What's the rarest card you own?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Fascinating thread. That 1960 logo variation is an eye opener. Learn something everyday, or at least try to! I would imagine those Korean cards haunt many the player collector.

My rarest card (thanks to Joe T, who hunted this one down for me) is a signed 1952 Bowman Mantle. There are only 19 signed, as compared to 3400 graded unsigned in the PSA pop report. It is the second rarest of all signed basic issue Topps/Bowman Mantle cards, behind the 1952 Topps, of which there are 14 examples in the pop data.

Very nice card and autograph Matt

[steve B]

I have a few of these, got all together and haven't seen any others.



And crazily enough ended up with the complete set of these, only 25 cards not all sports. Some are 1/1 and something like 6 of the 25 weren't cataloged until this find.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Very nice card and autograph Matt

Thanks very much, Jeff.

[h2oya311]

I love seeing a thread with so many cards that were once part of my collection. Glad they give other members so much pleasure!

I still have a few regrets (from sales), but money allocated to cards is limited. For me, I have to sell in order to buy…

Keep ‘em coming!

[h2oya311]

I guess I should add one - a 1926 Kut-Out Yankees of Earle Combs (rookie)

[Leon]

a lot of postcards would be one of ones....but there is always a chance another could pop up.

[hcv123]

Love seeing all the GREAT cards shown!

At first glance this looks like the quite common 1967 Topps pinup insert. It differs in a number of ways - 1) It is printed on sticker stock (similar to 67 Pirates/Red Sox stickers and 68 Action all star stickers) 2) there is no number 3) The image is much crisper than on the pin-ups. It has been examined by many experts - a consensus of opinion is it was a 1 off prototype done by Topps - not even making it to a testing phase. To date it is the only example of any player I have ever seen.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by hcv123

Love seeing all the GREAT cards shown!

At first glance this looks like the quite common 1967 Topps pinup insert. It differs in a number of ways - 1) It is printed on sticker stock (similar to 67 Pirates/Red Sox stickers and 68 Action all star stickers) 2) there is no number 3) The image is much crisper than on the pin-ups. It has been examined by many experts - a consensus of opinion is it was a 1 off prototype done by Topps - not even making it to a testing phase. To date it is the only example of any player I have ever seen.

So is that essentially akin to a Dice Game Mantle— yet signed also by Clemente. Mind blown. Is that considered the Grail of all Clemente pieces?