Cards I wish that I would not have sold....

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Posted By: gary

Curious to know what cards you all have owned, and sold...only to regret selling...

I know a good profit makes me happy, but I wish I had my E93 Cobb back, and my 257 card T206 partial set that I gave up on a year ago....

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

A 'complete' t206 HOF'er portrait sub-set, missing only Wagner and Plank.
A decent e95 set, with a beat-up Plank.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Just for Leon's sanity, I won't mention the cards I regret selling since it's pretty well known on this board anyway.

Jay

Wow upside down is Mom. Mom upside down is what dad wants to see.

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Posted By: Paul

W590 Grover Alexander with the House of David team.

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Posted By: Ben

T206 proof - Mattern
Ramly Brown in ex+/exmt
W514 Jackson
N43 Ewing
C55 Vezina

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Posted By: John Spencer

I regret selling many but the one that still drives me into deep fits of depression was a T206 O'Hara St. Louis SGC 60. It had a wonderful deep blue background that just jumped out at you. I consigned it in a SportsCards Plus auction after David Kohler told me it would fetch top dollar. I think it went for $1100 less the consignment commission - sigh.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Off the top of my head

1958 Bell Gino Cimoli, Roy Campanella, Jim Gilliam
A 1954 Topps set
several 1950's Topps and Bowman Mantles: 1952 Bowman, 1953 Bowman and Topps, 1956 Topps
A bunch of T206 HOFers: Matty, Speaker, Wheat
A bunch of E cards, mostly E93-94-95
1953 Mays
1952 Topps Mays
1969-70 Basketball set
1958 Topps Jim Brown

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Posted By: effe

1933 Goudey Ruth #144. Sold it 1980 for $85 so I'd have "beer money" during my first registration week at college. You could say I literally pissed that card away.

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Posted By: tbob

E106 Matty

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Posted By: Scott Elkins

A PSA 3 E96 Connie Mack.

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Posted By: Greg

T-3 proof Bender
T-3 Chance from Southern Cards NM++++++
M116 Speaker NM
S81 Mathewson from "Goobers"
N300 Rusie NM
T204 Bender NM
Greg B.

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Posted By: Mike Williams

E95 Wagner SGC 80, E102 Cobb SGC 80, E102 Wagner (Throwing) SGC 80, Tip-Top Wagner SGC 40, E98 Young SGC 7, Orange Border Cobb SGC 50...the list goes on! I need to eat a gun...

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Posted By: JimB

1915 CJ Wagner nm/mt. It was raw and in the earliest days of grading. I got a good price for it at the time, but I wish I still had it now.
JimB

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

They say "'Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved". Don't eat a gun, love what you have now more, and lust for whats around the corner.

But I never sold my loves + they aint worth much anyway.

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Posted By: Joe P.

Did you once own a T206 Magie?

Joe

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Posted By: Sean Coe

There are two: T205 Joss- EX condition & Delehanty OJ VG-EX.

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Posted By: foulpole

T207 Irving Lewis with a red cycle back
E97 Young
E92 Croft Candy Cobb with blue back- I'm trying to get this card back...I traded it to a high school buddy who lives 15 miles from me.

Bob S

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

I am sure that before I knew a lot about the rare T206 backs...

I probably sold a damn Drum or Uzit without even knowing it.

I will probably regret selling this card in a few months in the Robert Edward auction:

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Posted By: Brent Butcher

Hal,if I owned that card I would regret selling it!

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Posted By: J Levine

I sold a nrmt '53 Bowman Black and White set around 1990, wish I didn't...

I traded an e-90-1 Matty for some t-205s...love the t-205s but miss the Matty.

13 T-206 cards to my brother in 1987 to finance the purchase of a '53 Jackie Robinson. Wish I had those cards back because I am pretty sure one was a Wheat.

-Joshua

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Posted By: davidcycleback

No one else in my family is a collector of anything, much less baseball. I once had the below 1866 silver belt buckle award. Knowing that I 'rent' memorabilia, a family member offered to buy it from me so as to keep it in the family. I incorrectly thought she was joking and sold it elsewhere.

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Posted By: Joe P.

Now I know why you have all those signatures.

BTW, where the hell are they?

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Posted By: Andrew Parks

T205 Ray Fisher PSA 7
T205 Hughie Jennings SGC 88
T205 Rube Marquard SGC 84
T205 Harmon one Ear SGC 60
T205 Bresnahan Open Mouth SGC 50
T205 Hindu Back and Broadleaf Back
T205 Frank Chance SGC 70
T205 Matty
T205 Cobb
T205 Bobby Wallace PSA 6
T205 Pat Moran PSA 7


In fact, I wish I had all my 205's back...oh well...I'm sure they are in good homes.

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Posted By: BRIANKW

T206 Magie VG-EX+.............

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

77 Cobbs -50 to Yorktown sc 20 John Billingsley and 5 psa 5's or sgc60's to Brad Anderson e95 2)red , green, e90-1 and an e101 and a Kotton to another ,still have a Kotton left along with 43 more. Id like to line em all up and gaze ...wonder ....
think...oogle ,goofy haa?

e97 young ex mt (color)
Obak weaver vg ex or ex, 7yrs ago ....400 ugh !

many many (about 100) mid to above grade caramels (e94's e103's and e105's) to save my family estate . Thanking John Billingsley cause memories worth more then cardboard...these are no regrets though.

thanks

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Posted By: John Spencer

Joe, yes, I did have a T206 Magie SGC 40 which I did sell but never really was that crazy about it. As much as I miss my O'Hara, and I think I must have blocked it out of my self-conscious to stop the heartache,the real sob story was a E107 Matty in pristine condition. Back in 1994, I sold my entire collection to SportsCards+ for a downpayment on a house (ridiculous reason, I know), including the jewel in the crown, the Matty. Whenever I see Kevin Struss at a show, we always mention it. I think Kevin actually regretted taking it from me.

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Posted By: JimB

Though I do not regret the deal, given what I got in return (a fair deal), I miss my D304 Cobb PSA 5. I doubt I will ever get a chance to replace that card.
JimB

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Posted By: warshawlaw

that's the lousiest looking 7 I've seen in a while.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Adam:

I know. It has the qualifications of an 8... but the centering of a 7.

BUT...

of ALL the times I have seen examples of this Jackson card...

they have ALL been off-centered in the exact same proportions as this one!

SO...

If a card was NEVER issued with perfect centering...

and EVERY example of the card is skewed 65/35 like this one...

THEN IS IT REALLY OFF-CENTERED?????



Or is it simply a perfectly centered version of a card that was unfortunately MADE like that???

Thoughts?

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Posted By: jamie

when i first started collecting, my dad traded some political buttons of his for a small vintage collection that included a 52 bowman mantle, a pile of t206's and t205's, and a ton of 60's stars. all of them were sold off over the years. there were two cards i really regret letting go from that- a t205 christy mathewson and a w516 babe ruth. the ruth ive since picked up thanks to a board member. still workig on the mathewson.

hal, what'd that jackson sell for? that's a real blazer of a card

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Jamie:

It will be for sale in the upcoming Robert Edward Auction that starts in April, I believe.

Hopefully some rich fool ... no, make that TWO rich fools.. think it is something they just HAVE to have!

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Hal: I think that your arguement regarding card centering is valid. However, if all cards were to be judged on a "this is as good as it gets" basis; graders (including collectors) would have to possess far more knowledge than we do now.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

True Gilbert.

I guess I should just be satisfied knowing that anyone who has ever wanted to buy a Jackson card like mine will have NEVER seen one BETTER than it.