The white whale: finding the #1 card on your wantlist

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by timn1

Actually the feeling I had as time was counting down was more like sick-dizzy-about-to-keel-over. Watching ebay auctions for cards I wanted used to be a rush; now it's more like a death-watch

Tim -

Your collecting retirement was met with [insert platitude here]. Joining Mike P on the sidelines is an admirable achievement. I had no idea anyone spent 30 years searching for a W711 Livingood, but I'll offer my applause, too.

Actually, I realize you won't lose the itch. That's a lifetime thing.


Bill

[Matt]

Congrats Tim - your patience is admirable!

[fkw]

Congrats, I never knew there was a SP in that set.
when I saw it early on, I thought it was a Livingood family member bidding it up at first..... but never saw the final bid.

Cool, learn something new everyday. Love those tough cards

[Exhibitman]

I've knocked the top card off my want list a few times:

--I searched for an E282 (Oh Boy Gum; Goudey's 1st card product) Jack Dempsey for years before snagging one on Ebay a few years ago. Haven't seen another since.



--I found my #1 baseball card, a Pebble Beach Clothiers Lefty O'Doul, at the 2006 National.



--I got a signed 1951 Ringside Ray Miller in a Clean Sweep auction a few years ago.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Congrats on the great pick up after so many years of searching and waiting what a great day for your collection. I guess my white whale would be a W600 Cabinet of Chief Bender, a T208 would be cool but the W600 look amazing.

[brianp-beme]

Way to go Tim on ending such a lengthy search. I am practically an infant when it comes to collecting this issue, but I do have all but the Livengood in the 1939 set. I just won the other card that I needed, but it will look so out of place (it is Vg compared to the dirt level Poor condition that each and every one of the other cards are in--I guess some day will have to find a downgrade to make all my other cards feel comfortable). I figured the Livengood would be out of reach and rarely seen...and now I know for sure that my 1939 set will always be a 'near-set'. Congrats again, and time to celebrate.

Brian

[steve B]

Congrats on findingnthe card ! Like others have said, amazing patience.


since I'm more of an opportunistic collector I don't usually have anything in particular I'm looking for. Finding the last 48 bowman I needed was a bit of a thrill, but a pretty easy one at the time, even on a tight budget. Going after odds and ends, I always hoped to find something special, maybe a card that was unknown or something like that. Finally happened late last year. I picked up a small batch of interesting stuff, including a few " schultes own" college cards. T49s. The back claims 20 subjects, but when I checked over on the non sports side it seemed that only 17 were known. And I had one that wasn't on the list. A very little bit of checking verified it was a new one for the checklist. Not a huge deal, but pretty cool to find an unknown card.

Steve B

[Fred]

This is one most enjoyable threads I've read in a while.

I've got a lot of white whales on my list, some are just financially out of reach. Those cards are just true "wish" list stuff. Over the years I've knocked a few "not break the bank" variety white whales off my list and it's a true rush everytime I get the cards in my hands.

Tim's pick up has got to rank way up there as far as hobby highs go. That's just awesome!

[ChiefBenderForever]

'Wishlist' is more like it for me as well, a nice T208 Bender in the REA right now and all I can do is watch and wonder if another one will come up in the next 5-10 years. It is fun knowing they are out there and maybe someday could own.

[Peter_Spaeth]

For me a T222 Alexander would rank up there.

[martyogelvie]

Congrats.. nice looking card too.