August Pickups

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I'll start us off with this trio

[abothebear]

<a href="http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/abothebear/media/PreWar%20Collection/R314Foxx_zpsef4d9729.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa471/abothebear/PreWar%20Collection/R314Foxx_zpsef4d9729.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R314Foxx_zpsef4d9729.jpg"/></a>

[Enfuego]

Beautiful cards

[Bored5000]

I am a novice at posting images, so I am pretty shocked this actually worked. Sorry the image is a little blurry. I am a Thorpe fan, and picked up the Thorpe Olympiska Spelens postcard. I was kinda shocked at the price, especially since it was a PWCC auction. I put in a max bid and was expecting to get sniped at the last second. Several snipes did come in, but my bid held up.

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah224/Bored5000/Jim%20Thorpe%20Olympiska%20Spelens%20Postcard/JimThorpeOlympiskaSpelensPostcard08012014_zps22d62 185.jpg (http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Bored5000/media/Jim%20Thorpe%20Olympiska%20Spelens%20Postcard/JimThorpeOlympiskaSpelensPostcard08012014_zps22d62 185.jpg.html)

[MikeGarcia]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/2042957/view/ORCAJOMCCORMICK_NEW.JPG


...Just got the bottom one ; got the top one earlier this year ; most of the Orcajo Reds postcards are sponsored by '' Val Decker Meats''....there are a smaller number sponsored by '' Metropolitan Clothing''...the plain unadorned variety , no ad at all , is the one that gives OCD set completionistas a reason to get out of bed in the morning...

[h2oya311]

I am a novice at posting images, so I pretty shocked this actually worked. Sorry the image is a little blurry. I am a Thorpe fan, and picked up the Thorpe Olympiska Spelens postcard. I was kinda shocked at the price, especially since it was a PWCC auction. I put in a max bid and was expecting to get sniped at the last second. Several snipes did come in, but my bid held up.

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah224/Bored5000/Jim%20Thorpe%20Olympiska%20Spelens%20Postcard/JimThorpeOlympiskaSpelensPostcard08012014_zps22d62 185.jpg (http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Bored5000/media/Jim%20Thorpe%20Olympiska%20Spelens%20Postcard/JimThorpeOlympiskaSpelensPostcard08012014_zps22d62 185.jpg.html)

Great Thorpe "rookie". You got a great deal on that PC! Congrats!

[Bored5000]

Great Thorpe "rookie". You got a great deal on that PC! Congrats!

Thanks. I remember you picking up an identical postcard a few months back. Like I said, I was expecting to get sniped out of the running. Even a low-grade Thorpe 101-5 card would be out of my price range. I know postcards aren't everyone's thing, but it is amazing to me that Thorpe postcards predating the M101-5 sell for 10-30 percent of the M101-5 card.

The one I am kicking myself over is that there was a raw, postally used (postmarked from Carlisle, Pa., no less) "Olympic Heroes" Thorpe postcard on eBay that sold for $234 a couple weeks ago. I missed it until I saw it in the sold listings. The "Olympic Heroes" postcard touts Thorpe's return to Carlisle following the Olympics and pictures him putting the shot. I thought maybe someone on here scooped it up to flip because it went so cheap. But nothing ever turned up when I asked on the B/S/T board. :)

[Brian Van Horn]

From the National:

[HOF Auto Rookies]

From the National:


Nice pick ups! May need that Rice :). I hate how PSA has that Shawkey loose, has anyone had damage occur often when the card floats around like that?

[triwak]

1933 Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars team PC, featuring HOFers Biz Mackey and Jud Wilson. Already have Mackey, but never expected to acquire ANYTHING period of Wilson. Especially, on an Ebay "Buy-it-now"!!! Super pleased.

[Kenny Cole]

1933 Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars team PC, featuring HOFers Biz Mackey and Jud Wilson. Already have Mackey, but never expected to acquire ANYTHING period of Wilson. Especially, on an Ebay "Buy-it-now"!!! Super pleased.

Awesome PC!!! Congratulations!!!

[wolf441]

Thanks to Tom C. for Tyrus!!

[clydepepper]

From the National:

Nice group, Brian

Who's the player in the first card, left of Jack Barry?

[t206hound]

happy to pick up this trio, the Collins will do for now:

[Jeffrompa]

Very cool postcard Ken

[vintagehofrookies]

1933 Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars team PC, featuring HOFers Biz Mackey and Jud Wilson. Already have Mackey, but never expected to acquire ANYTHING period of Wilson. Especially, on an Ebay "Buy-it-now"!!! Super pleased.

nice pickup! I was wondering who ended up buying that PC as I saw towards the end of the auction the seller added the BIN to the card

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very nice pick-up, Ken. I saw the auction about 5 hours after it was listed and originally placed a minimum bid of $2,250 which knocked out the Buy It Now option. When I did not receive a response from the seller about the restoration work done on it, I retracted my bid so the Buy It Now reappeared. That being said, if I did not already own a copy, I would have paid the $3K as you did.

[GregMitch34]

Hey,Babe,take a walk on the wild side. Or swing and hit one out.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=155059&stc=1&d=1407036873

[jb217676]

1930 Metopolitan Studios Branch Rickey

[triwak]

Thanks, Guys! :)

[johnmh71]

[QUOTE=GregMitch34;1305325]Hey,Babe,take a walk on the wild side. Or swing and hit one out.

That is one nice card. Congrats.

[yanksfan09]

made some nice progress on 1915 Cracker Jacks over last couple months: only need 7 more (including 4 HOFers though so not expecting to wrap thing up too soon yet), check out my BST thread for my needs, much appreciated.

I'm in love with this Fred Clarke, BTW....

[LKeeler]

Recent ebay pick up and Oakes upgrade. Next to the Matty, my favorite image.

[MikeGarcia]

It appears his glove extends up into the top border ? Are they all like that ? Gorgeous card by the way.

[LKeeler]

It appears his glove extends up into the top border ? Are they all like that ? Gorgeous card by the way.

Thanks, Mike. Yeah, Mr. Oakes is trying to leap out of the card. The glove extending into the border is found on all that I've seen. Pretty cool look.

[kamikidEFFL]

Bought end of last month just came in the mail today. Great people over there at Greg Bussineau for the quick turn around. Although I wish they offered paypal as payment oh well still first time with buying from them and was pleased.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4436.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4436.jpg.html)

[wazoo]

Gotta love the Cubs!

[Matvoo]

Wazoo very nice cards

[Jason]

The highlight of a recent T209 pickup.

