What is your white whale?

mcholke · January 4, 2006 5:35AM

From this forum it appears one of our members captured his white whale. Congrats. I thought it would be interesting to see what other white whales lurk out there and who knows maybe someone can help capture it.

I am trolling the waters for a 1968 Kahns Red Stripe Version of Tony Perez. Any sightings? WHat is your white whale?

AkbarClone · January 4, 2006 5:44AM

1957 Topps Basketball-Horace McKinney. in PSA 4 or above

It pops up on ebay occassionally, but I always get outbid by "bigger pockets".

QUITCRAB · January 4, 2006 6:03AM

I am looking for a Full 1965 Bazooka Box that has Brooks Robinson on it (E.Howard and Santo)-I also need a 67 topps Punch out of Brooks-I have never seen the card, and a couple guys working on that set have yet to see it either.A 67 and 68 topps disc of Brooks would be nice too... any help fellas????

packernut · January 4, 2006 6:16AM

I am looking for early Packers. My white whale(s) have been the 1935 Chicle football high numbers - 32 and 33. My other white whale is the 1948 Leaf FB #97 Rhodemyre in EX or better. The Chicles come up once or twice a year and go for double SMR in high grades. The Rhodemyre never comes up. I think I will eventually find them when I am least expecting it.

Butcher · January 4, 2006 6:42AM

I have a couple -

1935 Chicle #27 Bull Tosi in ex or better
1951 Topps Ringside #50 Lou Ambers in NrMT or better

jmbkb4 · January 4, 2006 7:01AM

Looking for 1993 Finest Refractors of Pat Borders #133 and Bernie Williams #30

divecchia · January 4, 2006 7:41AM

Looking for the 1974 Deckle Edge Nolan Ryan with the white back. I've had the '74 Deckle Edge Ryan gray back for more than 10 years, but the white back has eluded me. If someone has one or knows of one please let me know.

Thanks...Donato

Molson · January 4, 2006 12:12PM

I have three, they are from the same set...
1955 Parkhurst Quaker Oats. #1 Lumley, #33 Clancy, #37 Richard.
I live in Arkansas, I am sure I will run into one at a garage sale sooner or later right?
Okay ... stop laughing.

gregm13 · January 4, 2006 12:16PM

I'm looking for the Dan Marino 1993 Stadium Club First Day Production card and 1986 McDonalds (all 8) in NM/MT or better condition.

Regards,

Greg M.

TheVon · January 4, 2006 12:16PM

My white whale would be a '75 mini Jim Rice PSA 10. There's only one out there so far . . . and it isn't mine.

gmoneystyles · January 4, 2006 12:16PM

Yes I have heard that Lumley is a real "B" !

Kosmo · January 4, 2006 12:31PM

1971 baseball:

#536 Claude Raymond in PSA 8/SGC 88 or better.
#634 Phil Regan in PSA 8/SGC 88 or better.

gaspipe26 · January 4, 2006 1:38PM

1969 Lou Brock in 9. There is none, looking for the 1st.

VMFA115 · January 4, 2006 6:07PM

Ditto on the Brock....
Dave C.

Aaronman · January 4, 2006 10:06PM

1975 Hank Aaron #660 PSA 9
1973 Carl Yastrzemski PSA 9

You would think they would be easy. I have been looking for 3 years.

Doug

smallstocks · January 4, 2006 10:14PM

1955 Clemente. Only card I need to complete the set.

nearmint · January 5, 2006 9:08AM

Two of them:

1960 Fleer football #7 Sid Gillman PSA 9 -- the only one
1960 Fleer football #84 Jim Woodard PSA 8+ -- which doesn't exist yet

SKINSFAN · January 5, 2006 9:51AM

66 topps football #132 CHECKLIST Like Mike said which does not exist yet only 2 7,s nota 8,s

BearCollector · January 6, 2006 2:12AM

For cards that don't currently exist and for which I have current sets, I'd have to go with the 1977, 1984 and/or 1985 Topps Basic Walter Payton in PSA 10. I can't believe the latter two still have no examples yet. I wouldn't mind landing a 1966 Philly Sayers PSA 10 some day either. Lastly, I'd have to say a PSA 10 Mike Garrett from the 1970 Kellogg's FB set (the ONLY card not to have a 10 yet, due to inherent centering problems).

