What's the rarest card you own?

[Stlfan1961]

My 1st post!


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[sb1]

The 913 was stamped by whomever developed the film for the pictures, most old pics from the 1930's-40's have a stamped number on the back that corresponds with the negative used.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Stlfan1961

My 1st post!


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Nice card and nice first post

[ctownboy]

Brian,

If your Gypsy Queen is about the size of an Old Judge card then it is the regular version. My Gypsy Queen is a trimmed larger version.

If that is the case then our cards didn't come from the same person.

David

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

Brian,

If your Gypsy Queen is about the size of an Old Judge card then it is the regular version. My Gypsy Queen is a trimmed larger version.

If that is the case then our cards didn't come from the same person.

David

David, you are correct. It appears the sizing on mine makes it the regular, Type 1 version. Pretty impressive that you have a Hall of Famer in the larger version.

Brian

[ctownboy]

Brian,

Thanks.

Back in the early 1990's, I was in college and on the weekends, I would travel around to auctions, antique stores, flea markets, antique shows and something called The Collectors Caravan which would come to Indianapolis.

Being a poor college student, I didn't have much money to buy the good things I found so I would tell Ted Koch about them. Either he would have me buy them for him (and be reimbursed) or he would go and look at the stuff for himself.

After a really good find for him, I was wanting to trade some of my cards for one of his (trimmed) Large Gypsy Queen commons just to have something cool in my collection. As a thank you for me finding him some good things, he said instead of just a common, he would trade me the Keefe instead.

Later, after he moved to Florida, I didn't know it but he sold the other five large GQ's in a Lew Lipset auction. He also sold the "good find" which was a small stack of Curtis Ireland candy cards (including a Ty Cobb that I think Leon just sold this past Summer) and some American Caramel cards.

If I had known he was going to sell the Curtis Ireland cards, I would have tried to buy them before they went to auction...... UGH.

Oh well,

David

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Stlfan1961

My 1st post!


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Great card and nice first post. I'm looking forward to your encore!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Stlfan1961

My 1st post!


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Heckuva card.



And welcome to the board