November pickups

[jason.1969]

This will wreak havoc with my Top 50 display, but I just picked up this beautiful (ignoring condition) card of Sadaharu Oh!

oh.JPG

Besides the picture looking like a work of art to me, 1964 was also Oh's big breakout season where he set the Japanese BB single season homerun record (since eclipsed) and won the first of his 9 MVP awards.

[MattyC]

That's a stunning baseball card. Amazing color.

[CW]

Yep, never seen that Oh card before. Beautiful!

Killer Mantle, Matt!

[jason.1969]

The back of the Sadaharu Oh is a bit underwhelming! The Japanese writing simply says, "OUT!"

I'm assuming the cards doubled as a game, similar to how my friends and I used to play baseball with the Topps 1978 "Play Ball (Played by Two) cardbacks. most memorable to me for the Tony Armas UER featuring the outcome of STRIKE UT. (And ten points to anyone who from memory can name a player with an outcome of HOME RUN! I can't anymore, though Bobby Grich is in my head.)

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[jason.1969]

This Oh card is a bit more beat up than mine and not as vintage, but it's an awfully cool picture too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sadaharu-Oh-...item27e7e331c9

First off, gotta love the ball just coming off the bat...and then, what's that? Did the sun just explode in the background?

[Shoebox]

Jason, great looking Oh card.

I found a great ebay seller with these three 58 All-stars listed. Way able to work out a package price for all three. Some diamond cut/tilt to them but the color is just fantastic. I am now 2/3 complete on the subset.

[mrmopar]

I want to say Warren Brustar was a HR, but I could be wrong. 78 was my first packs and remember them fondly, including the game.

Originally Posted by jason.1969

(And ten points to anyone who from memory can name a player with an outcome of HOME RUN! I can't anymore, though Bobby Grich is in my head.)

[jb67]

AustinMike some nice Mantle pickups. Post Mantle rocks the house! Congrats!

Bill some nice 75's you picked up. Those 8's look very strong and the raw pickups look great as well. How far along are you with this set? I know you recently started it.

Here are some mid-grade Mantles that I was very happy to add this month.

[MattyC]

Wow -- so much action here don't know where to begin. Let's start with the last. Those Mantles are EXACTLY what I am after these days. I'm floored by those three. They each have the best centering I've ever laid eyes on for those years. If I owned those cards I wouldn't need to buy them in a higher grade ever. Did you find them raw and self sub, in one lot, over years?

Many thanks for the props from you fellas on the new Mick. A centered 52 Mick is simply my favorite card in the world. Stings like hell to be selling cards to make it happen-- but one look at the centered 52 and it makes it okay. Not great, buy okay, LOL.

The 71 Greatest Moments is one of the more interesting (and tough) sets around, and anything having to do with a pack of those is wild.

The Newton has great style and I'd be curious to see the whole set. What a title: LEADERS OF MEN. That's baller, to make that set!

Stache, you are killing it on the selections for your 75 Set. That's the kind of curation that makes the sum much greater than the parts. As someone who spent six years building only a set of 75s (minis), I really appreciate the specimens you are choosing. Bold color, clean surfaces, centered, that set is gonna look insane when it is all together.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

This will wreak havoc with my Top 50 display, but I just picked up this beautiful (ignoring condition) card of Sadaharu Oh!

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Besides the picture looking like a work of art to me, 1964 was also Oh's big breakout season where he set the Japanese BB single season homerun record (since eclipsed) and won the first of his 9 MVP awards.

Oh my!! Nice pickup with Sadaharu Oh. Where did you find it?