You can't go wrong with any Bowman Sammy Baugh. Sharp 52!

Hancock IS a tough one, Larry! Good snag. The books aren't very accurate in terms of how hard it is to find some of these cards.

jeff

49 Leaf Baugh and 55 Topps AA Thorpe
 

The Baugh is an upgrade from my PSA 4 and I think it cost me the same so no harm there. The Thorpe is the card I've been wanting for awhile. Its a tough one to find centered and not beat to hell. This one is slightly off centered maybe 70/30 but it doesn't have the tilt. It has an indentation as if it had been written on hence the lower grade, other than that its a decent pickup.
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Another sweet Sammy!

I've kick started my 35' Chicle Set. If anyone has any other good looking PSA 2's to sell, let me know...

It's hard to top those two but here is a signed version of one of my favorite Sammy Baugh cards.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=21522

With the arrival of this gorgeous 1961 Fleer #197 Jim Otto RC today, I finished my 1961 Fleer football set. This was an eBay pick-up listed in "lot" form with '74 and '75 Topps Otto cards included. I didn't need (I thought) either of the other two cards so was bidding to win the '61 Fleer. When I pulled out my '74 and '75 Topps sets to check for upgrades, I found my set '74 set was missing #409 Jim Otto LOL!
The Standard Catalog says the '61 Fleer Jim Otto RC is "valued" in NM condition at $45, and I won the three card lot for $16.50. However the seller stung me for $3.99 shipping so I paid 52% book to finish my set. I've been chasing this card for awhile!
Larry
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I love early 60s fleer football and the Otto RC is a great one to finish your set. Congrats!

congrats on finishing your sets.

There are only 4 HOFers deemed by the Football HOF to be "primary contributors" to the Patriots franchise. I collect their RCs as a side project and I added this one today:

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I'm missing the most significant, the 63 Fleer Nick Buoniconti - not only a HOF RC, but a short print too. Here are the rest:

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Obviously Brady will eventually be added to the list. Other future possibilities I see are Ty Law and Adam Vinatieri

I've collected plenty of vintage baseball but this is my first dive into vintage football. 1948 Leaf and Bowman Kenny Washingtons.

Rob M

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Nice cards, especially the Leaf. Why Kenny Washington?

Good question Dan. I recently picked up several original photos of Kenny that can be seen in a post I made over in the memorabilia section. I never even knew what historical significance Kenny had until I started researching about him. If you have a dull moment, you can read my post about him.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=230021

Rob M

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Nice article Rob.
Larry

I finished off another set with the arrival of 1951 Bowman #4 Norm Van Brocklin RC. Cost me $35 which is just a touch above the 10% NM "book" price.
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Larry, it seems like every other day you're posting a big pickup! Love it.

Here is my humble addition, a response from a letter (and card) I mailed to Mr. Ferguson:

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I like that. Joe Ferguson was one of my favorite players growing up as I was a huge Bills fan in the 70s even though I lived in the Chicago suburbs.

1950 Bowman Sammy Baugh signed
 

Wow, that Baugh is unreal!!

Thanks and hopefully more to follow.

O-J.rookie
 

1952 Bowman Sammy Baugh signed
 

Nice Sammy.

Great pickups, guys! Love the autographed cards. Somebody should start a thread on football autographs. Would love to see what others have.

jeff

If somebody starts one, I have a lot to contribute.

Two hits arrived today via eBay purchase.
1952 Bowman Small #14 Paul Brown. I know so little pro football history but the Wiki entry for Paul Brown is long, and I'll need to go back and read it again. He was the Cleveland Browns first coach, and the team was named for him. The Cincinnati Bengals stadium is named for him too. Just those two facts are incredible to me. Pro football HOF 1967. The "book" price on this card NM is $170 and this beat up example cost me $25.25 or around 14% this card isn't cheap.
Next hit 1952 Bowman Large #28 SP Kyle Rote RC. The card "books" for $200 NM and I got it for 13.5% book $26.81. Kyle was the number one pick in the 1951 NFL Draft. Also was the NFLPA 1st President, and fought hard for equal opportunity for players.
I like to keep my purchases at 10% of "book", but the smaller my wantlist gets, it gets tougher to hold the line!
Larry
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Second day in a row with an arriving hit to my list:D 1952 Bowman Small #29 Hugh Mcelhenny is one of the few cards left to complete my set. The Standard Catalog book price NM is $175 for Mcelhenny, and I paid $15.24 (shipped) which included these three cards, and also three different 1951 Bowman football cards I already have. So Mcelhenny goes into my set, the other five will first be checked for upgrades, and then mailed out for trades.
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Wow....great centering


