Card(s) you wish you purchased

[egri]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

In 1984 I was a senior in dental school and attended a card show near my school in Atlanta and a collector there knew I collected "older" baseball cards . While there he tracked me down to show me a card he wanted me to buy ..... a T206 Wagner. He wanted $4000 for it . I'm like yeah sure I can get that .... I am a student with no money . I found a pay phone (remember those ? ) and called my dad long distance collect ( remember those calls ?) to ask for a loan and he just laughed and said NO because you don't spend hard earned money on a baseball card and you called me collect to ask me for that . I called my aunt , who in 1977 bought me a 1933 Goudey Gehrig card for $10 and other older cards. She said no also because $10 was helluva lot different that $4000.
I checked by student loan balance because I had extra money left over but it was only $2800.
Told the dealer I could get him $2800 in a week and the rest I'd put on a credit card .
He said his consignor wanted the card sold that weekend . I never got that card and it was sold a few days later.
Up until my dad died in 2016 I never let him forget that and he did apologize for not lending me the money when he saw how much that card was selling for later in his life.
So if you miss them miss them BIG !

Ouch!

[egri]

Not a card, but the mother of one of my track teammates was a professional photographer. In the 1980s, she was hired to cover a show with Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. She spent the day at arms length away from the two of them, chatting them up, and at the end of the day they each offered to sign as much stuff for her as she would like, for free. She turned them down, as she didn't collect autographs.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

A friend/collector was selling off some of his collection about 20 years ago. He offered me his 1915 Baltimore News Ruth and mailed it to me to look over in advance. He wanted $15K for it and I had the funds to do it. When I received it to look over I could not believe 1 of the corners was clipped and he still wanted $15K for it. I mailed it back to him saying it was not worth it and proudly told him that I only buy "whole" cards.

Doh!

[ASF123]

I guess my answer is "every card I bought in the last year and a half, ten years ago."

[Johnny630]

There have been many lessons learned along the way along with missed opportunities but I don't dwell on the past. I'm very happy and blessed with what I have.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

There have been many lessons learned along the way along with missed opportunities but I don't dwell on the past. I'm very happy and blessed with what I have.

Agreed. Otherwise you would drive yourself crazy with coulda shoulda woulda.

[sbfinley]

7-8 years ago REA had a lot of Rose PC's and I noticed this image when I bidding online. I read the lot description a half dozen times and not once did REA even mention the name Graham so I assumed it wasn't one in the same. Lot went dirt cheap too, another member here snatched it up. Should have done more diligence. Haven't seen another copy before or again. I can't remember what member here ended up with the card, but if they ever want to let it go I'm your guy.

[darwinbulldog]

On the one hand, there are countless examples I could rattle off that would have been tremendous bargains in retrospect, and even at the time in some cases. On the other hand, if I had bought all of them I wouldn't have been able to afford a house, children, food, that sort of stuff.

One example that comes to mind though is the time my bid for an Oscar Charleston Type I photo was delayed by a couple of seconds and just missed the close of the auction. It sold for less than half of what I expected it would, is worth considerably more now, and I learned afterward had been purchased by a museum.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by ASF123

I guess my answer is "every card I bought in the last year and a half, ten years ago."

Nailed it.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Wanaselja

Nailed it.

Wow cut to the chase and that is it

[egri]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Wow cut to the chase and that is it

I heard the expression on here about buying cards "There's no too early, only too soon."