What's the rarest card you own?

[Big Red Machine]

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[joeadcock]

This is one of one

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

This is one of one

Joeadcock, please show us the back of this card, 'cause that's where the excitement is!

[yanks87]

Through all the baseball cards, I think the impulse buy of a lot of 1941 Superman Bread cards may be the most rare cards I own. I know of 1 complete set out there, and several one off cards, but of the 3 1940 issues, they turn up the least. Gum card are most prevalent, followed by leader novelty cards out of NYC, then the regional bread/radio Junior Defense League cards. If anyone has any, shoot me a DM, I'm trying to hunt them down!

[t213]

Block and Kuhl super tough (pics too large)

[vthobby]

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[joeadcock]

Val

Sorry, my card(Shotwell Dauss) is packed away for awhile. I only have the front on scan. Of interest, unless some new information is available, there have only been 3 total Baseball Shotwell cards that have surfaced. Other 2 being Babe Ruth and Jacobson.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Frank A

Actually I own one of the Jean-donat Ruth cards and they are very very scarce. Only 6 of these cards have been graded. 1 by CSG graded a 1.5, 2 by PSA graded a 1 and a 1.5 and three by SGC graded a A, a 1.5 and your 6. You have the best one and they are not readily available. Nice card.

There's one in the current REA, PSA 1.5. It will be interesting to see where it ends up. The marketing of it as "highest graded" is a bit of an irrelevancy given the SGC 80, but that's a nit I won't pick.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by benge610

Second that Tim! (beautiful cards, ...)
I couldn't resist, after seeing the Old Puts; Here is a signed Fredericks CDV of "Old Put's"
(Gen. Isreal Putman, Rev. War hero) great grandson; in the era of when the Connecticut Tobacco Company was making the Old Put 5c. cigar. I love a good back story; still in progress.


Ben

I used to live in Putnam County, NY, where the general held a command once.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I used to live in Putnam County, NY, where the general held a command once.

Adam,
Coooool!
There is so much, un-tapped history; connecting Old Put, the General and our hobby; with the E98 back stamp; just another, of my dive projects.
And I've got a few, ....

Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[Leon]

So happy to re-acquire this one, and even though I had to give up a nice card, my collecting tastes tilt this way.
I remember when I acquired it the first time. I am pretty sure I overvalued it by multiples ....not good when selling.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

Val

Sorry, my card(Shotwell Dauss) is packed away for awhile. I only have the front on scan. Of interest, unless some new information is available, there have only been 3 total Baseball Shotwell cards that have surfaced. Other 2 being Babe Ruth and Jacobson.

New information is available. I have this Foster Shotwell.

[ValKehl]

Glenn, your Shotwell is a beauty! Thanks for showing it. Hope to get one someday for my type collection.

[joeadcock]

Glenn
Nice card
That makes 4 so far

[sb1]

Maybe this one....

[Rickyy]

Here is a couple of weird rare ones of mine.. Pre and Post War.

1970 Topps Cloth Sticker... McNertney

1933 Goudey Premium Ruth (the Premium isn't that hard to find) but this comes with the Ad Banner

1976 Paul Linblad Spelling Error (Regular card spells it correctly Lindblad).

Ricky Y

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

Here is a couple of weird rare ones of mine.. Pre and Post War.

1970 Topps Cloth Sticker... McNertney

1933 Goudey Premium Ruth (the Premium isn't that hard to find) but this comes with the Ad Banner

1976 Paul Linblad Spelling Error (Regular card spells it correctly Lindblad).

Ricky Y

Was that "Linblad" card released, or is it some sort of proof or something?

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by sb1

Maybe this one....

very nice! Don't recall seeing this one before...

[Rickyy]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Was that "Linblad" card released, or is it some sort of proof or something?

I don't believe it was ever released. This one is blank backed.

[VintageBen]

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[puckpaul]

Here is the Matthewson bottle from the 6 bottle set, which i purchased in the Halper Sothebys auction. I have not seen any other examples of these. Thought they were really interesting, cool and unique and would display great. My wife had other ideas! Enjoy them nonetheless.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

Here is the Matthewson bottle from the 6 bottle set, which i purchased in the Halper Sothebys auction. I have not seen any other examples of these. Thought they were really interesting, cool and unique and would display great. My wife had other ideas! Enjoy them nonetheless.

Amazing! I'd bubble wrap that at all times! Hurts eye appeal but still.....

So coool!



Peace, Mike

[frankbmd]

How rare. Don't know for sure, but I think it's a Koester Bread D383 hand cut from a promotional poster due to the thickness of the card stock.

