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]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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

[suave1477]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

Stay away from Lastings Milledge! Its mine all mine!

[joelsabi]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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

[suicide_squeeze]

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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]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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]

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

Oh brother.......

[suicide_squeeze]

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Oh brother.......

I wasn't going to say anything, because everyone is right in this argument.......but ........exactly!

Frik........it just doesn't GET any better than that one......if you're into that kind of thing (a ball signed by the GOD of baseball)

[frikativ54]

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Oh brother.......

It just doesn't do much for me. The only kind of spacio-temporal contiguity it has with Ruth is that he touched it for a few seconds to write his name. Had it been used in a game, then things would be different. I'm not sure that I would need it in my collection.

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

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

Me too

[Vintagedeputy]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

It just doesn't do much for me. The only kind of spacio-temporal contiguity it has with Ruth is that he touched it for a few seconds to write his name.

I don't know what that shrimp tempura nonsense is, but if you would pass up a legit Ruth signed baseball, you're nuts! Its the holy grail of any autograph collection....of any memoribilia collection....

[frikativ54]

Re: What is the one piece every collector should have??

I don't know what that shrimp tempura nonsense is, but if you would pass up a legit Ruth signed baseball, you're nuts! Its the holy grail of any autograph collection....of any memoribilia collection....

Shrimp-tempura nonsense?!?! I am laughing so hard I can barely breathe!