The holy Grail of your collection

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Yep, Ed and Frank win hands down. Love stories like that!

Frank, can you show us some of your favorite autos from that book?

Find the "Killer" Jarrod. Amazing how much more legible they are compared to the current crop. Only a few guys who never made the bigs were difficult to ID.

[bbcard1]

I have a lot of cards that have value. But I guess the holy grail is my T206 Honus Wagner.

About 30 years ago I met an old collector who had a small box of T206s he had gotten as a kid. We looked though his collection and he enjoyed talking to me about the old days when men would come out of the duckpin bowling alleys in Roanoke (which were on the second floor) and would throw their empty packs in the gutters and the boys would scramble after him. He said even in those days he had heard of Honus Wagner but none of the boys had ever seen one. One day, this guy had found a picture of Honus Wagner in a magazine, pasted it on a cigarette card back and traded it to one of his buddies for a bunch of cards he needed.

Fast forward about 15 years, I consigned a collection out of a neighboring town about 50 miles away from a guy whose grandfather had passed them along to him. Among the cards was this card....I wonder and suspect it may have been the same card that the old man had made eight decades before and it had changed hands from farmboy to farm boy and made its way from Western Virginia to Central Virginia.

Although it is unlikely I will ever own a real T206 Wagner, I am proud for this one to stand in (but I don't count it toward my monster number).

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Find the "Killer" Jarrod. Amazing how much more legible they are compared to the current crop. Only a few guys who never made the bigs were difficult to ID.

Wow, Frank. That is GREAT. Love the vintage Killer signature. What a special piece.

[t206fix]

bbcard1 - you should count that towards your monster number. I bet if you stripped that honus pic off, you'll find a true wagner. I remember as a kid sticking Cal Ripken stickers on his cards... you never know, maybe somebody back then had a t206 wagner and wanted a better pic of him... tada, the first skinner! Great story!

[t206fix]

Ed - dacubfan - is that you as a kid in those pics? If I were your kids/grandchildren, I would be amazed! People on ebay would pay hundreds/thousands for those autographs not even knowing you! What a cool picture! I have a 1920s birth certificate of my grandpa, but I would trade it for a picture of him as a teenager in Ebbets field hanging with the Duke and PeeWee! Who cares about his birth... meeting the those guys as a kid would be much cooler! Did you get to meet Jackie?

[dacubfan]

Originally Posted by cardboardbliss

Ed - dacubfan - is that you as a kid in those pics? If I were your kids/grandchildren, I would be amazed! People on ebay would pay hundreds/thousands for those autographs not even knowing you! What a cool picture! I have a 1920s birth certificate of my grandpa, but I would trade it for a picture of him as a teenager in Ebbets field hanging with the Duke and PeeWee! Who cares about his birth... meeting the those guys as a kid would be much cooler! Did you get to meet Jackie?

Yes, that's me alright!! It seems so long ago that it's hard to believe it happened. No I didn't meet Jackie as he had already retired after the 1956 season. That would have been awesome. I did meet Roy Campanella and he did sign the ball that I still have from that night. It was just a few months before the accident that ended his career. Here are a few more pictures from the one and only game I attended at Ebbets Field. Being a Cubs fan I was probably more excited to meet the Cub players than the Boys of Summer at that time!! lol I do remember being disappointed that I did not meet Ernie Banks. Had to wait 30 more years to do that (picture attached). Just for the fun of it, the first one who can correctly identify the 4 Cubs players in these pictures I will send them a 1950's era program from Wrigley Field. NO cheating now!

[frankbmd]

PM sent with my answers so as to not tip anyone else off.

[HRBAKER]

It's hard to pick one piece for me, it might be different if a new thread is started next month. But I looked for this for a long time and it will always be in the conversation as long as I own it.

[dacubfan]

Congrat Frank!! You got them all correct. PM me your address and I will get your prize in the mail.

[Exhibitman]

You know that feeling you get when you find a card that you've been hoping existed and hoped to find and then it actually pops up and you get to buy it?



Schwinnngggg!!!!!