[LKeeler]

My two newest Dockmans. Been eyeballing these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The white specks on the batting variation are scuffs on the case, not the card :)

[joeadcock]

Luke

Just one of those would have been a great acquisition. Good job

[wazoo]

My two newest Dockmans. Been eyeballing these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The white specks on the batting variation are scuffs on the case, not the card :)


Beauties! Congrats :D

[Gobucsmagic74]

My two newest Dockmans. Been eyeballing these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The white specks on the batting variation are scuffs on the case, not the card :)

Wow, just wow! :eek:

[4815162342]

Luke



Just one of those would have been a great acquisition. Good job


+1 Congrats Luke!

[LKeeler]

Thanks, guys. :)

[abothebear]

I also upgraded my Dizzy Dean and Goose Goslin (I have doubles to trade if anyone needs Dean, Goslin, or Cochrane).

Sorry for the large scans.

<a href="http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/abothebear/media/PreWar%20Collection/R313AHalladan_zpsfb99735d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa471/abothebear/PreWar%20Collection/R313AHalladan_zpsfb99735d.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R313AHalladan_zpsfb99735d.jpg"/></a>

<a href="http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/abothebear/media/PreWar%20Collection/R313APaulDean_zps87612d18.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa471/abothebear/PreWar%20Collection/R313APaulDean_zps87612d18.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R313APaulDean_zps87612d18.jpg"/></a>

<a href="http://s1199.photobucket.com/user/abothebear/media/PreWar%20Collection/R313ARogell_zpsd2fc8aef.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa471/abothebear/PreWar%20Collection/R313ARogell_zpsd2fc8aef.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R313ARogell_zpsd2fc8aef.jpg"/></a>

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[Matt E.]

SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER
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A LITTLE TOUGHER - HOF STARS ARE FAIRLY COMMON TO FIND
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SHORT PRINT - EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS GRADE
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TOUGHEST - EXTRA DIFFICULT / HIGH GRADE SP- A REAL BEAUTY!
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[HOF Auto Rookies]

[QUOTE=Matt E.;1306836]SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER

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I don't know about you, but he is wearing his glove on the wrong hand :)

[oldphil]

Great cards Matt. I have a soft spot for T205s.

[Chris D.]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/wiltsefront.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/wiltsefront.jpeg.html)http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/wiltseback.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/wiltseback.jpeg.html)

[Jeffrompa]

Kind of a cool pickup from EBay .

[Gobucsmagic74]

From a fellow board member. Thanks Mike! Sorry for the ridiculously large scan btw.

[rhettyeakley]

These were my two favorite pickups from the Cleveland National. There are not many cards can claim to have 4 of the greatest HOFers on the same card (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Dave Bancroft, and Lee Meadows)...

http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeecalvo.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/19universaltoyruth.jpg

[joeadcock]

Nice Rhett

[clydepepper]

My two newest Dockmans. Been eyeballing these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The white specks on the batting variation are scuffs on the case, not the card :)

Nice Cards, Luke.

Enjoy the peanut-butter sandwiches.

[clydepepper]

These were my two favorite pickups from the Cleveland National. There are not many cards can claim to have 4 of the greatest HOFers on the same card (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Dave Bancroft, and Lee Meadows)...

http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeecalvo.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/19universaltoyruth.jpg

Great Lee Meadows card!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

These were my two favorite pickups from the Cleveland National. There are not many cards can claim to have 4 of the greatest HOFers on the same card (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Dave Bancroft, and Lee Meadows)...



http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeecalvo.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/19universaltoyruth.jpg


Rhett, that is a very interesting card with Ruth, Cobb etc. What exactly is it?

[rhettyeakley]

It is from a set produced by Universal Toy & Novelty Co. around 1919 or so. We have discussed them before here...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=144708

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=114936&highlight=speaker+4-on-1

[varsitycollectibles]

What's better than a T205 of Cobb? A T205 of the guy known for kicking Cobb's butt.

http://sportscardalbum.com/c/p7699n7ux450.jpeg (http://sportscardalbum.com/card/p7699n7u)

[kamikidEFFL]

So here is #44 of the set. I am getting so close to the top of the mountain. Thanks for looking.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4442.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4442.jpg.html)

[ls7plus]

Thanks to fellow board member Bob Warren for a nice PSA 3 1923-24 Exhibits Gabby Hartnett--a tough card!

Best to all,

Larry

[Matvoo]

Picked up a gordon hickman southern league t206 will get a scan once it arrives

[soxinseven]

Really like the large borders on this one...

[ullmandds]

beauty steve...but any unaltered e94 should have borders like that!

[abothebear]

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[4815162342]

These are old pickups that I just got back from PSA. I was pleased that they recognized that the Miller isn't trimmed. The green writing that bleeds over from the back on the bottom of the card shows that this card was probably at the bottom of the sheet.

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129981/e105%20miller%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129981/e105%20miller%20back.jpg

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129982/e105%20doyle%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129982/e105%20doyle%20back.jpg

[T206Collector]

Put in an apparently high placeholder bid on this one a weeks ago and won it without a fight. Very happy about adding this card to my 1933 Goudey set (235/240) and the reasonable price:

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pdoxmwMUYH-FZFW_xZ8kv8Voo7wO8BPeGSO7FNPxJt4?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TmIitKYp3Rc/U-TMCmvzIbI/AAAAAAAAhEw/3i5rUbjm8g4/s800/92_Gehrig_PSA_4.jpg" height="800" width="470" /></a>

[LKeeler]

These are old pickups that I just got back from PSA. I was pleased that they recognized that the Miller isn't trimmed. The green writing that bleeds over from the back on the bottom of the card shows that this card was probably at the bottom of the sheet.

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129981/e105%20miller%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129981/e105%20miller%20back.jpg

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129982/e105%20doyle%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/23129982/e105%20doyle%20back.jpg

Nice, Daryl! Love your Mello-Mints!

[LKeeler]

My pick up from the Sterling auction, and my first E106. Gotta love the Oakes!

[VoodooChild]

Sweet Pick-Up Luke! I love that pose, and with the Pittsburgh connection, I was in on it for a little while but could tell somebody wanted it more than me. Here's my only pre-war Sterling win:

[4815162342]

Nice, Daryl! Love your Mello-Mints!

Thanks Luke! Your caramels aren't too shabby either!

[soxinseven]

beauty steve...but any unaltered e94 should have borders like that!

I should have said border not borders. I have a bunch of unaltered E94s but none have a huge right border like this card...

[DeanH3]

I have wanted this pose for quite some time. The tougher back is an added bonus.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m52/DHack3/BB%20Cards/T206YoungGloveFrontPSA3_zps99806337.jpghttp://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m52/DHack3/BB%20Cards/Card%20Backs/T206YoungGloveBackPSA3_zps568b237a.jpg

[freakhappy]

Great cards so far this month! Love the Young, Dean...congrats!