As for existing cards, I'd have a Top 5 grouping like this, not necessarily in this order:

1. 1970 Kellogg's BB Brooks Robinson PSA 10
2. The five remaining 1970 Kellogg's FB 1/1 PSA 10s I currently don't have (Brown, Jacobs, Carl Garrett, Meador, Cook)
3. The four PSA 9 Sayers basic cards I need to finish off his set in all 9s (1967 Philly, 1968, 1969, 1971 Topps)
4. Any of the fifteen or so cards from the Payton Master set that I don't currently have the highest graded copy of, particularly the 1979 Topps #335 PSA 10 and the 1981 Topps Red Border Sticker #4 PSA 10. I think MOSH has 7-8 1/1s from this group that I'll never get ahold of.
5. Any of the remaining PSA 10s I lack from the 1970 Kellogg's BB set. I should be down to under 15 of those with graded copies very soon.

donnnster · January 6, 2006 3:10AM

Mine is the 1960 armour coin Bud Daley...last coin needed to finish my 1960 armour coin registry.

bobsbbcards · January 6, 2006 3:53AM

I've got one of those, but the darned thing was printed at a 90 degree angle. You'd think that the quality control group at Armour would have caught that. Oh well....

bobsbbcards · January 6, 2006 4:03AM

Oh yeah, white whales...

(1) 1969 Kahn's Ron Santo Red Stripes - I'm betting that this card doesn't exist although it's been listed in the prices guides since the early '60s (well, maybe not quite that long). Every "complete" set I've ever seen is missing it (including the Copeland collection and the recent Mastro auction). None have been graded by PSA.

(2) 1971 Bazooka Numbered (baseball) #46-#48 Hundley, Mays, Hunter. I suspect that the rest of the set was printed on a sheet but the Hundley, Mays, and Hunter were printed as a complete box.

(3) 1982 Fleer Test Cal Ripken (w/ correct name) - Came in two flavors: one with name as Dave Ford on front and one with real name.

(4) 1969 Fleer 3-D Plastic Baseball Trophies - Montreal Expos - Not sure it exists.

(5) 1962 Kahn's Bob Purkey (no autograph)

(6) 1969 O-Pee-Chee Wax Pack (baseball) - Not sure it exists.

(7) 1969 Topps #476 Ken Brett Rookie White Letter (PSA 7)

(8) 1959 Topps #40 Warren Spahn Born in 1930 (without the obscurred "3") - Not sure it exists.

(9) 1986 Sportflics Prototypes Dave Winfield (statistic back)

That'll do....

mikeschmidt · January 6, 2006 4:09AM

1980 Pepsi Mike Schmidt

GoSoxBoSox · January 6, 2006 4:15AM

The 1925 Dominion Chocolate's Lionel Conacher's got me stumped

bobsbbcards · January 6, 2006 4:17AM

<< 1980 Pepsi Mike Schmidt

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mikeschmidt · January 6, 2006 4:26AM

That's what you have to love about you, Bob. The rest of us here are complaining about cards that either 100% exist, or should one day exist [e.g. exists in PSA 8, but not yet in PSA 9]. You have to be all pie-in-the-sky about looking for things that you cannot even confirm exist. Not to mention that 99.9% of us here would defer to your knowledge on these issues - so if you say it probably doesn't exist, who are we to argue?

FWIW - I'm also itching for a Doolan Lenox back. Sure one is out there - but only really started looking a few months ago. [I have the two other Phillies with Lenox backs already, McQuillan and Magee]

Marc

donnnster · January 6, 2006 5:42AM

Hey Bob was that the one that was on the mastro auction recently? I know I saw a psa8 daley go for around 580 or so...if u ever decide to sell it lemme know!

