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02-17-2013, 06:02 PM
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What is your biggest single card purchase
What is your biggest $$$ card purchase ?
Post scan and when you buyed it ? And if you have any special story you want to share ! 
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02-17-2013, 06:09 PM
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Big $$
Since collecting pre war, this card is major $$ purchase. I as looking for a nice low grade example, and by a stroke of luck, I happened to email our fearless leader Leon, asking if he knew of anyone that may have one for sale.
He had this card, and was looking to sell it. I bought it back in Jan 2009. Great looking card in my opinion. Hopefully, I be adding some more big $$ cards from my wantlist in the near future. Tony
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02-17-2013, 06:12 PM
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Hans
This is my biggest single card buy, although I have spent more than this at once to acquire lots...
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02-17-2013, 06:20 PM
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Walking in the park with my kids and Jamie (blunder) txts me and says "HOF BL460 on eBay, buy it".
Bought it without seeing card on the iPhone, took a bit of heat from the wife on the walk home  
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02-17-2013, 06:26 PM
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Purchased from a fellow board member.
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02-17-2013, 06:31 PM
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 . Nice card. It deserved the bump up. Nice other cards in the thread also.....
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02-17-2013, 06:32 PM
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my most expensive card is a 1986 fleer Jordan rookie (yea a basketball card / my only one) its a BVG 8 with sub grades of 9-8-8-9.5
Took me about a year to find the right one, im sure it will remain my highest priced card till i get to a real nice T205 cobb, or a drum back
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02-17-2013, 06:37 PM
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the Ohara to finish my T206 520 set. It is low grade, but was still a lot of card.
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02-17-2013, 06:47 PM
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Nice card everyone !! Tony i love your Jackson !
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02-17-2013, 06:48 PM
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More $ has gone into my baseball collection as a whole, but this is the most expensive single card I've purchased
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02-17-2013, 06:51 PM
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Greg, That Wagner is a nice looking example. Very clean. Best of luck if you go after the batting pose. Tony
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02-17-2013, 07:00 PM
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Aha i will not post it since i pist it many time !
This boby orr test is amazing !
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02-17-2013, 07:02 PM
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 card was stolen a year ago, and I dont believe has reappeared as I have been scouring ebay
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02-17-2013, 07:09 PM
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02-17-2013, 07:11 PM
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Sorry to read that..
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How did the police treat the situation ?
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02-17-2013, 07:12 PM
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My most expensive is this Arlie Latham Player's League card. The nicest quality picture on an 1890 Old Judge that I have seen. The scan is from my old scanner, looks a little better in person. I don't have many high priced purchased, I'd rather go for quantity over quality.
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02-17-2013, 07:13 PM
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Greg,
That's a tough spot. It is likely that some of your competition won't be as aware and be willing to "overpay" so to speak based on the incorrect grade. Then again as often as they surface you may have to bite the bullet and go for it.
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02-17-2013, 07:30 PM
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Here is mine:
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02-17-2013, 07:37 PM
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Like i said before barry congrat your collectionn is amazing
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02-17-2013, 08:09 PM
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My two biggest baseball card purchase
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02-17-2013, 08:27 PM
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Wow great thread.....and great collection guys! Gotta love some nice card porn! At this point Barry and Nelson are making me envious
 The Plank and the 1914 Joe Jax are a thing of beauty! Last edited by Shoele$$; 02-17-2013 at 08:31 PM.
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02-17-2013, 08:33 PM
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Thx a lot Glen..appreciated
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02-17-2013, 08:38 PM
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Plank is a dream card, congrats.
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02-17-2013, 08:40 PM
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Chris your are a great collector and i am sure you will have your Plank at some time in a near futur. Your are on the right way !
Thx !
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02-17-2013, 09:05 PM
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Barry, those are great cards, I really love the Mathewson.
As for the long talk with the wife, I understand. I was only able to get my girlfriend on board when I was buying a Plank by finally making it clear that if it came to it, I would choose the card over her. It sounds bad, but it's true. Nelson, sorry I can't post the Plank, but I'm at work now. I'll show it another time. PS Since the Plank seems to have increased in value since I bought it (2006), she is actually mad at me that I didn't get two Planks (as if that was ever an option for me). 
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02-17-2013, 10:20 PM
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Thanks for the nice comments Nelson, Glenn, Harry and Sean. There is definitely some great "eye candy" on this thread.
I don't collect t206's, but one of these days I need to get myself one of those Planks.... What a great, iconic card! Congrats Nelson and Sean!
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02-17-2013, 10:36 PM
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Most expensive
Great looking cards, everyone. This Cobb caught me when I had a few coins in my pocket.
Best regards, Joe
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02-17-2013, 11:08 PM
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02-17-2013, 11:25 PM
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02-18-2013, 04:58 AM
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Sean- lets me get this straight. You actually would have picked a baseball card over the touch of a real woman? Alright, I'll admit it. That T206 set must be a hell of a drug.
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02-18-2013, 05:25 AM
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02-18-2013, 05:51 AM
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02-18-2013, 06:06 AM
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wow - some really stunning cards in here!!
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02-18-2013, 06:08 AM
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I'm willing to bet there's a sizable gap every time.....
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02-18-2013, 06:47 AM
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Nice card everyone !
And nice Plank Sean ! When you have time share your story about your purchase!
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02-18-2013, 06:57 AM
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Great cards to all - Barry, Ive spent some time looking at that Matty of yours.
This is mine, nothing will ever top it. I will be paying this off for a little while into 2013 and isnt even my favorite CJ. This purchase was a long talk with my wife as I was outta work for a couple weeks when I made this purchase...I also tend to round down when talking to the wife.
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02-18-2013, 07:03 AM
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wow steven Nice Jackson!!! Congrat to you and your Wife
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02-18-2013, 08:06 AM
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Bbce
Don't remember my biggest single card purchase, but I bought about $2500 worth of "junk" from BBCE about 2 years ago. My now ex-wife got an email alert for any CC purchase over $125. Steve Hart graciously broke up the payments in increments of $124 so she would never know. Paid him about $20 extra for the extra CC charges.
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02-18-2013, 08:13 AM
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02-18-2013, 08:14 AM
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Great cards everyone. Was able to purchase the bottom panel shown in this REA link, Cobb/Wagner, with the kind help and assistance of one Brian McQ.
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2007/267.html
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02-18-2013, 08:30 AM
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This is it, the favorite card in my collection:
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02-18-2013, 08:53 AM
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Not expensive at all relative to most of the cards posted so far, and technically it is not a card, but it is the most I've paid for a card, and almost twice as much as the second most I've paid.
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02-18-2013, 08:53 AM
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Dave, awesome Wagner, the more I see the m110, the more I want one.
Dj
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