July Pick ups
 

Last Met I needed in the 4-in-1 team set.

July is starting off strong!!

Nice jackie !
My second favorite player for what he had to live back in 1948.

That is a beauty.

Thanks Nelson and Jim. Now back to saving up for the next pickup. :D

Another jackie :)?

That's the plan. :D

A very nice looking 6 imo. Very clean and sharp. Always buy the card and NOT the grade!


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'69 Topps Decals

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Sweet cards! Would love to own a vintage Mantle one day.

Mike

June purchases, July arrivals. (I got a little carried away last month! :D)
Finally got my Duke, and a few others I have been chasing for a while.

Sorry for this huge scan guys, but without photobucket I've had to resort to another venue for posting and I'm still working out the kinks.



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Picked this up on the Bay but am suspecting it is a reprint, despite seller assurances.

I had understood Dan Dee to be a thin flimsy card stock with wax/oil residues. Instead this is a sturdy stock similar to Twinkee cards when I was a kid.
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A couple more arrivals. :)

So glad to finally get a Chico Carrasquel card. It was a tough one!!

Nice additions. You are on a good run with your 52's.


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Thanks! :)

Irv - Impressive. How many do you have now?
RayB

Thanks, Ray!

I am currently at 265. I started out with 148 when I joined this site last January.
Currently just working on numbers 1 to 310 with no high number purchases, yet.

Jason, I hate to say this to you, but I think I can confirm your fears on your Irvin being a reprint. Dan-Dees were printed in sheets, and for the purposes of how they were inserted into the product containers, the cards were die-cut with many connecting tabs, similar to the 1961 Golden Press Hall-of-Fame cards. Genuine cards will have evidence of the many tabs all around it.

I would not guage them as thin and flimsy, but due to the manner in which they were available, many got creased. Part of that manner was it being a single free prize per package, which lent itself to all sorts of extra handling that resulted in creases. At least the paraffin coating protected the card from oil stains and sharp chip gouges---for a awhile!

Naturally, the reprints were not cut the same way, and appear as tab-free standard-cut cards. Furthermore, the reprints, were done in the current standard card size of 2 1/2 X 3 1/2". Genuine Dan-Dees are 2 1/2 X 3 3/4" (according to a Beckett guide of the early 80s), a slightly dissimilar size to the 1954 Topps.

---Brian Powell

Brian, I would trust nobody more than you on a vintage food issue. Thanks...am annoyed with the seller naturally. Will return it.

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nice haul guys!
Irv, you have an eye for 52s!

I'll have to go and check mine. I don't remember nor did I likely notice "perforations", but then again it seems they are much fewer than I would imagine from Brian's description. Looks like a couple pairs per side.

A simple add to my Branch Rickey collection. I dig the 60 Fleer set for some reason. Hella cheaper than a 1915 CJ haha.
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I just picked up my first '74 Topps Deckle Edge card. I bought a lot of regular Topps packs as a kid in '74 but didn't know about the deckle edge set until many years later.

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Some Kaline to upgrade my raw sets.


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Deckled edge. I learn something new every day on net54. Neat card.

Loving those 52s Dale. Such an amazing set.

Thanks Neal. :)

I am currently waiting for another batch to come in but they haven't arrived yet. I purchased them June 21st. Another batch that I won from the same seller on June 25th did arrive. I am getting a bit concerned. :confused:

Jason and Curt, I'm afraid my memory is not as good as it once was, as there appears on your gorgeous Feller to be only several connecting tabs. The Golden Press have a lot of tabs. Serves me right for not going downstairs and checking my few originals.;)

Incidentally, Curt, your Feller really is a beaute. There's a decent chance it came out of the find from 1975, the central story of my chapter on the Dan-Dees, in case you're interested. I was at that show! I cannot prove your Feller was from the find, but given the nature of that major occasion, I would say there's a good chance. Great story. Provenance is certainly important when it comes to scarce and rare collectibles such as ours.;)

All this to say---congratulations on owning one of Bob's finest cards.

---Brian Powell

Small stack of 1967 Inserts advertising the upcoming Pin-Ups in the next series. I had never really seen these before...

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'64T Giants autos
 

Two more off the 'Bay to add to the autographed set. Currently sitting at 43/60 with the big ones to go.

Wow, amazing stuff fellas! Dan Dees and 52's, Deckles and Topps Giants. Sweet!

New Arrivals :
 

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..I couldn't resist the corners on the Montana....

...it's been years since I've last seen a '52 Topps in a CHAMPS holder ; used to be rare even 'way back when non-PSA/SGC/BGS were more common....remember "Uncle Sam" and "FGS" ?..

.. NOTE: I'll be upgrading the Berra ---to my eye , that off-centering is the absolute worst kind of off-centering : tilted cut ( we used to say 'diamond cut') and the top border is so much smaller than the bottom border.....I'm not the only one here....


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Picked up a couple 1974 Deckles

I might be interested in that card, Mike? As they say, one person's junk is another person's treasure. :D

What a great Tom Seaver! Have never seen that one.

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Diamond cuts on a baseball card is poetic. :D Got a bit of it on my 55 Topps Jackie posted above.

Jim65,
Love the Deckle cards. A couple of nice pickups for sure. Are you working on the set?

Nice p/u's Irv, I agree that Chico's card is tough.