[DeanH3]

Thanks Mike!

[Matvoo]

Great cards guys

[majordanby]

I have wanted this pose for quite some time. The tougher back is an added bonus.

Nice card!

[clydepepper]

This will be the sole 'big' card I get this month...

Thanks to Mike DeNero...

155851

[brewing]

Picked these up in the Sterling auction.
I am rapidly becoming a fan of T-205s.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/09/emeqaqa3.jpg

[ZachS]

My Louisiana obsession continues... I may need to get a second job.

On the bright side, I'm about 14% done with the known Tango Eggs set.:p

http://www.louisianacards.com/uploads/2/7/0/3/27039045/9721066.jpg?1407527439

[varsitycollectibles]

My Louisiana obsession continues... I may need to get a second job.

On the bright side, I'm about 14% done with the known Tango Eggs set.:p

http://www.louisianacards.com/uploads/2/7/0/3/27039045/9721066.jpg?1407527439

Nice pick up. Love the state focus. I'm a Texas collector.

[AMBST95]

Picked up some Goudeys this week


http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/ambst95/1933%20Goudey/1933Goudey134SamRicePSA6_zps32ea10c1.jpg

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/ambst95/1933%20Goudey/1933Goudey194EarlAverillPSA6_zpseaff7a8b.jpg

[LKeeler]

My Louisiana obsession continues... I may need to get a second job.

On the bright side, I'm about 14% done with the known Tango Eggs set.:p

http://www.louisianacards.com/uploads/2/7/0/3/27039045/9721066.jpg?1407527439

Awesome card, Zach! The crispness of that card sure made it's listing stand out. Great pick up!

[bbcard1]

Certainly not a very popular set and in fact are stamps, not cards, but the 1944 Yankees set commemorating the 1943 world champs is one of the few color issues of the era. There was a set that had languished on BST for a while and I decided to pick it up and package it for better enjoyment. Could think of worse ways to spend a rainy Friday night.

[cdn_collector]

Certainly not a very popular set and in fact are stamps, not cards, but the 1944 Yankees set commemorating the 1943 world champs is one of the few color issues of the era. There was a set that had languished on BST for a while and I decided to pick it up and package it for better enjoyment. Could think of worse ways to spend a rainy Friday night.

Wow Todd, those look incredible. Not being familiar with the issue, I figured I was looking at a modern "buyback" issue until I read the description. Nicely done.

Richard.

[Luke]

Wow Todd, those look incredible. Not being familiar with the issue, I figured I was looking at a modern "buyback" issue until I read the description. Nicely done.

Richard.

I agree. Those are awesome! You should frame them up like that.

[sox1903wschamp]

Love the back.

[MVSNYC]

Adam- those Goudeys are beautiful!

[jb217676]

1921 W516-2-2 Strip Card of Hank Gowdy & Eddie Cicotte

[bcbgcbrcb]

Picked up this 1923-24 Tomas Gutierrez album at the National in Cleveland..........

[Bicem]

Nice Phil!

[Kenny Cole]

Phil,

I'm pretty sure that one used to be mine. Treat it nicely. :)

Kenny

[tbob]

beauty steve...but any unaltered e94 should have borders like that!


+1.
Nice card Steve.

[t206hound]

two additions to the collection:

[Brian Van Horn]

I love flea markets. Thank you, Jim:

[Brian Van Horn]

I love antique shops:

[wazoo]

two additions to the collection:

Great cards Erick!

[Chris Counts]

I've been eyeing this '37 Wheaties "card" of Joltin' Joe for some time. I finally pulled the trigger ...

[deadballfreaK]

Well, this qualifies as an August "Pickup" because I literally just picked up some cards off the floor that I didn't even know I had. Scratching around in a spare room we have which is pretty much a junk room, I found six graded cards which had fallen behind a desk and were completely forgotten about. 4 of them were not exciting. 1967 Topps football cards PSA 7 and 8 of Miller Farr, Frank Jackson, Art Powell, and Larry Elkins. I actually remember winning these cards off ebay for 99 cents each. Not sure why I wanted them, but a good price. The other two much better and have me mystified. 1913 Tom Barker game cards of Christy Mathewson and Ed Walsh. Both SGC 70/5.5. I don't remember these cards for the life of me. I assume they came from a time when I was drinking heavily. Not like yesterday, I mean REALLY heavily. Still a nice "Pickup"!

[Luke]

Lol, that's amazing!

[Chris D.]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/mcgrawfront.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/mcgrawfront.jpeg.html)http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/mcgrawback.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/mcgrawback.jpeg.html)

[t206hound]

Wow that ships fast!

[Nappy1525]

Wrong section

[T206Collector]

Okay, here we go again with this Monster thing. I'm going to approach this a little differently this time. Sure I will. The Monster will never see me coming. I'm going to sneak up on him all silent like. At least I can honestly say that this is the best condition Ty Cobb card I've ever owned... hands down.

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-8XVAj9gJP9iym1tuBEwgEbbPrYp6YHrRqcN_cfzkkQ?feat=em bedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FBbI_Xc6hOg/U-lk8dY_OiI/AAAAAAAAhHA/AMLjQFt7Sto/s800/Cobb_Red_SGC_60.jpg" height="800" width="486" /></a>

Also picked up the cleanest Chase-Trophy I've ever owned. Quite happy with this pair. And now my unsigned T206 collection now stands at 20 examples. Once I had 521...

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UPFu_e_bBHG03NzAtzA9S0bbPrYp6YHrRqcN_cfzkkQ?feat=e mbedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MCBtA0Q_VVk/U-llDFWqznI/AAAAAAAAhHI/nubqEYJJalg/s800/Chase_Trophy_SGC_60.jpg" height="800" width="493" /></a>

[DeanH3]

Awesome Cobb and Chase. Very difficult to find a red Cobby with great color, registration and centering all in one card. Well done!

[AMBST95]

That's a beautiful Cobb! I've picked up a few more, so I thought I'd share.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/ambst95/1909-1911%20T206%20White%20Border/1909T206SweetCaporal150Fac30HalChaseThrowingWhiteC apCPSA4_zpsa89f7da5.jpg

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/b524/ambst95/1933%20Goudey/1933Goudey143GlennWrightPSA6_zps061fe38d.jpg

[Brian Van Horn]

March 2, 1899 cabinet of former Pittsburgh Pirate and Boston Beaneater (NL) Charlie Kuhns.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuhnsch01.shtml

[Chris D.]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/cobbfront.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/cobbfront.jpeg.html)http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/cobbback.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/cobbback.jpeg.html)

[pete zouras]

I'm very happy to have picked up.

