The one that got away...

Guru

What card have you bid on, lost, and you said "D'oh!" You know, what card is the one that got away that you wish you had in your collection?

MrNearMint

It's not a big time card or anything but I was sniped on a 97-98 ultra gold medallion Michael jordan BGS 9.5 card. I lost it by a dollar in the last few seconds so I was pretty mad. I think there are around ten 9.5's in the pop report so it could be a while before I get one. had to settle for a BGS 9.

gemint

Not on eBay but I once passed on two 1957 PSA 10 commons being offered at a card show for $200 each. This was about 10 years ago. Also didn't buy the 1952 Topps nickel packs Mark Murphy was selling for $2500 each or two for $4000 plus all the mint commons he was selling at the 1996 National. Too many to list all of them.

dytch2220

No regrets.

cjaccardi

good topic> I do not have one to share. But I would like to hear the opposite too. The one you bought and wish you never had.

jordangretzkyfan

About 3 years ago, a 1966 Topps Bobby Orr RC graded BVG 9 MINT came up on eBay. The seller had fairly low feedback, so I topped my bid out at $5000 (which would have been a steal) and was outbid by $5. After about a week, the winning bidder posted positive feedback on a successful transaction. I have been kicking myself ever since for letting that monster of a card get away. Haven't seen one surface ever since (aside from the $250k BVG 10 listed right now).

alifaxwa2

Not a big one now, but it was to me as a kid. Back in 1990 there was a show at my local high school, I was 9 years old. There was a dealer that was selling team sets of 1989 UD baseball. I knew I wanted one, because the cards were so cool, I considered the Mariner set for $4 or the Phillies for $2 (since my baseball team that year was the Phillies). I decided to get the Phillies. As the Griffey rc started picking up steam and flying upward in price, I always regretted not buying that Mariner's team set.

bobsbbcards

Card show in 1987. Seller wanted $100 apiece for two 1970 Topps Cloth Stickers. I offered $150 for the two of them. He said no, and I didn't buy either.

I'm an idiot.

Edited to add: On the flip side, I traded around 150 1969 Topps Basketball EX-MT cards for a 1989 Upper Deck Factory set. See above.

itzagoner

oh my. the plurality of disappointments would make it impossible to choose just one. so i'll fondly recall the beautiful B&W photo which i partnered on so many years ago featuring Babe, Lou & Christy Walsh along with their perfectly bold sigs below.

i got to hold it and examine it briefly after the purchase was made. i gave some thought to how cool it would be to own such an amazing artifact. but i was only in for half and my partner was already on the phone to the auction company.

the photo sold for over 7 times what we paid for it. fair enough, a tidy profit.

i'll leave it to all of our imaginations what it could be worth well over 20 years after the fact. whoever owns it now is a winner, for sure.

SDSportsFan

T206 Eddie Plank PSA 2.

It was on ebay in 2003 or 2004. I was the underbidder at just over $16K. Now, a PSA 2 Plank goes for easily double that. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll ever come close to being able to afford a Plank again

Steve

mcadams

Was about to write about a redhead I sat next to in History class back in college, but I see now that's not the purpose of this thread. Carry on.

Stone193

Mark Murphy's sale of nickel packs of 52Ts for around 1700 bucks and trying to get a nice copy of a 52T Mantle when I could've afforded it.