August Pick Up Thread
 

Happy to add this one. Thanks Jeff T!

Well then. That’s a truly incredible way to lead off a month!
Congrats Pete!

Lol, thanks Eric!

I think we can just lock the thread :) Great pick up, Pete.

Pete that's a great pickup!!!

Holy crap Pete, congrats!! Unreal. Enjoy that sucker and please find a way to post it monthly so we can keep seeing it.

W554s Bambino and Larrupin' Lou
 

Always liked these poses.

Very nice card! Gotta love the early and rare Red Sox related Ruth stuff.

I can’t express how comforting it is to see a financial advisor spending big bucks on cards. Great pickup Pete!

Ha!

My question to Pete: are his index funds (if there are multiple) organized by subject (Cobb Index Fund, Wagner Index Fund) or set (T206 Index Fund, etc.)? ;)

Lol Orlando & thanks guys! As I certainly believe it to be true of the stock market, I feel this hobby and great pieces are super investments as well. Kyle this one is a part of my Ruth Index Fund for sure!

Two nice HOF combo upgrades ..... :)

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Fun stuff, Scott :rolleyes:

My new UZIT just arrived, I love fast shipping. Also picked up a Bobby The Policeman stamped Donovan. It kind of fell into my lap. I’m not a back stamp collector, it could be had.

Awesome Johnson you got there Scott.

congrats guys...Peeeeete...man oh man!!!!!! Since I assume there isn't a son for that team card...pick me please!!!!

Aug Pick Up
 

Just picked up this Ruth and got the Mantle back from PSA

New Cobb
 

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I would like to take Donovan off your hands...let me know if available. Thanks...Matt


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It never hurts to throw in a hint (as the member above you did!!)
This McGraw added recently. Not bad for a 30, albeit a little washed out visually but "different" is cool to some :).

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Very nice, Brian.

That has always been one of my favorite Cobb cards. I guess it is because it is a rather unusual looking pose.

That is a great looking card. Definitely one to hang onto for the long term. If I owned that card, I don't think I could have sold it.

Congrats.

Very, very nice Pete. Great card.

I got 3 of these at the National and the Gehrig from HA. My first exhibits and only post war. My pc796 Frock was a dog with pinholes so I was to add a sharp one on an upgrade.

Great pickups Steven. I think you got the Exhibits from Don, who has one of the best offerings at the National IMO.

I had a very successful national. Was in early Wednesday and on the road home Thursday. Pulled a few large trades, made one purchase, and met and/or met up with many people I have met on this board, and it was great to put names to faces.

The first two are bucket-list items and the the third is a "no print" for my Tinker bat-off back-run.

Thanks Ryan, great e107. I miss my Plank.

Boom! Back-to-back bad-a$$ pick-ups. Congrats! Especially love the e107 Plank and Red Stockings Radbourn cards.

Wow
 

Crazy pickup on this thread. Were company bonuses moved up to August this year?

Or perhaps
 

..or perhaps there are buyers who are not bothered by large price tags ...take my wife.....please...

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Snagged these on Thursday. The Wagner completes the First Class for me, and I love the Colgan's Chips Wags in person; online doesn't do it justice. Really appreciate Chris & Mike for the Baker, Johnson, Lajoies, and Mathewson! Also, thanks to their section-mate Tim(?) for the ever-so-scarce Grover Hartley! And I apologize, but I forget the gentleman's name who was running the Just Collect booth (Steve maybe?), but thank you for the Wagner! Also, bought the Young from Kit Young's booth - pleasure dealing with them as well!

Absolutely. I picked up this really tough t205 from Don.
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Very nice group of cards, congratulations

T205 Gibson
 

Have been a day late, or a dollar short, on this card many times over the years. When this card appeared on eBay back in May, I missed it, but was able to work with Turner after the fact. Had this card sent to my COMC mailbox, and finally had it mailed out. Have been watching the mailbox all week ;)

So huge thanks to Turner, for helping me add this to my collection!

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My T205 back run is now complete.

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Thanks again Turner!

Richard.

Congrats Richard, the Gibsons look great!!

Awesome back run Richard, congrats.

Chuck- nice Uzit...Hope you're well.

1939 Lou Gehrig Snapshot (2.5" x 3.5")

During Gehrig's last spring training in 1939, this gentleman had his photo taken by his wife as Gehrig came out of the locker room after the game

Gibson!
 

Congrats, Richard - I know that's been in the work for some time now, and the AB is definitely the toughest in that run. Well done, and well done, Turner!

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Mike

Thank You Mike, appreciate it. I’ll be ok buddy, thanks for asking.

Thanks for the kind words, fellas. I still needed the PB and SC when the year started, and figured that'd be as far as I got this year, so I'm absolutely thrilled.

Mike, I wondered if posting the T205 back run would get your attention. I still have your T206 back run in the collection.

