Your Toughest Card

[Blunder19]

Hey Everyone,

Got some time to kill on my flight.... thank god you can get internet on planes now.

wondering what is the toughest card that was on your want list.. that you ended up finding!... it can be a card which you no longer own... as long as you had it at one point in time

I need to think about mine.. Whats yours?

Jamie

[bcbgcbrcb]

1922 William Paterson - Travis Jackson, picked up right before the National this year.

Thanks, Chris!


Toughest one to find that I let go of, 1946 Sears St. Louis Cardinals Postcards - Red Schoendienst. REALLY wish I had that one back.

[vintagerookies51]

No doubt my E107 Cy Young!

[Blunder19]

Post pics if you have them so we can see the gems that go with the story

[terjung]

Probably the E107 Kelley.

Closely followed by the E107 Clarke, E107 McGraw, and E107 Wagner.

[Runscott]

I'm a T206 collector, so ALL cards are common and easy.

hahahahahaha....hahaha...ha.............

[CMIZ5290]

1953 topps mantle psa 9oc.....only mantle graded psa 9 with a qualifier, why pay $100k for a straight 9??

[atx840]

Tough to track down and even tougher to acquire.

[ullmandds]

Thanks jason...chris...i wont tell u what i paid for that exact hofman in 93'.

[68Hawk]

Fortunate to trade with a Net54 member......wanted this card for ever and a day!

[atx840]

Pete, I tracked down a few owners since your pickup and I'm sure each has done very well on him Which is great as its all part of the adventure Solly took to get here.

Nice cards everyone, some real beauties.

[Bicem]

[Mikehealer]

Nice card Pete.

[ullmandds]

thanks mike...Jeff...WOW...what an image!!!!!! Chris...you are most likely correct...I sold it back in 2001 or so to buy a leather recliner...that my cat destroyed...I'd rather have the card!!!!

[rsst206]

Here are a couple more of my favorite tough ones

[shammus]

The below rank as my personal favorites in my collection as well as some of the absolute toughest cards I have. Many of these weren't really cards I sought out, except maybe the B&W m116, but were rather cards I just stumbled into and had an opportunity to obtain.

The e94 represents not only a unique player with a silver background in the e94 set, but an entire unique variation as a 2nd e94 silverback has never been found.

The d311 bluegrass variation maybe unique to this player but I'm thinking other examples exist that are missing that color pass.

The e95 Cicotte is the only distinct background color variation I've ever seen from the e95 or e96 set.

The m116 is one of only two black and white m116s that I'm aware of.


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[terjung]

Amazing stuff here!

Pete, that Lowdy is unreal. Jeff, that Matty PC makes me drool.
Is that a JuJu Matty? Wow!

[philliesphan]

Wow, Jeff, what a great Mathewson PC!

And can someone tell me more about the T215 Pirates miscut? It's been years since *any* T215 has traded publicly. To see a major miscut like that is absolutely phenomenal -- would love to hear any background on that...!

[bcbgcbrcb]

I really like this thread so I will add another of mine. Would be better if a chip was not missing from the top but never seen another one...............

[ullmandds]

I ditto what has already been said...brian..great varios...I was eying that cicotte...I love it!!!! And thank god there aren't more of those "silver" e94's or I may need one!

Never seen the JUJU matty either...wowsers...very cool...and that piece of a BG cobb is real nice too!!!!!!

[Robextend]

Certainly not the toughest card in the world, but my small contribution to this thread:

Thanks Jason. Fred Toney was a really good pitcher that time has pretty much forgot. He kind of did it to himself though because he wasted a few years in the Chicago Cubs system not really trying hard because he never really wanted to pitch in the majors. He was content to pitch in the minor leagues. As a result he lost roughly 3-4 seasons of his prime that he could have used at the major league level.

Tony

[Kenny Cole]

My contribution. I looked for a Wright that I liked for well over 10 years. I looked for Charleston for what seemed like quite a while. Mackey I lucked into soon after I learned of its existence, but it is sure hard to find now.

[tedzan]

Pre-WWII


N162 ..... Sharp examples of either Anson or Kelly are tough simply because of the law of "supply vs. demand" for these two cards.





E90-1 ..... Either one of these two cards in my current set of E90's are the toughest; as, they were when I completed my 1st set (circa 1990's).

...... OR ......



T206 ..... Any card with this back





T207 ..... For me Chet Hoff was the toughest




Post WWII


1949 LEAF

...... OR ......



1949 BOWMAN PCL ..... Any one of the 36 cards in this very scarce set





TED Z

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by tedzan

T206 ..... Any card with this back




TED Z

There you go - trying to make me throw up again. Any time I see a BL 460 back, or even hear of their existence, I have that reaction, because of the two I sold and the one I failed to buy. Oh well.

Thanks Ted.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by E93

Not my rarest, but one of my favorite rarities. This one does not get mentioned much (maybe due to its rarity) but to my knowledge there are only four or five known.
JimB

That's my dream card Jim. Beautiful card.

[Marckus99]

Here are a few...

[Northviewcats]

I really enjoy looking at all of the great cards on this thread. Makes me want to concentrate more on the rarity of cards instead of the grade. Here is my humble entry.

I have not seen many of these come up for sale in the last three years. I was pleased when I got it, and even more pleased when I got it placed in an SGC holder.

Best regards,

Joe

[biggsdaddycool]

I agree with everyone else...simply awe-inspiring thread!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Ummm I would have to say these two (guess my Gehrig won't attach), for now...

[packs]

I'm going to post this one just once more. I don't know why it says photograph. It's a 1936 R313 National Chicle.

[tedzan]

TED Z

[Jlighter]

Ted- love the cards, great w600.

[atx840]

Loving the BL Ted!

[Wite3]

I have rarer cards but this is one I could not do without and probably would not be able to replace.

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[Jlighter]

Joshua- looks like someone took a bite out of that.