What is the One Card...

IJustLoveCards · June 3, 2005 12:23PM

You have in your collection that you enjoy the most?

Maybe it was the most difficult to obtain, the most expensive, the Highest Grade, Low pop Common.

PICs if you have them..

Stone: This is going to kill you to have to decide..isn't it.

iamthegreatcornholio · June 3, 2005 12:28PM

65 Clemente - I picked it up for 60% SMR and it's almost a 9...

Brian

lawnmowerman · June 3, 2005 12:58PM

Mac53 · June 3, 2005 1:12PM

Dats one pretty Rajah.

Knuckles · June 3, 2005 2:02PM

It's no 8 or 9 but it was my first 'big card' which has been in my collection since 1991.

Stone193 · June 3, 2005 2:23PM

Everyone who thinks vintage would automatically think Mantle - but joy can come in all sizes and shapes - sometimes a "great find" can provoke a lot of pleasure!

Well, I picked up this card for 30 bucks at Rotman's around 92-3 and had it graded last year - I knew it was nice but didn't look close at it - turns out to be a 9! That's a 700 buck card...treasures in the attic!

Brian48 · June 3, 2005 2:30PM

Not the most valuable card I have, but definitely my favorite.

I'm a big Clemens fan and being a veteran of the first Gulf War (USMC, 4th MEB), this set has special meaning to me.

williplett · June 3, 2005 2:42PM

I bought a Gretzky rookie in 1980-81 at the local card shop for 3 dollars. Since I was only 8 at the time, that one pretty much blew my allowance money! I still have the card and although I haven't had it graded, I am guessing it as a solid 8, maybe a 9 if the grader was feeling really chipper.

williplett · June 3, 2005 2:43PM

A quick question, does beckett even have a grade of 10? The highest I have seen is the 9.5's.

yawie99 · June 3, 2005 2:48PM

I've probably shown this card a million times in response to questions like these, but I never get tired of looking at. Hopefully others don't as well.

TyHope · June 3, 2005 2:54PM

That '65 Clemente at the top of the thread is sweet! I'm trying to put together a Clemente collection myself. I've shown this before, but this is by far my favorite card.

zef204 · June 3, 2005 2:59PM

I know its on a lot of people's lists, but I am a Chicago guy and this is from a set I put together in 87! I wish I kept all the cards that passed through my hands that year. I was 11 and after the SI "A Star is Born" I was taken. Michael Jordan. Corners, edges and surface are TIGHT, but centering

. If I only knew how important that would become! I grew up and my folks still live 2 blocks from his first house in the Chicago suburb.

pandrews · June 3, 2005 3:03PM

ok, seriously..

just one? too many to name just one.. but here's a couple of my more recent favorites (that i have scans of):

not super expensive, not too difficult to obtain, not high grade, not low pop.. but still a personal favorite :

knglerxt · June 3, 2005 3:42PM

The front of the card feels like a painting. There were only 10 made.

schr1st · June 3, 2005 4:48PM

It depends on the day of the week. This time around, I'll say this one right here:

It was almost 10 years between getting the Mantle and Killebrew autographs before I got the Mays signature. I took a bus trip to NYC to a card show at the Hotel Pennsylvania to get Mays to sign it. Little did I know at the time, but it was one of the last autographs shows he did.

Other days of the week could result in any of the following cards being the one I enjoy the most:

1939 Play Ball Ted Williams Autographed Rookie Card

1957-58 Topps Bill Russell Autographed Rookie Card

1970 Topps Thurman Munson Autographed Rookie Card

1994 Upper Deck Michael Jordan Autographed Rookie Baseball Card

1992 Upper Deck Ted Williams "#1 of 2500"

1994 Upper Deck Mantle/Griffey Jr. Dual Autographed card

2001 Upper Deck PP Jackie Robinson Cut/Bat card - only 10 made. The best card I've ever pulled from a pack.

<< You have in your collection that you enjoy the most?

Maybe it was the most difficult to obtain, the most expensive, the Highest Grade, Low pop Common.

PICs if you have them..

Stone: This is going to kill you to have to decide..isn't it. >>

InMySock · June 3, 2005 8:15PM

The pride and joy of my collection...