BearCollector · January 6, 2006 6:44AM

Also looking for raw 1967 Bears Pro Pizza set/Sayers and 1969 Bears Kroger set/Sayers. Also several from the 1968 Champion Corn Flakes set. I've found a 1969 Kelly's Chips Sayers and 1968 Champion Corn Flakes Sayers in raw form, but upgrades of those would also be nice.

bobsbbcards · January 6, 2006 8:18AM

<< Hey Bob was that the one that was on the mastro auction recently? I know I saw a psa8 daley go for around 580 or so...if u ever decide to sell it lemme know! >>

Yes it was. It was the last one I needed for 1960 (I'm only doing one color per coin). I was very happy with the price.

divecchia · January 6, 2006 4:54PM

<< Oh yeah, white whales...

(1) 1969 Kahn's Ron Santo Red Stripes - I'm betting that this card doesn't exist although it's been listed in the prices guides since the early '60s (well, maybe not quite that long). Every "complete" set I've ever seen is missing it (including the Copeland collection and the recent Mastro auction). None have been graded by PSA.

(2) 1971 Bazooka Numbered (baseball) #46-#48 Hundley, Mays, Hunter. I suspect that the rest of the set was printed on a sheet but the Hundley, Mays, and Hunter were printed as a complete box.

(3) 1982 Fleer Test Cal Ripken (w/ correct name) - Came in two flavors: one with name as Dave Ford on front and one with real name.

(4) 1969 Fleer 3-D Plastic Baseball Trophies - Montreal Expos - Not sure it exists.

(5) 1962 Kahn's Bob Purkey (no autograph)

(6) 1969 O-Pee-Chee Wax Pack (baseball) - Not sure it exists.

(7) 1969 Topps #476 Ken Brett Rookie White Letter (PSA 7)

(8) 1959 Topps #40 Warren Spahn Born in 1930 (without the obscurred "3") - Not sure it exists.

(9) 1986 Sportflics Prototypes Dave Winfield (statistic back)

That'll do.... >>

My white whale is the 1970 Topps Cloth sticker of Nolan Ryan and I know it exists.

Donato

lostdart58 · January 6, 2006 6:30PM

<< Oh yeah, white whales...

(8) 1959 Topps #40 Warren Spahn Born in 1930 (without the obscurred "3") - Not sure it exists.

That'll do.... >>

The Spahn you refer to does exist, as I have all three variations......(none for sale)

bobsbbcards · January 6, 2006 8:30PM

<< The Spahn you refer to does exist, as I have all three variations......(none for sale)

>>

Thanks for the info! If you would be so kind as to provide a scan of the back, I would love you forever (in a manly, non-sexual way).

P.S. I've purchased two off of eBay that PSA labeled as "Born in 1931", but both had obscurred 3s. Very frustrating.

lostdart58 · January 7, 2006 12:38AM

<< 

<< The Spahn you refer to does exist, as I have all three variations......(none for sale)

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Thanks for the info! If you would be so kind as to provide a scan of the back, I would love you forever (in a manly, non-sexual way).

P.S. I've purchased two off of eBay that PSA labeled as "Born in 1931", but both had obscurred 3s. Very frustrating.

>>

PM me with your email and I will send scan.........I have never had any luck with scans here......it always says my scans are too large...( I am perhaps too stupid to figure it out)

Jami

halosfan · January 7, 2006 12:47AM

I'd love to find a 1956 Adventure Max Schmelling in a NQ PSA 8 or 9. Not easy to locate.

mcholke · January 25, 2007 1:38PM

Found my white whale, at least most of it. The 1968 Kahns Red Stripe version has eluded me these many years. I finally picked one off but it is missing the tab. The hunt will continue for the entire panel but for now I am happy with this place holder.

bobsbbcards · January 25, 2007 9:30PM

Kevin,

Congrats!!! Once you find a complete one, I'll be able to relax a bit more (as in, have fewer guard dogs).