[T206Collector]

It's been a good month to be a Ty Cobb collector...

<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/OpHU5ozjPOcs3P-3zUCw20bbPrYp6YHrRqcN_cfzkkQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hK7oRCU3WUA/U-wQbsy2tSI/AAAAAAAAiYE/AKS91ZJJC80/s800/Cobb_Green_SGC_50.jpg" height="800" width="490" /></a>

[Jantz]

Nice Chase Ad@m!

Love those big borders :)


Jantz

[Louieman]

Thanks to simas7173 for this one!

[kkkkandp]

I'm very happy to have picked up.

Wow, Pete! That's some dynamic duo. Big congrats!

[Big Ben]

After a 3 year search, I got my F Scott Fitzgerald in the mail today. Thanks again to the people on this board for the great advice! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/15/vu8uru5y.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/15/4ajusugu.jpg

[Matvoo]

Nice bender ben

[clydepepper]

156562

[4815162342]

I know it's not a 1914 Cracker Jack or a T206, but I was glad to work out a deal with a fellow board member for these two cards.

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/9639499/e105%20jennings%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/9639499/e105%20jennings%20back.jpg

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/9639512/e105%20shean%20front.jpghttp://caimages.collectors.com/psaimages/9009/9639512/e105%20shean%20back.jpg

[Mountaineer]

I knew that portrait of Jennings on your card Daryl looked familiar. It is the same portrait that is used on his 1916 Tango Eggs card... Nice cards!!!

[Mountaineer]

After a 3 year search, I got my F Scott Fitzgerald in the mail today. Thanks again to the people on this board for the great advice!

Beautiful card Ben.

BTW, what is a "F Scott Fitzgerald" in card lingo? I know he is the famous author, but I am confused about the card being called that.

[joeadcock]

March 2, 1899 cabinet of former Pittsburgh Pirate and Boston Beaneater (NL) Charlie Kuhns.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuhnsch01.shtml

Intesting looking cabinet Brian

[Brian Van Horn]

Intesting looking cabinet Brian

Thank you.

[clydepepper]

Beautiful card Ben.

BTW, what is a "F Scott Fitzgerald" in card lingo? I know he is the famous author, but I am confused about the card being called that.

I too am befuddled by your terminology. Please explain.

[4815162342]

I knew that portrait of Jennings on your card Daryl looked familiar. It is the same portrait that is used on his 1916 Tango Eggs card... Nice cards!!!


Thanks Dustin. Jennings appears in this pose in a handful of other sets as well.

[Big Ben]

I too am befuddled by your terminology. Please explain.

Thanks to everyone. Here is a link to a thread I started when I found this card on EBay. There are some very good explanations by some great people on this forum about the "F" stamp and the supposed relation to F Scott Fitzgerald. The debate is still out there, but I chose to be a believer! :)
Worst case scenario, I have a T206 Hall of Famer!

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=192140

[GregMitch34]

Decided to Ty one on....

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=156635&stc=1&d=1408107722

[mrvster]

Great pick up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

get them now before the jerks out there start a rubber stampn':eek:

[Gobucsmagic74]

Thanks to everyone. Here is a link to a thread I started when I found this card on EBay. There are some very good explanations by some great people on this forum about the "F" stamp and the supposed relation to F Scott Fitzgerald. The debate is still out there, but I chose to be a believer! :)
Worst case scenario, I have a T206 Hall of Famer!

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=192140

There's another one of these "F" marked cards on ebay right now, I just don't remember which card it is! I didn't know what the stamp meant at the time until I read this thread and was convinced you bought the card I had seen since I saw it the same day you purchased yours, but it's definitely a different card. Let the hunt begin!!!

[Lgarza99]

I'm happy to get this Lundgren!

[darwinbulldog]

Thanks to everyone. Here is a link to a thread I started when I found this card on EBay. There are some very good explanations by some great people on this forum about the "F" stamp and the supposed relation to F Scott Fitzgerald. The debate is still out there, but I chose to be a believer! :)
Worst case scenario, I have a T206 Hall of Famer!

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=192140

Yes, but let's reopen the debate. Does the F stand for F. or for Fitzgerald?

[pencil1974]

New addition to the collection. Going to SGC to be put into a holder that fits better than this I hope.

[GregMitch34]

I was in on the Gehrig, glad you got. I have same in a 7 and yes looks great in SGC holder so do it.
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=156704&stc=1&d=1408156113

[canjond]

Far from pretty...

[Enfuego]

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[Enfuego]

Here are my pickups from an antique fair my wife brought me to and found for me... Wouldn't mind trading the T207 for a T206, just inbox me if interested.156717
156718

[Leon]

Had one and picked the other up...

[wazoo]

Had one and picked the other up...

Great stuff Leon!

[gregr2]

Couldn't resist picking up these from a board member!

156759

156760

[Joe_G.]

Had one and picked the other up...

Both very nice Leon, the one on the right being a better match in design to the GQ packs. What are your impressions of the differences between the two (date, original contents, etc.)?

[kkkkandp]

Far from pretty...

Ahhhh, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It looks awful nice to me. Congrats!

[MattyC]

One of my favorite cards ever...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/mattianc/the-collection/19247/1909-11-t206-christy-mathewson

[Enfuego]

Really enjoy looking at all the pickups, keep them coming!

[Vintagecatcher]

Picked these 4 up recently.

Thanks to Todd for the nice looking Wally Schang!

Patrick

[clydepepper]

Far from pretty...

I may have heard this before on this board, but doesn't Plank resemble the famous picture of Billy the Kid?

[pcoz]

Glad to have picked this one up.....

[shernan30]

I have not posted in a pickup thread in a few months, but yesterday was a very good day at the mailbox. Picked up my first Cracker Jack and finally got a Dave Orr Buchner Gold Coin.

[Vintagecatcher]

Picked up another colored S74 catcher for my subset, Roger Bresnahan (Mouth closed).


Patrick

[CrazyDiamond]

happy to pick this one up - add to my slow moving portrait set

[mantleman]

:eek:WOW!! That E121 Babe Ruth is incredible..............That has to be my favorite Ruth card. Would love to pick one up like that.

Andy

[Enfuego]

I love that Ruth Pickup! Very nice!


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[darwinbulldog]

Kotton Cigarettes suffer from agoraphobia.

[VoodooChild]

I missed out on the nicer/higher graded one in the Sterling Auction, but was able to pick-up this one. Thanks to board member Andrew for letting me know that it was available in the last LOTG auction:

[LKeeler]

Great pick up, Jason!

