February pickups

[jason.1969]

Will kick this one off pretty small-time but with a big shout-out to ebay seller buck1007 (aka Big Buck's Blowouts). I had ordered a 72T Munson but he sent me 72T Bench by mistake.

Given the low values of the cards involved, I wasn't anxious for either of us to rack up postage charges to correct the issue. In a classy (but still rare) act of great customer service, Big Buck told me to keep the Bench and that he'd send the Munson right away.

So two great catchers of the 70s for the price of one.

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[jb67]

Jason it is always good to hear stories like this. All too often we hear about the bad sellers. Kudos to buck1007 for a very classy move. A nice looking JB card for sure. Congrats.

[jason.1969]

And since many of you collect into the 1970s, I'll add that this seller seems to have a terrific selection of early-mid 1970s Topps at really low prices. I saw a really nice looking 1970 Hank Aaron go for something like $5.

(And no, it's not me or a friend of mine...just someone I stumbled on in my search for a cheap but nice looking Munson.)

[Samsdaddy]

Nice Jason. I will have to look up his eBay store.

[cincyreds24]

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[jason.1969]

Wow, it's a close race, but I'm gonna go ahead and concede "Best of the Month So Far" to cincyreds24. What a great pair of cards!

[cincyreds24]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Wow, it's a close race, but I'm gonna go ahead and concede "Best of the Month So Far" to cincyreds24. What a great pair of cards!

Thanks a lot. Probably my two favorite cards. Let's hope this is only the beginning of a great month.


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[MattyC]

Originally Posted by cincyreds24

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Where's the MK? Great card. That makes four 1953 Topps Micks in the thread so far! Classic.

[cincyreds24]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Where's the MK? Great card. That makes four 1953 Topps Micks in the thread so far! Classic.

The mark is just under the number. The card has such great colors and centering, I couldn't pass it up for the price.




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[MattyC]

Wow, that's it? On the BACK? What a score. Not many examples of that card look that nice on the front. Great score.

[begsu1013]

53 topps mantle seems to be on fire around here. I recently picked up two myself. snagged this mid janurary. other one should be here shortly:

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Great cards! Congrats!

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[KCRfan1]

Nice cards Cincy!

[Rookiemonster]

Nice additions .

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

1950's PM10 Jackie Robinson




1950's PM10 Jackie Robinson



1947 PM10 Jackie Robinson



1947 PM10 Jackie Robinson



Thanks to all the experts here for their help!

So happy to add these babies to my collection!

[savedfrommyspokes]

While these cards have apparently been in my collection for a while, they are a "new" find for me. I was recently flipping through a box of off grade 60 Topps dupes, and noticed these 5. They all appear to be 60 Venezuelan Topps cards. Three have the CR, two do not, but they are all consistent in print quality, etc. Over the years, I wonder how many of these 60 (and 59, 62) V cards I have unknowingly just thrown into some off grade lot and sold off.

[jason.1969]

Here are two more for my Top 100 Display. 84 down, 16 to go.

[ALR-bishop]

[pawpawdiv9]

My 1st addition of 2016: (although its pre-war) Now you can see i been wanting one of these. Stunning Carl Homer image:

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Here are two more for my Top 100 Display. 84 down, 16 to go.

Jason,

How did you decide which players and which year you wanted for your top 100? For example : The 65 McCovey, why not a 68 McCovey?

[Samsdaddy]

Nice McCovey Jason.

The '65 Twins and Giants cards were some of the finest of the entire set. Love the colors for those cards.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Jason,

How did you decide which players and which year you wanted for your top 100? For example : The 65 McCovey, why not a 68 McCovey?

That's a tough question, but here's the basic approach--

1. If I already have a $20+ (don't laugh!) card of the player, that's the one I use. For instance, since I have a '53 Bowman Stan Musial, I definitely don't want to buy a different one.
2. I always avoid landscape orientation, which sadly rules out '71 Munson. :-(
3. I avoid multi-player rookie cards (e.g., '65 Morgan)
4. For the more modern players, I shoot for the RC or the earliest solo card, which is how I chose '66 Morgan.

So that explains Morgan, but the logic above would probably suggest '61T McCovey rather than 1965. However, the cards will be arranged in chronological order, and another fundamental rule for me is to not have my display break in the middle of a year.

For instance, I have a full row of 1957, a full row of 1963-1964, and a full row of 1969 (mostly because I like these three sets the most). This means I either need to have 0 cards in between these years or 10 cards between these years. Based on a handful of other factors I won't dissect here, I went with no cards from 1958-1962 and ten cards from 1965-1968.

