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Piratesfan1418
06-13-2010, 07:02 PM
Hello everybody! My name is Brad and I have recently started getting interested in vintage cards after reading about the history of my favorite team (Pirates).

I joined Net 54 after reading through the website as a non-member and really like the looks of the community. My budget isn't high but I plan on having fun. I also collect Sean Burnett (Nationals Reliever) and Troy Polamalu (Head & Shoulders Pitchman LOL).

Without further ado here are my earliest cards!

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Piratesfan1418/Old%20Pirates%20Cards/img069.jpg
My Brother bought me this as my high school graduation gift. It meant alot to me because I caught as well.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Piratesfan1418/Old%20Pirates%20Cards/img070.jpg
Tommy "Wee" Leach

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Piratesfan1418/Old%20Pirates%20Cards/img071.jpg
Howie Camnitz

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f202/Piratesfan1418/Old%20Pirates%20Cards/img068.jpg
Max Carey (My first HOF)

I'm looking forward to eventually adding cards of Honus Wagner, Babe Adams, Fred Clarke, Pie Traynor and the likes to my collection. Someday...

AndyG09
06-13-2010, 07:17 PM
Welcome aboard! The McLean card is one of my favorite T206s. Enjoy soaking up the knowledge provided here.

BlueDevil89
06-13-2010, 07:23 PM
Welcome to the board. Good luck building your collection.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd47/BlueDevilSportscards/T206%201909-1911/LeftyLeifieldT206Piedmont_Pitching.jpg

Piratesfan1418
06-13-2010, 07:27 PM
Thanks to both of you! I love that Leifield! The color of the sky is amazing. That's one of my planned purchases someday.

Jacklitsch
06-13-2010, 07:37 PM
Welcome Brad.

I do have one question though. Are your cards trimmed to the bone or have they just been scanned that way?

Brian Van Horn
06-13-2010, 08:11 PM
Brad,

Welcome from a fellow Pirate fan despite current ownership. Here is a bit of Pirate memorabilia you might like to view:

T206Collector
06-13-2010, 08:14 PM
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-szJrqykFWp6tqA8NOvA-HY2VLgy2RG_a1rPg51wK6M?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Ys7fw31kTDs/RxQJq3tTj_I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/O9J_3g_axus/s800/Leifield%20T201%20Auto%20SGC%2050.jpg" /></a>

Piratesfan1418
06-13-2010, 08:25 PM
My scanner sucks so it "trims" for me. :0/

D. Broughman
06-13-2010, 08:26 PM
Welcome Brad thought you might like to see this Max Carey.

Piratesfan1418
06-13-2010, 08:31 PM
And yes, I have to admit I'm still a Pirates. I even watched them lose in person today!

Brian, what year is that from?

Piratesfan1418
06-13-2010, 08:35 PM
Very nice framed piece!

frohme
06-13-2010, 09:17 PM
As a fellow (long suffering) Pirates fan, I wish you the best of luck and enjoyment as you join the vintage collecting world!

There are lots and lots of great folks here, both on the main forums and the B/S/T.

--
Mike

Kawika
06-13-2010, 09:51 PM
Welcome to Club FiveFour, Brad. Gets a little weird here sometimes - this place passes as a social life for some of us anyway - but there's lots of great baseball talk. Here's a Pirate catcher for you:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/large/PC796%20Gibson.jpg

Brian Van Horn
06-14-2010, 03:59 AM
Brad,

1909.

Piratesfan1418
06-14-2010, 07:55 AM
Welcome to Club FiveFour, Brad. Gets a little weird here sometimes - this place passes as a social life for some of us anyway - but there's lots of great baseball talk. Here's a Pirate catcher for you:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/large/PC796%20Gibson.jpg

Never seen of these! Any idea how many Pirates were in the set?

Piratesfan1418
06-14-2010, 07:56 AM
Brad,

1909.

Nice! I was actually in Pittsburgh last year for the Tigers-Pirates series and for Sunday's game they wore the throwbacks from the 1909 series. It was a great experience and the Pirates won! :eek:

Brian Van Horn
06-14-2010, 08:26 AM
Brad,

Thank You and here are some cards you may like to view. They are not done to scale (the Maranville is much smaller):

peterose4hof
06-14-2010, 08:32 AM
Hi Brad,

Welcome! I am relatively new here myself. This is an unbelievably mature and sophisticated forum, most of the time ;)

I have a quickie suggestion for you concerning scanning. When you scan cards that have a white border put a dark colored (black) piece of paper behind the cards and the scanner will crop/autocrop the cards to include all of the white border.

Good luck building your vintage Pirates collection!

Jewish-collector
06-14-2010, 08:57 AM
Welcome Brad. I love Pittsburgh & especially Squirrel Hill :D

Leon
06-14-2010, 09:05 AM
Welcome Brad.