Bob

Fuzz · January 26, 2007 1:22AM

Skinsfan,
The pop for your 66 checklist 132 is now up to 5. A veritable common. Still no 8's and I wouldn't mind getting one of those as well.

The one that is torqueing me off though is the 65 Philly Renfro. I have waited about two years for an 8. Have seen two in the last month only to find though HOF rookie guys want it even more than I do.

Fuzz

MAD · January 26, 2007 2:12AM

Fuzz --

Sorry about that Renfro. I got the last one.

My White Whale is a 66 Bobby Orr PSA 9 which does not exist.

Marc.

1954 · January 26, 2007 3:45AM

Greg m- I might have the Marino 1st production card in this collection that I bought. I will let you know once I get through all this stuff.

shane

gregm13 · January 26, 2007 4:05AM

<< Greg m- I might have the Marino 1st production card in this collection that I bought. I will let you know once I get through all this stuff.

shane >>

Thank you.

Actually, my white whales now are:

1. 1963 Fleer PSA 8 Nick Buoniconti (centered)
2. All of the 1996 Select Certified mirror cards (Red, Blue, Gold) for Dan Marino
3. PSA 9 or PSA 10 Jason Taylor 1997 SP Authentic.

Regards,

Greg M.

jradke4 · January 26, 2007 4:35AM

91 Stadium Club Super Bowl Brett Favre RC.

tdfitz · January 26, 2007 6:04AM

I can't believe no one has said "Rosie O'Donnell".

I'm still looking for the 1962 rookie card.

Bunker · January 26, 2007 7:56AM

A 1973 Schmidt Rookie PSA 9. I can find them, just can't afford them.

softparade · January 26, 2007 8:10AM

1978 Topps #400 Nolan Ryan PSA 9. Get outbid every time and the price has just gone up and up and up.

augustaman · January 26, 2007 8:14AM

Two are driving me nuts..........
1978 #347 Forster
1974 #599 Rookies (SD small print)
Please help!!!!!

perkdog · January 26, 2007 9:03AM

1953 Bowman Color, Roy Campanella in PSA 7. I cannot find one.

redlegs · January 26, 2007 9:24AM

I have been trying to find a couple of Topps Test issues for Johnny Bench, both the1970 Topps Test Candy Lid and 1973 Topps Comic.

Phil

ssgunnip · January 26, 2007 10:17AM

My White Whales:

Fuzz, try finding a PSA 9 1965 Mel Renfro.

I am also looking for a 66 Bob Hayes PSA 9, 63 Bob Lilly PSA 9, and a 67 Dan Reeves PSA 9.

diamondman · January 26, 2007 10:24AM

My White Whale: 1941 Reds Harry Hartman Set- no # DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO WM KOEHL Co., been chasing this card for 30 +
years never seen one, none has been graded, but they say it exsists? Will take one in any condition (ripped in four pieces and taped back together is fine) ok make it 6 pieces.

1960toppsguy · January 26, 2007 11:35AM

Good luck on the 1969 Brock PSA-9, it could bring thousands and thousands when the first one comes up for sale. Everyone who is anyone in the hobby covets it! It won't come cheap . . . way to many ego's with loot in the registry!

bobsbbcards · January 26, 2007 10:11PM

1975 Clarence Mengler Baseball's Best postcard of Ralph Garr (spelled Gaar)

1968 American Oil Mickey Mantle portrait (right side), Babe Ruth action (left side), and Willie Mays action (left side)

1977-78 Cubic Corp. Sports Deck Playing Cards Phillies logo deck (rumored to not exist, but it's in the dang catalog)

1967 Dexter Press Paul Schall

1969 Fleer Caps Oakland A's

1968 Uniroyal Keds Cincinnati Reds team set

What is your white whale?

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