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If only you could have these 5 cards back again
If you could have 5 cards back from your prior collecting days, what would they be?
Here are mine, all let go between 2010 and 2014, back at a time when I didn't care at all about the values of cards and was a 100% true collector. I had no idea what my collection was even worth back then at any given time. In today's money, I think these five would value over half a mil easily. How much did I wind up getting when I sold them, $37,500. Now that really hurts today in a time where my day to day life depends almost entirely on whether my collectibles go up or down in value. Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 04-18-2024 at 10:18 PM. |
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W600 Eddie Collins
1952 Topps Mantle Holland Creameries Zahniser W590 Gehrig Propagandas Montiel Musial |
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I have owned many cool cards and a lot of seriously rare stuff but this Eddie is really the only one I truly miss.
At the time I was looking to add a nice looking Eddie rookie and a nice looking T206 Red Cobb. At the time the Mathews was the more expensive card. Then my wife decided we needed to try camping. So I had to buy a pickup and travel trailer. That cut into my fun money so I only bought the Eddie. Then a year or two later and the Red Cobb had really started to climb in price. I had the opportunity to trade Eddie for a near perfect centered Red Cobb that is now in PSA 2.5 slab from 2 big creases near the bottom of the card. After owning the Cobb a very short time it just kept increasing in price and I realized it was a card I only wanted until I owned one. I sold if for way more than I had in the Eddie. Someday I will replace Eddie. |
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Phil, if it’s any comfort, some guy at some point sold each of those cards for lunch money. At least you got a used car out of the deal.
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Golly...
T200 premium of Cleveland... a big/huge team portrait. A very nice clear image of Ed Delahanty on an Old Judge. George van Haltran Old Judge cabinet card. T210 Casey Stengel. Tie... E90-1's the tough Mitchell and the Joe Jackson. The one that I got back, a nice T206 Cobb bat off shoulder with an American Beauty back. |
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You guys are bringing back more memories, including a second “top 5” tier that I once owned:
E90-1 Joe Jax N172 Delahanty 52T Mathews W590 Gehrig Propagandas Musial Sold those for $12K total, not quite as big of a shortfall at today’s prices as my top 5 but plenty of meat left on the bone, that’s for sure……. Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 04-18-2024 at 10:35 PM. |
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Pre grading, my pre-teen self went to a swap meet with a box full of 80's cards, mostly RCs. Didn't even plan to sell or trade them, and somehow left with a box full of soon-to-be-rusty pocket knives. Can still remember the old guy drooling while taking advantage of a naive young kid. Thinking he was getting the deal of a lifetime.
Looking back, nothing in the box would be worth much now. If anything would still like to have them for sentimental reasons. |
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Painful Memories. My top 5:
1. E95 Wagner in VG condition 2. T206 SGC40 Red Cobb w/ Polar Bear Back 3. T206 SGC20 Green Cobb 4. E95 Matty 5. T206 PSA3 Young Port - Hindu back Sold them all (and a lot more) for a song back in 2007 after getting laid off. Very short-sighted of me. Alas, I'm still collecting and having fun! Bill
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5 Cards
Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
52 Mantle in a 7 Error Back e Wagner US Caramel Gehrig Ruth Pitching But did get a couple Back since I got back in after a 20 plus year lay off!
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painful
This thread is too painful but here goes...I would probably add my T215 Pirate Heinie Wagner too if it was six...Jerry
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Multi-strike T206 Bernard
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