1. 02-12-11 06:02 PM #1
    Mr KLC
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    What Was/Is Your Best Ever Baseball Card

    I had a Topps 1975 Gary Carter rookie card. As a teenager, I traded it for Don Mattingly and Dwight Gooden rookie cards. Oops!
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  2. 02-12-11 08:31 PM #2
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    I used to collect, haven't in awhile. Had hundreds of jersey/bat/game used cards and auto'd cards and thousands of rookie cards but off the top of my head my best was prolly a cal ripken 5 piece game used bat/jersey/hat/pants/glove all on one card serial numbered out of 25
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  3. 02-12-11 09:27 PM #3
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    have a couple good cards...1979 Ozzie Smith rookie card...also Jim Rice rookie card.
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  4. 02-12-11 10:33 PM #4
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    I am an avid collector/investor in Prewar Graded Cards. I have a very rare Old Judge and a ton of E, D cards....
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  5. 02-12-11 10:44 PM #5
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    Have Cal Ripken's rookie around somewhere - I think that's my best.
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  6. 02-12-11 11:01 PM #6
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    I definitely collected during the "Junk Era" of sports cards. I have a huge collection that probably isnt worth squat!
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  7. 02-12-11 11:08 PM #7
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    I have a Mike Schmidt rookie card and a Mark Mcquire rookie card with him pictured on the 85 U.S team.
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  8. 02-12-11 11:09 PM #8
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    ken griffey jr rookie was my favorite. i cherished that thing. Was easily my fav player growing up.
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  9. 02-12-11 11:15 PM #9
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    Ripkin in the three across would probably be the top card perhaps, I can't remember if I have his Traded 3B card anymore or not. I think my favorite card is a 1953 Yogi Berra card, not his RC but I like the card. Someday I would hope to get a Topps 65 and 66 set. the two sets I liked the most when I was a kid.
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  10. 02-12-11 11:20 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reload View Post
    Have Cal Ripken's rookie around somewhere - I think that's my best.
    Wow! yes I would love to get my hand on one of those. Ripken is my all time favorite player and I have plenty of his cards but no rookies.
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  11. 02-13-11 12:35 AM #11
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    Honus Wagner...
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  12. 02-13-11 01:09 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chugs View Post
    Honus Wagner...
    I had that one too.......
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  13. 02-13-11 08:01 AM #13
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    1961 Mickey Mantle
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  14. 02-13-11 08:11 AM #14
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    1956 Ted Williams, 1955 earnie banks. Wanna buy them?
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  15. 02-13-11 08:23 AM #15
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    The Upper Deck Griffey Jr. rookie was a beautiful card. I also liked the Bo Jackson baby blue Fleer card from 87'. Gave most of it to my nephew, after realizing the markets were flooded with crap in the 80's and 90's. The light came on for me, when I went into a card store and the guy had like 1000 Griffey Jr. upper deck rookies stacked in a case.

    Yeah.

    Mine was gonna be worth a few thousand some day. Right.
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  16. 02-13-11 08:25 AM #16
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    Jordan Rookie!!! I have a few complete sets from the 80's. I have been meaning to taKe the whole collection to the card shop and have it appraised and sell them the "junk" cards and keep the good ones-- I mean I have a couple thousand cards sitting in a closet at my parents house...might be about time!
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  17. 02-13-11 08:26 AM #17
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    Have none of them left...mom sold them all at a garage sale
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  18. 02-13-11 09:49 AM #18
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    I collected but never had any real good cards, Griffey Jr upper deck was probably my best one.
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  19. 02-13-11 09:55 AM #19
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    I've got Maddux Glavine and Smoltz's rookie cards. Have quite a few of Chipper Jones and Shaq's.
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  20. 02-13-11 10:17 AM #20
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    Ken Boyer rookie card was my favorite for sentimental reasons.

    There's a card shop still open down the street from my office. I have no idea how they stay in business.
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  21. 02-13-11 04:51 PM #21
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    thurman munson....sentimental reasons.....
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  22. 02-13-11 04:52 PM #22
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    Griffey upper deck rookie card for the win
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  23. 02-13-11 04:52 PM #23
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    gave the rest to nephew many many years ago....regret that one
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  24. 02-13-11 06:34 PM #24
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    Had the Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck at one point. Sold it for some "pogs" as a wee one.
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  25. 02-13-11 07:32 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chugs View Post
    Honus Wagner...
    I have 12 Honus cards but not the Holy Grail. I had a chance to buy a nice PSA 1 for 219k last year but passed it up. I have some nice E Honus cards though.
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  26. 02-13-11 07:42 PM #26
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    i think my collection is pretty solid. a handful of years ago i organized everything by team and then within that alphabetically by each year. i have about 6-1964 topps pete rose rookie cards and a solid 1958 topps roger maris rookie card. also have a bunch of hank aarons, willie stargell, orlando cepeda, ernie banks, ron santo, willie mays just to name a few off the top of my head
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  27. 02-13-11 08:47 PM #27
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    I had a Nolan Ryan rookie card but it had a crease in it
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  28. 02-13-11 09:56 PM #28
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    98 Topps Peyton Manning Autograph RC...ripped it from a pack at my local store
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  29. 02-13-11 10:02 PM #29
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    Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris 57 Topps I believe they were
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  30. 02-13-11 10:03 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by smitch124 View Post
    I had a Nolan Ryan rookie card but it had a crease in it
    lol

    I have a Jerry Rice rookie card, but as a kid I wrote numbers on my cards with a marker, have no idea why, so there's a big 6 right smack dab in the middle of it.

    Have a Franco Harris card, think it's from '83 autographed. Def my fav.
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  31. 02-13-11 10:49 PM #31
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    1941 Play Ball, Pee Wee Reese
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  32. 02-13-11 11:29 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by B1GER1C828 View Post
    ken griffey jr rookie was my favorite. i cherished that thing. Was easily my fav player growing up.
    Same for me on both points.
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  33. 02-14-11 07:48 AM #33
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    1968 Nolan Ryan rookie
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  34. 02-14-11 10:25 AM #34
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    Johnny Bench rookie
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  35. 02-14-11 01:33 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muddy View Post
    Had the Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck at one point. Sold it for some "pogs" as a wee one.
    Yeah, I have that one too. Unfortunately, I don't think its worth that much anymore and I think I paid around $75 for it
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