What Cards In Your Collection Would You Never Sell or Upgrade?

[tbob]

Christy Mathewson signed ball and Joe DiMaggio signed lithograph that he personally inscribed for me at a show in Kansas City in 1988.
Card sets are all hypothetically replaceable although some would require huge sums due to the time and toil spent putting them together. I'm just getting too old to sit down and once again try putting the T206 (-4) set together card by card

[mrvster]

PAUL,

WOW.....beautiful collection, you know i always admire your focus .....................


i can't seem to part with hardly any of my cards....i think i have a problem


Peace

Johnny v

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by tbob

Christy Mathewson signed ball and Joe DiMaggio signed lithograph that he personally inscribed for me at a show in Kansas City in 1988.
Card sets are all hypothetically replaceable although some would require huge sums due to the time and toil spent putting them together. I'm just getting too old to sit down and once again try putting the T206 (-4) set together card by card

Wow, Bob, a Matty signed ball???? Do you have a pic of that???

[DixieBaseball]

Only one I have ever seen (Only one graded by any company) I would bet a shiny nickel that Tin Top collector's don't own one either :

[ls7plus]

Like a lot of you, the cards that would go last are the ones that would probably be the most difficult for me to get back:

(1) 1907 Dietsche Tigers Fielding Pose Cobb, PSA Ex;
(2) 1923 Lections Ruth;
(3) 1955 Exhibits Postcard Back Mantle, with "Made in USA" legend at lower
right;
(4) 1931-32 Exhibits Ruth portrait, from the movie stars set;
(5) 1929 R315 Foxx, gold/yellow stock, SGC ExMt;
(6) 1936 R312 DiMaggio, raw, NrMt;
(7) 1969 Topps Super PSA Proof Reggie Jackson rookie;
(8) 1914 T222 Fatima Alexander (typical wrinkles/creasing, but otherwise NrMt and centered);
(9) 1907 Dietsche Cubs Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown, PSA Ex+;
(10) 1926-29 Exhibits Postcard Back Foxx, SGC 60 Ex;
(11) 1926-29 Exhibits Postcard Back Gehrig portrait, SGC Ex (because I
love portraits, and think this is his best looking card);
(12) 1910 Sepia PC796 Walter Johnson;
(13) 1954 Bowman PSA 8 Mantle (60/40 centering, mint corners, with only a light indentation in the right border keeping it from PSA 9, IMO;
(14) 1938 Goudey #288 Feller (last card in set), PSA 7;
(15) 1962 Topps #1 Maris, PSA 8;
(16) 1939 Exhibits Gehrig (last card from his playing days; pulled from production early on);
(17) 1938 Goudey #250 DiMaggio, PSA 7.

I'd like to hang on to these and other good ones I might acquire, until they could be auctioned off after my passing, with the proceeds going to missionary work.

And Mike, I wouldn't part with that Collins-McCarthy Ruth either--a very tough card in any grade! Bruce, I wish I had your card buying budget--pardon my drooling! Oh, and wonderful Banks story, CubsFanCurt--truly heartwarming.

Thought-provoking post!

Larry