My final card purchase until at least January. Thank you Scott G.!

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Thank you Patrick. Quite a few players in the T210 set look to be of Native American ancestry. I wish there was more information on the subject.

Nice Pickels Marc. Great pickup.

I chose T210-1 Balenti as my aviator long ago due to his great expression and clear Sav. on uniform. Had to look him up (also long ago). He was probably a Native American.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=balent001mic

Not to say all people born in Oklahoma and attending Carlisle Indian School were Native Americans, but it's a decent chance.

Great postcard Patrick! That mitt is crazy huge.

Hey Kyle! Something seems to be amiss with your photos...is anyone else having this issue? I am on a mobile.
NJ

Although "ghost" cards are neat to look at, I've never had any real interest in owning one. That is, until Scott R. put this E126 Am. Caramel "ghost" card of Sam Rice in a Net54 auction. Being an OCD collector of Sam Rice cards, I just couldn't resist!

Not a beauty but a tough card! Thanks Ken McMillan!

Standard Biscuit Davenport
 

Thank you, thank you, thank you Brian! Been looking for one of his cards for a very long time:D Although I don't quite agree on the 1921 D350-3 classification, feel it's more of a C-135 era card. I mean the man was out of baseball by 1919 and never reached star status except throwing a no-no. But what do I know:confused:

Thank you everyone for the nice T207 Speaker comments -- I am really enjoying this card. I've never liked the set because the WaJo is so hideous, but some of the cards are really growing on me.

Val -- I am really happy that you were able to score the Rice ghost!!

Just completed a trade with a board member for these 2!

Wowee! Great pickups, Erick!

Thanks!

1929 Churchman Ruth
 

Needed a playing days Ruth and this one fit the budget just fine.

Great condition too. :)

One of the best looking ones I remember seeing, congrats!!

December pickups
 

Can't wait for our next trade Erick!

Thanks guys!!

GQ Type
 

Lotg pickup

Nice GQ!!

Beautiful Gypsy Queen!
 

Pete,

That's a beautiful Gypsy Queen card.

Great clarity!

Patrick

Ditto Pete, that is a beautiful GQ!

Love the T207 Speaker, Steve!

One of my favorite cards of him...and quite tough too.

In fact, I really enjoy all of the Boston American T207 cards.

Cheers,
Blair

Two Detroit Rookies
 

Two additions to a Detroit Mt. Rushmore of rookies. (I realize one is woefully out of place on this thread. Sorry.)

Signed Grove Goudey
 

Am super thrilled about adding this gorgeous signed card to my collection. I don't normally go after the signed Goudeys, but I have a soft spot in my heart for Lefty Grove, who has always been one of my favs. I've been looking out for a clean signature on the Goudey for years.

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Who are your others? Bobby Layne or Barry Sanders? Dave Bing or Isiah Thomas?

Wow! Awesome pick-up

This just arrived today - been wanting to find one for years, but budget, other interests, and timing always seemed to get in the way

Pretty solid for the grade, which 2.5 is on point

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Nothing spectacular here but my first Old Judge.

pretty spectacular in my opinion! Nice clarity/contrast on that OJ (despite the grade). I'd prefer one of these over an EX example w/ light contrast!

I agree that Old Judge is amazing.

Well thanks guys! :) What did draw me to this card was the same clarity I pursue on action shot photographs. And as you can probably guess the grade is due to back damage.

I concur with the others who posted on your Old Judge acquisition - that is a spectacular example!

Michael--Nice card. BTW, that is also Welch's scarcest pose.

This is very similar to the type of Old Judge I'm looking to acquire at some point. BEAUTIFUL front, phenomenal contrast/clarity, but a damaged back to drive the price down.

As previously stated by other members, sensational pickup. Merry Christmas!

Another nice Tom Needham T207
 

Couldn't resist grabbing this T207 off of eBay at a decent price. Now have 3 Tom Needham T207s...guess I'm a bit of a hoarder these days.

Patrick

Most recent Pre-War pickup -- One for the ol' Cobb run.

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Love the "phat" borders on that one, Jason. Beautiful pickup.

Wow, I am jealous - that card is excellent!

Exhibits get no love, but I picked up this one for not a lot of money.

These W517's are really cool. Had to pick up Ruth's counterpart. Hard to imagine but Gehrig had 184 RBI's in 1931. Ridiculous.

Thanks Jim!

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A surprise Christmas gift from a good friend! :)

I need better friends...

Every Old Judge card is spectacular.

Card made from photo , fifth find this year...
 

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"WATCH YOUR CREDIT.."
..."International News Photos,Inc."....."236 East 45th Street,New York,N.Y." .

.."ACE INFIELDER OF DETROIT TIGERS---"

.."BILL ROGELL shown in a fielding pose...He will play against the New York Giants in the 1934 World Series"

.."Editors--sent for advance world series art."


...They used the bottom two thirds of the photo to create the 1934 Gold Medal Foods Wheaties premium

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I've gotten really into nice raw T206 Hall of Famers for some reason

Great pickups, Cole. Those T206s have strong eye appeal.


This Crandall I have been hunting since the 24th of August, and it finally turned up at a price I could afford. Jumbo borders and oversized cards are always up my alley :)

The Tenney is another card I have been looking for, but could never find. Mr. Scott G offered me this one at a price I couldn't say no to. Thank you Mr. G!
Merry Christmas everyone!
NJ

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Do you have any idea when this photo was taken or when the caption was written? I'm curious because the Tigers didn't play New York in the Series, they played St. Louis. The Cardinals passed the Giants on the final weekend. :confused:

Nice cards - the Tenney is the "broken Y" version to boot.

Got 2 cards for Christmas. The Howell is from my uncle and the Brain from my dad. Very blessed to have family that respects my hobby interests.

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I'm not sure if I agree with Dean's Cards' grade on the Howell (I think it's more of a 2), but oh well. Still a great card/gift.

Old Mill Krauss Portrait
 

Havent bought anything in ages .

Yeah I was scratchin' my head too....
 

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...No specific date stamp....seems to be a prep piece, a sports department heads-up....1934 was a hell of a year to listen to and follow baseball...

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Great cards, but just a reminder that Hal Chase, although a great player and interesting subject to collect, is not a Hall of Famer.

Brian

A lot of newbies, including myself, have made that mistake.

Happy to add this tough Chattanooga T210 of Rhodes.

Nice Leon! I was watching that one too. Looks great.

December has been a banner month. First Dave Davenport and now Mal Eason!
Been looking for those two for about 25 years. Now what to do with the 15 other teams. Just love these mini W601's

Seems 2016 is ending in a flurry or Red Borders for me. This is a big one for finishing off my Series 5 set. Finally landed it! Thanks Matt for the great transaction.

Nice! Congrats Jason

Congrats on the Series 5 and 8, Jason!


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Kyle, Jason, thank you for the comments. It was a great 2016 for my collection and I hope that was the case for you gentlemen as well. Jason, I like the Mayo. B/W cards are kind of my thing and I could see me jumping on that set if/when the Red Borders slow for me. Great pickups everyone!

Got my last buys in the mail today! Here's a group shot of all my Dec pick ups
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Dear god. That was some December.

Very cool.

I'm sure Jan will be alot slower lol but I'm pretty pleased with what I got so far

Goodness C-Mack! Did you have naked pictures of Mrs. Clause or something, and Santa wanted to drop these off a little after Christmas on a special trip? Well done! Great December, and phenomenal way to finish off 2016!

Photos would of gotten me a 2nd Ruth lol but these are what I've been picking up for the last few weeks but was waiting to see what made it in before I post a pic ! Thanks for the kind words guys