What's the rarest card you own?
 

Here's mine:

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because, every now and then I like to show off.

Will a 1 of 1 do?

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This series of 10 cards was issued in a horizontal strip. It uses the same images as the ca. 1925 4-on-1 Exhibit cards with boxers and baseball players. The stock is much thinner than Exhibit stock. I have only seen the Cobb once: this one. Uncatalogued until I catalogued it.

Here's the Al Simmons from the same strip issue:

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Hornsby
 

1929 Rogers Peet Hornsby (1 of 2 copies. Highest)

Surprise, I may have the least desirable rarest card. My R308 Type 2 (large size) self-developing Tattoo Orbit of Pepper Martin is, as far as I know, one of a kind. The only other player I have ever seen for Type 2 is Jimmy Foxx.

Brian (the other two Tattoo Orbit Martins shown for size comparison)

I'll show this card since there are others from this set currently on the front page auction going on.

Edit: Actually, I stand corrected. Card is from a different set than the front page auction.

Here is an uncataloged 1968-70 Shillitos Johnny Bench.

My 1911 Baseball Bats Hal Chase. Pop 2.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d9aac98a89.jpg

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Not sure how rare this one is but it is not a One of One

Ganzel
 

This Ganzel has never been graded and I provided photo to the Old Cardboard gallery on W600

33 Briggs Ruth Total pop 7 between PSA, SGC
21 W516-2-3 Ruth Total pop 6 between PSA, SGC

One of these cards from my Dots Miller collection has to be the winner unless I'm forgetting something

Phenomenal!!! I love coming to this site and seeing things I've never seen before. Tremendous card, Gary!

1927 Babe ...on thick cardstock...and Pinkerton Unc
 

Wonderful cards shown already....Type card collectors have a small advantage...

The Ruth is about the same height as the Collins...scans and all...

Here's one of the prize-winning cards from the 1968 Atlantic Oil set. With only a few $100 prizes, there were only a handful made and I have never seen another one.

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This Ruth is rare, but not as rare as the other cards shown in this amazing thread. I just love the way it looks...and it really bugs the guy who sold it to me when I post it. :)

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REA sold a 1.5 for $4,680 in April.

I believe it’s these two for me:
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Nice looking Breisch

1 Pre and 1 post war
 

1968 Clemente test disc is the only 1 graded and the only 1 I have ever seen. The Wagner is 1 of 2 graded Marten's examples (I suppose more may exist raw).

I'm not a big "disc guy" by any means but that's a cool Clemente! haha. Is the back blank? If not I'd love to see it!

Is that pic definitely of Cobb? For some reason my first thought was it didn't look like him.

I know this is a contradiction in terms, but I have too many to list. I'm not bragging. I'm simply a type collector in part of my collection. Still, here is one:

I think this is the highest graded copy (out of 2 or 3 total?) - Regardless, I'm super happy/excited/grateful to have it!

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1920s wunc john mcgraw King of Clubs SGC20 (yes it is mislabeled as king of spades)https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f7857db02d.jpg

I have quite a few Japanese cards that are unique or have known pops in the single digits, if you want to count those (a couple examples below). If not, PSA has graded only five copies of this type I Carey. (Type II much more common; I don't know how many SGC has graded.)

One pre-war and one modern

I'll go with this E100 Type 2 Weaver. 1/1
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Teddy/Bobby?Teddy ? Bobby !!
 

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...error card from 1947 ; I've never heard tell of another in lo these many years... rare , I guess...

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Some amazing cards on this thread. I have numerous cards that are 1 of 1, especially if you consider front-back combos. Here are a few of them plus a few other super rare ones that are fund to look at

Love those M131 Newsboys Ryan, fantastic cards.

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Couple of very rare postcards; the Williams is one of two I believe

Here are the rarest cards I own in My Lou Criger collection

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hands down rarest Pop 0
 

the rarest Ruth....one that was never made! W626

Only example known, and pre dates the find.

Not sure if this qualifies but they were produced and given out to dedicate the opening game in KC in 1886.

Rob M

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I guess it would be my N403 1888 Yum Yum Tom Deasley SGC 5. Scanner I can understand coming in '22.

Actually I own one of the

Actually I own one of the Jean-donat Ruth cards and they are very very scarce. Only 6 of these cards have been graded. 1 by CSG graded a 1.5, 2 by PSA graded a 1 and a 1.5 and three by SGC graded a A, a 1.5 and your 6. You have the best one and they are not readily available. Nice card.

Nice card John!

Here's John's N403 Deasley.

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Blum's Ruth

Yum Yums
 

Here is another incredibly tough Yum Yum

Probably the highest value one-of-ones I own.

"He once trod the ways of glory."

Sic transit gloria mundi indeed.

here's a companion piece:

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Probably this one. 1975 Hostess panel unpublished George Brett rookie

Is it just me or is the detail on that Titus T206 proof much more detailed than found on a regular one??

I was thinking the same thing. It is very striking


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That Titus is an amazing card. Nearly all of the cards from the find of T3 and T206 proofs have superior colors and detail.

Thanks; that's why I bought it years ago. Would swap for a 1933 Goudey Ruth, if anyone is interested ;)

It's hilarious how the company must've thought, "Man, everyone uses the same darn picture of him holding the bat. Wait, I got it!! Have the art department leave his hands where they are, but airbrush out the bat and throw a mitt on his hand, so he looks like he's in the field. Oh, make him holding a ball, too. Problem solved!! It's just like having a different picture. Now, let's drink some scotch!!"

I think that Briggs uses the same image as the 1932 Sanella.

