What item(s) have you been waiting forever to surface?

[Kid4hof03]

I thought of a few more:

Ralph Sampson - I haven't even been able to find one of his NBA jerseys for some reason.

Herman Moore and Chuck Foreman - I went to college with Moore, and Foreman is from my home town. There are obviously items from both guys out there, but for some reason I never seem to find out about them until after the auction closes.

You just missed a Sampson Kings jersey in the Grey Flannel HOF auction last month. I was the underbidder!

I'm also looking for any UVA game used hoops jerseys.

[grandpahoo]

i have been looking for a well used doug mientkiewicz bat from either mets,royals or yankees years for a few years now. not sure why so hard to track down!

I don't think his swing is powerful enough to mark up his bats.

[grandpahoo]

You just missed a Sampson Kings jersey in the Grey Flannel HOF auction last month. I was the underbidder!

I'm also looking for any UVA game used hoops jerseys.

Dammit!

[grandpahoo]

You just missed a Sampson Kings jersey in the Grey Flannel HOF auction last month. I was the underbidder!

I'm also looking for any UVA game used hoops jerseys.

Also - do you remember what the jersey ended up selling for by any chance?

[joecoco]

well, he can a least foul off a few here and there i am not that picky! -joe

[Vintagedeputy]

i have been looking for a well used doug mientkiewicz bat
from either mets,royals or yankees years for a few years now.
not sure why so hard to track down! oh well, will keep on the
look out - joe
jcocozz1@jhmi.edu

I've seen at least 4 or 5 Minty's on ebay in the last 6 months...

[grandpahoo]

well, he can a least foul off a few here and there i am not that picky! -joe

Neither am I, as evidenced by the fact that I have bats from Sam Horn and Jim Traber. Along with Randy Milligan, Horn and Traber are part of my burgeoning "game used bats from ex-Orioles first basemen who had gigantic asses" collection.

[kneerat]

A real unwashed Brett Favre jersey.

[beavisrules]

Derrick Mayes game worn jerseys - Notre Dame or NFLNotre Dame game worn bowl jersey from the 1992 sugar bowl (have seen one - got outbid - that was 5 years ago, haven't seen one since)

[kingjammy24]

some pretty interesting items so far. it's good to see that it seems a lot of people are playing the waiting game for years. for awhile it seemed like everyone around me was finding everything they wanted except me.
a few years ago, lelands auctioned off a garvey dodgers jersey and an early 60's uecker bat.
i notice most of the items in this thread are 15-30 yrs old. with the notable explosion in the supply of current pieces, i wonder if in 20 yrs collectors will have similar difficulties in finding things or if the huge supply of today will mean that it'll be easy to find most anything even in 20 yrs. there seem to be enough arod, manny and ortiz jerseys to easily last for the next 50 yrs.
howard: good story about those portland beavers pieces. i can't believe you finally got them after 25 yrs of waiting. you sound pretty confident you'll get the tiant pieces. i wish i shared your optimism for the pieces on my list. i have a hunch i'll never see a 1990 or 1991 olerud home gamer. but who knows.. maybe i'll be lucky enough to post my own "after 25 yrs of waiting, i finally got it!" story. i'd only be 57 yrs old too.
i also have a hunch that 80% of the items in this thread are sitting in storage lockers or players' attics.

rudy.