If only you could have these 5 cards back again

[Leon]

Yeah, as I am eating my sour grapes , especially when I constantly see cards I used to own, which I sold for peanuts, now being sold as gourmet meals! I won't even post any pics as there would be too many...

Originally Posted by parkplace33

I look at this post differently. Sure, there are cards I wish I had back. But not enough to offset what I received by moving on from those cards.

“No amount of regret can change the past. No amount of anxiety can change the future.”

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Leon

Yeah, as I am eating my sour grapes , especially when I constantly see cards I used to own, which I sold for peanuts, now being sold as gourmet meals! I won't even post any pics as there would be too many...

I know it's tough, Leon, but we (you and me) have to find a way to accept what has happened. As I recall, you were pretty happy with the haul your collection generated, and had great uses for it. You did so well for the time, and as the tritest of sayings goes, "it's only cardboard." I've said for years I would like to have back just about everything I've ever sold, and I think any of us would make that deal in a heartbeat. But it doesn't work that way, and we sold those things because we had good uses for the money. We're not the whales who can afford to choose the timing of all their buying and selling, but we've done well, grasshopper! You're such a nice guy, I hate to see you feeling badly about something that's been such a big part of your life, and I hope maybe this helps a little.
Hank

[Leon]

Thanks Hank. There are many others in my same situation or worse. And, you're correct, it was all good at the time and the money was well spent/invested. No regrets in those regards.
I remember chatting with you at the National when the collection was up for auction.
First world problems. No, I won't be a whale unless I win the lottery, which I don't play. Collecting on a budget is still fun...

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

I know it's tough, Leon, but we (you and me) have to find a way to accept what has happened. As I recall, you were pretty happy with the haul your collection generated, and had great uses for it. You did so well for the time, and as the tritest of sayings goes, "it's only cardboard." I've said for years I would like to have back just about everything I've ever sold, and I think any of us would make that deal in a heartbeat. But it doesn't work that way, and we sold those things because we had good uses for the money. We're not the whales who can afford to choose the timing of all their buying and selling, but we've done well, grasshopper! You're such a nice guy, I hate to see you feeling badly about something that's been such a big part of your life, and I hope maybe this helps a little.
Hank

[glynparson]

Top 3 are clear
Cut I have a number battling it out for 4/5 slot.

1958 Jim Brown PSA 9
1951 Bowman 253 Mickey Mantle PSA 8
1952 Topps 311 Mickey Mantle PSA 7

Probably:
1968 Johnny Bench PSA 10
1986 Fleer 57 Michael Jordan PSA 10 (sold when only $2500)

[bcbgcbrcb]

Glyn:

When did you move those 5? Those are some REALLY BIG cards.

[rand1com]

I did not save a picture of it but about 20 years ago, I bought a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle with a rookie era autograph on Ebay for $1000.

To be clear, it was an early graded GAI 2 but for those who remember the early days of GAI, they also had Mike Guiterrez as their autograph authenticator.

The autograph was deemed authentic by GAI.

I got it in my hands a week or so later and relisted it for $2000. It immediately sold.

It has never resurfaced over the last 20 years but in the recent REA auction, a similar condition card with an autograph from Mickey's card show era with his familiar signature sold for $210K.

Wonder who has it in their collection? One day it will arise and I will recognize it.

[brunswickreeves]

1953 Topps Jackie Robinson, hands down.