Thank You, Steve, John and Tony:

Not exactly a card, but pre-war related:

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Thank You, Paul:

great stuff as always!
 

here is a card that hasnt been for sale in 6 months on ebay!

one of the harder cards to find in the set IMO:

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...31/demmitt.jpg

Amazing stuff, all around.
 

Great pickups, everyone - especially love the Wagner, Matt!

Marquard from Goodwin, Gibson (tougher pastel) from eBay

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...Marquard-1.jpg http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...e/Gibson-1.jpg

and a pesky "Anon 3" Recruit - many thanks for the trade, Rob!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...me/10867-1.jpg

Tolstoi pack
 

I must offer a resounding thank you to my good friend Jon Canfield for my
beautiful Tolstoi pack which I am gazing at this very moment.
I can't scan but if you look at Jon's pictured earlier, you will basically see mine.
It is a real beauty.
best,
barry

Uncle Jack- Welcome to our Family
 

We were pleased to add an ultra high grade Uncle Jack example
to America's premiere rare type collection.

Happy Holidays to All

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

Link: http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetai...100&category=1

Jon and Barry,
Congrats on the Tolstoi packs. Those are awesome! If there are any more, drop me a line, please. :)
JimB

P.S. Bruce, Congrats on the nice Uncle Jacks pickup.

PCL Pickups!
 

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JimB
 

Many thanks professor.
Ole Jon does have the eye.
I had been looking for 2 or 3 years and never saw any up for sale.
Are you doing packs a bit now?
I'm up to 17 different now.
great fun.

best,
barry

Last five pick-ups of the year for me - thanks to Adam (BST) and Bill:
http://martinsbaseballcards.com/comm...4530132113.jpg http://martinsbaseballcards.com/comm...4530132114.jpg http://martinsbaseballcards.com/comm...4530132112.jpg

http://martinsbaseballcards.com/comm...4530132245.jpg http://martinsbaseballcards.com/comm...4530265869.jpg

Jim,

Thanks for the kind words. I had been searching for 10 years for a Tolstoi for my collection. I've missed one or two over the years on eBay but there are just not that many around. I've only seen 10 or so. There was one on eBay earlier this year and I set a ridiculous snipe for it because I wanted it so bad. Well, someone outsniped me (and paid over $600 for the pack).

About three weeks go, I was excited to finally come across a Tolstoi and there just happened to be 2 of them together. I kept one for my collection and I knew Barry was looking for one as well so offered the second one to him. Unfortunately, those were the only two in the deal.

- Jon

Tough one to find: York Caramel, Type 2:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4166579626/" title="1927 York Caramels E210-2 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/4166579626_99063f783b_o.jpg" width="900" height="759" alt="1927 York Caramels E210-2" /></a>

Not to be confused with Type 1:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2910090540/" title="1927 York Caramels E210-1 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2910090540_6d9400b160_o.jpg" width="900" height="732" alt="1927 York Caramels E210-1" /></a>

Jon and Barry
 

From one pack collector to two others, CONGRATS!! Awesome pickups...

Happy to pick this one up off the 'Bay last night, for what I thought was a nice price!

Leon
 

many thanks for the support, ole buddy.
i hear that you and i won almost simultaneously a Turkish Trophies pack in the last couple of weeks. Mine was a steal; i hope you were as lucky(no
pun intended!)

best,
barry

Picked up some real beauties today! Thank you, Doug!

http://www.t206.org/misc/dahlen.jpg
http://www.t206.org/misc/dougherty.jpg
http://www.t206.org/misc/overall.jpg
http://www.t206.org/misc/thielman.jpg
http://www.t206.org/misc/wallace.jpg

A little eclectic
 

...

Philly Show Pickups
 

Got these 5 cards for my type collection at the Philly Show. Got lazy and only took photos of the backs of 4 of them, but all are "commons" except for the Martens, which is a SGC 20 Frank Baker.

Pickups on the way to the Philly Show
 

Another local collector rode with me to the Philly Show. On the way up, we did a trade, and I obtained these two 1950 Hage's Dairy cards for my type collection. My Standard Catalog says there is a third back that mentions Hage's milk; if anyone has one of these they are willing to sell or trade, I'd be most interested!

