Member’s most precious card

[harperj497]

Love the way y’all are sharing stories of these cards. They’re all great stories.

So i got one more question, would you give up your “most precious” cards for $5m if you got the offer. Sorry to drop this bomb on y’all lol. I’d love to hear your answers.


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[paul]

Easy choice for me. I'm a Hall of Fame collector, and this is Frank Selee's only known copy of his only known card.

[harperj497]

Originally Posted by paul

Easy choice for me. I'm a Hall of Fame collector, and this is Frank Selee's only known copy of his only known card.

So would you be giving it up for that offer ?


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[G1911]

Originally Posted by harperj497

Love the way y’all are sharing stories of these cards. They’re all great stories.

So i got one more question, would you give up your “most precious” cards for $5m if you got the offer. Sorry to drop this bomb on y’all lol. I’d love to hear your answers.


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Sure. A precious card I’d never sell is, of course, caveated by the bounds of plausible reality. I wouldn’t sell my favorites for 10-20x their worth, but if you’re going to give me a mansion with a helicopter pad for it, I’ll put it in the mail immediately. I get more joy out of cardboard than I will any money I could reasonably get for them, but in exchange for being able to retire? I’m doing it in an instant.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by harperj497

Love the way y’all are sharing stories of these cards. They’re all great stories.

So i got one more question, would you give up your “most precious” cards for $5m if you got the offer. Sorry to drop this bomb on y’all lol. I’d love to hear your answers.


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I’d definitely consider it. My wife would take it in a heartbeat.

I’d probably want you to make it $10M, so that I could net $5M after taxes.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by raulus

I’d definitely consider it. My wife would take it in a heartbeat.

I’d probably want you to make it $10M, so that I could net $5M after taxes.

At the same time, it’s an uncomfortable feeling recognizing that there’s a price at which I would sell. And it sort of brings your whole collection into play at that point, even if the price is ludicrous.

It reminds me of the joke from the economist’s joke book:

An economist walks up to a woman and asks, “Would you sleep with me for $1M?”

To which she replies: “Why, I suppose I would.”

To which he responds, “How about for $100?”

She then objects, “What kind of a woman do you think I am??!!!”

And then he retorts, “Madam, we have already established that. Now we are merely negotiating on the price!”

[brianp-beme]

This one was part of a group of 5 I purchased for lawn mowing money many a moon ago. It means the world to me and would be the last vintage card I would sell, but I would jump on a 5 million dollar offer. I think unless you have a seven digit value card, and a real strong attachment to it and no need to realize a windfall from it, I believe all of us would for this amount of stupid money.

Brian

[harperj497]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

This one was part of a group of 5 I purchased for lawn mowing money many a moon ago. It means the world to me and would be the last vintage card I would sell, but I would jump on a 5 million dollar offer. I think unless you have a seven digit value card, and a real strong attachment to it and no need to realize a windfall from it, I believe all of us would for this amount of stupid money.

Brian

This is fact actually. I think everyone would jump on the offer. I think you are just in dilemma because the probability of getting that kind of deal is slim but then if it were to be happening really, i think y’all would be giving the cards up.


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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by harperj497

Love the way y’all are sharing stories of these cards. They’re all great stories.

So i got one more question, would you give up your “most precious” cards for $5m if you got the offer. Sorry to drop this bomb on y’all lol. I’d love to hear your answers.


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Most people would probably sell. Because most of our cards are not near that value so we sell it and then buy another one, a better graded one, or an even more special card that is on our bucket list or dream list that we never could have had before.
Or at least that is what I would do

[JollyElm]

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[harperj497]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Most people would probably sell. Because most of our cards are not near that value so we sell it and then buy another one, a better graded one, or an even more special card that is on our bucket list or dream list that we never could have had before.
Or at least that is what I would do

Exactly!


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[Tere1071]

From my childhood, it would be the only card that I have left: my 1970 Topps Super Roberto Clemente.

From my rebirth as a collector (2012- ), it would be a binder of cards that my wife purchased for me at an estate sale. The cards are worthless in terms of monetary value, but the fact that she purchased them for me is very significant. She puts up with my addiction er, I mean hobby and admittedly I spend too many hours in front of the computer looking at baseball cards which my wife has commented on more than once, dozens of times perhaps. With that being said I know that she purchased those cards for me out of love.

I will never part with the Clemente nor that binder of cards.

Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1975 Topps Baseball sets - under revision.

A near-complete 1973 Topps Baseball set (647/660) under construction.

1970 Topps Baseball Card partial set (596/720) under construction.

[darwinbulldog]

I'd happily sell my entire collection for $5 million, but if I could keep just one card, this is the one for me.

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I'd happily sell my entire collection for $5 million, but if I could keep just one card, this is the one for me.

I'd be hard pressed to let go of my Cafe du Monde as well

[hcv123]

The standout of the group is the Clemente rookie - the exact card that I begged and pleaded my mom to get for me at 13YO. $5 was a lot for a card back then - the $48 she layed out was incomprehensible! It began a lifelong quest for Clemente cards and memorabilia!

The Giant Stand Up - well, it's a giant stand up and a memory attached to a collection that was passed from 1 Clemente Collector (Ron Gordon) to another - me!

The 58 Kahns - again - a memory of the first one I didn't buy because I didn't know how rare it was at the time and a reminder that with patience most things come around again!

The 67 Venezuelan - a card I bought from John R. - John introduced me to Venezuelan cards back at the Philly show in Fort Washington in the 90's. I "visited" the card for about a year before pulling the trigger as John wanted considerably more for it than most of the rest of the Venezuelan's he was selling.

The 1960 Bazooka box - the culmination of an intense 30+ year search just ended a couple of years ago! Only known example and the last piece to my complete run of Clemente Bazooka boxes.

The Clemente rookie would be the hardest to sell, but for $5Mil - I'll personally deliver them to your door.

The way I've been saying it for years is - there is no card/collectible I own that in theory does not have a price - just quite a few that no one in their right mind would offer enough to tempt me.

[Casey2296]

Those du Mondes are fantastic, was just on your website last night, great site with great information.

Originally Posted by ZachS

I'd be hard pressed to let go of my Cafe du Monde as well

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by harperj497

Love the way y’all are sharing stories of these cards. They’re all great stories.

So i got one more question, would you give up your “most precious” cards for $5m if you got the offer. Sorry to drop this bomb on y’all lol. I’d love to hear your answers.


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Ha! I've been collecting for 40 years and for $5MM I'd give you the entire collection and the new house it's housed in.
Everything has a price aside from my family and animals.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by LEHR

Ha! I've been collecting for 40 years and for $5MM I'd give you the entire collection and the new house it's housed in.
Everything has a price aside from my family and animals.

I think my wife would draw the line at the house.