Collecting Mistakes

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Definitely have forgotten to delete something off my want list and bought 2 copies a few times.

The collection is all mine (ouch to my wallet) but my Dad got me started as a kid and we go to shows together, sort through the cards I buy. He probably knows more about baseball cards than anyone alive who doesn't own any. ~12 years ago we were sorting some 50's Topps I'd picked up and I was cracking the slabbed ones out. He tried to do one and somehow managed to break the PSA slab so that it ripped the card in half. I can't even figure out how he did that, but my 1953 Topps Preacher Roe was cut into 2 separate pieces. The $25 lost was worth the laugh and running joke that he's never allowed to crack slabs.

I wouldn't call it a mistake, but I have overpaid for unique items, and I'm sure a majority would call that a mistake.

Have yet to be scammed or to buy a reprint, but I'm sure that clock is ticking down to the day it happens.