Sellers' Regret

I used to love Pacific autographs.

I had tons of them.  

One of my favorite Pacific autograph sets were the Die-cut autographs in the 2000 Omega set. They were great looking cards. 

Here is my copy of the Gary Sheffield autograph as an example.  

I did not have the whole set or anything. Putting together whole autograph sets is not really my scene. Always seems like a lot of time and money to accomplish that sort of thing, but I know there are plenty of collectors whose opinions differ from mine. 

So, roughly ten years ago I ran into such a collector in a Facebook collecting group. We had actually made a few trades when he posted that he trying to finish up a project to complete the Pacific Omega autograph set. He was missing two autographs, both Cardinals. Cal Eldred is a White Sox on his card, but I owned the card because he was on the Cardinals for three years.  

I sold him the two cards.  

Do I miss Cal Eldred?  

No. 

Do I miss the other card? 

All the time.  

I have not been the best about searching out Ebay and COMC for the card, but I also no that it does not come up often and can cost more than I am willing to spend when it does appear. Well, this weekend I saw a copy on a Facebook group for a reasonable price and ended up buying it.  

The card.  

One of the worst cases of sellers' regret that I have ever experienced.  

I have plenty of other Jim Edmonds autographs hanging out in my card room, but this was always one of my favorites. In retrospect, it is kind of crazy that I sold it, because I rarely sell off my cards. I give them away and I trade, not a seller though. I was being too nice.  

Here is the back of the card.....

Love that Pacific gives you a write-up about the player rather than one of those "Congratulations" messages that are typically stamped on the back of certified autographs.  

Love that Pacific used a picture of Jim Edmonds with frosted tips in his hair. It's the type of fashion statement that is the perfect intersection between bad late 1990s/early 2000s style and the persona of Jim Edmonds, or "Jimmy Ballgame".

Needless to say, the card is staying in my collection this time around.