[Howe’s Hunter]

George (the son) is the one we see on the board more often. While going through their combined T206 collection, they found this one in George's (the dad) collection. George reached out to me and yesterday, this beauty arrived to rejoin the other 258 in the rebuilt collection. Thanks again to George II and George III.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/T206ster/259-ndash-Malarkey_zpscc77a0be.gif (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/T206ster/media/259-ndash-Malarkey_zpscc77a0be.gif.html)

[Matvoo]

Very nice malarkey and nice mini story

[4815162342]

Very nice malarkey and nice mini story

Shouldn't you be in school? :D

[Matvoo]

Shouldn't you be in school? :D

Its in september here in canada :D

[Big Ben]

Glad to have picked this one up.....


What a nice looking Ruth card! Great pickup!!!!


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[z28jd]

The other day, I was writing a little Pirates history article and realized that I didn't have any Woody Jensen cards. It was his birthday, so I said what better day to pick one up. Looking at my three choices on ebay, I couldn't decide, so I bought all three. Same seller, free shipping, total cost: $18.50! Can't beat that. Love the prices on these 1936 Goudey/Fine Pen cards

[geor952]

George (the son) is the one we see on the board more often. While going through their combined T206 collection, they found this one in George's (the dad) collection. George reached out to me and yesterday, this beauty arrived to rejoin the other 258 in the rebuilt collection. Thanks again to George II and George III.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/T206ster/259-ndash-Malarkey_zpscc77a0be.gif (http://s150.photobucket.com/user/T206ster/media/259-ndash-Malarkey_zpscc77a0be.gif.html)

Glad the card is at home! Enjoy Ed! Thanks for a great transaction. I mailed dad a nice psa 3 Malarkey today, to replace it.

[pete zouras]

From Huggins

[itjclarke]

Glad to have picked this one up.....

Nice Ruth! Congrats Pete

[packs]

Sort of a pick up for me. Was able to get a nice bump for my Gehrig at the White Plains show last weekend:


http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/madjams/3501D1DF-26D2-4017-87C0-E784F2E0E240_zpskbpiifjy.jpg

[MattyC]

Packs-- that is gorgeous. What a great buy. Eye appeal.

[LKeeler]

I have decided to tackle the "caramel monster". Here are a few of the pick ups.

[t206hound]

A new Tolstoi and AB350F

[Shoebox]

Not a high value card but anytime I grt to adda pre-war issue to my HOFcollection its a big deal to me.

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj594/Drinkmorebeer/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/IMG_20140820_172929_zpswpvnmql_edit_1408575306465_ zps7c9at97e.jpg (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/Drinkmorebeer/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/IMG_20140820_172929_zpswpvnmql_edit_1408575306465_ zps7c9at97e.jpg.html)

[Tim Kindler]

I finally have a new computer up and running after being with out a desktop for over 6 months after the last one crashed. I was able to lurk on the board for that time, but posting anything from my phone was sort of a pain and I certainly didn't know how to show anything from my phone. But anyway, I picked the following four cards up from The National and I just wanted to shout out a hello and thanks to all those I saw and talked to at the National. Everyone from the board is always so polite and friendly and great to talk to. I want to especially thank those board members from which I bought cards from and from those board members that I was considering buying from, but ran out of money...sorry!:( These four cards, an E98 Tenney which I just had to have another, and the 3 Turkey Reds...my new set that I'm pursuing, came from board members Michael Peich, Ed Hans, Tim Newcomb, and Gary Nuchereno.
Thanks Guys! Enjoy! I love all the great cards from this month!

[Matvoo]

Nice cards all

[the 'stache]

Some gorgeous cards coming in this month, guys.

Pete, I'm a sucker for a Ruth or Gehrig Goudey. To get one from each at the same time, wow. Very nice!

T206collector, that's a really nice Cobb. Nice clean lines on the edges.

Daryl, I really need to sit down and learn about the Mello Mint cards. I know enough to appreciate that they are to get. And I love that you got one of Hughie Jennings. Every time I see him on a card, especially with his famous "Eeyah" pose, I can't help but smile.

[x2drich2000]

numbers 32 and 33 toward the Nadja set. Really must thank the board member sold these to me. Not only did he give me a fair price, but he also held them aside for me for a few months while I gathered up the money to pay for them...Thanks Jerry

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=611&pictureid=16085http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=611&pictureid=16084
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=611&pictureid=16086http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=611&pictureid=16087

DJ

[4815162342]

Awesome pickups DJ! And kudos to the board member who worked with you - that's what this board is all about.

[shernan30]

Broken the scanner out tonight. Here are a few pickups for this month.

I'm starting to really like to T206 set. This could spell trouble :D:D

[t206hound]

I believe this is a tough combo; 3 SGC graded and 1 PSA. Pinhole, writing and paper loss on the NY on the front, but otherwise a beaut! :D

[mrvster]

love the T206:)

[Kenny Cole]

A few upgrades and some I've been wanting.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Nice pick-ups, Kenny, especially the Dreyfuss & Dobie Moore.

[wazoo]

Erick--great Hindu.

Anyone else see the correlation though?

Whose mark is this?

http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1909-11-t206-hindu-brown-harry-steinfeldt-portrait-sgc-10-poor-1/a/151436-41007.s

[joeadcock]

Good Job Kenny

[the 'stache]

The first seven of the eight T206s I just picked up.

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3717/4eaZvI.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img537/2476/krLEWI.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img904/8301/5Pz2aO.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img539/2333/UBJnMy.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img910/1240/bo15yN.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img540/2130/fqqQJs.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img673/2224/0rOT16.png

[Kenny Cole]

Thanks guys.

[kamikidEFFL]

Great pickups this month so far just scored my 45th this past week. Very excited to be closer to my first goal.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg.html)

[clydepepper]

Great pickups this month so far just scored my 45th this past week. Very excited to be closer to my first goal.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg.html)

Very Nice Jesse

[Luke]

Good back mail day:

[t206hound]

Nice haul, Luke. I love days like that!

[Luke]

Thanks Erick :D

[BlueSky]

Bill,

Nice pickups. I love these kind of days.

Regards,
Marty

The first seven of the eight T206s I just picked up.

http://imageshack.com/a/img661/3717/4eaZvI.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img537/2476/krLEWI.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img904/8301/5Pz2aO.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img539/2333/UBJnMy.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img910/1240/bo15yN.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img540/2130/fqqQJs.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img673/2224/0rOT16.png

[BlueSky]

Luke,

Nice cards. Love those backs.

Marty

[the 'stache]

Thanks, Marty. I wish they'd happen a little more frequently. I have such a long way to go..

[buymycards]

Got this nice Coupon Type 3 off of ebay. :)

[DeanH3]

Got this nice Coupon Type 3 off of ebay. :)

I think it's actually a type 2. Regardless it a cool card.

[buymycards]

Hi Dean, I know - that is why I put the :) in there.


