If only you could have these 5 cards back again

[bcbgcbrcb]

If you could have 5 cards back from your prior collecting days, what would they be?

Here are mine, all let go between 2010 and 2014, back at a time when I didn't care at all about the values of cards and was a 100% true collector. I had no idea what my collection was even worth back then at any given time. In today's money, I think these five would value over half a mil easily. How much did I wind up getting when I sold them, $37,500. Now that really hurts today in a time where my day to day life depends almost entirely on whether my collectibles go up or down in value.

[darwinbulldog]

W600 Eddie Collins
1952 Topps Mantle
Holland Creameries Zahniser
W590 Gehrig
Propagandas Montiel Musial

[bnorth]

I have owned many cool cards and a lot of seriously rare stuff but this Eddie is really the only one I truly miss.

At the time I was looking to add a nice looking Eddie rookie and a nice looking T206 Red Cobb. At the time the Mathews was the more expensive card. Then my wife decided we needed to try camping. So I had to buy a pickup and travel trailer. That cut into my fun money so I only bought the Eddie.

Then a year or two later and the Red Cobb had really started to climb in price. I had the opportunity to trade Eddie for a near perfect centered Red Cobb that is now in PSA 2.5 slab from 2 big creases near the bottom of the card. After owning the Cobb a very short time it just kept increasing in price and I realized it was a card I only wanted until I owned one. I sold if for way more than I had in the Eddie.

Someday I will replace Eddie.

[4815162342]

Phil, if it’s any comfort, some guy at some point sold each of those cards for lunch money. At least you got a used car out of the deal.

[FrankWakefield]

Golly...

T200 premium of Cleveland... a big/huge team portrait.
A very nice clear image of Ed Delahanty on an Old Judge.
George van Haltran Old Judge cabinet card.
T210 Casey Stengel.
Tie... E90-1's the tough Mitchell and the Joe Jackson.

The one that I got back, a nice T206 Cobb bat off shoulder with an American Beauty back.

[bcbgcbrcb]

You guys are bringing back more memories, including a second “top 5” tier that I once owned:

E90-1 Joe Jax
N172 Delahanty
52T Mathews
W590 Gehrig
Propagandas Musial

Sold those for $12K total, not quite as big of a shortfall at today’s prices as my top 5 but plenty of meat left on the bone, that’s for sure…….

[jetsetr1]

Pre grading, my pre-teen self went to a swap meet with a box full of 80's cards, mostly RCs. Didn't even plan to sell or trade them, and somehow left with a box full of soon-to-be-rusty pocket knives. Can still remember the old guy drooling while taking advantage of a naive young kid. Thinking he was getting the deal of a lifetime.

Looking back, nothing in the box would be worth much now. If anything would still like to have them for sentimental reasons.

[fkm_bky]

Painful Memories. My top 5:

1. E95 Wagner in VG condition
2. T206 SGC40 Red Cobb w/ Polar Bear Back
3. T206 SGC20 Green Cobb
4. E95 Matty
5. T206 PSA3 Young Port - Hindu back

Sold them all (and a lot more) for a song back in 2007 after getting laid off. Very short-sighted of me. Alas, I'm still collecting and having fun!

Bill

[mordecaibrown1]

Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
52 Mantle in a 7
Error Back e Wagner
US Caramel Gehrig
Ruth Pitching

But did get a couple Back since I got back in after a 20 plus year lay off!

[gabrinus]

This thread is too painful but here goes...I would probably add my T215 Pirate Heinie Wagner too if it was six...Jerry

[joeadcock]

Multi-strike T206 Bernard