what card has your spouse bought for you that you would never sell.

fab4 · October 16, 2003 11:37PM

my wife bought me a 1965 topps set in nr mint to mint condition on our first christmas. we were married in november and a month later under the tree was the set. since then she has bought me a 68 and 69 set. my father-in-law has collected since the 50's and my wife was around it her whole life. these sets will never be graded or sold but i have upgraded a few cards recently.

........fab4................

mrc32 · October 16, 2003 11:55PM

Ha ha....a spouse that buys baseball cards.....you must be kidding!

KING KELLOGG · October 16, 2003 11:56PM

fab4.....

Gee...I think I'm in the wrong family....

Got any sisters????....LOL

Larry

fab4 · October 17, 2003 12:08AM

king,

no sisters but she does have a ugly cousin

her dad has every set from 52 thru 80. and a lot of baseball memoribillia. the coolest one is a tris speaker ball autographed twice. he was an athletic director in college and high school and is a scout for the pittsburg pirates. he has picked a lot of stuff over the years.

.....fab4............

FB · October 17, 2003 12:10AM

My wife is STARTING to learn a little about the cards... Although at this years Nationals she was helping me dig through raw 71's for submission to PSA and she thought I was picking on her because I only bought about 10% of the ones that she picked out!

She knows not to buy me cards and I know not to buy her clothes or shoes....

fab4 - you should thank your father in law EVERY chance you get. He gave his daughter the skills she needed to land a man and keep him happy!

Southsider · October 17, 2003 12:11AM

For my birthday last year, my girlfriend who knows nothing about cards, bought me a Carlton Fisk jersey card #'d out of 100. The reason she bought it was because the # is 27, which is my birthday. Pretty savvy on her part.

Oh, I just wanted to add, that it was a direct result of that gift that I got back into collecting cards. I went online to figure out what the card was and I discovered the whole phenomenon of card grading. I then sent in some of my old cards to PSA and have been hooked ever since.

1954 · October 17, 2003 12:15AM

My wife buys me a card each year for Christmas. She bought me a couple 1954 Dandee PSA 8 cards that I needed for my set one year. In 1999, she bought me a pair of cowboy boots and inside one of the boots was an unopened box of 1976 topps. I could not believe that she "cowboyed up" and bought me something so expensive. Of course I wanted her to tell me how much she paid to find out who took advantage of her. She told me that she bought it from a mutual friend of ours in Springdale, AR. for the price of $400. What a great deal and what a surprise.

1954

fab4 · October 17, 2003 12:32AM

<< <i>fab4 - you should thank your father in law EVERY chance you get. He gave his daughter the skills she needed to land a man and keep him happy! >>

she had all that already. the cards are just a bonus

fab4

Griffins · October 17, 2003 12:42AM

Spouse that buys me cards? Cary, I'd have a better chance of her fixing me up on a date with her best friend!

KING KELLOGG · October 17, 2003 12:53AM

fab4...

Ugly cousin.....Hmmmmm............her dad has a run from 52-80....Hmmmmmmmm

I wonder if I can afford one of those "Hollywood" type makeovers. They seem to work pretty good on TV.....

Larry

fab4 · October 17, 2003 12:59AM

king,

the ugly cousin doesn't like cards but she does look like don mossi

...fab4........

fab4 · October 17, 2003 1:13AM

<< <i>Spouse that buys me cards? Cary, I'd have a better chance of her fixing me up on a date with her best friend! >>

anthony,

it is true my wife buys me cards but she will not let me date either. if larry (king) is not interested the cousin is still single

....fab4.............

GoSoxBoSox · October 17, 2003 2:30AM

Hah....good one. My advice to you is to hold on to your woman if she's buying you cards.

My wife's gift to me is letting me buy myself cards. That's good enough!!

Griffins · October 17, 2003 3:03AM

Does she look exactly like Don Mossi, or just sorta like Don?

fab4 · October 17, 2003 3:15AM

anthony,
in all honesty , don mossi is a little better looking. let me know if you want to hook up.

....fab4.....

KING KELLOGG · October 17, 2003 3:29AM

Griffens...

Anthony,

Being the kind gentleman that I am....I'll step aside, and let you court the cousin.

(Remember those dog food biscuits.....Shall I send them back to you for a re-use???...LOL)

On to the next challange!!!........DISCS!!!

Larry

Vargha · October 17, 2003 3:49AM

My wife doesn't buy me cars, but tolerates me buying them. That's really the best that I can hope for.

anjcollection · October 17, 2003 4:58AM

I second the comments about the wives buying cards.... how do you get that to happen?!

packCollector · October 17, 2003 5:17AM

wow , wife buys you cards, I have to buy my wife shoes so she will let me buy cards

qualitycards · October 17, 2003 6:41AM

My wife has never bought me a card, but she did throw away my '63 Mantle PSA-7 - Does that count?

...jay

carkim · October 17, 2003 9:04AM

Back in 1993 an ex-girlfriend of mine wrote Beckett on my behalf...That magazine is the only thing I have from that relationship.

Geez...I can't even read that stupid thing anymore.

Virtualizard · October 17, 2003 9:23AM

Carlos,

That's hilarious! Thanks for posting it. That took some guts to post it here (or were you expecting it to turn up here sooner or later anyway, and just wanted to get it over with?

)

JEB.

carkim · October 17, 2003 9:39AM

Jeb,

Although the artical is over 10 years old, you just never know who will hack into Beckett's archives and out me. So yes, as horrible as it is, I just had to dust it off and take the abuse...lol

Carlos

Virtualizard · October 17, 2003 9:51AM

I am assuming you are no longer Beckett's "... No. 1 fan"???