Rick

[MikeGarcia]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/2042957/view/1939EXHIBITGROVE_NEW.JPG



.... I own or have owned close to a hundred of these salutation exhibits and I've seen many hundreds of others for sale , but I do not recall ever seeing a pronounced mis-cut on any exhibit card..they obviously had some pretty good quality control on the mechanical process .

..do any of you have a mis-cut 1939-46 Exhibit or recall seeing any ?

...if this were a T206 I'd be getting phone calls at three A.M. begging me to sell it.... You know who you are....

[the 'stache]

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/8476/LKs1TO.png

My 8th T206 card purchased just came in. Here's an image I did of the 8, including the Pastorius.

Oh, how I love Photoshop.

I also discovered I've been doing something incorrectly when scanning. I changed the sequence a little, and now the scans are perfect. No tweaking of levels needed at all. Just run the Canoscan toolbox, checkmark to show the display driver, use the recommended color settings, and click the blue scan button in the preview window. For some reason, it wasn't color adjusting correctly before. Now it's perfect every single time. So I'm basically rescanning my entire collection. :p

[freakhappy]

Bill...love your recent pickups! You have good taste, my friend! :)

[the 'stache]

Bill...love your recent pickups! You have good taste, my friend! :)

Thank you, Mike. The feeling is mutual.

I'll probably go back to saving up for another month or two with some auctions coming up, then I'll be much more active working on my collection going forward. In the mean time, I'll have 3 more T206s coming in within a few days, and some cards coming in for the vintage side. Two of those are Minnie Minoso and Mark Belanger cards, cards that will be specific to a discussion I'll be starting on the All Sports Talk water cooler board. Something I've been chewing on for a while. Something they both have in common.

[MikeGarcia]

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/2042957/view/1941DOUBLEPLAYYANKEES_NEW.JPG


...lightly adhering to very thin brittle scrapbook page paper...I'll leave them as they were found except for trimming the exposed excess paper-- the backs are blank anyway...it worked out okay on the bottom two cards .. it's always nice to look at pre-war Yankees..I guess this is considered 22-year-old Scooter Rizzuto's rookie card ?

[MVSNYC]

Picked up the T206 Drum in SCP last night (it appears). I have a Wiltse Uzit also, so maybe a player run is in order? ;)

[t206hound]

Makes #49 in the new set...

[Luke]

That's a really nice group Bill, congrats! Nice Drum and EPDG as well.

[kamikidEFFL]

Loving these pickups this month. I live through some of these members haha. My funds don't run as big as theirs do.

[Bored5000]

Picked up the T206 Drum in SCP last night (it appears). I have a Wiltse Uzit also, so maybe a player run is in order? ;)

That is pretty awesome to have a T206 Drum and Uzit of the same player. :)

[MVSNYC]

Thanks Eddie. I actually forgot that my Uzit was Wiltse (scans below) when I was bidding on the Drum...I realized it this morning. :)

[itjclarke]

Added another signed DS. No goals to go for a set, but keep picking 'em up.

[the 'stache]

That's a really nice group Bill, congrats!

Thank you so much, Luke! You know, it felt really good to just let loose a little bit. I'm almost at the point where I can start doing some serious work on my collection, and I can't wait.

I love the cards you picked up, too. People told me that after I'd been collecting the Monster for a while, I'd start to appreciate the different backs. They were right. They add a whole other dimension to the set for me. When I got my first Polar Bear backed card, I was pretty excited, even though it certainly wasn't a hard to get back. Then I got one of the factory 649 overprints followed closely by my first Southern Leaguer, which had an Old Mill back. Now I find when I look for cards, the backs play a very big part of my decision making. I look forward to my first Sovereign, Cycle, American Beauty and EPDG-backed cards.

[Vintageismygame]

Made a decent dent in the "Monster"!!

The 3rd pic is all the cards stacked up and showing off some better ones.

The Raymond is a Double Name and the Batch is a miscut with another card showing at the bottom. There are some in the lot with 2 backs showing.

The Cobb and Mathewson are from individual purchases but the rest all came from the same collection.

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/matuxhorn/IMG_20140824_191134441_zps6f12be09.jpg (http://s699.photobucket.com/user/matuxhorn/media/IMG_20140824_191134441_zps6f12be09.jpg.html)

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/matuxhorn/IMG_20140824_190656267_zps3473dd49.jpg (http://s699.photobucket.com/user/matuxhorn/media/IMG_20140824_190656267_zps3473dd49.jpg.html)

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/matuxhorn/IMG_20140824_191339692_zps3d4cd9c9.jpg (http://s699.photobucket.com/user/matuxhorn/media/IMG_20140824_191339692_zps3d4cd9c9.jpg.html)

[Jeffrompa]

Super impressive . I got to dig deeper in the storage garages and flea markets .

[usernamealreadytaken]

Happy to add these two

[Gobucsmagic74]

This one may get a bath

[refz]

Happy to add these two

Nice cards chris especially the ruth

[wazoo]

:) polar bear!

[wazoo]

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[MattyC]

Awesome Goudey Ruth-- what eye appeal. Cannot imagine many in that grade looking that great.

Super cool Polar Bear!

[Matvoo]

Super cool topps t206 titus

[the 'stache]

Ok, you guys are breaking out some big guns now.

Ian, how did I not know you were collecting DSs? And autographed ones, no less? That's a pretty cool idea. The cards are just gorgeous. SOmewhat reminiscient of the Goudey cards, but with very detailed backgrounds, which I like. You need to send me some links, my friend!

Matt-I might just have to snag one of those pictures for my desktop. A little ncentive to keep hitting the set. I have a long, long way to go, and since I know there are a lot of cards from other sets I will be adding, I know it's going to be a marathon. But aren't those cards beautiful. Did you giggle like a kid when you had them all fanned out like that? They're not even my cards, and I admit I had a bit of an excited chuckle. I really love seeing stuff like this.

Chris-fantastic! Those two, especially the Cobb on shoulder, have some really nice eye appeal. Damn, you are making me want to start my Hall of Fame chase now! Congratulations!!

Dan-it's absolutely your call, but if you wash that Clarke, you've got nerves of steel. I'd be absolutely scared to death soaking a CJ, especially a '14. To be honest, I kinda like the caramel staining. It adds character to the card. And that's as strong a two as you will ever find. The centering is perfect, and the eye appeal is just beautiful. Good luck. If you decide to go ahead, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes as planned.

Joshua-you're killing me. Tell me you didn't actually pull that out of a pack. Oh, and it's a PB. That kicks the cool factor up for me. My favorite back. I love the dark blue with white lettering. Nice pick up! I want to add one of those so badly, and it has nothing to do with the demand. That's one of the coolest cards in the set.



