What Card is your White Whale?

[paul]

My white whales are also out of budget. The heart of my collection is one card of every Hall of Famer from their playing days. I'd like to upgrade my T204 Burkett, which shows him as a minor league player manager at the end of his career, to a W600 or Just So, which both show him as a major league player.

I also need two Negro League Hall of Famers -- the Mallorquina Willie Foster and either the Punch or Cabanas Pete Hill. Come on Al, help me out!

[Steve D]

1909 Obak Howard (Los Angeles) without the frame on back.

It's the last card I need to finish my Obak Los Angeles team set for all three years.

Steve

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Steve D

1909 Obak Howard (Los Angeles) without the frame on back.

It's the last card I need to finish my Obak Los Angeles team set for all three years.

Steve

Steve - here's a photo that may have been the inspiration for your avatar:

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[Fred]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Steve - here's a photo that may have been the inspiration for your avatar:

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Robbie,

Any information on that picture? That's just too cool, a swinging Friar.

[commishbob]

A CJ Bender. Not because the are particularly scarce but because I just can’t justify paying what it’s gonna take to land one


A 59 Bazooka Billy Pierce or Johnny Unitas would make a fine consolation whale

[gonzo]

My white whale is a 1914 Pritchard Stamp of Christy Mathewson.
(Image from https://prewarcards.com/2016/10/05/1...and-checklist/ )

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by commishbob

A CJ Bender. Not because the are particularly scarce but because I just can’t justify paying what it’s gonna take to land one


A 59 Bazooka Billy Pierce or Johnny Unitas would make a fine consolation whale

A little "birdie" told me a PSA 2 59 Bazooka of Pierce WITH COUPON will be in the Goldin Vintage auction coming up late September

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

A little "birdie" told me a PSA 2 59 Bazooka of Pierce WITH COUPON will be in the Goldin Vintage auction coming up late September

Thanks Fred...I'll put that on my calendar

[JimmyC]

For me, will always be a '51 Bowman Mantle in NM/MT condition....

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by paul

My white whales are also out of budget. The heart of my collection is one card of every Hall of Famer from their playing days. I'd like to upgrade my T204 Burkett, which shows him as a minor league player manager at the end of his career, to a W600 or Just So, which both show him as a major league player.

I also need two Negro League Hall of Famers -- the Mallorquina Willie Foster and either the Punch or Cabanas Pete Hill. Come on Al, help me out!

There've been several that I've owned and resold, but two I never got my paws on where Paul's avatar and the Honus Wagner from the same set.


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[Aj-hman]

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[DHogan]

N172 Old Judge

[doug.goodman]

m118 Baseball Monthly supplement Roger Maris

[Exhibitman]

I can name three:

Diamond Dust punch-board Greenberg.

1968 Atlantic Oil Banks

Signed Joe Louis Exhibit card.

[jchcollins]

As a kid in the late 80's / early 90's, my white whale was a '56 Mantle. I saw a picture of one in a Yankees Tide book, and just thought it was one of the coolest looking cards I had ever seen. I made that happen when I was about 13 - walked into a shop one afternoon and saw Mick in the showcase and my jaw dropped. I traded a majority of my vintage collection that day, but I walked out with it.

As an adult, my whale was probably the '67 Topps Seaver RC. Though not particularly rare if you have the money, it was a card I had wanted for a long time that was always just a little bit north in price of what I could afford or was willing to pay for a very long time. I finally got a PSA 5.5 copy early last year, which is currently the cornerstone of my fledgling '67 set efforts.

Beyond that, I don't know. Just personally right now, either of the cards I mentioned are kind of on the high end of the spectrum for what I think is reasonable to spend on a piece of cardboard. While I could afford pricier pieces for my collection at this point, there is kind of an internal struggle of whether or not I want to. I'm trying to keep my "hobby" just that, and not make it into something larger - which I feel like more financial input would do at this point.

Grail pricey card if I could have a genie in a bottle right now? A '68 Topps Test 3D Clemente would be nice...

[mcn]

My white whale is a T330 Bill Killifer/Killefer to for a T205 artwork set.

[Seven]

I'm not going to say any of the Mantle's that I need to complete my run, because I feel like those will all be obtainable at some point in my life.

Oscar Charleston's Billiken issue. I love the history of our game, especially the history of the Negro Leagues. Charleston being one of the greatest players to lace them up, along with the mystique around him, has made me want one of his cards, but I love this issue particularly.

Also, while not a traditional card, the 1931 Harrison Studio's Josh Gibson post card, would also fit the bill. There's only one known copy of it, it's also double signed by Gibson himself, on the front and back.

[orioles70]

Originally Posted by mcn

My white whale is a T330 Bill Killifer/Killefer to for a T205 artwork set.

Do you have the Wood and Blair? Here are the 3 stamps that are not in the T205 set.

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[Mozzie22]

T205 Wolter DRUM back. Know there are a few out there but doubt I'll ever own one.

[Vintagedeputy]

My white whale isn't a card. Its something that I don't even know if it exists....or what exactly I am looking for.

I feel that the 1909 Colgan's Chips Square Proofs were not meant to be distributed with the gum, but rather the square proofs were meant for a retailer to add to a store advertising poster weekly, or a book....or something other than being inserted in the gum tins. I have no idea if I am right or wrong, and I'm hoping that one day someone finds something that proves their intended purpose.

[raulus]

Since I just learned of its existence, it’s hard to call it a white whale, but this just came in the mail today.

Shout out to Fred McKie who helped me to learn of its very existence, and then also helped me to land it.