If I can ever help you in any way just let me know.

oldjudge
06-14-2010, 09:12 AM
Good luck Brad. Remember that collecting is a marathon, not a sprint. BTW, if you were a catcher you might appreciate this book about the origins of the position:

Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero by Peter Morris (It is available on Amazon)

glynparson
06-14-2010, 09:49 AM
Welcome to the boards.

uffda51
06-14-2010, 11:38 AM
http://photos.imageevent.com/uffda51/tiptopbreadpirates/Forbes%20Field.JPG

smtjoy
06-14-2010, 11:39 AM
Welcome aboard and glad to see another pirate fan-

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/87OJMillersgcAcloseup.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/E93/e93wagner50.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Vintage%20Cards/E96Clarke20.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Exhibit%20Collection/1926-29%20PC/2629exwanerbatting84.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Exhibit%20Collection/1931-32/3132pittsburghnl50.jpg

Piratesfan1418
06-14-2010, 02:08 PM
Awesome stuff and I thank everyone for sharing!

deadballera
06-14-2010, 02:37 PM
welcome to the board.

good luck on your Pirates collection.

Kawika
06-14-2010, 03:47 PM
Never seen of these! Any idea how many Pirates were in the set?
Brad: Best as I can tell four of the 25 cards comprised by the PC796 Sepia postcard set show Pirate players. I have one other, the Wagner. It's a dandy. Besides Gibson there is one of Sam Frock, who pitched for Pittsburgh in 1909 and a few innings in 1910 before being traded to Boston (NL) (how he rated a card is a mystery to me; he's in pretty fast company with the likes of Walter Johnson and Nap Lajoie, Matty and Cobb) and there is a card showing Wagner with Ty Cobb.
A couple of useful on-line references that enabled me to research this post are the Old Cardboard magazine website (www.oldcardboard.com) which has pretty thorough player checklists for a lot of vintage issues as well as some card galleries, and Baseball Reference dot com (www.baseball-reference.com) which has encyclopedic detail of major and minor league careers for virtually anybody who ever was paid to play baseball. If you haven't yet consulted either site then check them out. There are dozens of other good baseball websites but these two, for me at least, are indispensable.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/bbhofthefirstclass/large/PC796%20Wagner_13.jpg

Piratesfan1418
06-14-2010, 05:02 PM
Thanks for the help. That Wagner is a beaut!!!

cdn_collector
06-14-2010, 07:33 PM
While I wouldn't call myself a Pirates fan necessarily, there are some very cool Pirates sets that I'd collect in an instant if I had the money [too many Wagner cards!]. Off the top of my head, E104-2, E90-2 & D322.

Welcome to the board Brad.

Regards,

Richard.

NB. No Pirates thread would be complete with a Voskamp... ;)

<img src="http://www.richardarmstrong.ca/Voskamp_Gibson.jpg" width="600">

ethicsprof
06-15-2010, 12:44 AM
welcome aboard!!
glad to have you with us.
while not a Pirate fan, i do love my Pirate tobacco pack!! :)

all the best,
barry

triwak
06-15-2010, 09:29 AM
Welcome!

Piratesfan1418
06-19-2010, 10:05 AM
Awesome stuff everyone! Thanks for the warm welcomes!

Tsaiko
06-19-2010, 11:24 AM
Thought this might be up your alley. Sorry, the plastic wrap totally screwed up the scan on this one.

BlueDevil89
06-19-2010, 11:53 AM
Here's another T206 HOF Pirate...

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd47/BlueDevilSportscards/T206%201909-1911/VicWillisPortraitT206PiedmontPSA3.jpg

terjung
06-19-2010, 12:25 PM
Not the prettiest card, but he is still a Pirate.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgallery/memberfolderssv/terjung1/e107/websize/E107%20Fred%20Clarke%20front.jpg

CW
06-19-2010, 01:46 PM
Welcome to the forum, Brad, and good luck with your collection!

Here's a Pirate...

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5137/clarke.jpg

Rob D.
06-19-2010, 02:10 PM
Two of the few Pirates in my collection:

Kawika
06-19-2010, 03:03 PM
Here's some more Pirates related cardboard spanning different issues and eras.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/E93%20Leach.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/DMcD257.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/15%20CJ%20Clarke.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/BT%20Haddix%20Pitches.jpg

Forbes Field postcard, circa 1909
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/large/1909%20Forbes%20Fld%20_ext_.jpg

1909 Pirates team, postcard triptych
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/bbhofthefirstclass/huge/Goodwin%201909%20R.W.%20Johnston%20Pittsburgh%20Pi rate%20Tri-Fold%20Post%20Card.jpg

Piratesfan1418
06-19-2010, 03:59 PM
I love all this stuff! Reading the early history of the Pirates is one of the few things that has helped me through a relatively abysmal state of things in Pittsburgh of late.

lharri3600
06-19-2010, 04:21 PM
Welcome!! Have fun 2 :D

Piratesfan1418
06-19-2010, 06:50 PM
I love so many of these cards! I hope to add similar players/cards in the future!

mrvster
06-19-2010, 06:52 PM
WELCOME ABOARD!!

Peace

Johnny:)