Dont swing too early or you'll clean out some kids

E254 Tommy Clarke
 

Picked this E254 Tommy Clarke recently!

Patrick

Guy behind the pitcher pulled up a chair. Guess he was tired?

Bats like a girl...or Hank Aaron before he was convinced to change to the more conventional grip.

Brian

Just pick these up still in the old school Goudey 9 pocket sheet.

Thanks to BuyThatCard
 

That Hornsby looks nice in the binder page.

Here's a Gillespie batting. I need to check, I think I only need a RHHH to finish the run. It has taken me longer to do this player run than I thought it would. Ten years on...

Nice job! I’m embarrassed to admit that it knew what RHHH was.

Cotuit is on Cape Cod and has great oysters. I know it well.

Thanks, Jay. I figured the OJ collectors would know "right hand head high". I say "right hand held high" for the Connie Mack, which is one of my favorite cards.

Happy to add this one last night - price was right, and bonus eBay Bucks certainly helped as well!

This completes my T213-2 Yankees team set

Thanks to Brian for helping me add to my Matty back run. Still on the hunt for an EPDG, Cycle or Polar Bear if anybody has a 3/4 grade.

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Congrats Dean. Let’s see the emerging run! Also, really great looking -2 Chance and Lajoie Brunners.

Another piece of the Wajo puzzle.

Recent LOTG pickups: So excited to acquire something period of HOFer Henry Chadwick! My HOF career-contemporary number now stands at 316/329. Also, picked up the Bill Dahlen because 1) Speculation of his eventual induction, and 2) My collection REALLY needed a Turkey Red - my very first. :-)

Bisons
 

Bisons...

ALSO, while at it, would like to buy the missing piece. :eek:

I picked up these guys to add to my very modest Black Sox collection.

My second one of these. Everybody, but Paul Waner.

May Pickup : Rowdy Elliott Tin Top
 

I have been after this one for almost 25 years. Thanks to Daryl "King Cobb" for helping me finish off the one card needed for completion of my Nashville Minor League Collection!

Cool pick up Leon.

May seems to be a Wagner month. Thanks to Tim, Bob, and Dan, each of which is a board member, for these cards. I am especially over-the-moon about the Newsboy.

That Baltimore Newsboy is a neat card. Congratulations Ryan.

+1. Don’t think I’ve seen that card before.

Worth the wait!
 

Congratulations! Some Colgan's Tin Tops are so scarce only a handful of copies are known.

Jerome, that's awesome that you picked up a Tin Top to finish your Nashville collection. There are four Tin Tops on my Jersey City want list that I will likely never acquire. Your pick up gives me some hope though. :D

Ryan, that Newsboy Wagner is incredible, congratulations

May P/Up
 

Picked up a 55 and 56 Mantle At a local NJ Show.

I really like the colors...

Thanks all. And that’s a great looking e90-1 Matty!

I took a Chance on this card at Goldin tonight. Admittedly, likely over-graded but very tough combo.

Congrats J on finishing off the Nashville collection. What a site that would be to see the run!

Couple t206s came in this weekend

omgggg that Cobb is nice

Nothing major:

Clancy has been near the top of my want list for a loooooooooooooong time. :)
Starr is a "once in awhile" condition upgrade. :p

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Fun stuff, Scott :rolleyes:

Really happy with this off the B/S/T

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That is a ridiculously cool card Jay.

Poor condition!!

Very pretty M Brown Portrait.

Last month I finished trades with two great guys, Bryan and Val.

We kicked around both trades for years (we were in no rush!) -- Bryan made my day with this pretty Red Cross as he knows how much I love the set. Val and I had worked hard to find just the right trade -- WaJo for WaJo -- for the Victory. He filled a key spot in my WaJo hands-at-chest back run. I am now only missing the BL460, T215-1, and T215 Pirate to complete the project.

Thank you guys!

Awesome cards Steve, Congrats!

Thanks, Chris! It's good to hear from you again!

Steve, two total awesome cards. Congrats. I can’t believe Val would part with a t214 Wajo- you must have worked very hard on that one!

Doc Steen Collection: Signed M101-2 Nap Lajoie
 

Can't believe I was able to pull this absolute stunner down from Heritage last night. Although not identified by Heritage in its description, this signed supplement comes from the Doc Steen collection, which made its way to auction on May 16, 2015. I now have 18 of the possible 53 from that collection.

From the original auction in 2015:
Dr. Clarence G. "Doc" Steen, began collecting baseball autographs in 1910 and he collected his entire life passing away in 1965. Doc Steen sent players photos to sign, most in the form of these premiums, storing them carefully and out of the light. After his passing these signed photos were placed in a safety deposit box where they remained for decades. As a result of this careful handling and storage the majority of his collection are signatures that rate 8-10 on a scale of 1-10.

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Absolutely stunning Nap item! The signature is amazing on that one. And so is the provenance!

Thanks so much! I am still shocked I was able to get it.

Brian- are those the Waners?

- and what are they doing?

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Colgan's Violet Chips Tin
 

Picked up this Colgan's Violet Chips Tin to complement my recent Mint Chips Tin pickup.

Patrick

Great Red Cross! Congrats.

Leon, is that Jordan oversized too?

That Red Cross is amazing.

Mail day from SGC
 

Submitted at Strongsville, and arrived today. Reasonably pleased with the grades as well. Obaks are just wonderful.

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Ryan, I had that T214 Victory in my WaJo collection for roughly 25 years. But, being a lover of the advertising on the backs of cards, the amount of paper loss on the back "bothered" me for all those years. Had the paper loss been much less, I would not have parted with it. Upon learning how much progress Steve had made with his back run of the WaJo pitching pose, I felt this card belonged in his collection moreso than it did mine.

Another factor in my decision is that I am a much bigger fan of real-photo, black-and-white cards than I am of the colorful, artist-created cards (except for the T206 WaJo portrait, the best looking pre-War card ever made). So, I'm happily working on back runs of WaJo's 1916, 1917, and 1921-22 real-photo issues.

Steve, great Walter pickup. Someday We'll have to meet up and photograph the Walter and Gabby Street back runs together. We can reunite Walter with his catcher. :)