May pickups 2013
 

Had some pocket change burning a hole in the pocket. Was going after 2 monsters the last few days...well would needed a loan...to win those.

Anyways..i had my eye on this low-end card and wanted a PSA10 version.
Yes..there are many floating around and of various graders.
Got a great deal on a best offer.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8e3cdf5f.jpg

Stan the Man
 

Very happy to get both of these, but thrilled to find a nice Red Heart in my price range.

M&M
 

Neat image of Mantle, and being from St Louis, always like to see cards of The Man. Saw a Series game in St Louis in 1964 against the Yanks. Unfortunately Stan had retired after 1963

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...539/img046.jpg

low to mid grade
 

some decent names...

Nice stuff Billy!!

Is anyone eyeing lots in the Heritage Auction going down tonight and tomorrow?

I'm bidding on three high numbers for my '52 set, and depending on how I fare, will have some photos soon to post. The theme will be coaches. :)

I had 2 bids at HA..got outbidded on the 54 Bowman, but still have 1 left.

Here's my big one for May. I was bidding on three high number '52s up for sale on Heritage Auctions. Wound up getting beat out on two of them. But the one of the three I wanted most, I won. This card is a winner, fantastic colors, near perfect centering. I plan on cracking and crossing to PSA, and I think it has excellent upgrade potential, 7 maybe even 7.5 on good day.

http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?se...product.chain]

'51 Bowmans
 

Was going to head down to Westchester to see Pete Rose but when he canceled, decided to save time and money and just hit my local Stratford, CT show...walked out with a Jeter auto (Steiner) and 8 Bowman commons at about $8/each. These fit right in with my set which is now 35% complete...

Bowmans
 

Very nice Matt

New pickups
 

Just picked these up.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-1960s...rLg~~60_57.JPG

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a70a6f1.jpg

Not much lately. 1 daughter heading off to college and braces for 2 younger kids have the wife watching the check book a little to closely.......

But over the last month managed to get another Carousel back disc, an off focus 71 Lou Brock, and Leo reasonably enough.

Recent pickups
 

Moving slowly trying to find nicely centered HOF RC's.

Very nice, Dan.

67 & 68
 

Agreed, and the Denehy card looks even better than the Thompkins card to me

VERY sharp card! I'm jealous. Good Luck on the crack and PSA submission. Let us know how it goes......

David,

Are you going for a Carousel disc set? I've been thinking about going for a back run of all of these discs for just Jim Wynn in PSA slabs. I have one now and really like it. Of course it's the very common Isaly's back but when I got it in hand it really grew on me and made me want try for all the backs.

Thanks.

AndyH

Mantle AS
 

Awesome '52 high, picked up this card raw on eBay, looking to submit and maybe get a 7.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps34c662af.jpg

Awesome card Patrick!!!

Yeah, I know, not a baseball card ;) but they don't have a pickups thread over on the football side, and I didn't want to start an entire thread for one card. I thought about posting this in the lacrosse forum, as Jimmy was one of the greats in that sport as well, but I can't seem to find it. ;)

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...Brown%20RC.jpg

Sharp Brown rookie! That's a tough one to pick up centered let alone perfect like yours!

One more down...

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1962-Shirriff...O7!~~60_12.JPG

Very sharp looking Mickey in that casing Chris,
now i want one!

Thanks, Jason. :) Yep, it's centered a little bit high t/b, but that's about as good as it gets with this card. I also noticed that orange back really shows even the slightest of wear. If a card from the late 50s could ever be considered "tough", this is one of them.

I've got Lou Brock with every back. Relatively easy to do on E Bay. The toughest will be by far the cup lid, with Red Barn and the MSA ad back also somewhat scarce.

As for Carousel, I've got about 10 I think, I have no idea how many Carousel backs are out there, but they don't come up often, and frequently the same backs come up. I suspect many of the blank back ones were supposed to get a Carousel stamp but never did.

Thanks Jose! I was going to hold off a bit until I found one at a better price but could not resist the look of this one in the slab.

I know nothing about Shirriff Coins, but that image is identical to the Salada Junket. Any idea who was actually printing/manufacturing them all?

