October 2011 Pickups

[jb217676]

Picked this one up IN PERSON from fellow board member Jim F. Jim is the first member I have met in person! It was pretty cool picking up a Ty Cobb card on my way to work today in Toronto. This is my first vintage Cobb and I love it!

[Robextend]

Completed my basic T206 Rube Waddell back run by acquiring a Sov350 Throwing. Now I need to look into factory variations. I will post pics in a separate thread of the whole bunch once I get all the scans together.

[Bicem]

nice Rube, here's another...

[Robextend]

Jeff, really nice pickup.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Jeff:

Saw that piece in Chicago and was told it was an auction display item. I don't recall it actually making it into the auction though. How did you get it?

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Jeff:

Saw that piece in Chicago and was told it was an auction display item. I don't recall it actually making it into the auction though. How did you get it?

I have my ways.


long story... I'll PM you Phil.

[gfgcom]

We can call it the Chattanooga Tenn find of October 2011.
A total of 350 cards which included 19 different Mino backs including Cobb & Mathewson, and 23 different D303 General baking cards including Mathewson & Wagner, and seven D304 General Baking including Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, Crawford, Chase and a cut Evers.
There was also a lot of Kottons, over 200 Coupon cards and one Hindu Bresnahan and one Peoples Virginia extra. Here are some images of the find:

















Also, had a small Cracker Jack deal, but it did have Cobb & Jackson in there:





All deals come with a story so here is this one briefly.

I did get a call some time ago from a woman who mentioned a difficult card that she said was donated for a silent auction and she wanted information and help with pricing. I gave her what she wanted, and did not hear back from her.
Then, about a month or two ago or so, I got an email from her asking about cards with a mino back, once again, I gave her some information but did not hear back.

About two weeks ago, she contacts me and asks if I would be interested in some General Baking cards as well as some Coupon cards, I said of course and her husband and I worked out a price. Apparently, they were his grandfathers cards who was born around 1901 so I assume he collected them as a kid. He later told me that when they found them after he died about 10 years ago, they were all in a paper bag. His wife actually found my site about 10 years ago, but never called until this year. They had previously given these cards to their son, but when he went to school, he gave them back recently and they decided to sell them.

Back to the story, once we agreed on a price, he mentioned he still had some cards that his wife did not tell me about, I remembered the email and asked about it and if he had any Mino back cards, to which he replied he did, as well as cottons, and some T207 cards with anonymous backs including a Lewis!

We agreed on a price on all of those cards as well, and I flew back last Thursday to pick them up. He held out on me a little, they would not sell me the Kotton Wagner and Plank they had, they said those were the two cards the son wanted to keep.

The Cracker Jack Cobb & Jackson was a separate deal that started to happen at about the same time, and I just got the bulk of those in the mail today, got the Jackson last week.
Well, thats the story, I will probably shoot a little youtube video about it, some of you have probably already seen some of my videos, you can link to them from my site.

Most of the cards are out to SGC, some are sold, but still have lots left if you want to contact me.

Thanks for looking

Dave's Vintage Baseball Cards
gfg@gfg.com

[bcbgcbrcb]

That's insane, David. Congrats!

[DixieBaseball]

Cool find, Dave. I would have joined you on that road trip as I live about an hour and a half from Chattanooga...

[Jaybird]

Love to hear about these smallish but rich finds. Thanks for sharing. PM'ed you about a couple cards.

[alsup2311]

I saw this and had to buy it. This is one rough look'n group of dudes!

[alsup2311]

[sayhey24]

Originally Posted by alsup2311

I saw this and had to buy it. This is one rough look'n group of dudes!

Except for the guy standing third from the left -- you can't look too rough wearing a hat like that!

Greg

[tbob]

Dave- congrats! That's an incredible find. Let us know if you have a you tube link to view the cards and see and hear the story. Which series are the T213 Coupons from?
tbob

[doug.goodman]

Jeff - That TSN supplement is amazing.

Doug

[Matthew H]

Two more OJs

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Jeff - That TSN supplement is amazing.

Doug

That means a lot coming from you (king of supplements)! Thanks!

[JustinD]

Glenn just showed up in my mailbox five minutes ago. I just had to get him after falling in love with those little "movement" lines on the falling mask in a thread last week. The Diamond Stars set is beautiful.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Bicem

That means a lot coming from you (king of supplements)! Thanks!

