I guess ... my first car. Sold it quickly and didn't think about it. It would be off the road by now if I kept driving it but would be funny to have it in a private garage somewhere. Sold it in summer of 2008.
I used to buy and sell vintage road bikes. I always had my eye on classic 60s/70s english bikes. Raleigh/Carlton, Holdsworth were my favs. I came across a 1971 Holdsworth Professional at my local non profit bike co-op. First time I had ever seen one in person. This was one of the top of the line Holdsworths back in 1971. It was in my size or so I thought (6'3", 230) so I gladly paid the discounted price. I spent the next year cleaning/tuning and replacing with period correct parts. When it finally came time to start riding her, it became obvious that it was just too small for me. No amount of adjustments can really make up for a bike that's just too small.
I ended up selling her later that summer, at least I recouped all of the money I spent on her.
i was raised mostly by a single mother and we'd move from apartment to apartment often, seemed like every year from 12 to 19 when I was moved out on my own I lived a new place every year and with every move more stuff was tossed. On my own I moved every year too, so until I moved to DC in 1995 I probably lived 13 different places in 13 years. I don't own anything from my childhood.
but when I was 6 or 7 my 13/14 year old cousin gave me his baseball card collection - this included Mantle, Mays Aaron, Ryan, Banks, Gibson etc. - baseball cards from peak vintage era. I was obviously too young for it but I left them all out in the rain and they were ruined.
still haunts me, only solace I take is with all the moves I made and how little money I ever had they would not have been in good condition anyway.
shoeboxes of baseball cards...I remember tossing them because they took up room in my desk. Even my mother was wondering what the heck I was doing - talking cards from the 60s.
Gave to my little brother when I left for college. Lots of HOFers. He was nice enough to return to me 2 1968 Ryan-Koosman Rookie cards, which I still have.
every comic book appearance of Iron Man, starting with his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 from 1959.
Sold the whole lot to a collector for about $900 to fund a spring break trip in college back in 92.
That trip was a blast, but Tales of Suspense 39 is now valued between $10,000 and $20,000+ depending on condition (mine was good, not great), and my whole collection would probably be worth maybe $15-$25K.
Wish I could have that one back, and have just opened one of those high rate credit cards they push on college kids to pay for the trip like everyone else did
old girlfriends (like from sports teams in high school and college) back in my teens and twenties.
Now that Im older, and happily married with a bunch of kids to someone else, I deeply regret it. My daughters would have liked this stuff.
Yeah, I lost my HS ring in the Hackensack river down among some rocks. After a few attempts to find it I gave up. Returned years later to find that whole area of rocks had been concreted over.
probably baseball cards. I had boxes of each year from 1970
forgot about it, we broke up, and she wound up donating it to a musical program. Sold my first bass guitar ('71 Fender P-Bass) and much later my Ampeg SVT amp head. IDIOT. Smh. At least I held on to the 810 cabinet.
that I had nearly paid off and sold it around 2009-2010. It had no miles on it and would have lasted a long time.
Also, I had a collection of Magic the Gathering cards from early teen years. I sold these for about $1500 in the early 2000s for rent money. It would easily be worth 50k today. Probably more like 70k.
My mother got me (age 8 at the time) and my brother (6) a sealed box of 86-87 Fleer basketball cards. If we only had a clue back then...
Other than that, I wish I still had my baseball card collection and my first drumset - both for the sake of nostalgia. I also regret selling my MicroKorg XL synth a few years ago and some other pieces of music gear throughout the years.
She got rid of my and my brother's comic collection for pennies on the dollar. They included the First Avengers intro of Vision, the 1st Wolverine, and a Fantastic 4 that had them fighting Dr. Doom and the Sub-Mariner. Those 3 alone are worth about 30K. let alone 5 nice sized boxes of comics from the 60's to the early 80's.
We figured about 42K worth of a comic collection she sold for $200
I used to buy and sell vintage road bikes. I always had my eye on classic 60s/70s english bikes. Raleigh/Carlton, Holdsworth were my favs. I came across a 1971 Holdsworth Professional at my local non profit bike co-op. First time I had ever seen one in person. This was one of the top of the line Holdsworths back in 1971. It was in my size or so I thought (6'3", 230) so I gladly paid the discounted price. I spent the next year cleaning/tuning and replacing with period correct parts. When it finally came time to start riding her, it became obvious that it was just too small for me. No amount of adjustments can really make up for a bike that's just too small.
I feel your pain... I am preparing to sell 70's Falcon San Remo. DB531, Campy. I've had it since '74 and I know I'll regret selling it,
I ended up selling her later that summer, at least I recouped all of the money I spent on her.
Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon from the Apollo 11 mission. Despite having had a bunch of sports autographs, Aldrin’s was the only one that meant anything to me. A historical figure, as opposed to a an athlete. And I lost it.😕
I feel the same way. My wife saves everything. I have storage spaces full of crap that nobody ever looks at. I secretly take stuff to the dump when nobody's looking.
Mom somehow met the Beatles before their concert at Shea in '65 & got a photo with the Fab Four. I think I lost it in the move from CA to NC. And I don't have the heart to tell her, Haha.
Mom somehow met the Beatles before their concert at Shea in '65 & got a photo with the Fab Four. I think I lost it in the move from CA to NC. And I don't have the heart to tell her, Haha.
Mom somehow met the Beatles before their concert at Shea in '65 & got a photo with the Fab Four. I think I lost it in the move from CA to NC. And I don't have the heart to tell her, Haha.
Hmmm… when were you born?
'80. She gave it us before our move so we could properly display it because she's not one to have pictures of herself.
My dad had a Babe Ruth autographed baseball. When I was a tot, maybe 5-6 years old, they let me take it out in the yard and play with it. I left it in the yard. We never saw it again.
My dad had a Babe Ruth autographed baseball. When I was a tot, maybe 5-6 years old, they let me take it out in the yard and play with it. I left it in the yard. We never saw it again.
That's more on my parents than me, but damn.
Apparently you are the inspiration for Scott Smalls.
in around 1972 I acquired an early '60's, pre-CBS Fender Telecaster -
for like nothing. I forget how. I had a friend who traded it to me for peanuts.
I needed a car and I sold the Tele to buy the car. That car has been in a junk heap and/or recycled since like 1978. The Tele would be worth $5k today, not that I would sell it now that I don't need the money to buy a car. LOL.
I had a ton of baseball cards from the 60's & early 70's, and I also had a huge collection of Matchbox Cars from the 60's and early 70's.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
I had a ton of baseball cards from the 60's & early 70's, and I also had a huge collection of Matchbox Cars from the 60's and early 70's.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
Same here. After I left for college the baseball cards disappeared. Can't blame my parents. Probably just seemed like kids' junk to them.
I had a ton of baseball cards from the 60's & early 70's, and I also had a huge collection of Matchbox Cars from the 60's and early 70's.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
Same here. After I left for college the baseball cards disappeared. Can't blame my parents. Probably just seemed like kids' junk to them.
Yeah, they wouldn't have purposely thrown out something they knew I wanted, but like you said it probably all looked like old junk when they were cleaning it out. I teased them about it occasionally, but I never got angry about it.
My dad gave me his old Lecoultre Memovox wrist watch. Self winding automatic with alarm circa mid to late 1950’s. I didn’t keep the original box and paperwork that came with it. Also lost the original buckle to the band that had the LeCoultre mark, presumably when I changed straps. I love the watch and still wear it and it inspired to purchase a couple of other vintage LeCoultres. Still pissed I didn’t keep the box and especially the buckle!
My LP collection from middle school and HS (Kiss, Queen, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, all kinds of cool shit). I switched to CDs and got rid of them all.
A box of comics that I collected as a reader from when I was a kid. Not in bags as collectibles but dog eared from reading over and over. It included some classics, including Giant Size Xmen #1 (debut of colossus, storm, nightcrawler) and the whole dark phoenix run.
Sold 100 shares of Apple at 15 back in 96 and several splits ago
Someone "borrowed" a couple of mono (pre-stereo recordings, kids) Rolling Stones albums back in college, 12x5 & Out of Our Heads, and forgot to tell me.
My 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396 with factory ram air. Bought it brand new. Beat the piss out of almost everything I raced, and what I didn't beat was way out of my league. A major POS as a car if there ever was one but worth a ton of money now. I'd sell it.
My 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme W-31. Best car I've ever owned. I'd keep it as my daily driver again.
Many, many Arctic Cat, Ski-doo and Polaris snowmobiles and ATVs. At least one of my Suzuki ATVs, the black King Quad.
Some of my enclosed and capped trailers.
A number of the record albums I sold back when I needed the money.
My professional weed whacker that was stolen. My first Wheel Horse tractor. My first Simplicity tractor. My Toro walk mower.
interior and traded it in 1960. Wish I kept it but in upstate NY then, we always worried about cars rusting out.I remember I paid $2950 for it. That was alot of money at that time, but it was very sharp.
I ended up selling her later that summer, at least I recouped all of the money I spent on her.
Still stings everytime I see one.
but when I was 6 or 7 my 13/14 year old cousin gave me his baseball card collection - this included Mantle, Mays Aaron, Ryan, Banks, Gibson etc. - baseball cards from peak vintage era. I was obviously too young for it but I left them all out in the rain and they were ruined.
still haunts me, only solace I take is with all the moves I made and how little money I ever had they would not have been in good condition anyway.
