Cards you regret holding - Page 2

ThoseBackPages · 01-05-2026, 07:44 PM

Lebron

towerymt · 01-05-2026, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Lebron

LeWashed

tjenkins · 01-05-2026, 09:50 PM

Traded my Beckett 9.5 Trout Update RC for a SGC 6.5 1967 Tom Seaver the year before Trout got his first season ending injury. Got lucky on that one because I still have his PSA 8 Gold Update RC.

hermanotarjeta · 01-05-2026, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Lebron

LeFraud.

dfenno · 01-05-2026, 10:32 PM

LVDan · 01-05-2026, 11:57 PM

Luckily I never held any of them to serious regret level.

hermanotarjeta · 01-06-2026, 12:06 AM

If you approach purchasing cards with the intention to keep it forever, you will never regret the purchase.

Archangel1775 · 01-06-2026, 12:12 AM

Wander Franco Bowman Heritage Red Refractor /5. $500 to 5 pesos.

rnocards · 01-06-2026, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

On the other hand, there has never been a card I have sold (which isn't many) that I haven't regretted selling.

This deserves its own thread.

hermanotarjeta · 01-06-2026, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by rnocards

This deserves its own thread.

The COPE is strong for this one, and for all of us I'm sure, lol.

SaveMeTheGum · 01-06-2026, 06:47 AM

Anyone holding Mike Trout...

haldcottingham · 01-06-2026, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by dfenno

I feel this one, because I kept every single Matt Harvey.

haldcottingham · 01-06-2026, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by SaveMeTheGum

Anyone holding Mike Trout...

Honestly, I still hold Mike Trout.

Nostalgia · 01-06-2026, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dashcol

Well, base have gone from $3k to $750 for a base. Wait a year, and you can probably get a Diamond or Blue for that.

HAHA....Sad but true.

BoSoxFan1999 · 01-06-2026, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Archangel1775

Wander Franco Bowman Heritage Red Refractor /5. $500 to 5 pesos.

Hey, at least you aren't the guy that paid nearly $200k for this card. LOL
https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice...FRANCO/2836144

MiamiMarlinsFan · 01-06-2026, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

Hey, at least you aren't the guy that paid nearly $200k for this card. LOL
https://www.psacard.com/auctionprice...FRANCO/2836144

That physically hurts to look at.

BoSoxFan1999 · 01-06-2026, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

That physically hurts to look at.

Cardladder estimates its value at $7.3k now....but I feel that is about $7.29k too much.

MiamiMarlinsFan · 01-06-2026, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BoSoxFan1999

Cardladder estimates its value at $7.3k now....but I feel that is about $7.29k too much.

I don’t know how it could be worth anything at all. I remember seeing the Superfractor auto in person. The owner brought it to a Florida Fire Frogs game to get a picture of it with Wander (he played for the Stone Crabs at the time), and back in 2019 people were saying it was a $60k-$80k card… probably could have cracked $400k around his debut.

I was standing about 3 feet away from the owner of the card as he took this picture. If only we knew then… although we all should have bailed as soon as he was suspended for a week for “conduct detrimental to the team.”

BoSoxFan1999 · 01-06-2026, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

I don’t know how it could be worth anything at all. I remember seeing the Superfractor auto in person. The owner brought it to a Florida Fire Frogs game to get a picture of it with Wander (he played for the Stone Crabs at the time), and back in 2019 people were saying it was a $60k-$80k card… probably could have cracked $400k around his debut.

I was standing about 3 feet away from the owner of the card as he took this picture. If only we knew then… although we all should have bailed as soon as he was suspended for a week for “conduct detrimental to the team.”

Yeah, there was a small window where people could have bailed on their big Wander cards and probably escaped with just a moderate loss. But once the full details came out, it was Enron time for the Wander market.

seanrs1 · 01-06-2026, 11:11 AM

I have to admit I have a huge Wander collection and never sold. I thought if Tampa was willing to give him a long term contract extension (when they don't really do this for any other players) it was a good sign that they thought he was a superstar. And I went down with the ship.

I also have to admit this makes me hesitate to collect/buy any active player except for Ohtani at this moment.

It is an all around sad situation. While Tampa does not have to pay his contract, I am stuck with all of his worthless cards.

BoSoxFan1999 · 01-06-2026, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by seanrs1

I have to admit I have a huge Wander collection and never sold. I thought if Tampa was willing to give him a long term contract extension (when they don't really do this for any other players) it was a good sign that they thought he was a superstar. And I went down with the ship.

I also have to admit this makes me hesitate to collect/buy any active player except for Ohtani at this moment.

It is an all around sad situation. While Tampa does not have to pay his contract, I am stuck with all of his worthless cards.

Dude would have likely had a stellar career...maybe even HOF worthy. He certainly showed the talent in his brief MLB career. He terrified me every time we had to face the Rays with him in the lineup.

But he threw it all away for underage girls. Such an idiot.

BostonNut · 01-06-2026, 11:33 AM

Back in the mid-2000's the pro$pecterz couldn't stop drooling over Matt LaPorta so stupidly I trusted them.

Never, ever, ever again.

PDCCollectibles · 01-06-2026, 11:41 AM

Ben Simmons...oh well

dodgerfanjohn · 01-06-2026, 12:40 PM

Pulled three Gleyber Torres rookie autos numbered /25 . Only sold one of them at the time.

TheGZA · 01-06-2026, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dodgerfanjohn

Pulled three Gleyber Torres rookie autos numbered /25 . Only sold one of them at the time.

Gleyber was actually up there with Acuna, Ohtani and Soto if you remember all the way back to that incoming rookie class in 2018

01-05-2026, 07:44 PM	#26
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01-06-2026, 12:12 AM	#33
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,951	Wander Franco Bowman Heritage Red Refractor /5. $500 to 5 pesos. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

01-06-2026, 12:06 AM	#32
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 22,621	If you approach purchasing cards with the intention to keep it forever, you will never regret the purchase.

01-06-2026, 06:47 AM	#36
SaveMeTheGum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: NH --> CA --> SC Posts: 16,748 Cardboard_Dynamite CardboardDynamite	Anyone holding Mike Trout... __________________ Pay fast. Ship fast. Deal with people honestly. IG: CardboardDynamite

01-06-2026, 11:11 AM	#45
seanrs1 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,002	I have to admit I have a huge Wander collection and never sold. I thought if Tampa was willing to give him a long term contract extension (when they don't really do this for any other players) it was a good sign that they thought he was a superstar. And I went down with the ship. I also have to admit this makes me hesitate to collect/buy any active player except for Ohtani at this moment. It is an all around sad situation. While Tampa does not have to pay his contract, I am stuck with all of his worthless cards. __________________ PC-#1 Ohtani PC-Acuna, Soto, Tatis Jr., JRod, Vladdy Jr. Starting to collect-Judge, Betts, Trout Bag holder-#1 Wander Franco, #2 Tatis Jr.

01-06-2026, 11:33 AM	#47
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01-06-2026, 11:41 AM	#48
PDCCollectibles Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 5,085	Ben Simmons...oh well

01-06-2026, 12:40 PM	#49
dodgerfanjohn Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 5,535 sternroolz	Pulled three Gleyber Torres rookie autos numbered /25 . Only sold one of them at the time.