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I never post my pickups here because quite frankly I feel a it intimidated by most of the high grade cards. I am a collectors collector. I enjoy the beaters with good eye appeal.
Having said that the card I have been wanting for a very, very long time arrived today. A special thanks to Pete Sycks for working so well with me to make sure I add it to my collection. I was hoping it would be the final card needed for this set completion but it was mailed so fast and I am still waiting on the arrival of a few more from other members as well as an auction site. Now on to my next project. Here it is. The only 52 Mantle I ever wanted. Drew |
Beautiful card Drew and congrats on completing your set!
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Great looking card Drew!!
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Drew very nice Mantle pickup and congrats on set completion.
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keep posting them! and don't ever feel intimidated. I can sit and look at mantles all day long whether they are 1's or 10's. ironically enough, I sealed a deal with pete on this same card (not exact same, obviously). so far it's been smooth sailing both customer service and price wise! |
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I just picked up a raw 47 bond bread berra. didn't pay much for it at all (maybe $30-$40) and was listed as an original, but have you ran into many repro's or have any info to share on this set? |
I'm sure there are others here that know far more about these cards than I do. I believe the square-cornered versions may be of questionable authenticity. I just think the cards are cool and this Feller came at a good price.
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that cepeda card is tough. nice card!!! the winny aint too shaby either. you just do hof rc? |
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I just checked out some of your collection, very nice! Especially the Mantle set. Good luck! |
usps claims "rain, sleet or snow" delivery but doesn't mention anything about having to navigate thru a quarter million drunks. so, st pattys day is pretty big day here in savannah (3rd largest parade, I think) so it pretty much shuts everything down here including the mail.
however, nothing like a nice aaron sandwhich for the hangover!!! http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...psygzov8uk.jpg |
Bob - nice work on those Aarons. Both look solid for the grade.
While that card has been shooting up in value of late, I still feel there is growth to be had based on Mr. Aaron's place in history, etc. Also, literally one of my favorite cards from an aesthetic perspective as well - the background orange coupled with the old Braves logo really stands out. Good job. (now, i am in search for another low graded exampled to add to my collection). |
yossarian,
thank you and i totally agree. why the natural all time homerun king's cards are still somewhat low considering puzzles me, i am more than happy to keep picking them up when they are nice and centered, regardless of the grade. personally to me, i think the 1.5 looks better than the 2. |
Agree on the Aaron RCs. They do look very nice for their grades, especially the 1.5. To me, Aaron is everything good about baseball--a guy who came from humble beginnings, faced tremendous adversity, persevered, accomplished the impossible, and ultimately used his fame and wealth to create opportunities for others.
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I keep hearing the same things about the Aaron RC escalating in price recently but hard to tell from my results. Listed two for sale on Net54, both with near perfect centering, one was a 3.5 and the other was a 4 and I was barely able to squeeze out $800 for the 3.5 and couldn't even get $900 for the 4 and ended up consigning it to an auction house. Like everything else, they will probably escalate once gone from my collection.:D
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Just arrived a crease free "2" Mantle
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Nice pick up on the 53 Mantle. Great color and look for a 2. Congrats!
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that's a solid 2 mantle! one thing about the 53 (for me, atleast) is the lower left hand corner and how often it gets chipped and turns white. even your's w/ the corner wear doesn't display it which is a good thing, imo. cheers!
to this day, i have still yet to find my 53. it's always centering issues and a good corner or a dead centered one with a chipped up lower left corner. |
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I've done pretty well this year with my HOF rookie collection but now I'm starting to get into the high price district as I circle the last 10 I need...so in the meantime, I've had fun reading through Hall of Stats and other sabermetric Bill James-type hall of fames, and players I liked growing up, and have picked up a few (affordable!) rookie cards to feed the addiction. Here are a few I picked up for fun and to add to the rookie pile. Oh, and Kingman is definitely NOT a Hall of Stats guy....I always just used to love his all-power, no average stat lines every year. ANd I realize Stieb is an '80....I'm sneaking him in to the pre-80 board, don't tell anyone. ;)
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Finally checked this off my list. First card I've purchased in a long while that gave me chills to hold/own. Ha.
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Congrats on the Aaron rookie. I remember when my first Aaron rookie arrived. A good feeling to check that off the list. |
I like the rookie cards, Carl.
I started buying up that kind of stuff a couple of years ago since that is what I collected as a kid growing up in the '80's. Unfortunately, while it was a lot of fun while I was buying the rookies in the dime and quarter boxes at card shows, when it came time to sell some to recoup some of my money, I saw the darker side of "investing" in those rookie cards. I quickly found out that nobody really cares about the stars of yesterday unless they are in the HOF. Everything else is literally "a dollar a dozen", pretty much. I don't mean to put a damper on things for you, just don't want you to go down the same road as me and potentially "waste" a lot of money. It's easy to get addicted quite quickly collecting that kind of stuff because you can pick it up so cheap compared to "book price". |
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I should add that yours are in much nicer condition than mine were so the scenario may be different. I wish you the best of luck anyway and have fun! Phil |
R346 Blue Tint strip..
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R346 Blue Tint upgrade....from our BST...
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1950 Bowman Jackie Robinson
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Latest pickup isn't a card but man I love it. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...17aed7567f.jpg
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nice sandlot shirt!!!
arrived yesterday. 52 mantle was from same vendor as the one posted earlier. pete syck. couldn't have been a smoother transaction price or delivery wise. even though a 7, it trumps the past two 8's i was contemplating. "didn't even have to use my a.k., i gotta say it was a good day" http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...psgd5m6gw1.jpg |
Interesting Leon, never knew they came accordion style.
