What's the rarest card you own?

[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

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

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

Howzabout some signed cards?

1921 Kamm, nice. Signed, rare.

Nice.

[Kenny Cole]

1913 Derby Cigars

[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.

[YankeeCollector]

Only 3 exist I believe.

[tkd]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

Only 3 exist I believe.

Wow! That's an awesome card. It would be interesting to see what one of those would go for in auction these days.

[Exhibitman]

I know it's not baseball, but these are two of the most famous athletes in the world and rare as it gets, from Israel in 1970:

[garymc]

from my NY Highlander collection

[Bill77]

Probably the rarest card in my collection. I probably paid too much for it, but it's mine now.

[gabrinus]

C'mon Bob...don't tease us like that...show pics!!...Jerry

[Lorewalker]

Outstanding thread. Well done, fellas. Saw so many cards/issues I never knew existed. Left me a bit overwhelmed.

[ValKehl]

Another 1931 Blum's Bulletin for this fantastic thread:

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Outstanding thread. Well done, fellas. Saw so many cards/issues I never knew existed. Left me a bit overwhelmed.

It is, but even though I started this thread with my 1/1 Mathewson, I received an offer I couldn't turn down...oh, well...guess I'd better print up another one. LOL

[Marckus99]

Newer addition.