For some reason, spring training sends me into a modern kick. So I've unfortunately been buying a buch of the shiny stuff lately...BUT I did manage to pick up two pre-war items recently, a '34 Diamond Matchbooks Ernie Lombardi and a b18 Ray Chapman.

My nice new Walter Johnson....err I mean Walter Alston, lol

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Thanks Bob!
 

Just Like tbob thanked and recognized Tom A. for selling him the last C46 card that he needed for the set; I wanted to thank Bob for his generosity in return to me for selling me an E98 that I needed. He exchanged it with me in a sell/trade combination. I really appreciate it Bob! It gets me within 15!
Up until now, I had never seen a Davis with a Blue Background before with my own eyes:eek:
Thanks,
Tim

My new February pickup is not the card below (well that was a pickup this month as well, but I digress), I just installed a new all-in-one printer with CCD scanning technology vs CIS scanning technology.

Old Scanner (HP Photosmart C5180):

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=6181

New Scanner (Canon PIXMA MG8120B):

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=6327

WOW! What a difference!

Thank You, Simon and Thank You, Chris for bringing one back into the fold:

Two newbies.

I know it's a beater, but it's the best one I'll ever own. I called the auction house and asked if other cards from the auction were part of the 'soapbox' group and they are looking into it. Meanwhile, I smelled the inside of the box and the other five cards I won smelled like it, so I guess the question is answered.

"the card was discovered within a group that was put away during the 1930s (the original box in which all were housed is being offered with this card)."

Congrats Scott....not a bad looking "collector-conditioned" card. I like it.

Beauty Scott! Well loved Magie. WOW.
Nice, new scanner David. Amazing images...

A couple of T213-2 cards via Ebay...part of my new mission to put together a NY American T-card set (will probably be impossible but i hope to have fun trying...)

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http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...2reverse-1.jpg

Thanks Leon, Jon. Now if I can just get in on a share of that $98K Plank.

Happy to knock this one off my check list.


Jantz

T3 Dahlen
 

This one just came in.

Wow!
 

The color pops on that T3 Dahlen... but is he using a 25 inch bat? That thing is smaller than a Fungo!

It is not the size of the bat but how you use it, at least that is what I tell myself.

Got my 1910 Waddell notebook cover and it looks fantastic! This is 1 of 3 known proofs to exist.