See, guys, it's nights like this one, when I can scroll through the pickup thread, and see some really incredible pieces of history. It just makes me fall in love with our hobby all over again. Literally. We hear about the idiots like Mr. Mint, and shilling, and people trying to sell fakes. It could be easy to get discouraged. But I come here, and it's like Cher slapping me five across the eyes. "Snap out of it!"

In the grand scheme of things, when it comes to my own collection, I'm still a newborn. I'm learning how to crawl. But now I've got my big boy pants on, and I'm ready to start building. You guys inspire me. You really do. And I love seeing everybody enjoying themselves.

/chapeau. I tip my hat to you all.

Bill

[Enfuego]

Ok, you guys are breaking out some big guns now.



Ian, how did I not know you were collecting DSs? And autographed ones, no less? That's a pretty cool idea. The cards are just gorgeous. SOmewhat reminiscient of the Goudey cards, but with very detailed backgrounds, which I like. You need to send me some links, my friend!



Matt-I might just have to snag one of those pictures for my desktop. A little ncentive to keep hitting the set. I have a long, long way to go, and since I know there are a lot of cards from other sets I will be adding, I know it's going to be a marathon. But aren't those cards beautiful. Did you giggle like a kid when you had them all fanned out like that? They're not even my cards, and I admit I had a bit of an excited chuckle. I really love seeing stuff like this.



Chris-fantastic! Those two, especially the Cobb on shoulder, have some really nice eye appeal. Damn, you are making me want to start my Hall of Fame chase now! Congratulations!!



Dan-it's absolutely your call, but if you wash that Clarke, you've got nerves of steel. I'd be absolutely scared to death soaking a CJ, especially a '14. To be honest, I kinda like the caramel staining. It adds character to the card. And that's as strong a two as you will ever find. The centering is perfect, and the eye appeal is just beautiful. Good luck. If you decide to go ahead, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes as planned.



Joshua-you're killing me. Tell me you didn't actually pull that out of a pack. Oh, and it's a PB. That kicks the cool factor up for me. My favorite back. I love the dark blue with white lettering. Nice pick up! I want to add one of those so badly, and it has nothing to do with the demand. That's one of the coolest cards in the set.







See, guys, it's nights like this one, when I can scroll through the pickup thread, and see some really incredible pieces of history. It just makes me fall in love with our hobby all over again. Literally. We hear about the idiots like Mr. Mint, and shilling, and people trying to sell fakes. It could be easy to get discouraged. But I come here, and it's like Cher slapping me five across the eyes. "Snap out of it!"



In the grand scheme of things, when it comes to my own collection, I'm still a newborn. I'm learning how to crawl. But now I've got my big boy pants on, and I'm ready to start building. You guys inspire me. You really do. And I love seeing everybody enjoying themselves.



/chapeau. I tip my hat to you all.



Bill


Well said


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[Gobucsmagic74]

Bill, you make some really strong points...thanks for your input. I'm not 100% sure I'll follow through, I'm terrified of damaging the card. Also am not sure if this level of staining can be significantly improved to make it worth the risk so I definitely want to get more opinions from experienced soakers.

[the 'stache]

Bill, you make some really strong points...thanks for your input. I'm not 100% sure I'll follow through, I'm terrified of damaging the card. Also am not sure if this level of staining can be significantly improved to make it worth the risk so I definitely want to get more opinions from experienced soakers.

Absolutely. You're going about this the right way, so no matter what you ultimately decide, Dan, you'll be making an informed decision. Usually this is where I say "test this out on a common", but even a common '14 CJ is going to cost you well over a C Note, especially with the market the way it is for them now.

The only thing that gets me about soaking is that you really can't just test a small area. It's not like the label says on color safe bleach, advising you to "test a small, inconspicuous area." It's like Yoda says. "There is no try. Do, or do not." You either have to drop the card in the solution (distilled water, if I remember correctly), or not do it. The card has to lay completely flat. :eek:

[Vintageismygame]

Bill - yeah I was like a kid in a candy store when I got those cards. I put them all in the card savers then I cataloged them into my spreadsheets. I have a master sheet that I keep track of the date the card was purchased, the cost, where I acquired it, and the condition. Then I have subset spreadsheets that they go into (portraits, HOFers, SLers, bat showing, glove showing, baseball showing, and horizontals). There is definitely a method to my "monster" madness!!

Once I get to 450 cards I plan on putting them into binder pages so they can be enjoyed the ole fashioned way!!

Matt

[CrazyDiamond]

Just got this in. Think I'm done for August. Picked up Johnson and Cobb portraits

Thanks to a couple of board members

[Brian Van Horn]

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[itjclarke]

Ian, how did I not know you were collecting DSs? And autographed ones, no less? That's a pretty cool idea. The cards are just gorgeous. SOmewhat reminiscient of the Goudey cards, but with very detailed backgrounds, which I like. You need to send me some links, my friend!

Bill

Hey Bill, how you been? The "idea" to go after these was born wholly on this board. I saw some of Sean's signed Goudeys, then made a group purchase on the board about a year and half ago. "Irwin Fletcher" had an amazing collection of signed Diamond Stars for sale and I ended up snagging all but one of his HOFers (still kicking myself for passing on the one, Lloyd Waner). I have been picking them up here and there ever since, as well as other signed pre-war stuff. I think DS are perfect for autographs and given they have similar color schemes, look great displayed together. They seem to come up for sale here and there. I was very happy to score the Terry on eBay, and another board member ended up with the Waner from the same seller. I'll email you some pics (some day I'll take time to upload my cards to site)

[yanksfan09]

Nice Sisler Brian.

Nie Red Cobb too up there^

[Brian Van Horn]

Thank you, Erick. It is actually my second from the set.

[t206blogcom]

Made a decent dent in the "Monster"!!

Nice, great job!

[Luke]

Nice cards guys! That red Cobb up there is a really nice 1. Congrats!

Finally got my first Wagner. Thanks again Paul!

[CrazyDiamond]

Nice cards guys! That red Cobb up there is a really nice 1. Congrats!

Finally got my first Wagner. Thanks again Paul!

Nice -would love to add a wagner to my collection

Thanks - thinking about having it regraded (red cobb) back is nice as well

[joeadcock]

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Nice cards Brian

[Brian Van Horn]

Nice cards Brian

Thank you.

[edjs]

...but I think I got some cool stuff.

[Brian Van Horn]

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[Shoebox]

Made my first transaction through the B/S/T and added two new things to my collection with one card.

Added my first Eppa Rixey card to my HOFer collection and added my first E-series card to my collection.

