@GilR said:
I'm not sure I have any one favorite, but back when I was young and immature these would have been among my favorite cards. (I hope I can be forgiven for not having had them graded.)
In that vein, he would have sustained a career ending injury had he ever faced this guy:
Well, he would always have had this option. (Another favorite card, as per the thread's topic. I got it from a pack back in 1989. One of the few Fleer packs I bought that year.)
This started my pursuit of signed rookie HOFers (which has now led to me to foolishly attempt geting a signed NBA rookie of every player) -- the registration is excellent -- this is top 15% in PWCC (whatever that means).
This would be mine. Card is perfectly centered. Just shifted over in the holder at the time of being scanned. Picked this one up in Chicago during last year's National within about 2-3 hours of arriving. Felt good to get it out of the way so quickly and then being able to just walk around (mostly broke) at a relaxing pace.
Beautiful card! Every time I see it, I cry....since I sold it years ago for under $1000.
I remember looking at the Trout Diamond in 2017 when it was around $1400 and I instead picked up the 2013 Bowman Chrome Judge Auto. Horrible decision that ended up costing me big time. I unloaded the Judge in 2019 for a little more than I purchased it for but today, it's even worth less than what I paid. The Trout on the other hand has only gone up and up since. It's still not too late to pick one up if you want one. May be easier to sell things to grab it quicker but it's worth it imo.
Looks even better in your picture !!! Great pick up, congrats.
Jeff
I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. Collecting: post world war II HOF rookie 76 topps gem mint 10 commons 9 stars Arenado purple refractors(Rockies) Red (Cardinals) successful deals with Keevan, Grote15, 1954, mbogoman
Great cards everyone! Thanks again for sharing...very enjoyable!
Somewhat of a sub-category:
As a kid collector, '84D Mattingly was the holy grail, highly coveted and unobtainable to us kids.
For those reasons, I would have to say Mattingly is my favorite '80s card.
Picked this one up in 2018 for the incredibly low price of $582 (which was expensive at the time)
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I would have guessed the market hit a peak last year for Donnie B-ball.
A recent Best offer @ $5000
And Probstein has one ending tonight
Apparently Donnie still in high demand, especially with the relatively low pop under 300
Incredible cards and stories everyone. The card on the far left is my favorite because not only does it have the greatest forward and defenseman that ever played the game, but I love looking at how much pride and joy Gretzky took in signing his name after Orr signed first. I’ve never seen a better Gretzky signature on an older card.
If you allow me to be a technical nerd for a moment, because I don’t think Gretz could repeat this auto even if he tried.
Look at how the W connects to the a. How the G connects to the r. How the line under the 99 connects to the y. How the 99 is perfectly centered from the top to bottom and left to right inside the signature. It’s absolute perfection.
Just incredible beauty and flow to this signature. On top of that the B and Y in Bobby land perfectly on the image borders.
@Frozencaribou said:
Great cards, guys. Uffdah- That Jim Brown is a beautiful card, and I like the connection many of us have to it by following your thread when you ripped that pack. The 8.5 grade was made for a card like that.
I am a lifelong collector, and was a small time weekend dealer as a teenager in the 90's, but it wasn't until after university in 2002 that I ever had more than $200 to spend on any one card. I bought this OPC Gretzky ungraded at a local show in Ottawa for $425 and it represents not only a wise purchase, but also brings me back to that time in my life just by looking at it.
It was in an SGC 92 holder for a long time but I came to prefer PSA so cracked and subbed it just before the recent boom.
Nice story and beautiful card Nathaniel. Even though I prefer my PSA 9 Gretzky 79 postcard over my rookie, I still remember way overpaying for this one because it looks like a refractor in person. The print color and quality is +++.
Some believe the oil drop on the bottom right should be centered to show good registration. It’s actually the oil drop on his uniform that should be centered. Great card Nathaniel and nice story.
My 1980 Topps Walter Payton that Walter signed for me when I was around 13. Walter is my all time favorite player, and I figured I had many years left to get his autograph on other items. I never would have thought that he would be dead around 6 years later.
My 1980 Topps Walter Payton that Walter signed for me when I was around 13. Walter is my all time favorite player, and I figured I had many years left to get his autograph on other items. I never would have thought that he would be dead around 6 years later.
