Favorite Card / "The One That Got Away" thread

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Posted By: TBob

I was at a card show in Kansas City featuring Joe DiMaggio (might have been an early National, come to think about it) and my young daughter who was 9. After meeting Joe D. and having him sign a ball for my daughter and a print for me (and my daughter and Joe D. were photographed together in a picture which appeared on the front page of the KC paper for any of you old timers who remember that!) I settled in and began touring the floor buying my new found passion, T206 cards. I remember buying a Tinker batting in EXMT from a guy by the name of Bill Mastro, our first meeting, and by the end of the day had bought a lot of cards. On the way out a guy came up to me and told me he had some cards for sale. He held out his hand and there were about 50-60 T205s in what looked like EXMT condition. Matty was on the top of the stack. As I recall, he wanted $300 for the whole lot but I was in to T206s and didn't want to start collecting another set. He said $200 as I was walking away, and then said, "Tell you what, the whole stack for $125 I just want to sell them, I'm not in to cards anymore." Like an idiot, I said no. I have always regretted that (duh).
My more recent "ones that got away" can be found almost weekly on ebay. My latest heart stomper was the gold E94 Cicotte that Wayne got me on as we both sniped at the same time and he barely outbid me. Sigh....