What's the rarest card you own?

[boneheadandrube]

D327 Sisler.jpg

[mordecaibrown1]

[Leon]

One of only several known (I guess), Salesman's samples of Tinker.
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[Clutch-Hitter]

Finally!

[jethrod3]

I just bought a Johnny Bench Jamesway piece that I thought was kind of neat, but it seems to be an uncatalogued promo issue (the only good info I could find about it was in this forum). Not sure it can even really be considered a card, but it feels like a card more than just a photo, so I'm calling it a card! Similar or identical pictures were used in Shillito and Kenwood Plaza cards that were distributed at around the same time.

Long-time stalker, first-time poster by the way!

[Leon]

I have never seen another of these

[Exhibitman]

This is an astounding thread; glad you guys revived it.

Howzabout some signed cards?

1921 Kamm, nice. Signed, rare.



Paige Browns TI, tough. Signed, rare



1923 W515 Dempsey signed, twice



Rush:



Yeah, it ain't a card but...



MCA RIP

[Big Red Machine]

Hi, I have included a listing for your card from the 2011 Standard Catalog. The card you have here is extremely hard to find.

Originally Posted by jethrod3

I just bought a Johnny Bench Jamesway piece that I thought was kind of neat, but it seems to be an uncatalogued promo issue (the only good info I could find about it was in this forum). Not sure it can even really be considered a card, but it feels like a card more than just a photo, so I'm calling it a card! Similar or identical pictures were used in Shillito and Kenwood Plaza cards that were distributed at around the same time.

Long-time stalker, first-time poster by the way!

[jethrod3]

Thank you for posting that excerpt from the 2011 Standard Catalog! I have the 2008 catalog---and I apparently cannot use an index properly because I missed the entry in that year's catalog the first time I searched for it, but I digress----the only documented Jamesway card in the 2008 version was the Pete Rose card. Interestingly, the 2 catalogs don't mention autographed versions of any of the cards, but I think another poster in this forum some years ago (or perhaps it was another forum??) hypothesized that a small number of autographed versions were given out to company executives. Folks at Kenwood Mall that received that version of the Bench card (same image I believe, but different logo) may have also gotten them autographed. Gotta wonder if any other Reds players could eventually surface in these issues!

Originally Posted by Big Red Machine

Hi, I have included a listing for your card from the 2011 Standard Catalog. The card you have here is extremely hard to find.