Show us some cards you would never sell
TheGoonies1985
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TheGoonies1985
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The Topps card set is reverse photo of these Kodak shots. All 4 are exact match, 2 stickers, and 2 cards.
TYPE IV Photo. Topps would have been granted permission to print these Kodak photos for use in selecting what would eventually become the 1976 Topps Star Trek set. My own submission on the photos and the card. I love how Shatner added "Kirk" to his auto.
In general I’d need to think about it, but this one is an easy answer:
My kids gave me a BVG 2.5 for Christmas 2013 that I eventually cracked out, had signed, and sent to PSA. Final result above.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
looking for 1988 Fournier estrellas stickers , 1985 Prism Jewel stickers , anything Jesse Owens .
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Interesting that PSA labeled some as 1980s. I'm assuming they know production all occurred between specific years all within the 1980s?
Those are SGC. They graded them because I showed them in person the album the stickers came from. We just weren't sure of the exact year. However, based on the player selection and other factors, they dated them in the 1980s, although I believe that the late 1970s is also quite possible.
These are two. I have more.
I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/
Probably the last card I would part with in my collection. Not because of anything specific or sentimental- just don’t think I would want to pay $15-30k to find one that looks like this one. Plus I already sold a PSA 8 back in 1999-2000 at the National in Anaheim for a then record price, but this was pre .5 point grades at PSA and it is about a 99% chance the 8 would have bumped - it was that nice.
One of my favorite cards and stories
Gifts from my brother
Gifts from my wife and sons
My two favorite cards
I don't plan on selling any of my 79 Staubach's, graded, autographed, unopened packs, Topps Vault Proofs
My 3 for keeps....
Thanks Abe, I feel the same way about your Staubach collection, especially the 79’s. This card has a great story too, one I’m too lazy to repeat at the moment. But definitely would never get rid of this one:
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
I don't sell cards, never have, so it would be nearly my entire collection.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
That Munson in particular is tremendous!
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
No doubt! Beautiful.
More than this, but these come to mind at first......
That is one beautiful Brown rookie congrats!!!
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The Bowman FB's are outstanding.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
This obviously is not rare or expensive but it's the one card I've kept over the years, I first saw this card at a show in the early 2000's and discovered my favorite football card set of all.time the 1952 Bowman Large and this is actually a top 5 favorite from the set so I will keep this card for sentimental value
Right now everything I have I would never sell
Never is a long time though, and life is fluid not static. Never say never 
I can see why you would hold onto this one. My favorite MM.
Nearly every time I've sold ANYTHING (cards or otherwise) I've regretted it later. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not even a year or two, but it inevitably happens. I'm just too sentimental like that I suppose. So if I buy anything collectible (cards, games, books, etc) I expect it to be for keeps.
One thing is for sure though, if someone came to my apartment and did like on TV and open a briefcase in front of me with a million dollars in 100 fresh $10,000 packs of $100 bills, and said I could have this in exchange for my kitty, you know what I'd do without a moment's hesitation?
I'd gently close the case shut and politely say thanks...but no thanks. The special loving bond between a man and his kitty cat is something you just can't put a price tag on!!
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
the Golden Bear graciously signed this card for me back in April
as a general rule i never say never, but in this instance, never
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
My keeper is worth a whole lot less than most of the cards in this thread and I know I've posted it a few times over the years.
I bought this 1952 Topps Duke Snider at a card show in the late 1970's. It was my first vintage card purchase. Since it is practically severed horizontally about 1/3 of the way from the top, it's permanently housed in a card saver.
Round 2 for me......
Does not need to be expensive cards just as long as they are dear to you and you would never sell them. I know if offered insane amounts of money some would sell that is normal.
Got this signed by Sweetness when I was around 13 or 14. I thought I would get more opportunities to get some of my other cards and Bears items signed by him down the road. Little did I know he'd be taken from us way too soon around 5 years later.
Can honestly say I would sell any of them at the right price. But mainly to help fund that one purchase, that once obtained, I'd never sell. There are some non-card possessions I would never sell for sentimental reasons.
My dad bought me my first pack of cards as a seven year old kid in 1977. I collected religiously until around 2000 then quit cold turkey.
Fast forward to a drunken night in 2006 when I decided for whatever reason I needed a MINT 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson RC. I had no idea what I was about to find but I set my budget at $100.
I got on ebay and after about a minute I realized that if I wanted a mint Rickey it was going to be one of these PSA things I had never seen before.
Cheapest one I could find was $160. Took a few more beers but I eventually hit the BIN on that night in 2006.
That's very similar to me except I started in 76 and ended in 87. Didn't do a thing until about 2015 and started the same way by buying rookie Hendersons. I was a HUGE fan of his in the 80s and started buying those 9s. I was paying about $300 though (
), got to the point that it seemed wasteful to be paying that much for those and stopped. (That was stupid). That got me back into the hobby and I'm still here.
Or would I ?
I dont have any photos, but for me it would be a couple of my favorite Brady rookies.
While I know everything has a price, my Contenders Rookie Ticket and Bowman Chrome Refractor rookie would be the last 2 I would sell.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
at some point I will sell...
Some very neat items all around. The card below is one that I will never sell as it started my Nolan Ryan collection. I've sold off most of my Ryan collection starting in 2020, but this one will stay with me. I bought it raw in a sportscard shop in Everett Massachusetts 30 years ago this month. It was sold to me as a near mint. I had it graded 20 years later, just as a keepsake and PSA graded it a NM 7.
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