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Posted By: Anonymous

I have three beauties that just might get me banished from the board.

1.

In the mid-1990's there was a card show at Station Square in Pittsburgh. I passed on W-cards of all of the Black Sox including Jackson. The Jackson card was $5.00

If I haven't been banished yet, here is number 2.

2.

I bought and sent back a 1914 Cracker Jack of Christy Mathewson from Howard's Sports Collectibles. The card had all four corners clipped. Price? $99.00.

Here is another:

3.

This one will be legendary among the 1921 Herpolsheimer collectors. At two shows, including the Robert Morris Show, I looked over every single Herpolsheimer that is out there today and passed on the cards, which ranged from $1.00 to $3.00. Why? The guy who had them indicated they were not original cards. When you see the cards with the mark (not all were marked), remember that the monetary value on the back was the amount the original collector sought.

Regrets? Not a one on any one of the three transactions.