Oh, and check out this other pickup. Marty pointed the back out to me, so I had to get it. Bill Kelly's T207 also mentions Gibson on the back, so I may try to pick it up, too, but that'll be as close I get to a T207 "back run" ;)

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Cheers,

Richard.

My T205 back run is now complete.


Pretty slick Richard.

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Had a great final day (for me) at The National. Kit Young came through in the clutch on the Alexander. The McGraw was too good of a deal to pass up, too. Dropped off the Alexander along with 6 other cards at SGC as well.

Cleveland 2018, you treated me well. Thank you.

Edit: I bought what I thought was a real M101 Ray Chapman. Totally missed a few signs on it that signaled it was a reprint. Spent $25 on it. Not going to the show tomorrow, but am going to try and get a refund. Any tips would be helpful.

My solitary national pickup...and a new pose for the ruth collection! Just the way I like em'...loved!

Made in-person National purchase of a #5 type card I've been watching online for awhile now : 1960 Darigold Farms minor league issue for the Spokane Indians. This one's their team trainer.

Nice find Spike, those #5's must be getting harder to find these days!

Gibson!
 

You know me well, Richard. Though I'm not online as much these days, Pirates - Gibson in particular still catch my eye. Glad to hear the T206 back run is still together (and am not surprised) - some of those are sneaky tough.

FWIW, I think you only need 7 of the T207's to complete that "back run" - 4 Kelly's and 3 Simons.... :D not such a long putt... I seem to remember one other but don't have access to all my stuff, so can't check quickly.

Good stuff, love your (and Marty's) Gibson sites as well.

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Mike

Couldn't help myself - had to post the T206 back run for old times' sake:
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They are indeed! Only saw two other potential #5s hits at the National.

Babe Ruth Candy, both grading VG to EX, one asking $1750 and another $2250
1923-24 Tomas Gutierrez #5 Dave Brown, graded EX and asking $5000

Compared to those, $100 for Joe Liscio was easy to stomach!

My first National and my lone pickup this year. Not exactly my focus but I wanted to grab something and thought this was pretty cool.

Cool card, Pete.

Just picked up an addition for my Kansas City Old Judge collection. Now at a measly nine cards but slowly adding.

Rob M

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sweet autographed rookie of Mr. Hubbell. I assume that's an autograph on there...

Recently picked up two more B18 red infields. Up to 6 now :D

No problem, Richard. Always happy to help out a fellow T205 collector. The back run looks great!

My pre-war National pick-up and the card I went up to Cleveland to find. I've been looking for a nice Matty portrait in "5" for a couple of years and the National didn't disappoint. This card represents my 33rd different T206 HOFer.


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T206 Evans Proof. That’s Proof #6, thanks Johnny

Thanks Derek! I hope it's a real auto:D Someone I've dealt with before, so I feel pretty confident. Dropped it off at the PSA booth, so I'll know for sure pretty soon.

That's awesome Chuck! I love the T206 proofs and you have six? Wow.

I knocked a few want list cards off at the National but this was my favorite pickup of the show. Thank you to the guys at Clean Sweep for the deal. Couldnt resist the Virginia Brights ladies any longer. Decent enough for starters.

Just picked back up this one from a friend. My favorite pose.

Damn Pete!

Some friend....

Vander Meer addition
 

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..Just added the Burke " 4 x 6" to the very short master set of Johnny Vander Meer playing years baseball cards.
.. The others in the scan are : 1937-1939 Orcajo Val Decker subset , the Orcajo regular issue (although why they selected that particular pose " leaping catch " for a pitcher escapes me) and a generous portion of the Huskies Whole Wheat Flakes Cereal Premium (not enough space on my scanner glasstop so I must apologize to the rest of Frank McCormick )

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Very nice Pete. Great pose indeed!!

Pete, you are on fire. Awesome awesome awesome pick ups lately. Congrats!

August Pick Up Thread
 

Thanks fellas, really appreciate it. Great pickups this month too, love the E220 Ruth & E107 Plank!


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Awesome pickup Chris!
 

That's an awesome pickup Chris with regards to that Hank Gowdy Red Infield B18!

Patrick

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Had my eye on this Mathewson for a couple weeks and picked it up yesterday with the 15% off eBay coupon.

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Nice Wheat Greg.

New freak addition, Krause with an upside down White

i've always wanted a toothy ruth card!

Congrats Chuck, big month for you. Always liked that card Pete, Ruth certainly does look long in the tooth

Leave it to a dentist... :D

Fantastic card Pete.

Very pumped about Stahl....barely any on the Pop report...

T210-1 Wells
 

Added a pricey T210-1 Wells.

Patrick

National Pick Up
 

Grabbed this at the national. Known as his rookie card. A thanks to Chris Bland for that one.

Cycle 460s can be sneaky tough sometime.