle go a few months before the pandemic AT A LOSS. There aren't many cards I get sick thinking about, but that was one. I kept trying to trade back into another one, with no luck. But just yesterday, its replacement arrived: a better-centered-but-more-worn copy in the same grade (PSA 1). It cost me A LOT in trade, although I luckily didn't have all that much in the cards I traded. But most importantly, that hole in my collection is filled. Values be damned, I'm happy.

If your biggest regrets ends up with a better card, and that card happens to be a '52 Mantle, buddy you are living right!