Favorite Raw Pick Ups of 2023....

[Leon]

My best pickups in '23 were nothing too great, but they were raw. Some are at CGC being graded...

[brunswickreeves]

1910 w-unc

[jingram058]

My best pick ups of 2023 would have to be these Sports Stamps.

[x2drich2000]

[ValKehl]

Thanks again to Adam for the E210-1 of Sam Rice with a "ghost" back.

[brianp-beme]

I got some raw in trade, including this T206 Greminger Hindu and E90-3 Archer:

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I got these modified raw back in my collection (had them briefly many years ago, went to a great collector, and made their way back to me):

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And finally a great collector named Ed made me D310 complete, and did so in an act of collecting generosity:

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So all in all, 2023 was a great raw year for me!


Brian

[Yoda]

For me, it would be a N173 photo proof of Tip O'Neil won in the last LOTG auction. I have his N172 in the same pose who can now live with his father.

New Year's resolution: Buy a scanner, much easier than losing 20 pounds.

[Casey2296]

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Was fortunate enough to pick this one up in 2023.
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[Leon]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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Was fortunate enough to pick this one up in 2023.
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One of my favorite sets in the hobby. If I didn't have a different color one already, I would probably own that one LOL.....(I downsized it a bit)...Congrats!

[Exhibitman]

Just following the call of the question

[Howe’s Hunter]

but still looks pretty good to me.

[G1911]

Mine is easy! I was able to secure 3 of the 4 panels of the T220 silver sheet I didn't have, all in separate and unrelated purchases. Very happy that 3 more folks were willing to let them go and be reunited together. The James J. Corbett has to be my favorite; this card is a notorious short print in boxing land. There are only 4 or 5 known copies of this card in existence outside of the sheet and it wasn't even known to exist at all until the 1990's. As my favorite set, securing uncut sheets of the Donovan and Corbett would be like a T206 collector getting uncut panels of Wagners and Planks - nothing I ever get again can be as cool as these two are to me. I have cards I want still, but all my whales I really wanted for years I have managed to cross off.

My favorite baseball raw addition of the year is a cheap one. I bought some 'better' cards but my Dad and I bought up C46's in the mid 2000's during my teens. They were pretty cheap and we liked the design and learning about new players we didn't know. We got about halfway through the set by bidding $11.11 on each one we needed. Why we picked that number, I don't know, but we did and that was our rule, never a penny more. He surprised me on Christmas with this card of Tom Hughes, which cost him more than $11.11. Hughes was a former Highlander who would go on to have a couple fine years with Boston. It was a very fun nostalgia add to the collection, which are so very much more fun and meaningful than an investment card.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

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Was fortunate enough to pick this one up in 2023.
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Beautiful, sir! Where did you find it? Auction house?

[Aaron Seefeldt]

I’m very happy with these 2:

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

I’m very happy with these 2:

As well you should be, sir! Great pickups. That pin is awesome. Here's mine. I got mine at a card show over in Coral Springs years ago.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by jingram058

As well you should be, sir! Great pickups. That pin is awesome. Here's mine. I got mine at a card show over in Coral Springs years ago.

Sweet Hermes pin James! Wow, some great raw pick ups in 2023.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Beautiful, sir! Where did you find it? Auction house?

A fellow member was kind enough to give me the opportunity to buy it.

[Schlesinj]

First time soak still so excited to find these.

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[molenick]

I generally buy graded cards and raw photographic items. Here are two from this year. They are the same size, the one on the left is cropped from a larger scan that included some graded pickups.