what is the untouchable part of your collection

jflan702 said:

My 2005 ToTT GU/Auto set. This took too long and too much to let it go.

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jflan702 said:

My 2005 ToTT GU/Auto set. This took too long and too much to let it go.

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mrdallas said:

Cool stuff... the time aspect is the exact same reason i cant get rid of my leaf r&s set

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Skippy100 said:

Same with me. My 1998 Leaf R&S set (baseball) with all SP's and RC's is untouchable, this time. I had previously sold a partial set back around 2002 to make some extra cash. Many years later when I started working full time, I started the set again, and this time I finished it. It took a while this time mostly because it was way after the set release, the SP's had to be tracked down, and mostly because I had a hard time finding an un-graded raw #314 Troy Glaus RC SP.

I wanted them all ungraded in the set, in pages. And back when Troy Glaus was "one of the the guys to get" in 1998 and 1999 most people had that card graded. And it's already an SP. I didn't want to have to over pay for a graded one only to have to bust it out of the holder.

Very cool stuff

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stokelydokely said:

I've gone through a few lulls over the course of my collecting, and at various times I've wondered "What could I get for this or that." One item that has never been part of that internal conversation is my 1994 Albany Yankees team yearbook, with the Jeter card inside and intact. It's not worth nearly as much as some of the gems in this thread, but like many of the other untouchables here, it has a ton of sentimental value.

In the early 90s, my family would go up to a couple Albany-Colonie Yankees games every year. I wouldn't see my first New York Yankees game until 1995, but from 1991 to 1994, the A/C Yankees were all the pro ball I needed. My dad's dad never had much time to spend with him when he was a kid, so I think this was, in some way, my dad's effort to do a really dad-like activity with his boys. I can't pinpoint when exactly I consciously became a serious Yankees fan, but it must have been during one of these trips to New York's Capital Region.

My memories of those days are sparse now, but the most vivid images I have are the Mr. Subb sandwiches we'd eat before the games; the sheer size and magnitude of Heritage Park to 9-year-old me; some guy reaching over my head to snatch the only foul ball that I've ever been within arm's reach of; and my dad, one beautiful day at the ballpark in 1994, flipping through the yearbook, pointing out the Jeter card, and saying "Ooo, try to keep that one in good condition, I think he's supposed to be pretty good!" Somehow, the yearbook (and card) survived the ballgame, the car trip home, and the following years of admiration.

The Albany-Colonie Yankees left the Capital Region after 1994 to become the Norwich Navigators. Heritage Park fell into disuse after the A/C Diamond Dogs left following the 2002 season; it was demolished in 2009. It's now a grassy lot, but nature and Google Maps give clues about the property's former life as a summer destination for fathers and sons and aspiring major leaguers.

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I've got a few wrinkled, fading A/C ticket stubs featuring fresh-faced Yankee hopefuls like Willie Smith and J.T. Snow; a creased, tack-holed pennant; and a chipping souvenir cup. Most pristine from those days are the handful of memories I hold onto, and that 1994 yearbook with the Jeter card it still holds.

*Also, my dad will still occasionally confuse Chuck Knoblauch, of the brief but ring-filled Yankees tenure, with Jay Knoblauh, Yankees farmhand and familiar face of the 1991-92 A/C Yankees seasons.

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swish54_99 said:

I've got a number of things I wouldn't get rid of. Here's just a few. My dad gave me what was left of his card collection, included was a '65 Willie Mays and a binder of 1974 Topps cards. Willie Mays was his favorite player growing up and at one time he had all of his Topps cards, until his basement flooded and ruined his whole card collection. This one survived because it was thumb tacked to his peg board in his room. The binder of '74's he received as a wedding present from my mom the year they got married.

I also have the front page of the Chicago Sun from September 30, 1945, the last time the Cubs won the pennant.

16x20 of Willie Mays making "The Catch" from the '54 World Series.

I've got a number of cards I wouldn't get ride of.

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