December pickup thread

[tbob]

Congrats Travis, nice card. I was in on the Melchior and Bodie but got nosed out. The prices were very reasonable on all 3 cards.

[t206hound]

Thanks to Mark, Rawn, Richard, Paul and Stefan for their BST purchases which gave me enough cash to get this Cobb miscut.

[mybuddyinc]

Balt/Montreal "possible" play:

Obvisous no one on base. Infield playing back. Montreal batter tries for a bunt single done the third base line. He bunts it too hard and the third baseman throws him out easily. The pitcher is running to back up play at first. Why there are two first base caches, I have nooooo idea.

[Jason Carota]

[bbcard1]

It's as bad as it looks...and I'm pretty happy...thanks Chris.

[canjond]

Pretty cool holder for that Joss!

[Tsaiko]

Originally Posted by canjond

Pretty cool holder for that Joss!

+1

Where do I go to have something like that made?

[tbob]

Thanks to Bill L. for all these cards. They are on their way to SGC as soon as my last batch of C46s gets back.

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by Tsaiko

+1

Where do I go to have something like that made?

Thanks for the kind words...check out my website at www.bbcard1.com/205 i am just about to complete my set. Very little is as nice as VG, but by concentrating on making nice frames for the cards (I work in photoshop) I got a set I can really enjoy.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Been after this one for a while. Thanks, Paul!

That is an awesome pickup Jeff!!

Also, great stuff everyone- Erick, that Cobb miscut is excellent !!!

Clayton

[Matt]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Been after this one for a while. Thanks, Paul!

Jeff - one of my all-time favorite cards. Congrats!

[milkit1]

Man oh man am I excited to get this one.

[dstudeba]

Neat C46 Dunn tbob; sorry about the e99s.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by milkit1

Man oh man am I excited to get this one.

Nice Hoyt!

[milkit1]

Thanks Jon! Love the signed e120's!

[Vol]

Originally Posted by t206hound

Thanks to Mark, Rawn, Richard, Paul and Stefan for their BST purchases which gave me enough cash to get this Cobb miscut.

Was wondering what you were after..Congrats!

[Brian Van Horn]

I see Santa has been good and arrived early for a number of members.

Thank You, CJ, Brad, Luke, Howard and Rhett:

[Jason Carota]

A trio of well-loved cards puts me at 10% for the set:






Thanks to LukeLyon for the Mullin and Stahl via the B/S/T.

[HRBAKER]

[TexasLeaguer]

Three of my favorite pitchers.

[triwak]

Thanks to Rhett!

Bud Teachout was the grandfather of a good friend of mine. Been searching for this one for awhile. Also, my first Zeenut!

[jb217676]

A sharp looking Bender

[quinnsryche]

What a great mail day!
Joe D. - not a pre-war card, but the player is! Authentic autograph.
Bob Meusel - Thanks Scott!
The Iron Horse + 3 other nobodies - Thanks Louis!

[chris122868]

Here is the McCARTHY E270 red border that i got and the E270 tin top of TY COBB

[jb217676]

Special delivery from England. Thanks Martin!

[tonyk1975]

Merry Christmas to me

[tjb1952tjb]

I think this may be my favorite T206. Hard to beat the fabulous colors.Just arrived today...............

[Robextend]

Picked up this M116 Waddell I needed from 707...made a fair offer and was accepted!

[yanksfan09]

Very excited to add this Ruth to my collection....

[scottpt99]

This card was included in a collection I bought. It is my first pre-war card and my oldest card in the collection. T201 Barrett/McGlynn Double Folders. Scratches are from the holder.

[shaunsteig]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

Since we're on the subject:
When you want to cross a card over to another grading company, do you send it in the other company's holder, or crack it out? If I were to send this card into SGC in the PSA slab, do you think SGC would be more likely to give it a qualifier just because PSA did?

If you've cracked it out already, it can't be submitted as a crossover -- the second TPG has no proof that it's the same card that the first TPG had graded. Also, when you submit for crossover, you can specify a minimum grade that you'll accept for the crossover -- if the second TPG doesn't feel it merits that grade then they won't crack it out of the first TPG's holder. (that's for PSA at least, I haven't looked into SGC policies for crossover.)

And as someone else mentioned, SGC doesn't use qualifiers -- they just knock down the overall grade, sometimes significantly.

[Robextend]

I recently picked up a boatload of 1933 Goudeys including #198 Irving Burns.

I have seen plenty of 33 Goudey cards that have significant bleeding through the back, but nothing like this one...is there something more to this card?

Thanks - Rob

[old-baseball]

Just added these both this week. T202 is a nice looking card for a "1" (I think).

[tjb1952tjb]

My latest addition............

[bbcard1]

The gold is a little out of register, but much nicer than much of the T205 project with a very respectable back.

Two to go...

[E93]

Three recent N172 additions.
JimB

[rc4157]

Rob, Your Burns looks very similar to my Harris, I believe it's just significant bleed as you mentioned.
RC

[ullmandds]

Wow...those Oj's are some of the nicest you'll ever see...beautiful!!!!!

[Leon]

Jim B- those are great looking OJ's. They remind me of the grading discussion we had a little while back, concerning judging OJ's and other sepia cards by photo quality. Those would be at the top of the chart. regards

[canjond]

Jim - beautiful images!

[barrysloate]

Those are spectacular OJ's, as nice as they come, and of course it's disconcerting to see they received such low grades. One day the system will be improved.

[frohme]

Because who can turn down an upgrade to one's Johnson ?



Sure, not everyone needs one, but ...

[E93]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I completely agree with the grading comments. These are good examples to make the point.
JimB

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Those are spectacular OJ's, as nice as they come, and of course it's disconcerting to see they received such low grades. One day the system will be improved.

Yes the TPGs are paper and cardboard stock graders, not card graders - a point that Barry has raised in the past. This is never more obvious than in the case of Old Judges.

[Luke]

These put me about halfway there...

[btkpath]

Well, 58 down and 86 to go. I was pretty happy to get this nice example of a very low population card.

[nebboy]

happy to get it

[bbcard1]

that is a nice T205 collins and I thought you got a quality buy on it. I had picked up a PSA 4 the week before or I would have chased it pretty hard... honestly the A would have fit my set better. I do think the Collins/Mouth Open is a great card for long-term appreciation. Great pickup, nice strong image.

[oldjudge]

Jim--Those are beautiful cards, congratulations. It's a great set, isn't it?

[53Browns]

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