January Pick Up Thread
 

I think whilst everyone was out partying tonight...I stole this card. ;)

Good one Mike. :)

Nice card Michael. I didn't steal this one, but it's one of my favorite non HOF cards.

January Pickups
 

Billy Herman's true rookie card。

Nice pick-up, Paul.

1+

EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread.

Thanks to a board member for this one Attachment 173562

Thanks to a board member for this oneAttachment 173563

Congrats on the Clarence "Red" Munson
 

Mike,

Congrats on the Clarence "Red" Munson. It's one of my favorites as well. I was tempted to bid on it to use it for trade bait, but I decided to sit it out instead.


Enjoy,

Patrick

Nice cards so far and it's not the end of day 1. :)

The (2) January pick up threads have been merged...

Thanks for staying on the sidelines Patrick. I can't remember what my max was, but you saved me a few dollars for sure.

I was watching that card too, if it was on e-bay. I was sitting ready to hit a snipe, and at the last minute said, "nah." Glad you got it!

great .....
 

:eek:PICK UPS!

MIKE...PB IS MINTY!!

Looks like I owe you a thank you as well Ed.

Nice one Paul! I was watching that one closely on the 'Bay. Nice value for such a nice lookin' card.

I am excited to add these two to my collection. The photo isn't a card, but it was used for a card (Rice-Stix, or at least for Paul, the Dizzy lines up with the stadium slightly differently on the card).

Fresh from the good folks at Sterling, T212-2 150 series Wolverton:

Paul- That Herman is a beauty, congrats!

Andy,

That 511 strip is UNREAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trae you have been on a tear as of late, man. Nice pickups -- and hope you're doing well!

Cheers,

Richard.

Thanks, buddy - I hope you're doing well too!

Thank you. I figured if I was going to add a W511 Ruth to my collection this was the way to do it.

Picked up a couple interesting postcards.

1921 Pacific Fleet FB Team at Emry Field San Francisco (1914 PCL ballpark)

1909 View Little Rock vs New Orleans at Pelican Stadium

View ballgame at Southern Pines, NC ball grounds, major league barnstorming? Postmarked January 1915.

Great pickups Jim!

Is that Evers, center in the last scan?

Sure looks like him. And, I'm terrible at this, but thinking maybe Frank Smith on the left?

http://dixonsbaseballcards.weebly.co...93735_orig.jpg

http://dixonsbaseballcards.weebly.co...00892_orig.jpg

http://dixonsbaseballcards.weebly.co...33599_orig.jpg

I already have a very nice Jax rookie, but I couldn't pass this one up...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ps0799a26c.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...pse1f388a6.jpg

Jon, you're a hoarder!

M116 Clarke
 

Thanks Brad!

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Interesting...Southern Pines, NC was the spring training site for the 1914 Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League, so that could be Frank Smith wearing an old White Sox jersey before the season started.

Does the guy in the sweater look like George Gibson to anyone else besides me?

Would the Pirates have trained against a Federal League team, or would that have been considered taboo at the time?

So I saw this listing on the T206 B/S/T
 

and getting a HoFer is always a good thing. But then Jeff mentioned that it had this stamp on the back from some guy named McCormick, and I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be kind of cool to get that, and then try and get as many others like that as I can? Sort of like rebuilding this guys collection..." The $6,500 OBO price was sort of hard to swallow, but luckily, Jeff was willing to negotiate.

Thanks, Jeff.

<a href="http://s150.photobucket.com/user/T206ster/media/269ndashClarke_zps02366056.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/T206ster/269ndashClarke_zps02366056.jpg" border="0" alt="269 Clarke photo 269ndashClarke_zps02366056.jpg"/></a>

(I'm guessing there are at least 269 cards out there with this guy McCormick's stamp on them)

It does look like Gibson. Also, the guy next to Evers looks very familiar but I can't place where I've seen him. I think I've seen a card that looks just like him.

Great cards!

That is one great looking card!

My first reaction upon seeing that picture, before having read any of the discussion, was "Hey cool, a PC with Gibson in it." At a glance, I totally think it's him, but in general, I'm terrible at the whole face/photo/player recognition game (this extends into real life, I am very bad at remembering faces).

Anyone else see Gibson?


Richard.

Trying to track this down: Frank Smith was indeed with Baltimore in 1914, but Gibson never played in the Federal League and was still with the Pirates in 1914. Evers was with the Robins in 1914 but I can't tell who is to his left (our right). If the picture was taken following the 1913 season , when Evers was still with the Cubs, the guy to his left resembles Bresnahan. It's possible the postcard was kept for a year before using. Of course, all of this is guessing and you can throw almost all of it out with barnstorming-style play.

My first t205 short print!
 

My Grant sp finally arrived! Sorry for the crappy scans, but my scanner doesn't do depth very well. I'm very excited about this card though, definitely trimmed but looks great and will look even better once I let him breathe!

Oh yeah, signature adjustment to follow... :(

Got to love the 15's alsoAttachment 174063

Barons
 

Barons :

wow, really nice piece.

Whoa!

Missing color passes:

Haha.....Enjoy Ed.....Glad he got home.

14 CJ Cobb
 

Finally found an affordable 14 Cobb! Scooped this up on eBay via BIN. IMHO this is one of the best cards in the hobby hands down. That menacing stare and stance says it all.