Thanks to my quarterly ebay bucks, I finished my 52 low # run and added a few more hi #s.

Thanks SFMS!

Congrats on finishing your low number set, that's a great accomplishment. :)

Nice P/U's too! :)

Thanks. I am strictly a Mets collector.

My wife "just" told me these came today.

I gave her sh*t. Told her I need to know about these as soon as I walk in the door! :D (j/k, of course)

Nice 52's Dale.

Set fillers?

Final 1962 Topps Buck to complete my set! Have been trying to find a Banks that wasn't priced at $300 for a PSA7. This one was a fraction of those prices. Now just need an upgrade on my Clemente.

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Working on the 1950 Bowman set.

Doby and Feller with 75 of their friends.

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Thanks David.

If you mean have these cards been purchased until better ones come along, then no. These are around the graded/shape I usually try to collect at.
As you likely know, I was given the majority of the cards I own (148) so I try, (which is easier on the pocket book as well) to purchase cards that fit in with the condition/grade I received my cards. Usually in the 3-5 range with some being lower and some being higher but in and around that area if I can?
I have purchased a variety of cards with some being slabbed and with most being raw. If the prices are right, it really doesn't matter to me if my cards are slabbed or not, (although, considering the price to get cards graded, slabbed cards are probably a better deal)

These ones just arrived today. Another couple toughies, for me anyways, but glad, again, to say I finally have them for my collection.

Landed today- 1965 Topps Push Pull Casey Stengel

Hey irv nice 52 tops cards !

Thanks, Nelson! :)

As I've mentioned, my son and I went to the Mansfield, MA, card show on Sunday. I got Rico Petrocelli autos for both my sons. My oldest and I got Dick Drago (see my 74 Sox thread), as well as Billy Conigliaro. Here's my card, below.

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Super nice. I have an SGC 4.5. One of the most aesthetically pleasing cards of the era, in my opinion. Congrats!

Picked up these 6 53's and they put me over 50% to the raw set.

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Thanks, John. It was a splurge bday present for myself. I dig the 53s and 55s, especially.

Whoops I lied. Mine is actually a BVG 4.5, not SGC. But it was also a splurge gift to myself...[emoji4]


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My scanner sucks at SGC slabs. In hand, the sig is bold and beautiful.

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Forgot to post these (since one was on hold/sale)

Wow, for a 1 that Paige is cherry. Congrats.

My thoughts too. A beauty.

You can barely see the pinhole. Works fine for my Paige registry. (48L,49 & 53)

Paige
 

+2, Chris that`s a beautiful card. Enjoy that one sir.

I thought that was a speck on my screen. Tried to rub it off after you mentioned it. Ha ha. Cool card.

A surprising amount of pickups the last few weeks, when I had just been figuring to sit it out until the National. I guess you just never know what's going to pop up.

The '55B's round out a PSA 6/7 run of Stars, which was nice to finish on behalf of this much-maligned set :D


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zigger great 69 Jackson rookie

Nice '55 B Gil Hodges!

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Nice Williams David...and a blue line variant as well :)

A couple of mainstream rookies and one not so much.

Steve Carlton for Rick Wise is still painful for me:(

Sorry, Dewey. Just going through all the July cards again and I noticed I missed your comment.

Thanks!

Great cards, everyone!

1951 Connie Mack's AS's Christie Mathewson
 

Was excited to pick up this 1951 CM AS's Mathewson at a very reasonable price. Even though it's punched, I don't think I've seen a nicer example.

I have a terrible weakness for 1968 Atlantic Oil cards in nice shape

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I didn't see a modern pick up thread but I suppose this is post war.

Totally agree on the Atlantic Oil's - got these 2 in the last week of June but thought I'd post here in July (had never seen them for auction this high, but have not always been looking)

I'm dying over here with all those beautiful Atlantics! I have both Yaz variations, but mine are beaters.

I felt so lucky to find these 2 -- they were a Steve Novella auction (I've found incredible stuff from his auctions, BTW, over the years). Next up is a Clemente - if I can find it!

New again at card collecting
 

Just getting back into it after bailing in the late 80's as many did. Focusing to pretty much 1955-1975 and the sets I like best. focusing mostly on ungraded cards trying to find a bargain or two. May get some graded. Also Attached are a few of my first pickups. They aren't as great as many I've seen on here, but it's my "starter lot". Comments on grade-ability of any of the cards would be appreciated.
Chris

Great examples, Mike!

I missed a PSA 8 Rose earlier this year; while I was contemplating it someone else BINed it.

I have 4 Atlantics that are in really nice shape and slabbed and several raw that should grade 5 or better that I will probably send in after the National. I also have two of the SPs...which took me 20+ years of concerted hunting to find.

Thank a ton, Adam. I would love to learn more about the SPs - those are the ones that were the key to winning the redemption cash prizes, is that right? Given that, they must be really, really short, right -- who are they?

thanks again, mike

UPDATE: actually, I found your Net54 thread, Adam, from a few years ago. Osteen is one of the short prints? And in total there are 10+Checklist other short prints? Is that right?

Does anyone know if anyone has ever put a complete set together? The SP's are about impossible.

I've got most of the regular cards, but none of the SP's.

David,

I love those blue line '56 Topps...here is my contribution. I am trying to collect complete boxes in the '71 set

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Great hauls guys. Really nice...