What is the one piece every collector should have??

[jetersbatboy]

I see a lot of people on the forum trying to get a Big Mac or jeter bat, even if there not part of there collecting scope. What I mean is there one item that is agreed on by most collector thats a must have? As for me I would want a Mac bat or a Mantle auto ball. I think most collector would like one of these items.

[yanks12025]

I would say a Babe Ruth signed baseball is any shape.

[suave1477]

I will agree with the Mac Bat, Mantle ball. I think for most a Babe Ruth ball would be nice.

to add to these I would say

(putting aside the roids)

An Arod game used bat

or Pujols Game Used bat

[frikativ54]

No such thing as a universalization of what's valuable to own. Everything's in the eye of the collector - what's good for him/her is whatever he/she decides it to be. Have fun with your collection; enjoy it for what it is.

[godwulf]

I think you're right about the Mantle ball...or any Mantle item, really...in that most Baseball collectors would be happy to find a place in their collections for something like that, even if they're not big Yankees fans, and never got to see Mantle play.

McGwire...not so much.

A single-signed Babe Ruth ball is another item that comes to mind in this regard, for those who can afford one.

Not everyone will agree, of course, but I happen to think that a Pete
Rose signed baseball is a must-have. (I wouldn't mind having one of his bats, too, but budgets being what they are, I have to settle for having a Pete Rose, Jr. bat in my collection.)

Hey, I just had a really weird thought, and this is - sorry - totally off-topic, but...if Barry Bonds goes to prison, do you suppose he'll arrange to buy his own prison uniforms, and then sell them on his website?

[Vintagedeputy]

Stay away from Lastings Milledge! Its mine all mine!

[joelsabi]

Gotta be the Babe Ruth baseball, especially if you've seen Sandlots with your kids. Wish I had one.

[suicide_squeeze]

Gotta be the Babe Ruth baseball, especially if you've seen Sandlots with your kids. Wish I had one.

Just behold the beauty........it's a breathtaking thing in our hobbie to be able to possess the holy grail of our collecting lives.....

[frikativ54]

Just behold the beauty........it's a breathtaking thing in our hobbie to be able to possess the holy grail of our collecting lives.....

It's nice, but I could live without it. Seriously. It's just a ball that Ruth wrote on it. Now, if it were a glove that Ruth actually used in a number of games, then that would be different. As I say, to each his/her own. I don't think collectors should be trying to tell other collectors what they should have in their collection. That's for the buyer to decide.

[Vintagedeputy]

.... Seriously. It's just a ball that Ruth wrote on it.

Oh brother.......