Show me your scarcest baseball card

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Posted By: leon

It can be a condition sensitive scarcity or a regular scarcity. I have a small advantage as I like obscure stuff....Here is a 1 of 1...with the Sanders advertising on bottom....

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

Is it a baseball card or is it a CDV? Who knows? But it is scarce!

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Posted By: Paul

I've seen a couple others before, but it doesn't come up very often.

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Posted By: Mark T

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Posted By: steve

Cool stuff.

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Posted By: JK

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Posted By: Chris Counts

Here is a 1940 Play Ball colorized proof. I have currently have four of them, but this is the only one I've managed to get graded. SGC supposedly graded just a few of them before a somebody with clout in the hobby started raising hell about them (that's the story I got from both GAI and SGC). I'm convinced they're real, and graders from both companies agreed with me, off the record ...

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Posted By: Brian E.

T206 Broadleaf 460

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Posted By: Phil Garry

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

This 1933 Goudey card of Glenn Myatt is not scarce in general, but it is rather hard to find in top condition, partly because it is from the 'low number' series where inferior card stock was used:

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

still, I love to show it off, as it is my favorite card (thanks Lew Lipset):

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Posted By: Paul S

Nice question! I don't have any pop reports, but pre-war I'll take a shot with my t206 Duffy Red Hindu.
Post-war I'll guess again with, oddly enough, a '49 Bowman Schoendienst with a slate/gray background printing error. They don't come up all that often on the secondary market (so says Beckett, anyway.)

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Posted By: Richard

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Posted By: Paul

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

1 of 1 - That is as scarce as it gets!

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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

19th Century....1st major FB card



Early 20th Century



Post WWII rarities






edited size

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Posted By: Glenn

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

Looking at all the photos my first question is define a baseball card? Anything with a player on it made out of paper? I've seen a Game Card/19th century advertising piece/postcard/CDV/Cabinet/Silk/Supplement/Die cut/and football player. So I guess I really do not know what to post???

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Posted By: Bob C

Here's a card for you JC!
300 Subjects back too.

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Posted By: ockday

The only SGC 88 with no SGC 84's and only 1 SGC 80
Only 2 PSA 8's

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Posted By: Joseph

I discovered this forum after this card found me, literally falling out of a hole my ceiling onto my head. It's a Universal Toy & Novelty Co. strip card circa 1929. I know it's pathetic, but I love it. And it is very rare, indeed.

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Posted By: leon

It's all about having fun with what you collect. A card can really be anything you deem it to be. We all know there is no set definition of "card"....so go with whatever you want to call a card that is in your collection. It's all good.... regards

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

I initially wasn't going to post this because it's not pre-war, but a 1952 Num Num isn't any more off topic than a football card:

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

19th Century - Very hard to find complete in this condition.


prewar -Only one known?


Since Rob posted his postwar.....

1956 Lincoln Chiefs Dick Stuart

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Posted By: John

UNC N173


1 of 1 (thanks Dan)

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

This one was uncatalogued until very recently. Only two Waddell's known from this little "subset".

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Posted By: rob

Here is mine, a t213-3 double-overprint error card. To my knowledge its the only time this error has been found where an overprint was struck in the middle of the card.

Rob

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Posted By: Mike

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Posted By: MVSNYC

not my most expensive card, but probably my scarcest...

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Posted By: ScottIngold

Don't see the fielding version to often.



Again not very common.

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Posted By: boxingcardman

1928 Exhibit PCL Earl Averill

http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards?p=26&n=1&m=-1&c=3&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2

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Posted By: John S

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Posted By: Paul S

...and Paige's smile is an absolute joy -- priceless!

Also, any idea of the multiplier on the Bowmans?
It's funny, I never gave much thought to my scarcest (LEON, great topic) -- as opposed to most expensive (by today's value), but having to think about it I was surprised that maybe the Bowman errors really ARE my scarcest. Imagine that, with it all.

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Posted By: bill

I don't know how rare but haven't seen many
has anyone else got one

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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

You exactly correct about the 1949 BOWMAN color error cards....they are very scarce. I have several
YELLOW backgrounds that should be ORANGE....including Ashburn and Rizzuto.

A few PINK cards (instead of RED's).

And, 18 - Lo#s that are SLATE (like the 4 I have on display, and your Schoendienst....I haven't seen
that one before).

And, 24 - Hi#s....including Snider's Rookie and Doby's Rookie.

T-Rex TED

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Posted By: Hector

It seems like these Broadleaf 460's are very scarce and carry a high premium. Does anyone know approximately how many exist? Just looking for a calculated guess, thanks.

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Posted By: David Smith

As far as scarcity goes, I guess it would be my trimmed large size Gypsy Queen of Tim Keefe (picture posted in Keefe thread) and my 1928 Star Player Candy cards,one of which is Buddy Meyer. Meyer is a 1 of 1 as far as I know.



If you are including other itmes, I have an S-81 silk of Ed Walsh.

David

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Posted By: Bob Shannon

Possibly a 1 of 1 card...Has anyone seen another McGraw with the Menagerie back?

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Posted By: DMcD

Some neat stuff on this thread. Nice Buffalo BB team cabinet, PA Ted, beautiful Matty, WonkaDude, never get tired of seeing ol' Joe Wood throwing smoke, John S, and cool ad back.
These are my two scarcest cards. (If the bride knew what I paid for them they might also qualify as my two scariest cards).
Stengel: 4 SGC, 3 PSA and probably a few raw ones floating around.
Gehrig: 86 SGC, 466 PSA but how many autographed by the Man?

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Another 1 of 1

Unlike every other e95 this one has Cobb's name at the top.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Leon has three E92's listed with wrong backs, one of which is the same as yours, a menagerie. But no Mcgraw, so your in luck still 1 of 1 as far as i know...
Leon I noticed the SGC slabs say your Young and Magee were e101 and e102, looks like all they did was guess. Im almost positive there E92's too since these actually do show up with wrong backs. Have you talked to them about having these slabbed correctly?

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Posted By: Jim

Should be an E, not a W/

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

Only Darby Sallee I'm aware of.
Sallee once pitched a complete game victory in 59 minutes!

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

Well, my rarest cards are Topps test issues (I'd say the 68 AL Plaks checklist is the rarest one I own or possibly the "no dugout" 68 3D Maloney)but for the good old stuff, I'd have to say (and it's not all that rare):

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

T200 Fatima Premium...

In really rough shape. And I'm thinking the time has almost come when I'll sell it. Just not sure if I'll use Goodwin, eBay, or what. Suggestions?

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Posted By: Joe D.

you just sell it to me

(ah, probably out of my league - great item).



This card is not my most scarce (1903 astoria or matty orange would be)...

but here is one of my favorite scarcities -
a crazy tough card - and the highest grade given for the card -

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

I'm curious as to what you -- or anyone else on the board -- would expect that to bring at auction. The premiums are so rarely offered, I really don't have a base price from which to work. (Plus, I can start saving now if I have a ballpark figure.)