What's the rarest card you own?

[benchod]

never have seen another

[tedzan]

I acquired this unique gem in Cooperstown, NY in 1991. It is a significant piece of Baseball History, for there was no Major League WORLD SERIES played in 1904.
Mgr. John McGraw of the NY Giants (NL Champs) refused to play Boston (AL Champs). Therefore, the Eastern League (AAA) Buffalo Bisons became the de facto....
"1904 World Champions"






Speaking about McGraw......the only known McGraw (glove) card with a UZIT back.







Fall of 1952, BOWMAN issued this very artistic 144-card FB set. In order to compete with the very popular larger size 1952 Topps BB cards, Bowman re-sized
their regular set of FB cards. Then re-issued these larger size cards circa Winter of '52. I acquired this sheet in 1982, at a Hobby shop in Media, Pennsylvania




This unique sheet includes FB stars.....Sammy Baugh, Otto Graham, Y. A. Tittle, Charlie Justice, Charley Trippi, Hugh McElhenny, and Frank Gifford (rookie card).




TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Exhibitman]

Alas no Toleteros Gibson for me.

And here is another rare card:

[Rhotchkiss]

Few more rare ones -- this is a GREAT thread

And the Felix Mendelson Ruth’s are amazing.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Few more rare ones -- this is a GREAT thread

And the Felix Mendelson Ruth’s are amazing.

Ah, the Doyle…tough to compete with that! Great cards, Ryan!

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Ah, the Doyle…tough to compete with that! Great cards, Ryan!

Thanks. Mile High has a Doyle coming to auction soon, so there is a rare chance for someone to get to 524.

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Thanks. Mile High has a Doyle coming to auction soon, so there is a rare chance for someone to get to 524.

And a Plank and Wagner.

[mordecaibrown1]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Few more rare ones -- this is a GREAT thread

And the Felix Mendelson Ruth’s are amazing.

I used to own that Wagner with the Menagerie wrong back 20 years ago! Or one just like it! Here are a few of mine now!

[RCMcKenzie]

Nice ones, gang.

This Buchner-looking card was unknown-unknown until discovered in an old scrapbook by a board member. Welch was not known to be included in the n284 Buchner series until this card surfaced. Without an advertising back, one can't call this an "n284", maybe a poster cut for a card that never was, maybe a "chase" card, ha-ha. Anyway, I keep it with the other n284's.

[puckpaul]

[QUOTE=tedzan;2176693]I acquired this unique gem in Cooperstown, NY in 1991. It is a significant piece of Baseball History, for there was no Major League WORLD SERIES played in 1904.
Mgr. John McGraw of the NY Giants (NL Champs) refused to play Boston (AL Champs). Therefore, the Eastern League (AAA) Buffalo Bisons became the de facto....
"1904 World Champions"




Cool pieces, Ted.

I own this championship medal given to John McGraw for the 1904 season, declaring the Giants the champions for 1905 (issued in Oct of 1904, making then “champions” for the next season until a new champ is declared)

[Jstottlemire1]

Originally Posted by benchod

never have seen another

Wow love the pair. Thanks for sharing.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by benchod

never have seen another

WOW! I love the different type font!

[glchen]

Originally Posted by benchod

never have seen another

Incredible card!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by benchod

never have seen another

Wow all these rare cards are great. But a Redsox Felix Mendelssohn Ruth that drops the mike for me.

Great card

[benchod]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Wow all these rare cards are great. But a Redsox Felix Mendelssohn Ruth that drops the mike for me.

Great card

Thanks guys,
Everybody loves the Babe.
No Wahoo Sam or Ole Pete fans I guess lol

Great K-bats , and Boston cabs.
Singular runs of Wajo and Sam Rice in Val's collection

[big-six]

Looks like this was from the same sheet as Rhotchkiss Menagerie Wagner
The upside down miss cut back and the wide bottom
Thoughts?

If so how cool is that

[x2drich2000]

Bob, I do think all the Menageries are from the same sheet. Here are the two I own for comparison. If you ever feel like getting rid of the McGraw, I would be interested in it.

[drcy]

I used to have the color separation proofs for the 1975 Hostess George Brett (rookie year) card that was wasn't issued. Can't get rarer than a card that never existed.

[Rhotchkiss]

Those are great Bob and DJ. We should get together and see if any match up

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by benchod

never have seen another

This is incredible!! Ruth Mendelsohn Yankees is probably my favorite Ruth I own. The Red Sox one is a priceless piece of history!

I absolutely love the Phila Alexander and that Crawford, just beautiful!! M101-6 has become one of my favorite sets!

Some more rare Ruths for the thread:

[Jstottlemire1]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

This is incredible!! Ruth Mendelsohn Yankees is probably my favorite Ruth I own. The Red Sox one is a priceless piece of history!

I absolutely love the Phila Alexander and that Crawford, just beautiful!! M101-6 has become one of my favorite sets!

Some more rare Ruths for the thread:

Thanks for sharing as fellow Ruth collector this is incredible stuff. I was mind blowing visiting your Flickr. Appreciate you sharing.

[yanksfan09]

Thank you! You have some great cards in your videos!

[molenick]

Pretty much all T5s are rare. Based on the various population reports, this is the rarer Eddie Collins pose (although I assume there are some ungraded examples out there).

[Brian Van Horn]

The one in the middle is the one of a kind.

[paul]

Brian, what are those Meusels? They look like W590s, but I have never seen a card numbered as high as 140 in that set.

[robinsonmantle]

1949-50 Schumacher Service Station
George Munger and Vernon Stephens

[milkit1]

Possibly a one of one Black fact 30 MattyMatty black 30 back.jpg

[NATCARD]

This may be the only one in existence.

[ksfarmboy]

Wow that Murray is awesome!

[MVSNYC]

This one...followed by this one... (Both originating from Ryan H.)

[gabrinus]

Love that T214 Devore Bruce...Jerry

[aljurgela]

Still...

[Luke]

WOW. Someone has to follow Al so I'll bite the bullet. I have a few T206 1-of-1s