Where would you rank yourself today on Beckett's list of fans?

Let the "abuse" begin.

BTW, I'm glad to see you posting here regularly again and hope you will continue to do so. You have made my collecting experience a little bit better, through some transactions and your posts here. Anyone that can do that is a major asset to the hobby in general, and I thank you for that.

JEB.

Vargha · October 17, 2003 10:07AM

Pretty funny letter.

Basilone · October 17, 2003 2:43PM

Thats a classic letter Carlos....kudos for sharing it.

John

wolfbear · October 17, 2003 3:12PM

Carlos - that letter is a riot !

The day my wife buys me more cards will be the day I go out and buy her more shoes.
She don't know from cards, and I don't know a patent leather from a mockasin ...

FB · October 17, 2003 9:22PM

Carlos,

I have to admit... I had a number of girlfiends do a number of goofy things... but never one so publicly!

So... is your wife jealous everytime you take out that article???

carkim · October 17, 2003 9:35PM

Frank,

I don't think she has ever seen it. I had it packed away (for many reasons)!!!

A couple weeks ago I cleaned out my closet and found the stupid thing. For some reason this thread reminded me of the artical so I thought I would share it.

This hobby makes me/us do very stupid things...lol

***I can't stop laughing, can you say DORK!!!***

Carlos

jvineyard · October 17, 2003 10:56PM

My wife has never bought a card for me - she doesn't have a clue about cards, and I kinda like it that way. Every few years she feeds my other collection of autographed baseballs for Xmas, birthday or anniversary gifts. She tends to overspend and buy UD Authentic balls, but at least I kow the sigs are real.

mrc32 · October 17, 2003 11:30PM

Carlos-
You are a brave man for sharing that.....Very funny!

Go Beckett!!!!

Now tell the truth Carlos, don't you feel the same way about SMR?

Michael

LJB17 · October 18, 2003 12:48AM

My wife does not buy me cards and really finds it hard to believe that I pay a third party to judge condition, but since it is $6+ per grading she has decided to help me in that respect. She is very meticulous in going over the cards and often finds small flaws that I missed. As a result, she is often interested in how the grades turn out and then she gripes just like I do. "How can that be a 7 when that other one was an 8?" She is also a very savvy business person and sometime recommends cracking certain cards out for the possible bump in grade if selling is in the future for this card. So, although she does not condone it fully, she knows it will continue and therefore tries to make the best of it.

carkim · October 18, 2003 12:58AM

Michael,

Now that you mention it, I do anticipate the arrival of my SMR, and I do have a computer listing of the prices of my cards. Come to think of it, if there was a dealer in town that received their SMR before me I probably would go pick one up.

I don't write SMR every week, so I guess I'm only half the dork I use to be...lol

Carlos

I'M DYING HERE!!!

jackstraw · October 18, 2003 4:31AM

my wife bought this for christmas one year. i of course steered her in the right direction. ken drydan autographs are tough as he never signs and if he does it scribble. i hope the picture works

aro13 · October 18, 2003 4:48AM

Dryden is a VERY tough signature. He signed a few years ago at a Leafs function but he was pretty particular about what he was signing. I got him to sign his book THE GAME at a rotary club function a few years ago.

On our third date my now wife and I drove by a card store and she explained how she liked to collect cards. We went back to my place that night and looked at cards all night. The first card she bought me was a Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie card. She wanted to buy me a Larry Bird and Magic Johnson rookie card for the longest time and almost made a deal with somebody "but it was probably only NM with the centering" so she passed and I have since bought a PSA 8.

I usually have my wife check out my upgrades on PSA cards. If I have a PSA 6 or PSA 8 OC and I upgrade to a PSA 7 I usually put tape over the grade and have her tell me what card is better. She has agreed with PSA each time and she is a far more meticulous grader than I am.

jackstraw · October 18, 2003 4:55AM

she also bought me the leafs litho from gilbralter with goerge armstrong which is a very tough sig. dryden was offered like 10,000 for the canadians litho but turned it down.

UnAmuzd1 · October 18, 2003 8:54AM

<< <i>I second the comments about the wives buying cards.... how do you get that to happen?!

>>

Mine likes baseball to start with, so I let her go through some stacks of old cards a dealer had while I was cherry-picking his t206's. Happily, she found some that she really liked, and bought them on the spot herself!

So I need to know.... am I the only guy on the boards whose wife now collects 1940 Play Ball?

boggs301012 · October 18, 2003 10:47AM

My Fiance has bought me alot of cards. Just a few days ago she bought a 1981 TCMA PSA.........10 for me . I just upgraded to a 9 and just flipped it for a nice profit!

James

fab4 · October 18, 2003 8:43PM

when my wife and i started dating the subject that i collected cards never came up, she knew i played semi-pro baseball and i enjoyed sports. but after a few months it came up as i was changing plans to go to a card show. she had no problem with it and even asked me to come to the bedroom. when we opened the door the first thing that caught my eye was a babe ruth autographed ball. 100's of auto baseballs,bats,jersey's binders upon binders of cards that is when i found out my future father-in-law was a collector. my wife knew the history of the items plus the cards by years. we went to the card show together and married a year later. she is still amazing after 20 years she will suprise you. we own a hotel and i walked in the other day and she was discussing baseball and cards with one of the guest, she even mentioned card grading in passing. it is cool when the wife takes an interest in cards. her father want her to have it. so she will have a massive collection. maybe i can sweet talk her out of the 52 mantle.

my wife never wrote to beckett for me. carlos you are the man the #1 fan. cool story.

...........fab4...............

what card has your spouse bought for you that you would never sell.

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