Probably this one:

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I don't know how many of these are out there, but there can't be very many. 1953 was Newsom's last season, and he died in 1962. I picked this up from Jim Stinson a few years ago.

Just picked up a 1966 bobby orr in safe at bank 😀😀

What's the rarest card you own?
 

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For my 19th century collecting buddies. Here we go again... :p

E123 Curtis Ireland Chocolate Elmer Miller. One of a kind to my knowledge!

The only known 1914 Major League Ruth rookie in the hobby.

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Didn't you own this McGraw at one point from the same lot?
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Some incredible cards on here. Cards I couldn't even dream of. Fantastic job, all around gentlemen, it's been a treat to read through this thread. In the spirit of sticking to the section, I have little to offer in terms of Pre-War. Post War would be my Berk Ross Mantle. Really have to start working on the Pre-War aspect of my collection!

One of these:

Hahaha, and that "mitt" they added looks absurd. It looks more like a bloated cadaver hand than any kind of functional mitt.

As far as I can tell there is only one of these graded by SGC and none by PSA. T215 Red Cross Purtell, Jersey City. And these other little "cards" don't show up too often so I assume they are pretty scarce as well.


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1906 Ullman Matty and Blank Back Beast rookie

Don't believe that was added. The shadows on the uniform front are completely different as well. Doubt they'd go to that trouble to airbrush in a glove and remove a bat, and then worry abount the shadows on the front. Those are two different images that oddly look a bit similar.

A lot of 1 of 1's, but either post-war or non-baseball.

This card was undiscovered and unknown for 106 years. There are now 4 known proper copies of it. This uncompleted panel from a proof sheet represents 2/3 of the total population.

[QUOTE=Leon;2175245]the rarest Ruth....one that was never made! W626


I guess mine, since it's from a test set, is also a one of none...


I see yours and you see mine, so they must have been made...just not in bulk...right?


Does this line of thought make all those modern BUNT Digitals just as rare?

UGH! Perish the thought.
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Here's a 1940 Play Ball color proof.

Yours is a card. Mine is a negative to make a card that was never made. I will trade you :)

and a a few more scarce ones...

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Wow, gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

I never get tired of showing off this one.

I also never get tired of showing this one -- a 1982 Lotte Potato Chips Tom Seaver from Korea. I've still never seen another card from this set.

1960 Topps Kent Hadley with A's Logo
 

Hi Guys:

Since others have shown Post-War cards in this thread I will take the liberty as well to show this card from my collection.

You can read about the card below in an article written by Keith Olbermann in SCD:

As long ago as 1975, I wrote a column for one of the hobby’s earliest magazines, The Trader Speaks, listing all the known variations in the Topps sets issued to that point. Where I got the information, I can’t say for sure – it may have come from the research of the collecting pioneer Richard Egan. But there they were, listed as the variations for 1960:
- No. 9 Faye Throneberry (Yankees logo instead of Senators)
- No. 58 Gino Cimoli (Cardinals logo instead of Pirates)
- No. 102 Kent Hadley (Athletics logo instead of Yankees)

These cards were so scarce that I never even saw a picture of one of them until 12 years later. They had never been included in checklists of the 1960 set, and had been dismissed in hobby lore as unissued proofs or just unfounded rumors. Yet when the card of Cimoli turned up, it looked almost exactly like the issued card – it was the same thickness, it did not look like it had been cut from a sheet, and it had a fully printed back. The only differences were that it identified Cimoli – front and back – as a member of the Cardinals, had the Cardinals logo, and made no mention of his December 1959 trade to the Pirates. Up until that point, no Topps proof sheet had ever turned up with anything other than a blank back. To all appearances, it looked like an issued card – an incredibly scarce variation.

The Hadley card proved even more confusing. It came to the market in a Mastro auction in 1999 and sold for nearly $14,000 (my fault). Like the Cimoli, it looked like an issued card. But unlike the Cimoli, this one was up to date. It noted Hadley’s trade from the Athletics to the Yankees, and identified his team – front and back – as the Yankees. The only variation was the logo. Where the Yankee insignia was on all the other known copies, there was the Athletics’ symbol. It didn’t make any sense.

Addendum to Keith's article. These three cards are now listed in the SCD Standard Catalog

Cool card. I know absolutely nothing about this issue. However, it is Lotte Choco Pie. It's basically a moon pie.

[QUOTE=Leon;2175245]the rarest Ruth....one that was never made! W626



Here's another Sun Pictures negative of Ruth with a different image. :)

Please tell me you're being facetious????

The artists obviously worked it a bit differently with shadows and such, but they unquestionably started with the same photo!! The most obvious thing is the 'plant eating dinosaur' on his belly...

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...but also the distinct shadow lines and that white area at his collar (and the collars themselves). Plus, look at his hand on the bat. The mitt looks exactly the same. They just traced around his fingers to make a mitt. And follow the shape of his left arm from shoulder to elbow. The artist took a tiny bit of liberty, but they are identical shapes. Look at how exact of a match it is where his right sleeve ends at his wrist. Look at the shape of his right hand. The right side and thumb are a match, and check out the size of his index finger. Holding the bat it's normal looking, but when the artist created the baseball imagery, he made it huuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

Cool tough McGraw. I have a non-tinted version.

Brian

Keep These coming alot of amazing and Truly Rare cards.

Never realized there could be so many 1 of 1's and a "test Card" wow.

Haha, yes the plant eating dinosaur/prehistoric kangaroo on his belly is really the dead giveaway/linking fingerprint that both cards are based off the same image. Good detective work!