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Begsu1013...I was pumped to get this in mail last week until I just saw yours!!
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An upgrade for my '64 set.
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nice 64 topps ford card. ironically enough, there's only 2 baseball "team " sets I collect. the 73 reds and the 64 yankees and I absolutely love that card! |
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1965 Spahn and Berra! 1986 Donruss Pete Rose Mgr/1B |
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New cards delivered this week
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That Perez RC is a beauty, Dan.
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Dan, nice additions to the collection. Congrats.
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very suttle sutter! ; )
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Congratulations, Drew, on finishing your set. And doing so with a '52 Bowman Mantle is going out in real style!
Some real beauties here, guys. I'm enjoying looking at these. Lots of Aarons and Mantles. Nothing big for me, as I am still in saving mode (well, I dropped about $400 on Blu Ray movies, because I wanted to boost my collection. So I'm not saving everything. :p I should be buying cards again soon). I did pick up my first 1952 Topps though, a Vern Stephens. And it's a real beauty to me. I think it's my favorite card right now, one because it's a 1952 Topps, and the history of the set is not lost on me. Two, I've been reading quite a lot about Mr. Stephens as of late, so adding this card was a no brainer. The centering is absolutely magnificent. http://imageshack.com/a/img661/1821/WrAS31.png The next card I buy will be from a gentleman I plan on writing about here very soon. Somebody I feel is vastly underappreciated by baseball historians. Within the next week or so, I'll be putting up a discussion about him. But for now, I am going to just enjoy looking at my first '52. I'm transported back to that picture of Woolworth's & Co, with the table setup with the boxes of 1952 Topps. Clicky goodness I can't help but wonder if Vern didn't come from one of those boxes. :) |
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What a pretty 52 card. The Boggs RC always makes me smile-- love the colors on it and I have a vivid memory of a kid named Andrew in my 1st grade class bringing one in and showing it to me.
Stumbled across this insanely centered Ted Williams last night on eBay. Was priced above all 3s but under the 4s so could not resists, as I have wanted this pair of cards in my collection for a long time. 1941 was one of the coolest seasons in baseball history. "56" and ".406." That they both achieved those miraculous feats in the same year, and have two beautiful cards in the same set from that very year, representing the two classic divisional rivals, is just so cool. In having our collections tell the story of the game, I think the 41 Play Ball Joe D and Ted cards are up there with having a Shoeless and Cobb, or a Gehrig and Ruth pairing; some players just have entwined legacies. http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...l-joe-dimaggio http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...l-ted-williams |
Matt, as strange as it may be, considering how many baseball cards I look at in a given week, I've never seen the Joe D and Teddy Ballgame '41 Play Ball cards together. They're beautiful.
I will own both. Absolutely. And I'll put them next to these: http://imageshack.com/a/img537/3249/UCxO91.pnghttp://imageshack.com/a/img537/8366/qIyJP2.png All sorts of Man Cave thoughts are rushing through my head, guys. :D Baseball on one side, movie memorabilia on the other side, and a home theater system to end them all with black leather studio seating in the middle. |
Following the Williams/DiMaggio theme, I was at a card show when I was about 15 years old. The dealer had two very old Life magazines for sale, each for the then-unaffordable price of $50 each.
I knew I couldn't get them, but I told myself if I ever made it big, I would track these down and put them in my office. It only took me 30 years! http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...5d0b64f51f.jpg |
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The background on the Eck RC shot is another noteworthy detail. Really pleasing to the eye. Reminds me of the background of the 1975 Ryan HL #5, one of my favorite cards ever.
That Fisk is steal of a mint card for an 8.5 price! I adore both the Joe D and Ted figures and those Life Magazines. What great pairings. The 41 PB's would look awesome next to those! Stache, glad you dig them as a duo. The Joe D 41PB has always gotten a ton of hobby love but when you add the Ted beside it, it's a case of 1+1 equalling way more than two! In showing them to my son they segue perfectly into a discussion of that amazing historic season for baseball. Plus the write ups on the card backs are like a time portal to much simpler era. I will try to scan the backs later. |
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nice niekro and mantle guys!
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+1. the more and more I look at her, she looks better than my 9!
http://www.psacard.com/PSASetRegistr....aspx?s=179998 keep posting cards guys! been a slow week due to the perfect storm. my amex got hijacked, tax time and I have reached my ebay bucks limit for the quarter on both accounts. BOO! |
Thanks guys, much like Dan, I am a RC collector...was looking for a Niekro upgrade for a while.
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Picked this one up for a decent price! Another check off the HOF RC list. :)
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Added this card. Kind of rough, but fit my budget.
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AWESOME!!! You finally did it!!!
But i have to ask, whats the holder?grade? no way you got than 'raw' looks every bit of a 2-3 grade. Heck the centering is wonderful too, as noted |
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Plus, I had to hold the card that has been a dream since I was 11. |
1952 John Rutherford PSA 6
Picked up this beauty for my '52 set. I think it's one of the major sleepers of the set, one of the toughest cards out there condition wise and for centering. I'm definitely going to hang onto this one for a while...
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I'm pretty excited about the Robinson coming in, and even the '59T Anderson RC. Got them both at a good price together. Lovin' me some cardboard! :)
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Both the Robinson and Sparky rookies look very nice for the grade. Congrats on the additions.
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+1 on the 52 Rutherford! was one of the last cards that completed my set and a beast to find centered at a decent price at a 5 or above.
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All my pick ups from a show my wife and I went to this morning:
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