Bought my only baseball card.

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JimTyler
JimTyler Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 27, 2019 6:12PM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

I'm old. When I bought baseball card packs as a kid we pulled out Mickey Mantel ( those never ended up in the spokes of our bikes) Roger Marris and being from Chicago we treasured Ernie Banks. I was searching for an Ernie Banks autograph on ebay and ran across a 2008 Topps Sterling Ernie Banks #6/10 with a signature and a 3 squares piece of cloth ( uniform I presume) it seemed an insane price at $55 but looking around at bids and the top bidders were 4 figure feedback ( underbidder high 4 figures. I figure he knows what he is doing even if I don't) it got more cool as I watched it close. I bought it for $86 no returns so if I got hammered be kind. Still cool and it's Ernie.

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  • doubledragon
    doubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Congrats on a rare and very cool card. You didn't get hammered.

  • FINESTKIND
    FINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
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    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

  • JimTyler
    JimTyler Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    Look all those words I typed. Only one spelling error is a home run.

  • jfkheat
    jfkheat Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JimTyler said:

    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    Look all those words I typed. Only one spelling error is a home run.

    Two wrong. Maris, not Marris. :D

  • JimTyler
    JimTyler Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 27, 2019 6:58PM
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    OK guys, you're suppose to hammer me on my card not my spelling. My wife was a school teacher (now retired) this is exactly what she does to me. 2 mistakes I'm down to a triple. As a matter of fact those are her feet.

  • ElvisP
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    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    .....and you used your when you should have used you're. :)

  • JimTyler
    JimTyler Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ElvisP said:

    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    .....and you used your when you should have used you're. :)
    Nice pickup Elvis. You got my back.

  • FINESTKIND
    FINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
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    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    But I did say "Congrats on the nice pick up. "

  • Stone193
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    Congratulations Jim - it's a cool card.

    Mike
  • JimTyler
    JimTyler Posts: 4,100 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @FINESTKIND said:

    @FINESTKIND said:
    Yes, your old. You spelled Mantle wrong. That's the first sign of being old. Congrats on the nice pick up. :)

    But I did say "Congrats on the nice pick up. "

    We're all just messin around.

  • FINESTKIND
    FINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
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    I know. It's all good. :)

  • doubledragon
    doubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very cool card.

  • jay0791
    jay0791 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭✭
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    nice card and a good choice for your only one.

    Collecting PSA... FB,BK,HK,and BB HOF RC sets
    1948-76 Topps FB Sets
    FB & BB HOF Player sets
    1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets

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