A couple of Goudeys.

lol. :D

February 2016 Pick Ups
 

These 5 were just in too good of condition to pass up.

Scott - I just love this card......
 

the set contains quite a few such beauties - this one my favorite. Nice P/up!

and apparently we share an appreciation of the Frey N28. While I sold my set (a hint too pedestrian) I kept a sweet Frey along with an Oakley and Buffalo Bill in my treasured cards type card subset. Forgetting about the all too easy jokes - unlike most normally staged cards - the inexplicable balls in the air thing gets me - and despite the unbordered white background approach I find the card to be aesthetically pleasing.

Scott- very nice CJ Wood.

Daryl- great Red border Chase.

Nice Nap Scott, as you pointed out the color and registration is very good for that set and overall very good anyway!

Just bought this interesting card last night. It pictures Julia St. Clair, who through research I have identified as a Bloomer Girl. I found her on a roster in 1902, so I'd guess this was produced some time around then. I also found one other image through Google search as well as a discussion on another example on this website. That makes 3 and it makes me confident this was a commercially issued card and not just a homemade memento:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMD...FWFs3u/$_1.JPG

"Gribbin" came in the mail today -- another example of a great exchange with a board member -- thank you! :)

I put Gribbin in quotes because his actual name (and anything about him) eludes me. Baseball reference spells his name Francis Gribbens: http://www.baseball-reference.com/re...d=gribbe001fra
Lew Lipset spelled it Gribbon on his encyclopedia. What other references should I check?

I'm still looking for a few more Red Sun cards over on the BST page.

Cheers,
Steve

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Nice SL'er and Tenney. Tenney is a toughie in higher grade condition. Very nice registration and color too, on both T206's.

Seems they always look better in hand...

http://luckeycards.com/pt212gandil2.jpg

My favorite pick up of the month. A little WST Ghost image on the reverse.

Had these oddball Ruth cards for a while, but recently got them holdered.

Cool cards Gary - I've never seen either of those before...and I've been around the block a few times.

Is that a football that the right handed Babe Ruth is throwing? And why does he have a block of wood in his glove?

Tom C

and why is he right-handed and wearing what appears to be a cricket outfit?

Yea, I don't think the quality control in that set was the best. The 1928 Sociedade set looks much better where they used actual photos.

Nice pickup Leon!
 

Leon,

Congrats on picking up that beautiful 1909 Obak of the infamous Chick Gandil of Black Sox fame.

Patrick

Huggins Sweet Caporal
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Freshly graded. All from board members.

I picked up this beauty in an eBay auction for a nice price -- 25 cents below my maximum bid! My third AB 460, and probably the nicest one condition-wise, though the other two are not bad.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...a754b2b9ed.jpg

Pinholed T3's
 

Pinholed T3's

Got it 3 weeks ago but here is Mr. Cobb in all his green glory :)

Here's a card that i feel is undervalued for what it is

Beautiful pick-ups, Ruben!

Nice one! I had my eye on that too, congrats on being the winner.

New project. Hoping to put together a mid grade 1938 Goudey set full of well centered cards. Just got my first today. If anyone has any available please let me know.

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...psyxokr605.jpg

Tom C

Thank you Sam :)

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Re: February 2016 New Pick Ups
 

I started this set 20 months ago today. With these recent pickups I am now only 18 cards away from completing the set.

ErikV

After spending way too much last year, I finally got my feet wet with this cool card:

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Here's a couple of my recent pickups from the past couple weeks.

E92 Nadja Smith (Schmidt) - 37 down
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...%20schmidt.jpg

1899 National Copper Plate - Lou Criger
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...crigar%20f.jpg

W554 Hack Wilson
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...wilson%20f.jpg

DJ

Congrats on the pickups, Daryl!

Cheers,
Steve

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From PWCC. Wasn't shilled.

nice bunch of cards there.... I like some less collected sets such as E90-2... especially with their blue lettering.

Nice Chris!

6 more to go
 

Closing in on the E94 Master Set of all colors. The violet Murray was a b*tch to find, took me 6 years.

Six to go!! Very impressive TBob, good luck with the final 6.

congrats bob

Awesome, it looks great, too. I can't seem to get one, let alone a master set!

Congrats! Looking forward to the family photo.

+1

Civil War Generals CDV with Identified Abner Doubleday.........(#55)

Number 285 is a bit of a biggie for me
 

Not that the card is rare, or anything like that, but since it is a HoFer, and even then a higher-tiered HoFer, I don't often get a chance to try and get these back with the others.

But sometimes, thanks to people like John, Joe, Scott and in this case, the guys at Clairmont Sports Cards, I've been able to work out payment plans where they hold the card while I slowly pay it off, then send it on.

This arrived in the mail today. Again, thanks to Dave, Bake and Lee at Clairmont Sports Cards, and to everyone else who has helped reunite all these cards.

<a href="http://s150.photobucket.com/user/T206ster/media/285%20Young_zps7uwqoqul.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s81/T206ster/285%20Young_zps7uwqoqul.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 285 Young_zps7uwqoqul.jpg"/></a>

(If I left anyone out who has helped in this way, sincerest apologies)

Very nice, Tom and Ed!

E94 Murray
 

Congrats Bob on the Murray!!

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Princely

After not posting any photos in a while, I was pretty pleased with this month so I feel like it today. ;)

Grabbed a few good looking low grade examples to add to the man cave -



http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...eve/33Ruth.jpg

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...e/34gehrig.jpg



I also guiltily admit to grabbing a worthless one that has made numerous thread appearances on this site as I wanted it when it was in a lot in the fall Heritage auction. Sometimes you just got to smile...

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...thecolonel.jpg


I think he will sit on my desk for a bit to remind me of my love for fried chicken. :D