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I bet most of us have a card that we've wanted most of our lives. For me it's the 1960 Carl Yastrzemski RC. I was at a card show in Oct. and was able to purchase one. Even the dealer didn't know why this was graded 1.5 when it looked just like the 8 he also had. When the light hits it just right you'll see a few faint creases near the cap. This made it affordable vs. the 8, but still looks great even if you know where to look.

Yaz RC

Wow, nice-looking card. I'd take that 1.5 all day. (Might even consider breaking it out of its case.)

Congratulations on picking up your dream card!

For many years my dream cards were tobacco cards. I thought that I would never get any because they were so old and surely expensive. As it turns out I wasn't looking in the right places because they are surprisingly affordable and now not only do I have one, I have over 100 including even a complete set. 

And this is why I hate grading. I could easily find you dozens of that card that look worse, but have graded higher for no particular reason. 

But congratulations! 

I don't think I have "dream" card -- pretty sure this was a whole thread not too long ago. I have a few I'd really like to have. Any tobacco Walter Johnson. The Banks rookie. The Ryan rookie. But, like Billy, there were cards I never thought I'd get, and now they're right behind on a shelf. Any tobacco card. Now I have dozens. Any Turkey Red Cabinet. Check. Any Ramly tobacco. Check. 

With patience and diligence and a little compromise on condition, almost any card can be found. 

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I am going to answer two different ways. The current card I own that was the one I wanted the worst is not a certain card, but instead a particular item of card. It was a serial number matching jersey number LeBron James card. I have the 2019 Panini The National Magnetic Fur card SN 23/99. The single card I want worse than any other and am still looking for to be able to add to my collection is a 1992 Hot Shots ARTGO card of Matt Kenseth.

That Yaz is a beauty and severely undergraded.  A hairline crease shouldn't push that down to FAIR when everything else looks great.  Should be at least VG unless it has some paper loss or markings that aren't easily detected.

Any of the three Sandy Koufax Morrell Meats cards would be wonderful!

I think I only have 3 "dream cards" left to acquire. #1 would be the 1979 OPC Ozzie Smith RC. #2 would be a Stan Musial RC and #3 would be a Lou Brock RC. If I added 2 more cards, they would be any 2000 Jimmie Johnson NASCAR AU card and a Bob Gibson RC.