I think I had 18 diff Brooks Robinson Carousel backs (unfortunatly sold them 10+ years ago). A good resource for a list of those would be to track down Mets collector Dave Berman from NY. He had a pretty comprehensive list. His contact info shows up in SCD every once in a while.

Collecting in the 80's I found the Saga back to be most difficult for me with the MSA ad back second. Being in the great lakes region, I would occasionally find Red Barn in "misc" or $1.00 boxes from Wisconsin dealers, but agree that those are one of the toughest. For me, collecting MSA discs was one of the really fun parts of my Brooks Robinson collection.

NOT MINE, but is on Ebay...I never seen one of these before..
1967 topps test disc
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Topps-T...item4d08a34aec
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1967-Topps-Te...7bQ~~60_57.JPG

just won this..seems to be at a great bargin

1965 push/pull Mantle/Berra
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps20e39b0b.jpg

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps34a9226d.jpg

They are identical in almost every way (except the writing on the back). No idea who manufactured though. I know very little about the issue, but I love pick up Mantle coins whenever I find them.

Chris, The wonderful thing about those, a long time ago when not encased, is that you could easliy pluck the paper out with a thumb and forefinger (who cared then?), or with Mom's eyebrow tweezers, and then swap them out into another color disc.

BTW, your push/pulls are tremendous. It's like having Mick and Yogi staring through my window!

Keep the faith,

Paul

Haha, several months ago I came across a "rare" Mantle in a black disc. It really threw me off for a bit until someone on the site told me about people swapping the discs. It actually looked pretty nice that way...

Is there any reason why Topps would have the discs printed in Japan?

Cool piece. I made an offer but no luck. I believe a board member or two have an example of this card in their collections.

Topps 1967 Discs
 

Unissued test set. There was also a SF Giants only set

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...sSheets004.jpg

[QUOTE=ALR-bishop;1129351]Unissued test set. There was also a SF Giants only set
[QUOTE]

I thought you'd have this... any interested in cutting off the Mantle and selling it to me for a good price? Just kidding obviously. As much as I'd like this, it would be such a shame to cut this up.

Awesome sheet!! I think this is the 1st time I've ever seen those with all the colors...I had a Brooksie, but it wasn't full color. Did any of this issue ever make into a finished "pin" product?

First time posting in the pickup thread. Hopefully the photo comes thru.

Picked this up last week. I just love the 52 Bowmans.


edit: looks like the focus is a bit soft. Will have to work on that...

Just picked up the Dorman postcard below, 2 Mantle Requena photos, and another Venezuelan Topps. Cannot get the Requena photos to post but pretty excited about adding such nice, but affordable, Mantles to my collection.

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b56e88e.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1966-Topps-Ve...tP!~~60_57.JPG

Dorman Mantle
 

What a pose! Such RAW POWER right then and there, early on. Even his sig seems ready to uncoil. Good one, Chris.

Thanks Paul!

52 T lavagetto
 

That is one beautiful card!!!!!!

Very nice Doby, Julz - I also love the '52 Bowmans, as they were my first card set as a kid. The focus, or registration, is of course a common problem with them. I think I put together about three or four sets just trying to upgrade from fuzzy focus to sharp registration.

Mantle Rookie
 

Thanks to a fellow board member for a smooth transaction. A nice card that fits my modest budget. Funny thing is - a little while ago, I didn't think I would get the Mantle Rookie any time soon - so I purchased a nice looking 1953 Bowman instead.

..then decided to go for a 1951 Bowman. Saved a little...sold an N172 Keefe...and had planned on a nice SCG40 or PSA 3. ...some household issues came up and decided a "2" would fit my collection nicely instead. If I had sold the '53 Bowman, I may have been able to get a grade higher...but I really do like the '53 and didn't want to part with it.

...oh, and my scanner sucks.

Here's my most recent pick-up.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/...psb340ebf1.jpg

my pickups

No pics yet...but just won 2 lots at REA auction...
Lot 514 The 1952 Berk Ross Collection
Lot 561 1950s to 1969 Bowman, Topps, and Unusual Issues Mickey Mantle Collection

Nice groups, Chris! REA has some good scans which you can grab off their site, if you wish. Here's a sample of what you won....