Well I am going out with a bang for 2009, been wanting a 1923-24 Exhibit Ruth for a long time. Can't believe I got one ) Thanks to another board member!

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ruthpsa2cu.jpg

Congrats Scott!

4 more and more coming!

From Goodwin. First smile i have cracked since exams started. Really love these two.

Scott,

Awesome pickup on a tough one.

Thank You, Tom:

I won this card last night and was glad to get it, the key card in the set :)

Hi Barry,
I have casually been doing packs for a couple of years. I have five T206s and a couple of others. 17 is amazing! How many different T206 brands?
JimB

I haven't been posting alot on my pickups since I still have along way to go on the T206 set, but I just wanted to share a scan of this one.

I can't get over the borders on this one.

prof. jimb
 

I'm glad you're a bit of a pack collector, too.
i love framing them with their respective cards.
Here's what i have so far:
epdg
piedmont
drum (pouch)
old mill
american beauty
sweet cap
tolstoi
and
2 recruits, with the different factories for the T207
turkish trophies
turkey red
high grade (my only 19th cent.)
mecca
egyptienne straights
helmar
pirate
hassan
what about you, buddy? which ones?
best,
barry

That is quite a collection! For T206, I just have Piedmont (2), Sweet Cap, EPDG, and a Drum pouch. I also have an Allen and Ginter/Richmond Straight Cut, a Goodwin & Co/Old Judge pack, and a Crofts Cocoa tin. Take care my friend.
JimB

jimb
 

quite a range there; great variety.

all the best,my friend

barry

Hopefully noone gets sick of the cig pack discussion but aside from the Tostoi, these were a couple of my other pickups this year...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...0Packs/DH1.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ks/suretax.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../PolarBear.jpg

JonC
 

Those are beauts, buddy.
Packs are sure getting popular, aren't they?!
We'd best hurry and buy them up. :)

all the best,
barry

Mike- That Block is more than just pesky, it may be THE toughest card to find in the set for some bizarre reason. As a guy who has put together 3 T207sets, card by card, I can attest to its difficulty. Because it has a Recruit back, collectors generally think it is not tough as the Anonymous, Cycle and Broadleaf back cards but my advice to anyone collecting this set is to grab one in any condition, then wait and upgrade.
Rob A.- Dynamite Zeenut Tobin with coupon. Simply great pickup!

tbob

Turkey Mike just in from the Bay:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...kefielding.jpg

Thank You, Lance:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4177592036/" title="1914 Cracker Jack E145-1 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4177592036_cf048d461d_b.jpg" width="624" height="1024" alt="1914 Cracker Jack E145-1" /></a>

Wheat T213-2 and Walsh T206
 

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...tT213Front.jpghttp://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...atT213Back.jpg

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...hT206Front.jpghttp://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...shT206Back.jpg

I am going to pickup some Walsh cards to go with my tiny Wheat collection. I am naturally a White Sox fan so I could not resist this amazing looking Walsh!

Damn nice Walsh, Seth.

Thanks David!
 

Thanks David, it looks just as nice in person! I also picked up this semi-rarity, but I do not have a scan of the back as it is not in yet. I might not be able to get one up soon as the computer that has my scanner software on it is in for service and may not be back for a while. Anyhow, here is the T206 Dahlen Brooklyn variation I have coming in (it is a Piedmont 350 back- the one just sold on eBay).

http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...oklynFront.jpg

Some paper loss on the back brought this down to 2.5, but the front is incredible.

My latest '40 Play Ball.
RC
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...40PlayBall.jpg

From the BST
 

Not in hand yet. Thanks Jeff P. Now in hand!
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...e20Waddell.jpg

http://www.t206.org/misc/phelan.jpg
http://www.t206.org/misc/poland.jpg

welcome Jeff, should be there today or tomorrow.

Love that Mordecai T3!

Whilst Bruce and Rob D were closing another of their megadeals, I picked this bad boy up.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/4193145484/" title="T206 Blue Portrait (Red Hindu) by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/4193145484_1283b00066_o.jpg" width="900" height="761" alt="T206 Blue Portrait (Red Hindu)" /></a>

That's gorgeous!

Wow! Amazing card Jeff!

Arrived Today
 

Couple of pretty good looking SGC 40 Exhibits...