That made me laugh out loud. Thanx. I'm a big fan of supplements, but I consider myself more of a prince.

Doug

[iggyman]

We all like to bash eBay but..................I recently purchased all three of these Cobb's "raw" on the Bay. Tonight, I'm a happy camper (despite the best efforts of Jim with his "biggest regret" thread ). The T206 Cobb has a back stamp but who cares, it's really nice.

Truth be told, I purchased the Cobb because of the back stamp. It states "Property of the Republic of Cuba," that is way cool when you happen to be born on that tiny island.

Lovely Day...

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by alsup2311

I saw this and had to buy it. This is one rough look'n group of dudes!

I'm not far from Stockbridge Michigan, is that the same Stockbridge?

Joe

[3-2-count]

[alsup2311]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

I'm not far from Stockbridge Michigan, is that the same Stockbridge?

Joe

The seller didn't have any idea. They were guessing Georgia. When I recive it I'll try and do some research and get back to you.

Dan

[Jaybird]

Sharp card, Tony. Me likey

[3-2-count]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

Sharp card, Tony. Me likey

Thank you Jason. Great minds think alike.

[Brian Van Horn]

I still love flea markets. The Johnson is from Tim. The other cards are non-flea market pickups. Again, Thank You, Tim and Thank You, Joe, Ed and Ignacio:

[Kingcobb]

I couldn't walk away from these two.

[rainier2004]

...and my e145 cicotte...the e107s will be framed and the cicotte will be framed in the final cj display with 12-15 other cards. W/ the day off today I think I wil dust my displays and find some temporary spots until I get my display.

[Bicem]

great e107's!

[rainier2004]

Thanks Jeff. The Davis presents much nicer in person than it did in scans and we, yes my wife and I, were pretty excited about them both...she got to open the package for once.

[joeadcock]

Agree with Jeff
Nice E107's

[edhans]

David,
Congratulations on a spectacular find. Thanks for sharing.

[t206hound]

There was a separate thread about this card, but just got it in the mail today. T206 Bradley with Bender on top. The years have worn it down a bit... off to SGC tomorrow.

[t206blogcom]

[MooseWithFleas]

Just picked up a T206 Bresnahan portrait (SGC 30) for $55 off the Bay. It's been a while, but 1 more off the monster!

[Vintagecatcher]

Picked up the Crown Jewel to my Catcher Collection.

I was fortunate to pick up this Joseph Laughlin, Danville Red Sox Old Mill Cabinet, which arrived today. A nice companion piece for my Laughlin T210!


Patrick

[joeadcock]

Patrick
Nice looking Cabinet.

[rdixon1208]

[rp12367]

Rob Nice Firestine

[Anthony S.]

One of those weird situations where you sell a card on Ebay, regret selling it, and then see it pop back up on Ebay a few months later. Happy to have it back.

[Jason Carota]

Great cabinet, Patrick. Congrats!

[Vintagecatcher]

Jason,

Thanks!

I'm really happy to add this item to my collection.


Patrick

[t206blogcom]

[Robextend]

Not pretty, but I'll take it!

[MVSNYC]

This Cycle (460) completes my T206 brand subset (meaning a representation of each brand sans Cobb).

[iggyman]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

This Cycle (460) completes my T206 brand subset (meaning a representation of each brand sans Cobb).

MS,

Fantastic! Now, if you have the inclination, lets see all the backs together. That is and will forever be a cool pic.

Lovely Day...

[rp12367]

Came in todays mail. T210's

Series 2 - Nimmo
Series 3 - Deardorff
Series 3 - Smith
Series 4 - Carter
Series 7 - Kelly

[joeadcock]

Rob

Interesting looking Speaker in a strange sort of way.

[MVSNYC]

Thanks Iggy! will try to post that soon. am traveling the next few days.

[jb217676]

A bunch of nice cards showed up at my house today! Picked up a sweet 1908 American Lg. Pub. Co. postcard of Charles Berger and a fantastic, high grade (PSA 8!) 1908 Detroit Free Press postcard of Ed Summers from forum member Bicem (Jeff P.). The coupons are both from forum member simas7173. Thanks for the great cards guys!