Onlypsahockey · June 3, 2005 8:55PM

The holy grail:

Bob

Onlypsahockey · June 3, 2005 8:58PM

Yaw, that Rollins is beautiful. Belongs in a museum. Very nice.

Bob

lawnmowerman · June 3, 2005 9:03PM

<< A quick question, does beckett even have a grade of 10? The highest I have seen is the 9.5's. >>

MorrellMan · June 3, 2005 11:00PM

Tough to pick - aesthetically? significantly? sympathetically?
This one took over 20 years to get:

DirtyDog48 · June 3, 2005 11:15PM

<< I've probably shown this card a million times in response to questions like these, but I never get tired of looking at. Hopefully others don't as well. >>

Thanks for posting it again....gorgeous Al Rollins card!

julen23 · June 4, 2005 12:01AM

wahoo mcdaniel?!

I used to LOVE that guy on Mid-South Wrestling!!!!

He used to kick the crap out of the Grappler and Masked Assasins every week.

Julen

Wahoo's place in Wrestling HOF

Knuckles · June 4, 2005 12:05AM

schr1st,

I love that card Killebrew, Mays, Mantle card you have.. Remember it from a post of yours a long time ago. anyplans to send it to PSA/DNA for grading/authentication (you it's real already but just so it can be nicely slabbed)

jrdolan · June 4, 2005 1:30AM

What a great thread, and what a great bunch of cards! IJustLoveCards, where's yours?

Sorry, I can't pick just one today. I'm enjoying these a lot. The Bench is a 1/1, highest graded.

IJustLoveCards · June 4, 2005 1:58AM

this was a tough choice..but..heres mine (today at least)

Knuckles · June 4, 2005 2:13AM

Gorgeous '53 Mantle.. I'm jelious, I've wanted one for a long time.

Stone193 · June 4, 2005 2:42AM

IJLC
Sweet Mantle!

Mark
I never get tired of seeing that Morrell card!

Yawie
I "hockey challenged" - can you tell me about the card?

JR
Didn't you have a sweet 53T Mantle?

Great cards guys!
Keep'm coming
mike

schr1st · June 4, 2005 3:20AM

Eventually. I've got a lot of other cards I want to get slabbed first though, ones that I didn't get signed in person.

<< schr1st,

I love that card Killebrew, Mays, Mantle card you have.. Remember it from a post of yours a long time ago. anyplans to send it to PSA/DNA for grading/authentication (you it's real already but just so it can be nicely slabbed) >>

halosfan · June 4, 2005 3:26AM

Great cards JR!!

Mike ... Outstanding Baylor. I've been wanting to start the 61 Fleer set and now I may have to.

softparade · June 4, 2005 3:26AM

Since I pulled it a few weeks ago, Eddie Murray sits atop my favorite list right now. Ungraded until next month!

Buccaneer · June 4, 2005 3:30AM

Hard to pick one because I judge eye appeal and design more importantly than I do book value. Besides, most of my valuable cards are Yankees, so I can't pick any of them.

I'll go with...

jrdolan · June 4, 2005 3:53AM

<< IJLC
Sweet Mantle!

JR
Didn't you have a sweet 53T Mantle? >>

I did indeed, Mike, and then I sold almost all of my 53 Topps. Best card I ever owned up to that point. It was almost as nice as IJLC's.

yawie99 · June 4, 2005 4:53AM

Hey, Stone, it's the only 9 in my '53-54 Parkhurst set and a 1/1, though most of the '53s that have been graded 9 are also 1/1's. I think it's also a tough card in 8, but the great horizontal image is what's so cool about it. Plus the card had been The One That Got Away (not once, but twice) so it was great when I finally won it.

As for Rollins himself, he's not a Hall of Famer or anything, but he won the Hart Trophy for '53-54 despite playing on a pathetic Black Hawks team. He must've stood on his head night after night since it just doesn't seem possible for a goalie with a 12-47 record to be the league MVP.

And thanks, Bob.

Stone193 · June 4, 2005 5:10AM

Thanx Yawie
Now the card has more meaning to me - that's a great card!

