Post a picture of your favorite card in your collection.

carkim

CW

Cool card, Carlos!

Here's my current fav, and a recent pickup (thanks again, Tom)...

murcerfan

there's a Davalillo joke in there somewhere

Virtualizard

So many cards to choose from, but this one always comes to mind:



JEB.

GoSoxBoSox

It may be mounted on a perma plaque but I'd have to say the 1888 A35 is the most attractive card I've ever seen. They are 8" in diameter. I also have John Ward.

Gatorbait

I don't know how to put the picture in the message text, but.........

minibeers

Mine is attached.
cheers,
minibeers

LongBall

robstar

While not the highest graded or most valuable card in my collection, it is my favorite.

theBobs

Although this one is currently running a close second...

theBobs

Also, its interesting that a majority of cards posted to this point are pre-war or as some would categorize "nearly vintage"

ydsotter

I also like Oscar Robertson's 1961 fleer, but cannot afford it in a psa 8 at the moment.

ydsotter

Close second

qmayer

Great topic Carlos! I'd be interested in hearing WHY a card chosen is your favorite. Mine is sitting at the post office ready to be picked up. I'll scan it ASAP on Monday.

Justin

Virtualizard

ydsotter,

That Walt Frazier guy looks a lot like you!

JEB.

SUPERPUNK813

I thought id post a picture of one of my favorite new packs. I was able to pick up three of these gems last month. I think Carlos will like this.

Paul.

carkim

Paul,

I can't see the picture.


Are they 1972 Football packs?


Carlos

goodriddance189

SUPERPUNK813

Carlos, Yes it's a 1972 Topps Football series 1 GAI 8 pack. You can't see it? It shows up fine on my computer everytime i click on this thread. Can anyone else see the picture?

Paul.

carkim

Paul,

I can see everyone else's photo...hmmm. Maybe the computer Gods are protecting me from having a Pavlov's dog response.


Carlos

carkim

Great topic Carlos! I'd be interested in hearing WHY a card chosen is your favorite.


Justin,

I met Lyle when I was a freshman in High School, at the time he played for the Cleveland Browns. During my High School years he was my favorite football player and I followed his career, until the steriods thing came out.

Plus the card is his Rookie and it is graded PSA 10. Now if I had a Roger Staubach Rookie in a PSA 10 (or even a PSA 9) then that will be my favorite.

So much for loyalty.

Carlos

MartinDihigo

I know they aren't PSA-graded, but the these are my top 3 cards. The Gibson is by far my favorite card. Of the 5 known examples it is easily the nicest, both in image quality and technical condition. It was only discovered a few months ago. Prior to that, no one knew Gibson had a card. Same with Hilton Smith. The Leon Day was known, but none are even close to this condition.

Sorry to all of the HOF set registrants. It might have been easier to sleep before knowing that all 3 of these HOFers have cards.

Josh Gibson, Hilton Smith, Leon Day


-Ryan

carkim

Ryan,

That Gibson card is AWESOME!!!

Carlos

SUPERPUNK813

Carlos or anyone else.....can you see the picture below now?

Paul.

brianwintersfan

Nope I can't see it!

carkim

me either

GoSoxBoSox

JEB,

I love that Stargell card. I have an interesting Stargell item you may or may not have. I met him in 1980 at Veterans stadium during batting practice when I has sitting in the first row next to the Pirates dugout and begged him for some Stargell stars for my older brother who's a die hard Pirates fan.

He kinda blew me off and went back to batting practice. When the 1st half inning was over he ran over to me before heading to 1st base and handed me 5 stars. My brother has one of them and I have the other four. Are you interested in one?

Tom

aro13

Ryan,
Wow! Those cards are amazing, thanks for posting that.

My favourite card in my collection is my ICON a PSA 7 Bill Russell rookie card.

AlanAllen

A bunch of nice stuff in this thread. I must say though, that Josh Gibson is the only one that actually gave me goosebumps. Truly awesome!

Joe

BigKidAtHeart

although this one just barely is ahead of my 50, 52, 53, 55 and 56
Roy Campanella cards that I just love too!!

ydsotter

BKAH, that 53 Bowman color pee wee is easily one of my all time favorite cards... someday, I hope to own one too.

Lothar52

here is my favorite... THE MICK!!!!!!!!!