Very nice. That is my favorite Walter card and one of my favorite football cards in general. Feel like Topps did not do too well with pics of Walter through the years with a lot still shots of mostly his head. Record Breakers and In Actions were nicer but the standard cards I was not as impressed. This one felt excellent to me.
1980 was the first year I started collecting cards for fun (not as much thinking about potential values at 7 or 8 years old.) But on both 1980 baseball and football felt that all-star All-Pro stripe looks awesome.
Like a favorite song, band, movie, actor or anything else with so many choices, it's too hard to pin myself down.
Several cards that I have loved since I was a kid and couldn't afford to own myself at the time have been shown (56 Mantle - or 56 Jackie works for me too, 71 Munson and a 33 Goudey Ruth, although I prefer #181). All 3 or 4 are iconic cards that define baseball card collecting for me and I now own all 4. I collect oddball cards as well, so there are so many unique items that don't get shared a lot. Just too many that I can't possibly pick one. Signed cards add another level, and I am obsessed with signed cards and have been for a good 2+ decades. So many great cards amplified by having them signed as well.
I still say the 1971 Thurman Munson is just the best all around looking card that was ever made. So much going for it. The black borders, the contrasting green Team name, the horizontal image, the up close and amazing game action shot (especially for the time as this was one of the first of it's kind), the rookie trophy and the fact that Munson became a star player all make this card really stand out and hold up over time. The greatest fact about this card is that despite the fact that it is cardboard perfection, pretty much anyone can own one because it is neither rare or expensive.
I collect Steve Garvey, Dodgers and signed cards. Collector since 1978.
Gotta go with my favorite year - 1967
Favorite Player Card - Mickey Mantle (Some say its ugly; but the eye of the beholder...)
And Favorite Card Type - Always loved these Player Duo's
Steve Saldutti sjjs28@comcast.net Collector of Baseball Hall of Famer's and Stars, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals Registered Sets: 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
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Wow the Jackie. Wow.
I will always be a STAR WARS geek at heart.....
Live long, and prosper.
This Ozzie RC is my favorite…so much so I had to have 2 😎
That is a sweet 1978 Ozzie! Never knew that card existed 🙂
Both not my most pricey, however when I look at it all these ones I always take another look
Hey dan89,
Pretty Cool...
Crazy how that Jackie card was about 5K from 1954 up until 2015. Then from 2015 to 2021, the latest one sold for 55K. That's just 6 short years.
A lot of changes in the last 6 years.
One of my favorite cards.
@76collector ..... Ozzie just arrived yesterday evening...... cheers!
In that vein, he would have sustained a career ending injury had he ever faced this guy:
Well, he would always have had this option. (Another favorite card, as per the thread's topic. I got it from a pack back in 1989. One of the few Fleer packs I bought that year.)
DotStore,
Do you plan to get Hank graded?
the colors work well together and the character pose just flows together.
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens" Jimi Hendrix.
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Was actually thinking to get several cards graded at the National this year including this one.
pujols and frank thomas refractors.
That Albert Pujols Refractor is awesome.
Damn!!! That Joe D is an absolute beauty!
Still my all-time favorite card
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
This started my pursuit of signed rookie HOFers (which has now led to me to foolishly attempt geting a signed NBA rookie of every player) -- the registration is excellent -- this is top 15% in PWCC (whatever that means).
really like your collection of griffeys in every grade!
Beautiful card! Every time I see it, I cry....since I sold it years ago for under $1000.
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/pdub1819/othersets/6204
I remember looking at the Trout Diamond in 2017 when it was around $1400 and I instead picked up the 2013 Bowman Chrome Judge Auto. Horrible decision that ended up costing me big time. I unloaded the Judge in 2019 for a little more than I purchased it for but today, it's even worth less than what I paid. The Trout on the other hand has only gone up and up since. It's still not too late to pick one up if you want one. May be easier to sell things to grab it quicker but it's worth it imo.
Looks even better in your picture !!! Great pick up, congrats.
Jeff
Collecting:
post world war II HOF rookie
76 topps gem mint 10 commons 9 stars
Arenado purple refractors(Rockies) Red (Cardinals)
successful deals with Keevan, Grote15, 1954, mbogoman
Great cards everyone! Thanks again for sharing...very enjoyable!
