February Pickups

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by tbob

Congrats Kenny. It took me 10 years to get a nice one. It is one of the keys to the set.
tbob

Thanks Bob. It took me a little less time, but not much. I'm thrilled to have picked it up though. It has always been one of my favorites. Best,

Kenny

[doug.goodman]

I have been collecting the M113 & M114 supplements for many years, and as of today have accumulated 765 different ones, but up until last month, I had never seen an example of a Mickey Mantle.

In the most recent Henry Yee auction, he had some printing plates matched with examples of their supplements, but his Mantle printing plate did not come with a supplement, so I took this as proof that they exist, but also proof that they are hard to come by.

So, when one popped up on ebay at the end of January, with that classic shot of him batting righty, I was very happy to make it my own, even if his name is spelled wrong at the bottom.

Imagine my surprise when less than two weeks later, a second Mantle appeared on ebay, this one the classic lefty batting pose, with the added bonus of his original #6 visible. I also was happy to give it a new home.

Doug

[eliminator]

Picked up this 1961 original wire photo of Mickey Mantle. I really enjoy the press photos as they are pretty unique and the action shots are incredible. (I think I should have put this in the memorabilia section-my bad!)

This is a beautiful pic of Mantle chasing Babe Ruth's home run record during the 1961 season. I am going to get it graded and display it next to my Mantle Hartland Statue.

I also picked up the E101 Bescher in the Sterling Auction. It has a bad back but the front has great presentation.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by z28jd

It's been awhile since one of these showed up, and this one looks like it's been through a war, but it's now time to update the avatar

Is that dried blood on it?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Is that dried blood on it?

Yes, from the underbidder. If I can find out who was the second highest underbidder, there will be more

I'm even a sore winner

[kkkkandp]

Ummmmm, John - it was you! Are you planning on cutting yourself while shaving?

[Joe_G.]

Too funny , congrats to John on getting one step closer to 100 Corcoran OJs . . . , what is the current count & breakdown?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Too funny , congrats to John on getting one step closer to 100 Corcoran OJs . . . , what is the current count & breakdown?

Thanks Joe. I've been stuck at 35 now since Sunday

Hands at shoulder:
3 London
7 Corcoran,P,Indianapolis
5 pitcher,Indianapolis


Hand at chest pose:
5 pitcher,Indianapolis
5 London
10 Corcoran,P, Indianapolis

That's 15 of the hands at shoulder pose,20 of the hands at chest pose,
27 Indianapolis,8 London
10 with the script writing
35 all together

The other 34 pictured below during their family reunion

[cozmokramer]

INCREDIBLE & INSANE... those are the only two words I can think of to describe this.

Originally Posted by z28jd

Thanks Joe. I've been stuck at 35 now since Sunday

Hands at shoulder:
3 London
7 Corcoran,P,Indianapolis
5 pitcher,Indianapolis


Hand at chest pose:
5 pitcher,Indianapolis
5 London
10 Corcoran,P, Indianapolis

That's 15 of the hands at shoulder pose,20 of the hands at chest pose,
27 Indianapolis,8 London
10 with the script writing
35 all together

The other 34 pictured below during their family reunion

[DixieBaseball]

cozmokramer - INCREDIBLE & INSANE... those are the only two words I can think of to describe this.

I concur -Such unusual behavior, it requires further study. I would like to see anyone else that owns a Corcoran to post their Corcoran! We need to start a dual thread : "Please post your Corcoran"

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by cozmokramer

INCREDIBLE & INSANE... those are the only two words I can think of to describe this.

Arduous would be a good word. He isn't the easiest card to find. I got the first one 19 years ago, but have only seen two in the last two years and the previous last one was July 2011

[Brian Van Horn]

I thought the nine Bottomleys I had from the 1933 Goudeys were excessive .

[Matthew H]

100 Corcorans?! That might be more ambitious than going for the set

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

100 Corcorans?! That might be more ambitious than going for the set

I would say there aren't 100 out there, so that isn't a realistic goal. I know of about 10 more in collections. At most I've seen 40 over the last 19 years for sale/auction and two of those are in the collections I just mentioned. I say at most because I'm not sure the other 2-3 aren't ones that were resold over that time

[Matthew H]

I agree, I think only the most common OJs break the 100 mark.

[Prof_Plum]

Just arrived.

[guy3050]

Nice addition to my T205 HOF set, 7 left to find

[z28jd]

Cards I only have one each of now. Thanks to Mark M for helping me knock off a Dots Miller card I've tried to get for about two years

[darwinbulldog]

My first Mile High win:

[t206hound]

I picked up the Campbell in an Ebay lot; thanks to Chris for the other seven. Nice to pick up a small stack at once:

[atx840]

Nice Erick, this little EPDG project is starting to get serious

[Bestdj777]

Very glad to add this piece to my collection. I am a sucker for well loved cards. Would have really enjoyed seeing the look on the SGC grader's face when he received this though.

[mannybb24]

Now that card is way under graded, you should resubmit it

[freakhappy]

Great card, Best...I'm sure the grader took one look at that and felt that it was going to be the easiest money he was going to make all year long...no thinking involved in!

