General Forum

This was one of the last 2 cards from the 1960s decade that I got for my Phillies collection - the other being the Bart Shirley / Grant Jackson from 1966 - not quite the same as having a HOFer on the card, but actually pricier than the Stargell.

This is why I have my self-imposed "collection rule" (set in the early 80s) that if a Phillie is on the card, it goes in my Phillies collection and I do not attempt to get another one for any HOFers on it. (However, I do have a "rule" for getting one card for each HOFer pictured if no Phillies are on it, which makes for a cool set of pages toward the end of the binders for those that I do not enough to distribute amongst the players on the card.) There are a few exceptions to the first rule for cards from the over-produced years for those that I had. I still don't try to get them.

But yes, this does make team collecting (and in some cases, player collecting) difficult and/or costly.

A card shared with someone else is not really a card of that person...it's a multiplayer card which is it's own thing. 

These should never have been considered rookie cards for any of the players on them. 

Totally agree. I'd much rather have a player's first solo card.

Corentin Jean's friends and family might struggle with this one, one of two non-TCG Mbappe Monaco issues and the only one from 2016-17.

I remember many years ago when I wanted a Cecil Cooper rookie but the price of that card was driven up because he shared it with Carlton Fisk. I believe at that time it cost about $100 to acquire one. Now days, with the focus on everything new that card can be picked up at a pretty reasonable price. Still, that Carlton Fisk guy drove up the price of that rookie card.

Never a problem with me. I am a Senators fan. 1967 Topps Rookie Card of Hank Allen and some random punk that played for Minnesota. Rod Carew something......... I am very happy I picked that card up decades ago when it was a reasonable card. It has a nice crease on the Carew side and Hank Allen side is pristine. So, I got a deal. 

Dodgers collector here. The 3 I'll probably never own are:

1962 #594 Doug Camilli with Bob Uecker

1963 #537 Ken McMullen with Pete Rose

1966 #591 Bart Shirley with Grant Jackson

I could probably swing the '62, but don't want to spend that much for a little head (insert joke here)

I finally got the '73 Cey / Schmidt card by saving up birthday & Christmas gift cards last year.  FELT GOOD!

Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom....because of Jim "Catfish" Hunter......$$