JR
That Jackie is sweet - I'm the Brooklyn fan here!

Knucks
Are you doing the entire OPC set - nice Gretsky - that card I can identify with even if I can't smell the ice!

Sean
The 68T autos - what can I say but I'ld love to have it - I just picked up a litho with Mantle, Mays and Snider - not psa/dna but looks real good and I trust the guy.

Zef
Do you think the MJ card would be a higher grade if centered better?

Perry
The Wahoo card is too cool - it looks better than a 7?

Knglerxt
I'm a Braves fan - I have a lot of cards but not that one - very nice.

Brian - Corn
What can I say about the Clemente other than send it my way if you get tired of it!LOL

Matt
That Clemens XRC is really nice - tremendous centering.

Brian48
Are you doing the entire DS set graded? I was over in Saudi then and the cards were being sent home by us collectors real fast. My son made a bundle!

These threads are always a favorite of mine!
There's just so many great cards to see - thanx for sharing
mike

Clementefan · June 4, 2005 7:08AM

This is my current favorite

My Complete Master Set (2001 Playoff Contenders Cards)

Michael Vick 2001 Playoff Contenders BGS 9.5 Auto

Knuckles · June 4, 2005 8:11AM

<< Knucks
Are you doing the entire OPC set - nice Gretsky - that card I can identify with even if I can't smell the ice!
>>

Mike,

No, I don't do sets.. I like collecting the odd visually appealing card/rookie card of star players here and there. Really nice 9 Baylor by the way.

The only set I would like to do would be 1954-55 Topps.. beautiful design and great images of the players.

psykohog · June 4, 2005 8:14AM

Clementefan, after going to your master set page
I am to blind to see your Vick. That red an blue combo is
a little bright. J/K.

zef204 · June 4, 2005 9:27AM

Stone- I think so but I tend to think that PSA would not.

For any who love that 86-87 fleer set here are the rest of my stars.

PSA painted 8's across the board

A

B

C

TNP777 · June 4, 2005 9:48AM

You guys have some truly beautiful examples of your favorite cards. Mine is a downright dog of a card. truly a Tipton Mint if there ever was one.

My '55 Koufax is my personal favorite. When I started collecting Dodger team sets in earnest (soon after I joined OBC), there were a ton of cards I never dreamed I'd own. I almost didn't put sets on my list from before 1960 because when you collect certain teams, specifically Dodgers and Yankees, there always seems to be a premium on the cards. Koufax rookie - no way I'm ever going to own one. Well, long story short, a good friend sent me the card below as a gift, nothing expected in return (the magic of OBC!). This was probably five years ago, and I'm still in awe of this card. I'm still in awe of the random act of generosity and kindness my friend showed me. It was been abused over the 50 years of its existence, or well-loved if you prefer. I remember the giddiness I felt when I opened the bubble mailer and saw it. Jumping up & down, yelling, huge grin plastered on my face. I showed it to my family, who were underwhelmed to say the least. I'm sure many here have family members that tolerate our passion, but don't really understand it.

Anyway, here's my favorite card. Another one I love is my '53 Bowman Color Pee Wee Reese, which is a wonderul card. I paid for that one, so it doesn't hold the same feeling for me.

jrdolan · June 5, 2005 3:39AM

A couple more. Hank holds a special place in my heart because he's been with me for a long time and was one of the first cards I submitted to PSA more than a year ago. Of course I thought he was NM all those years, but that's another story. Big Klu kinda speaks for himself.

bobbybakeriv · June 8, 2005 8:35AM

Super nice cards on this thread! Wow.

This is my first attempt to attach a file on this site so forgive me if I screw it up. In any case, this 1976 Topps Carew #400 is my own personal favorite for a few reasons: 1) the year I started collecting was 1976, 2) Carew was my favorite player way back then, and 3) this card was included in my very first PSA 6-card submission and was my first PSA 10. On the same submission, I also included a 1977 Topps Brett #580 that was graded a 10. Now, many, many submissions later, I am just beginning to realize how lucky I really was...

Edited: The scan isn't so great but I will try to do better next time.

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