Mike

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Very glad to add this piece to my collection. I am a sucker for well loved cards. Would have really enjoyed seeing the look on the SGC grader's face when he received this though.

Now that's what a 1 is supposed to look like!! Almost seems like there's more disparity in the 1-2 range than there is in 9-10

To add: I wonder if Francis just had a bad day or two in the teens, or if it was a 100+ years of gradual cumulative abuse. Congrats on the pick up though!

[Joe_G.]

Extremely pleased with February thus far, first McGlone, now a nice Pete Conway. This particular pose was only issued in 1888 which makes it pretty tough. Thank you Toby!

[Bestdj777]

You guys are funny. I rarely pick up pre-war cards but thought it was amazing what this card had gone through over the years. Yet, it was clearly cherished by someone, or I don't think it would still be around 100+ years later.

Thanks to the Net54 board member that sold me this. It has got a great home now, and will likely stay in my shoebox for years to come.

[joeadcock]

Joe

Nice old judge

[milkit1]

Picked this one up to complete my Mordecai Brown Sovereign back run. and even got a free hair thrown in!

t206 brown portrait with hair.JPG

t206 brown portrait back with hair.JPG

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

Extremely pleased with February thus far, first McGlone, now a nice Pete Conway. This particular pose was only issued in 1888 which makes it pretty tough. Thank you Toby!

Nice card Joe. I'll be glad when you have all the Detroit cards you need, so these guys will start selling to me.

Joe

[wazoo]

Originally Posted by milkit1

Picked this one up to complete my Mordecai Brown Sovereign back run. and even got a free hair thrown in!

Attachment 88106

Attachment 88107

Great card! I was watching it. Hair...not so much. Congrats

[milkit1]

Originally Posted by wazoo

Great card! I was watching it. Hair...not so much. Congrats

Thanks! I nearly broke down and bought the clipped corners one for $90. Dodged one there

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Cards I only have one each of now. Thanks to Mark M for helping me knock off a Dots Miller card I've tried to get for about two years

John, nice pick up, I have always thought that was a bit of an under-rated Dots Miller card due to the fact that he passed away that same year (In September if I remember correctly), he joins a few others in the Zeenut set pictured in the year that they met their untimely ends.

Included in that group is the 1912 posthumous batting champion Heinie Heitmuller who contracted a fever and passed away near the end of 1912...


Also included in this unfortunate club is Laverne "Larry" Chappell who contracted the Spanish Flu during the epidemic of 1918 and passed away that same year...

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

John, nice pick up, I have always thought that was a bit of an under-rated Dots Miller card due to the fact that he passed away that same year (In September if I remember correctly), he joins a few others in the Zeenut set pictured in the year that they met their untimely ends.

Included in that group is the 1912 posthumous batting champion Heinie Heitmuller who contracted a fever and passed away near the end of 1912...


Also included in this unfortunate club is Laverne "Larry" Chappell who contracted the Spanish Flu during the epidemic of 1918 and passed away that same year...

Thanks Rhett. I'm not sure if you know, but I have some relatives in common with Dots, so they were really interested in seeing his last card. None of them had seen that image before, so I was real happy to finally get it.

[jp1216]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

You guys are funny. I rarely pick up pre-war cards but thought it was amazing what this card had gone through over the years. Yet, it was clearly cherished by someone, or I don't think it would still be around 100+ years later.

That Tolstoi was purchased by me a few years ago (with 2 others) for a few $$. All had the same 'look'. Couldn't stand it - even in my beater set. Upgraded all 3 and gave the Pfeffer to Rob for his Tolstoi project. He had it graded. Glad it has a new home. Don't get too close....

[Mrvintage]

A big shout out to Joel for this beauty!!!!!

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by Mrvintage

A big shout out to Joel for this beauty!!!!!

Nice CJ. To me, big Ed kind of looks like Joe Torre.

[sycks22]

Danny boy

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by atx840

Nice Erick, this little EPDG project is starting to get serious

You said it...

[Jaybird]

Beautiful CJ, Andy. Congrats on that pickup

[t206hound]

It was a shame to break up the group, but thanks to Doug for sending this one my way.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by t206hound

You said it...

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Nice CJ. To me, big Ed kind of looks like Joe Torre.

Yeah; always thought this card looked quite a bit different than his T206 portrait.

[rainier2004]

That Walsh is the bees knees...your lucky I didnt see it before you scored!

[btkpath]

A couple of upgrades for my Cracker Jack set......

Thanks Ben!

[Mikehealer]

Beauties Barry.

Haven't acquired anything Pre-War in a while. Here's a few recent pickups:

T206 Downey, T206 Smith, T212-2 Lewis, T213-2 Wagner, T213-2 Warhop, T213-2 Smith

[Pythonfactory]

I created a post a while ago about what Babe Ruth's are affordable. Thanks to all who provided their input. After much consideration, I decided to get the 1928 Shonen Kulubu Postcard since it is so unique and I like the image on it.

[CW]

There's no denying the coolness factor of that image. Nice pickup!

Those '14 CJ's are also lookin' good, Barry.

[Kenny Cole]

A couple more