Needless to say, I think it will remain in the family.

[joeadcock]

Frank.

"......I think it will remain in the family"

Right out of Antique Roadshow

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by VintageBen

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very nice card BEN

[Brian Van Horn]

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[Hordfest]

1939 R303-A Ted Williams rookie. Still needs to get slabbed.

[Brian Van Horn]

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[boneheadandrube]

D327 Sisler.jpg

[mordecaibrown1]

[Leon]

One of only several known (I guess), Salesman's samples of Tinker.
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[Clutch-Hitter]

Finally!

[jethrod3]

I just bought a Johnny Bench Jamesway piece that I thought was kind of neat, but it seems to be an uncatalogued promo issue (the only good info I could find about it was in this forum). Not sure it can even really be considered a card, but it feels like a card more than just a photo, so I'm calling it a card! Similar or identical pictures were used in Shillito and Kenwood Plaza cards that were distributed at around the same time.

Long-time stalker, first-time poster by the way!

[Leon]

I have never seen another of these

[Exhibitman]

This is an astounding thread; glad you guys revived it.

Howzabout some signed cards?

1921 Kamm, nice. Signed, rare.



Paige Browns TI, tough. Signed, rare



1923 W515 Dempsey signed, twice



Rush:



Yeah, it ain't a card but...



MCA RIP

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

This is an astounding thread; glad you guys revived it.

Howzabout some signed cards?

1921 Kamm, nice. Signed, rare.

Nice.

[Kenny Cole]

1913 Derby Cigars

[Big Red Machine]

Hi, I have included a listing for your card from the 2011 Standard Catalog. The card you have here is extremely hard to find.

Originally Posted by jethrod3

I just bought a Johnny Bench Jamesway piece that I thought was kind of neat, but it seems to be an uncatalogued promo issue (the only good info I could find about it was in this forum). Not sure it can even really be considered a card, but it feels like a card more than just a photo, so I'm calling it a card! Similar or identical pictures were used in Shillito and Kenwood Plaza cards that were distributed at around the same time.

Long-time stalker, first-time poster by the way!

[JimC]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

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Holy Schnikies that Ernie Shore. That card should be here in Winston-Salem!

[tbob]

There is exactly one known orange Close Candy E94 in existence for each of the players. I believe 7 cards are not known to exist, but of the rest of the 1/1 oranges, I am fortunate to own 5 of them.
NOTE- these are not to be confused with the orange Anonymous E98s or the red Close Candy E94s. I could go on for hours about the theories on their production, etc but that’s been hashed out years ago.

[doug.goodman]

This is probably my rarest item...

[GregMitch34]

Just got today, only one ever made...SGC long ago graded it down for rounded corners which, as a playing card, was intended....presume PSA or SGC would grade it way up now...

[Aaron Seefeldt]

1 of 3

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by tbob

There is exactly one known orange Close Candy E94 in existence for each of the players. I believe 7 cards are not known to exist, but of the rest of the 1/1 oranges, I am fortunate to own 5 of them.
NOTE- these are not to be confused with the orange Anonymous E98s or the red Close Candy E94s. I could go on for hours about the theories on their production, etc but that’s been hashed out years ago.

For folks who collect the set, the net54 E94 Orange thread is a fantastic read.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

For folks who collect the set, the net54 E94 Orange thread is a fantastic read.

Cool.
Thank you, Phil and Bob.
I love, live and breathe this stuff.
Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[Fwoodford_34]

Here are a few of mine…

[Fwoodford_34]

Attached…

[Fwoodford_34]

Tough true Nat Clifton rookie cars

[jethrod3]

Thank you for posting that excerpt from the 2011 Standard Catalog! I have the 2008 catalog---and I apparently cannot use an index properly because I missed the entry in that year's catalog the first time I searched for it, but I digress----the only documented Jamesway card in the 2008 version was the Pete Rose card. Interestingly, the 2 catalogs don't mention autographed versions of any of the cards, but I think another poster in this forum some years ago (or perhaps it was another forum??) hypothesized that a small number of autographed versions were given out to company executives. Folks at Kenwood Mall that received that version of the Bench card (same image I believe, but different logo) may have also gotten them autographed. Gotta wonder if any other Reds players could eventually surface in these issues!

Originally Posted by Big Red Machine

Hi, I have included a listing for your card from the 2011 Standard Catalog. The card you have here is extremely hard to find.

[YankeeCollector]

Only 3 exist I believe.