Lothar52

this is pretty close too..by the way..how do i get them to show up without having to attach...how can i get it in on the screen automatically???

loth

qualitycards

I have many cards that I own and many more that I wish to own. And while pondering the question, 3 came to mind (in 3 diff sports)

Baseball - 1914 Polo Grounds Eddie Plank - a neat 90 year old card in Mint condition of one of my favorite players. He was born in Gettysburg, played for Gettysburg College, where Connie Mack signed him, and returned after his playing career, he died in 1926.
Gettysburg is 10 miles from me, I attended the dedication of a PA state historical marker at Gettysburg college a couple of years ago.
I also visited the building where he had a car dealership (theres a plaque outside the building) and his grave in Evergreen cemetery, right next to the soldiers cemetery.

Football - 1964 Philadelphia Y. A. Tittle - I've always loved this card, it has a sureal 3-D effect w/ its crisp & vibrant shot. As a Giants fan I also like that this is the only card in the set that has a player w/ his helmet on.

Hockey - 1972 Topps Keith Magnuson - I recently started to assemble this set in PSA fashion, and this card just stood out. Most of the other cards have the usual bust shots, but this card has a twilight zone look to it as if your looking at it thru a chrystal ball. The Madison Square Garden ceiling and Magnuson sitting w/ a pensive glaze. It seems more prohetic now since he recently died.

Virtualizard

Jay,

Sweet cards! No T-cards that rank up there yet?

Here's another one of my favorites:

JEB.

mikeschmidt

Sorry -- I'm biased toward my namesake:

GoSoxBoSox

Schmitty sure is ugly with those Abe Lincoln's. Not you Marc, the card

Gatorbait

All great cards, but I love the Josh Gibson and Buck Weaver. Wouldn't mind the Schmidt either.........

Vargha

I don't own any of these any more, but I once did. I love the poses on them.

Sideplate

Please note the sharp corners and near perfect centering. Now Carlos, look very closely at your Alzado card, then look at my McCurdy card. I think maybe I also have a Gem MT 10!!






Ken

Virtualizard

Marc,

Thanks for reminding me about the PR Sticker. I often forget about that one because the Schmidt set is not one of my priorities - no offense Marc or Darton.

But, I would rank this card in my top 10 for sure, maybe top 5 (if not for the centering and small wrinkle on the back):

JEB.

boggs301012

here it is raw but this graded a psa9


James

schr1st

I've shown these a couple of times, both here and on the other messageboards, but here is my favorite card:



It took me less than a year an a half to get the Mantle and Killebrew signatures, then almost 10 years to get the Mays autograph. I got it at what I belive was the 2nd to last or possibly the last public autograph show he did before his self-imposed exile (until Bonds passes him on the HR list).

This would be my second favorite:



Back in 1992, when I was working at a card store, I often wondered who ended up with the first signed Ted Williams card, and how cool it would be to own it. Many moons later, it was offered for sale on eBay, and I made sure to free up enough cash to bring it on home. The previous owner said he had pulled it from a pack many years ago, but seemed to have an awful lot of high-end Upper Deck items for sale. Who know. The previous owner was also the one that had it graded by BGS. At some point I'll cross it over to PSA, but since they don't slab certified autographs from before 1998 without them going through PSA/DNA first, I haven't been in too much of a hurry.

metalmike20

Here is my favorite card in my collection. Ever since I started collecting I've always loved this card, it's truly one of my favorites!!

Mike

Lothar52

HOW ARE YOU GUYS PUTTING THE PIC IN THE ACTUAL POST...I ONLY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO ATTACH IT

Lothar52

YOU THE MAN BOGGS!!! - Said just like the guy at the golfing tournaments right before someone swings...

Lothar52

boggs301012

Lothar once you attach the pic , click on the link and copy the url. Go back and edit your post . Click on the the 4th box that looks like a little picture paste the url in there. And that is it.

And I will let you know regarding the add'l cards. I have all that you need.

James

Dartonxx75

Here's one of my favorites......

BigKidAtHeart

you know, we all better be carefull
or we will see all these scans suddenly
"For Sale on Ebay!" by some of those
"trixie little hobbitses" on the internet these days!

mikeschmidt

BKAH:

That is specifically why I usually white out my PSA Serial numbers. I've seen so much fraud/abuse of some of the images on the Library of Congress site, for instance, it is very sad. But I try and be proactive just because of the sheer number of $hitheads out there who store such scans and then abuse such sharing.

downgoesfrazier