From that, I chose the 1965 since it was the earliest McCovey I had room for and also because I liked the purple. Not totally scientific, I admit, and I'll even acknowledge the McCovey as a casualty of my system--it's a good card but not his best. Meanwhile, the system worked on that Morgan...even if I had no rules at all, it's the Morgan I'd choose.

[pawpawdiv9]

#2 pickup of 2016 just popped.

[Bestdj777]

Great cards Chris. Congrats.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

#2 pickup of 2016 just popped.

First a Honus Wagner, then a Babe Ruth!! What's next, a Shoeless Joe?!?!? Unbelievable!

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[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Here are two more for my Top 100 Display. 84 down, 16 to go.

Nice cards. That Morgan is a great add!

[jason.1969]

We are on quite a run of Pre-War! Please, someone, bring us back with a Mantle or (birthday boy) Hank Aaron!

But in the meantime, here's my latest. Just for the fun of it, will see if you can guess the player. Lest you worry he's too obscure, my hint to you is that he's in the HOF.

[spec]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

We are on quite a run of Pre-War! Please, someone, bring us back with a Mantle or (birthday boy) Hank Aaron!

But in the meantime, here's my latest. Just for the fun of it, will see if you can guess the player. Lest you worry he's too obscure, my hint to you is that he's in the HOF.

Arky Vaughan, 1939 Play Ball

[jason.1969]

Exactly right!

[irv]

Right click pic, "search Google for image"

https://knoji.com/ten-valuable-arky-...l-collectibles

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

We are on quite a run of Pre-War! Please, someone, bring us back with a Mantle

The Dude abides...

[Jdoggs]

Mattyc great looking mantles!

[jmb]

Quite the Mantle Trifecta there.

[jmb]

Ironically, just delivered. Not as nice at MattyC's but is a lot nicer in person than the image provided.

[Canofcorn]

Originally Posted by MattyC

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The Dude abides...

Ummmmmmmmm..............

How does one even begin? Centering on all three is in league with your famous 1952 Topps.

[pawpawdiv9]

[GregC]

Serious cardboard. Matt, that 53T is absolutely gorgeous. I love when you upgrade because then I get to post in the pick up thread too! Here are a few recent additions

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The Dude abides...

Awesome. All gorgeous, but tbat '65 is perfection.

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by KingFisk

Awesome. All gorgeous, but tbat '65 is perfection.

I once tried to assemble a 1965 Set, last year. I looked at a few PSA 9's of the number 350 Mantle card..........and that PSA 8 sincerely looks better than all the 9's which I saw. They uniformly exhibited Tower Of Pisa tilt and white spots within the pink. Wonder if they would grade out 9 today if submitted raw. Probably not.

Added.........RESUBMIT THAT BAD BOY. AT LEAST REVIEW.

[Stonepony]

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[jason.1969]

This stuff is just sick...ALL of it! Wow, guys. And less than a week gone by. What's next?

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[MattyC]

Yeah, this might be the craziest month ever, since we saw a Wagner, Ruth, and Cobb all at the start. Have to add it was a 144 Ruth that had a focused image, too. Rare sightings in these parts.

Then we also have the feel-good narratives of the Bench that came for free and the Bazooka Aaron that someone honestly sent along to its owner. And the vintage picture with the Dodger from back in the day. Taken in sum it's exactly what the online component of the hobby could and should be at its best.

[pokerplyr80]

I posted this on the pre-war board, but since I'm more of a post-war collector and he did play in the post-war era as well, I thought I'd share this one here. Very excited about it!

[MattyC]

The heat on this thread is insane. That card is awesome.

[jason.1969]

WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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[jason.1969]

Will bring it back down to Earth...here is the aforementioned Munson.

[MattyC]

J, nice Thurman. Funny how both those catcher cards are so nicely centered!

72 is such a pleasing Munson card, IMO; just always liked that yellow design they did for the Yanks that year, plus the background and pose. His 71 is a classic of course and the 73 is also a beautiful, kind of autumnal picture.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by MattyC

His 71 is a classic of course and the 73 is also a beautiful, kind of autumnal picture.

You, sir, are a poet.

[jason.1969]

Thanks. Yes, was happy to find such a nice Munson for so little. And centering for 1972T can be pretty sketchy.

For my display, I was torn between 72T and the 73T you mention. Always loved the blurry fans from the 73T...almost like a painting. In fact, I used just that card as a model for a painting I did in 10th grade art class. Came out wretched though.

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