Sold - 1967 Mercury Cougar in great condition. Sold it 1n 1990.
She was right....most would never fit...my son wears many of my shirts now.... many I was thinking of putting in a frame.
The Empire State Games....the jersey was so cool....look liked NYPD. Scotland ....one of my more traumatic days 🤣
Sold the whole lot to a collector for about $900 to fund a spring break trip in college back in 92.
That trip was a blast, but Tales of Suspense 39 is now valued between $10,000 and $20,000+ depending on condition (mine was good, not great), and my whole collection would probably be worth maybe $15-$25K.
Wish I could have that one back, and have just opened one of those high rate credit cards they push on college kids to pay for the trip like everyone else did
Now that Im older, and happily married with a bunch of kids to someone else, I deeply regret it. My daughters would have liked this stuff.
Thurman Munson, Roberto Clemente, Seaver and a lot more.
Sold a Colt 45 Caliber Gold Cup
Also, I had a collection of Magic the Gathering cards from early teen years. I sold these for about $1500 in the early 2000s for rent money. It would easily be worth 50k today. Probably more like 70k.
Other than that, I wish I still had my baseball card collection and my first drumset - both for the sake of nostalgia. I also regret selling my MicroKorg XL synth a few years ago and some other pieces of music gear throughout the years.
We figured about 42K worth of a comic collection she sold for $200
I feel your pain... I am preparing to sell 70's Falcon San Remo. DB531, Campy. I've had it since '74 and I know I'll regret selling it,
I ended up selling her later that summer, at least I recouped all of the money I spent on her.
Still stings everytime I see one.
It was too much for us to maintain and too isolated, so we had to move.
I feel the same way. My wife saves everything. I have storage spaces full of crap that nobody ever looks at. I secretly take stuff to the dump when nobody's looking.
Hmmm… when were you born?
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Mom somehow met the Beatles before their concert at Shea in '65 & got a photo with the Fab Four. I think I lost it in the move from CA to NC. And I don't have the heart to tell her, Haha.
Hmmm… when were you born?
'80. She gave it us before our move so we could properly display it because she's not one to have pictures of herself.
That's more on my parents than me, but damn.
That's more on my parents than me, but damn.
Apparently you are the inspiration for Scott Smalls.
I needed a car and I sold the Tele to buy the car. That car has been in a junk heap and/or recycled since like 1978. The Tele would be worth $5k today, not that I would sell it now that I don't need the money to buy a car. LOL.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
Same here. After I left for college the baseball cards disappeared. Can't blame my parents. Probably just seemed like kids' junk to them.
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I had a ton of baseball cards from the 60's & early 70's, and I also had a huge collection of Matchbox Cars from the 60's and early 70's.
Somehow after I left for college they mostly disappeared. My parents never remembered anything. I'm guessing possibly the cards may have been accidentally tossed when my old room got turned into a "study" because a ton of my old things were gone.
Same here. After I left for college the baseball cards disappeared. Can't blame my parents. Probably just seemed like kids' junk to them.
Yeah, they wouldn't have purposely thrown out something they knew I wanted, but like you said it probably all looked like old junk when they were cleaning it out. I teased them about it occasionally, but I never got angry about it.
A box of comics that I collected as a reader from when I was a kid. Not in bags as collectibles but dog eared from reading over and over. It included some classics, including Giant Size Xmen #1 (debut of colossus, storm, nightcrawler) and the whole dark phoenix run.
Please clarify as the OP stipulates you wish you had it back.
But to narrow it down, I wish I still had my old Ampeg SVT head.
Yep, I don't care what anyone says... there's nothing like that SVT tone, and you miss it when it's gone and you can't remotely replicate it.
My 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme W-31. Best car I've ever owned. I'd keep it as my daily driver again.
Many, many Arctic Cat, Ski-doo and Polaris snowmobiles and ATVs. At least one of my Suzuki ATVs, the black King Quad.
Some of my enclosed and capped trailers.
A number of the record albums I sold back when I needed the money.
My professional weed whacker that was stolen. My first Wheel Horse tractor. My first Simplicity tractor. My Toro walk mower.
My collection of MAD magazines.
1979 corvette
1978 mustang
1989 toyota pickup SR5
Fender Pro Reverb Amplifier
Every piece of real estate that I sold
Please clarify as the OP stipulates you wish you had it back.
Her voice was likely the most annoying thing in the world ....
after Sarah Silverman.
1979 corvette
1978 mustang
1989 toyota pickup SR5
Fender Pro Reverb Amplifier
Every piece of real estate that I sold
Someone misses a Mustang II ('74-78)?
Unless it was the cool looking King Cobra Trans Am wannabe, what was there to miss? :-)