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj594/Drinkmorebeer/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/attachment-6-1-1_zpsu99vqbu7.jpg (http://s1269.photobucket.com/user/Drinkmorebeer/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-08/attachment-6-1-1_zpsu99vqbu7.jpg.html)

[Chris D.]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/donovanfront.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/donovanfront.jpeg.html)http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/donovanback.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/donovanback.jpeg.html)
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/jenningsfront.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/jenningsfront.jpeg.html)http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e346/chrisdiaz203/E93/jenningsback.jpeg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/chrisdiaz203/media/E93/jenningsback.jpeg.html)

[yanksfan09]

Huge week for me!....

[GregMitch34]

Loved the somewhat goofy cap askew on face with the great blue/red color contrast...

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=158371&stc=1&d=1409192059http://www.net54baseball.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=158372&stc=1&d=1409192134

[auggiedoggy]

Had one and picked the other up...

I like! :)

[itjclarke]

Huge week for me!....

Sweet pick ups Erick. Wags/Gehrig look great, and I really think the E121 Sisler is an underrated card (know I love mine). Such a classic action shot of him.

ADDING- my post is sandwiched by great cards. Definitely a nice 1.5 Dan, congrats.

[Gobucsmagic74]

Looks like an EXMT card. Is PSA tougher on stains than SGC?

[LKeeler]

My newest Cobb.

[Luke]

Amazing haul Erick!

Nice Cobby Luke!

It has been awhile since I have added to my E96 set. Very happy to find this crease-free beauty at a fair price:

[Jason Carota]

http://www.huntington-rogers.com/img/type/t206_bradley_port_comp.jpg

[Jason]

Another August T209 pickup

[shernan30]

Picked up Egan and Mitchell for my T206 Cincinnati team run. Decided to put my 6 together, only 17 more to go :D.

[jb217676]

Happy to pick up a Lections card, tough to find in any condition. Thanks cozmokramer!

[yanksfan09]

Thanks Ian and Luke, great Rucker card BTW, nice image.

[shernan30]

Marr arrived today for my Columbus Solons OJ Team set. Down to only 5 left for the first round of poses!!

[t206hound]

Love the colors on this one; crease top left but otherwise really nice

[LKeeler]

Latest E90-1 arrival.

[edjs]

T213-2, nice way to finish off the month for me. Welcome home, Mr. Mathewson!

[ValKehl]

I picked this R316 premium photo for my Sam Rice card collection in the recent Mile High Auction. But I am keenly disappointed to have been outbid on this Holsum Bread - Rice card in last week's SCP Auction:
http://catalog.scpauctions.com/1921-HOLSUM-BREAD-E-C-RICE-VG-EX-PSA-4-(MK)-(1-1-LOT28438.aspx
I was about to fall asleep at my PC shortly after midnight, so I increased my already-winning max bid, confident that I would win this card! "You win some, and you lose some" - but, the losses stay with me a whole lot longer than the wins, especially when I am the first under bidder!
Val

[refz]

This came in yesterday

[Gobucsmagic74]

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

[yanksfan09]

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

Great colors on that Hornsby.

[Gobucsmagic74]

Great colors on that Hornsby.

Thanks Eric, I've always loved the look of this one.

[Bicem]

Nice Hornsby. And shout out to Rockledge, FL, that's where I was born. :)

[the 'stache]

Hey Bill, how you been? The "idea" to go after these was born wholly on this board. I saw some of Sean's signed Goudeys, then made a group purchase on the board about a year and half ago. "Irwin Fletcher" had an amazing collection of signed Diamond Stars for sale and I ended up snagging all but one of his HOFers (still kicking myself for passing on the one, Lloyd Waner). I have been picking them up here and there ever since, as well as other signed pre-war stuff. I think DS are perfect for autographs and given they have similar color schemes, look great displayed together. They seem to come up for sale here and there. I was very happy to score the Terry on eBay, and another board member ended up with the Waner from the same seller. I'll email you some pics (some day I'll take time to upload my cards to site)

Doing well, Ian. I e-mailed ya back after downloading some pictures ;)

Luke, those Caramels just jump off the screen. They're truly beautiful.

Erick-congrats on some great additions. I'm going to be the last pre-war collector on Net 54 to own that Gehrig at the rate I'm going.

Dan-I don't know if PSA is any harder on staining. But that Lajoie is incredible no matter what the grade.

CrazyDiamond-that's one of the nicest PSA 1s I've ever seen. Great eye appeal!

[Gobucsmagic74]

Nice Hornsby. And shout out to Rockledge, FL, that's where I was born. :)

That's funny Jeff! Rockledge is a nice little town and place to raise a family.

[Gobucsmagic74]

Doing well, Ian. I e-mailed ya back after downloading some pictures ;)

Luke, those Caramels just jump off the screen. They're truly beautiful.

Erick-congrats on some great additions. I'm going to be the last pre-war collector on Net 54 to own that Gehrig at the rate I'm going.

Dan-I don't know if PSA is any harder on staining. But that Lajoie is incredible no matter what the grade.

CrazyDiamond-that's one of the nicest PSA 1s I've ever seen. Great eye appeal!

Thanks Bill! I appreciate you always taking the time to comment.

[the 'stache]

Great pickups this month so far just scored my 45th this past week. Very excited to be closer to my first goal.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg244/kamikidEFFL/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg (http://s250.photobucket.com/user/kamikidEFFL/media/Baseball/Goudey/1934/IMG_4466.jpg.html)

Jesse, did you know that before Mark Koenig played in Cincinnati, he was a member of the famed Murder's Row from the 1927 New York Yankees?

Basically, it was a combination of:

Earle Combs in center
Mark Koenig at short
Babe Ruth in right
Lou Gehrig at first
Bob Meusel in left
Tony Lazzeri at second

They had a couple guys playing catcher and third base. But that first six hitters in the lineup were just murder on opposing pitchers. The '27 Yankees were 110-44. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the World Series.

Great colors on that Hornsby.

No doubt! I just saw that. Some really great color, especially when you consider how long that baby has been in circulation.

[CrazyDiamond]

Doing well, Ian. I e-mailed ya back after downloading some pictures ;)

Luke, those Caramels just jump off the screen. They're truly beautiful.

Erick-congrats on some great additions. I'm going to be the last pre-war collector on Net 54 to own that Gehrig at the rate I'm going.

Dan-I don't know if PSA is any harder on staining. But that Lajoie is incredible no matter what the grade.

CrazyDiamond-that's one of the nicest PSA 1s I've ever seen. Great eye appeal!


Thank you! Been wanting one for a while and can't afford much higher but have to say I am very happy with this one!

[CrazyDiamond]

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

I know how you feel! My wife is really happy with my pick ups as well

Great card!