What is your best card you added to your collection in 2013?

[Theo_450]

Great cards, and a great thread!

[LKeeler]

Great seeing the highlight pickups from the year. Guess these are my four favorites.

[wonkaticket]

Wow, Luke amazing Cobb!

[calvindog]

Luke, that's a pretty great year. And how did that Jackson only get a 50?

[LKeeler]

Thanks guys! My take on the Jackson is that it may have been removed from an album and has a couple of faded letters on the back that may be considered paper loss. Definitely have been pondering a re-grade.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by LKeeler

Thanks guys! My take on the Jackson is that it may have been removed from an album and has a couple of faded letters on the back that may be considered paper loss. Definitely have been pondering a re-grade.

Yeah, that's a pretty serious 50, looks more like an 80-84 at least.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Here are mine.............

[h2oya311]

great stuff Phil! I'm surprised you didn't share your c1908 Leland Giants Team PC!!

[Pythonfactory]

Beautiful cards everyone. Here is the one that I find myself looking at the most. The colors on it are stunning, including the checkered jersey which you don't see on many cards.

[the 'stache]

Some really beautiful cards guys.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks, Derek. Thought the Leland postcard was last year, I guess my memory deceived me...........

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Thanks, Derek. Thought the Leland postcard was last year, I guess my memory deceived me...........

You have a good excuse!!

[npa589]

Amazing cards everyone...

My best pick-up and my favorite pick-up would vary, so here is my favorite pick-up of the year:

[talkinbaseball]

1926 Zeenut W/ Coupon.

Merry Christmas,

John

[Spike]

Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

[Blackie]

Well its not POST WAR but its my prized card

[7nohitter]

[QUOTE=Spike;1216715]Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

Matt-
This is a great story! I love stuff like this. Any idea where Bucky was from?

[Spike]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

Matt-
This is a great story! I love stuff like this. Any idea where Bucky was from?

Assume that Bucky was a Boston or New York collector, as a number of what I've found came from auctions near Cape Cod. Hope they're still mostly in the area, so I don't have to travel very far to keep looking. :-)

[insccollectibles]

Hard to narrow it down but I love these three.

[honus94566]

Definitely my favorite pickup of the year.

[midwaylandscaping]

well, it's not pre war and it's not graded. but still a nifty LT card for LT collectors like myself.

[IMG][/IMG]

[xcgrammer]

Been wanting a t206 Cobb portrait for about four years really badly and I finally got this one from B&L in the spring. Great year though highlighted by the National dinner and show on saturday.

[atx840]

That's a gorgeous 3 Jason.

[jp1216]

3 best of 2013. 2 nice backs for my T206 Cleveland team set and a tough Feller.

[Bicem]

[Jason]

My main focus is the T210's and this is the best card I picked up this year for the set.Really great cards everyone.

[CW]

Originally Posted by Spike

Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

This is very cool. This is what I would call pure collecting, and one of many examples found on this forum. Good luck with the quest. If you add more down the road, or eventually get the inclination, this set might be worthy of its own thread.

Killer thread, all!

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Spike

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

If you ever decide to work on his 1934 set, let me know. I have number 59/298 and could probably let it go for ANY other card in the 1934 set (as long as it isn't moldy and doesn't have bed bugs).

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

If you ever decide to work on his 1934 set, let me know. I have number 59/298 and could probably let it go for ANY other card in the 1934 set (as long as it isn't moldy and doesn't have bed bugs).

OK, DM sent! I've got a handful of Buckys from 1934, but not many yet.

[brian1961]

The best card I added to my collection was a 1967 Coca-Cola baseball premium (produced by Dexter Press) of Mickey Mantle, graded 7.5 by PSA. I'll get to see it on Christmas!

Kind regards. --Brian Powell

[CW]

Grabbed some nice ones this year, including the much wanted T3 Turkey Red Tris Speaker.

[MattyC]

CW,

As always, love your taste in cardboard! That Joe D auto is so bold and sweetly positioned on that image. I think he is one player poised to see an increase in collectibles value down the line, between his lofty place in American pop culture history and his hallowed streak. All it takes is someone to even weakly challenge 56 and his name returns to the forefront.

Same with Williams and .400. That's one of my favorite cards, the Franks. Just a classic card.

[the 'stache]

Holy God, Chuck. That Speaker T3 is to die for!

[GaryPassamonte]

1866 Lowells. This is one of the sharpest images I have seen.

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

1866 Lowells. This is one of the sharpest images I have seen.

Gary:

That's a beauty!

Kevin

[margoaepi]

A few of the recent Heritage T206 autos, a Brush Jennings, and a T227 Baker that completes my run of the 4 baseball players from that set.

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

1866 Lowells. This is one of the sharpest images I have seen.

Many great cards in this thread, but I really like and appreciate the early Lowells image. Fantastic piece.

The Mantle is the more significant card obviously, but I love the Glasscock which is my first 19th Century card

[barrysloate]

Gorgeous CdV Gary. I always liked that one.

[ullmandds]

Factoring in...cost, scarcity...and coolness factor(to me)...I'd have to say this tough ruth strip is one of my favorite additions this year.

[Sean]

Pete, excellent Ruth strip.

[CW]

Thanks, Bill & Matt!

It as cool to see everyone else's "best of" as well.

[aquarius31]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

1866 Lowells. This is one of the sharpest images I have seen.

Gary, that's a superb piece with amazing clarity!

[wazoo]

For grade and hof. Thanks Bruce!

[wazoo]

And for backs, my piedmont 42 Snodgrass. Sorry for the poor quality photo.

[joeadcock]

Pete

That is one cool strip card

[ullmandds]

Thanks guys...in similar fashion...I will be posting more of my favorite "pickup" of 13' later!!!!

[foxxfan]

Amazing stuff everyone. These are my top three for the year.
Jeff

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks everyone.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Jeff:

Nice pick-up on the McPhee RC. I think that one was mine previously.