Somewhat of a sub-category:
As a kid collector, '84D Mattingly was the holy grail, highly coveted and unobtainable to us kids.
For those reasons, I would have to say Mattingly is my favorite '80s card.
Picked this one up in 2018 for the incredibly low price of $582 (which was expensive at the time)
"
"
I would have guessed the market hit a peak last year for Donnie B-ball.
A recent Best offer @ $5000
And Probstein has one ending tonight
Apparently Donnie still in high demand, especially with the relatively low pop under 300
1911 Zeenut Weaver (8 men out)
![](https://i.postimg.cc/8CLCk9Rf/3-front-01.jpg"")
Incredible cards and stories everyone. The card on the far left is my favorite because not only does it have the greatest forward and defenseman that ever played the game, but I love looking at how much pride and joy Gretzky took in signing his name after Orr signed first. I’ve never seen a better Gretzky signature on an older card.
If you allow me to be a technical nerd for a moment, because I don’t think Gretz could repeat this auto even if he tried.
Look at how the W connects to the a. How the G connects to the r. How the line under the 99 connects to the y. How the 99 is perfectly centered from the top to bottom and left to right inside the signature. It’s absolute perfection.
Just incredible beauty and flow to this signature. On top of that the B and Y in Bobby land perfectly on the image borders.
Nice story and beautiful card Nathaniel. Even though I prefer my PSA 9 Gretzky 79 postcard over my rookie, I still remember way overpaying for this one because it looks like a refractor in person. The print color and quality is +++.
Some believe the oil drop on the bottom right should be centered to show good registration. It’s actually the oil drop on his uniform that should be centered. Great card Nathaniel and nice story.
these are my favorite cards of my three most favorite players.
looks like i doubled posted sorry.
These cards are all amazing.
Here's my favorite in the PC.
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hey lwehlers,
a few of my top 3 fav's...
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great cards especially the mahomes.
Too tough to pick a clear winner. Kinda cheated....1 from each sport
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My favorite baseball, football and basketball.
My 1980 Topps Walter Payton that Walter signed for me when I was around 13. Walter is my all time favorite player, and I figured I had many years left to get his autograph on other items. I never would have thought that he would be dead around 6 years later.
Very nice. That is my favorite Walter card and one of my favorite football cards in general. Feel like Topps did not do too well with pics of Walter through the years with a lot still shots of mostly his head. Record Breakers and In Actions were nicer but the standard cards I was not as impressed. This one felt excellent to me.
1980 was the first year I started collecting cards for fun (not as much thinking about potential values at 7 or 8 years old.) But on both 1980 baseball and football felt that all-star All-Pro stripe looks awesome.
1964 Pete Rose
Tie and both I pack pulled
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Like a favorite song, band, movie, actor or anything else with so many choices, it's too hard to pin myself down.
Several cards that I have loved since I was a kid and couldn't afford to own myself at the time have been shown (56 Mantle - or 56 Jackie works for me too, 71 Munson and a 33 Goudey Ruth, although I prefer #181). All 3 or 4 are iconic cards that define baseball card collecting for me and I now own all 4. I collect oddball cards as well, so there are so many unique items that don't get shared a lot. Just too many that I can't possibly pick one. Signed cards add another level, and I am obsessed with signed cards and have been for a good 2+ decades. So many great cards amplified by having them signed as well.
I still say the 1971 Thurman Munson is just the best all around looking card that was ever made. So much going for it. The black borders, the contrasting green Team name, the horizontal image, the up close and amazing game action shot (especially for the time as this was one of the first of it's kind), the rookie trophy and the fact that Munson became a star player all make this card really stand out and hold up over time. The greatest fact about this card is that despite the fact that it is cardboard perfection, pretty much anyone can own one because it is neither rare or expensive.
Erik
Erik
Gotta go with my favorite year - 1967
Favorite Player Card - Mickey Mantle (Some say its ugly; but the eye of the beholder...)
And Favorite Card Type - Always loved these Player Duo's
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of Baseball Hall of Famer's and Stars, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
Sorry the Iron Man photo isn't better.