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OK, got a recent purchase of obscure cards for my player collections, at a great price. But there's a bit of a mystery. Don't know if anybody here can help, but I know we have some oddball kings and some Pats fans, so I figured I'd try. First, here are scans of the cards:

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I know these are both from Frito Lay Patriots sets (obviously) but I don't know what year(s) and neither did the seller. The Frito Pats sets are blank backed, so no help there. Hannah's and Tippett's careers only overlapped from 1982-86. According to the Beckett big book, this is the breakdown by year.

1982: Hannah only and this isn't that one, which I already have.
1983: no set
1984: no set
1985: neither player
1986: Tippett only

So it appears there are 3 possibilities:
1. These are from the same year and checklists are incorrect
2. There really were Frito sets in 1983 & 84
3. They are from different years

If #3 and the checklists are correct/complete, then the Tippett is from the 86 set and Hannah is from a different year. The Beckett checklists include him in 1976, 79 and 81. Probably boring to most of you, but I'm hoping to get to the bottom of this. I've emailed Mike Mosier at Columbia City Collectibles and hoping he'll chime in.

These just back from Newport Beach:

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Love the Blanda!

It may not look like a big pick-up, but it finished out my SGC run of Topps/Philly/Fleer Unitas from '58 thru '74. I retain my RC in its ungraded splendor.

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The full run can be seen here, with a few extra PSA/BVG thrown in. Thanks for the look.

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Congrats on finishing your run. Have had similar ideas about other players.

Thanks, I enjoyed it. He was my first hero as a kid, and I had always wanted to do it, but the RC was tough financially. But when my wife gifted me the beautiful RC, I just had to. Glad I did. You ought to go for one, I enjoyed doing it.

Player collecting is the best. I completed Gino Cappelletti's basic run and am working on John Hannah's.

Ray Guy '74 Topps

I have see some of your Hannah items in this thread. Amazing stuff, I love the oddball, hard to find stuff. I have around a thousand different Jari Kurri items, and my favorites are always the unique, non-mainstream things.

Definitely, Rob. I did the run of Jim Brown cards but my favorite Jim Brown items are his team issues.

1958:
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1960:
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1961:
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1962:
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1963:
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Wow, those Browns are stellar!

I'll second that! Beautiful, unique items.

1978 and 1983 Topps Football Complete Wax Boxes. These are also for sale if anyone is interested.

I've been on the west coast for several weeks babysitting grandkids:) Was able to pick up one needed card while at a show there. 1952 Bowman Small Art Donovan RC, books for $225 in NM shape.
Pro Football HOF 1968. WWII vet ammo-loader on a 40MM gun on an aircraft carrier and saw action at Iwo Jima and the Battle of Luzon. Can you imagine?
Five cards left to complete my set. Great to be home. Still having fun with this cardboard.
Larry
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I collect Football from 1974-1986. Here's a bunch of RCs from that period that I picked up recently:

Gotta love those '75s especially!

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Another Frito Hannah. He's in 5 Frito sets and I now have his single from 3 of those years. This is the earliest of the bunch, 1976:

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It came in a lot with these:

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#77 is Tom Neville, 1976. The Grogan might be from the 76 set, or the 1977-78 set.

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#86 is 4x Pro Bowler Stanley Morgan, 1977-78 set. Number 81 is TE Russ Francis, 1976

Frito Lay
 

My understanding is that the 1976 Set is 5x7, while the 1977 Set is 4x6. Like you, I've been trying to figure out these Frito Lay cards.

I was the underbidder on that lot. Was only interested in the Morgan. Any chance you would be willing to sell it?

Email sent.

1950s Bread for Health labels are some of my favorites....these are the 3 for the Browns

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got this in today.. been wanting.. but still in pack is pretty cool to me.