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12-07-2016, 01:45 PM
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I wasn't exactly trying to hoard them, but at one point I had 3 of the 7 graded e92 Nadja Jennings and knew where 3 more were (1 in each of the top 2 registry sets and 1 in a board member's Jennings collection). Traded 1 of mine to another board member for his Jennings back run this summer.
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Current Wantlist: E92 Nadja - Bescher, Chance, Cobb, Donovan, Doolan, Dougherty, Doyle (with bat), Lobert, Mathewson, Miller (fielding), Tinker, Wagner (throwing), Zimmerman E/T Young Backrun - Need E90-1 E92 Red Crofts - Anyone especially Barry and Shean 
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12-07-2016, 01:50 PM
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T206 Honus Wagner. Terrific card. I had 3 at one point and wanted to get the rest. One person actually had the rest for sale, and I was in the middle of making a deal with him when...
... I woke up. What a dream.
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12-07-2016, 02:39 PM
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Years ago I started buying all the T204 Tom Reilly cards I could find. I wasn't hoarding them per se, I planned on destroying them because he wasn't good enough to be in the set and I thought 120 cards seemed more logical for a set size than 121. It was also out of spite for no Pirates in the set. Maybe someday I'll start buying them again to finish my goal, but I think it's been at least 14 years since I bought one.
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Please check out my books on baseball history. They include the bio of star second baseman Dots Miller. A book featuring 20 Moonlight Graham players who got into just one game. Another with 13 players who were with the Pittsburgh Pirates during the regular season, but never played a game. There's also one about 27 baseball families, as well as a day-by-day look at the worst team in Pittsburgh Pirates history. All five can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-D...hor/B0DH87Q2DS
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12-07-2016, 09:42 PM
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in the past when boxing was selling a bit better, I had a good amount of specific boxing cards. I enjoyed it and may do it again
Jimmy
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12-07-2016, 10:11 PM
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At one point I thought seriously about trying to corner the market (with another Net54 member) on 1907 and 1908 Dietsche Cobbs. We were up to 18. But then we realized it would involve buying a bunch of PSA 1s for $1200 each. That was the end of that.
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12-08-2016, 07:42 AM
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Yeah, kind of like the Pete Rose rookie hoarding. Twenty Five million dollars later you would be screwed as you still didn't have all of them. Even authorities laughed at the idea.
 I think a lot of folks, even a few board members, probably got upside down on the hype. Quote:
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12-07-2016, 06:33 PM
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12-07-2016, 06:43 PM
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I once owned two rookie cards of Bill Bradley. I figured that if he was elected to the Presidency I would sell one at a handsome profit. While I haven't given up hope, I'm starting to think it was a bad investment.
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12-07-2016, 06:44 PM
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I would like to corner the market on Ars Longa's Phenomenal Smith card.
I think that is 9 cards total.
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12-07-2016, 07:52 PM
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I took a pretty good shot at doing it on Tango Eggs at one point. Had about 35-40 (9 different) before I realized if there was another find I'd be hosed. Kept the best example of each and sold the rest.
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12-09-2016, 02:09 PM
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12-09-2016, 05:24 PM
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This thread is a psychologist's doctoral thesis waiting to happen.
Just teasing. 
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12-10-2016, 08:17 AM
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I laughed out loud. We are all a bit nuts and OCD.
I toyed with the idea on two pre-war football cards: the 1894 Mayo Cut Plug Poe and Hinkey. But when you start dropping money on the same card, it adds up, and you start thinking about the stuff you could have bought with that money instead. Its the same reason I cant build sets. It drives me nuts spending money on commons when i could have bought a monster card instead.
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12-10-2016, 06:58 PM
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Gutted I missed the one on the BST this morning. Here's the article from July 20th, 1908 where Reilly got sold to St. Louis from the Class D Gulfport-Biloxi Sandy Crabs. [IMG]  [/IMG]
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12-10-2016, 08:09 PM
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Last edited by bocca001; 12-10-2016 at 11:13 PM.
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12-10-2016, 11:50 PM
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...eillto01.shtml
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Please check out my books on baseball history. They include the bio of star second baseman Dots Miller. A book featuring 20 Moonlight Graham players who got into just one game. Another with 13 players who were with the Pittsburgh Pirates during the regular season, but never played a game. There's also one about 27 baseball families, as well as a day-by-day look at the worst team in Pittsburgh Pirates history. All five can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-D...hor/B0DH87Q2DS
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