What's your "BEST" card?

[Kawika]

Hard to pick one. Going with this beauty:

[3-2-count]

Easy decision for me. I'd add a story, but it's pretty self explanatory isn't it??

[williamcohon]

http://www.net54baseball.com/images/...attach/jpg.gif

This is my rarest card (not the most attractive), and the story of its acquisition.

My wife tolerates my baseball card affliction admirably. She knows the cards are worth something, and she knows I spend money on them, but she prefers not to know the details. Fine with me - I keep a separate baseball card fund off the household books, and handle purchases discreetly.

Unfortunately, the ebay auction that brought me this treasure was scheduled to end in the middle of a dinner party we were hosting. There was no choice, I had to tell her about it! And I knew I would have to bid about 25 times what she thought it was worth. Sticky situation.

I excused myself from the table with five minutes left in the auction, and prepared to snipe. Praying that no one would join me in the computer room, I typed in my bid. As I nervously counted down the seconds, guests were shouting from the dining room "Is it over? Did you get it?" Finally, I pushed send.

Needless to say, I was overjoyed with the result. But for the rest of the evening, I had my hands full, ducking the question of what I paid.

[williamcohon]

Sorry, here is the scan.http://www.net54baseball.com/images/...attach/jpg.gif

[Tsaiko]

Not the nicest, but my favorite.

[cfc1909]

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[calvindog]

Originally Posted by cfc1909

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Awesome. Only another obsessed collector can appreciate that run and it is awesome.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by cfc1909

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Incredible fetish Jim. How long have you had this disease?

[Cat]

Originally Posted by williamcohon

Sorry, here is the scan.http://www.net54baseball.com/images/...attach/jpg.gif

William, you may not know this but I am the one that sold that to you off of EBay a couple years back. It does feel good to sell a card to someone that apprecites it so much.

[bijoem]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Hard to pick one. Going with this beauty:

awesome card David.


what does the 'P' stand for on the uniform?

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by bijoem

what does the 'P' stand for on the uniform?

"Penultimate"

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

"Penultimate"

Very funny Rob D. but this was cleared-up in a prior thread. The "P" really stands for Peons. David is the star pitcher (ala Don Mossi) on the old Net54 softball team. I believe we play the guys from Full Count next weekend, should be a good game (Leon is sharpening his spikes as we speak)...

Lovely Day...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by iggyman

Very funny Rob D. but this was cleared-up in a prior thread. The "P" really stands for Peons. David is the star pitcher (ala Don Mossi) on the old Net54 softball team. I believe we play the guys from Full Count next weekend, should be a good game (Leon is sharpening his spikes as we speak)...

Lovely Day...

I remember (and I am sure others do too) when we actually got to start wearing steel cleats in Pony League. Those things sounded cool as we walked on the cement. Oh the memories.....

[T206Collector]

...is that I have a handful that are really never going to find their way back into the market, absent unforeseen circumstances. This would be "1" of them....

[cfc1909]

Long time

The brown OM Revelle I lost in a Lipset about 10 years ago and it finally made its way to my collection about 2 years ago by trade. That run took many years to build and would not have happened if not for hobby friends sending the Revelles my way. My sickness is well known

hope to see you at the National