Worst Missed Buy of Sports Memorabilia

[thekingofclout]

A few years ago, I came upon a Jackie Robinson Signed Letter on Chock Full O'Nuts Stationary on ebay. Well, they surface often enough, but as I remember it, it was dated Jan. 1957, and this one was addressed to New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham explaining that he decided that he was going to retire and therefore would not be reporting to the Giants (due to Brooklyn recently trading him to the Giants). As always with Jackie his words were absolutely first class.

Even though the letter was not authenticated, I was sure it was the real deal. Still, with cash being tight at the time, I put in a snipe of a few thousand (I can't remember exactly, which I'm sure it's my brain sparing me the pain) and was the under-bidder. The new owner didn't waste any time as it' surfaced in Heritage's next auction and realized almost $20,000. Ouch! That one stills stings.