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.

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(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

Those are really nice looking 1s! As a vocal proponent of "buy the card, not the holder", I approve!

Yes nice Ruth and gehrig's.

i know most don't like strip cards, but i love the w512 set just because of the scope it covers....

uncle fester, ruth, cobb, hagen, dempsey, lon chaney, etc

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...34/26ruth6.jpg

Thanks!

I always go for the card and holder be damned. It's all about centering to me. ;)

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My newest acquisition !! I have been hunting this card down for several years now and finally found one with the eye appeal I like. I don't believe this card is any more rare than others from the set but it must be a very special card for collectors as you hardly ever see nice ones come to the market.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images.../t207-joe-wood

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images.../t207-joe-wood

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"Just a little outside"
 

Picked up this Wally Schang 1915 Cracker Jack to go with my other normal one.

Patrick

How common are color shifts on CJs? This is the only one I've ever seen granted I'm not a CJ collector.

Nice cards!!

Got these two in the mail yesterday. Now I need 4 more confirmed backs to complete the run. I am not too optimistic that it will be completed, at least not for a while.

http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...pslgkkjiv4.jpghttp://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...pszihrwdrp.jpg


Added to my Lobert grouping (including duplicates) as also shown in the PC thread.
http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/...psufbfqsf4.jpg

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Andy, very nice pickups for the Lobert run. Good luck on the others. I know I still need the Nadja and at least 2 board members are looking for the Mello-mint.

DJ

I know. That is where my lack of optimism comes from.

I had a busy month :eek:

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1xzbt7qa.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6mdpi7b8.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pserqfkb7e.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pscep2tvqj.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...psdvvirqex.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pslocjoelo.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...psd81z5ang.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pssigrahzo.jpg
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...psniype3cv.jpg

A busy week is an understatement!!


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Well, most of the T205s (with the exception of the first four) came from one auction lot, so instead of a busy month, I suppose I should have said I had a "voluminous" month!

Cracker Jack color shift
 

Hi Steven,

A few years back a bunch of these 1915 Cracker Jacks were auctioned off on eBay. I had never seen any printing errors on cracker jacks before until this group appeared on eBay. Recently, an eBay dealer posted 3-4 cracker jacks with this registration shift issue. Surprisingly they didn't get much attention this time and I grabbed the Wally Schang for my catcher collection.

Patrick

Brian, nice pickups. I love E121 types with scarce backs. Please find me a Haffner's card of Sam Rice!
Val

Val,

I just might. Stop drooling! I said "might!"

Cracker Jack
 

Here are two more CJ misprints I've picked up lately. Love the look of these.

Got a submission back from PSA. I had actually forgotten about a few of the cards, so it was like opening a Christmas present :D

Here are a few and a couple from earlier this month.

Cool cards, the Schang too.

I wonder if there is a case to get them reholdered without the MC. They aren't really MC, it just looks that way due to the misregistration, something which has nothing to do with the cut. You can even see a slightly lighter red area on the right where the border is underneath the single layer of red.

+1

That is complete BS PSA put a qualifier on those.

CJ misprints
 

The backs are perfectly centered on these cards, so should not be called MC. Just a shift on the front printing. I also have two others.

Lates addition...
 

Small pick-up...

I just got these Meyers with SC 350-460, factory 25 backs. So, when checking the population reports, I can only find one of these graded (since PSA didn't identify backs for a while, and SGC doesn't identify factory numbers, I know this is skewed). Is this really that scarce of a card? Especially when I found two on the same day. I'm just curious.

Factory 25 is more scarce than 42 or 30, but Meyers is probably not scarce with any of those backs. I care about the different SC factories and I enjoy keeping track of them, but it seems like 99% of t206 collectors don't care.

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I put a run of Meyers backs together about 5 or 6 years ago and the fac. 25 was the toughest of the more common backs to find.

Some recent pick ups

Matty Silk
 

A big thanks to Irish Denny. He responded to my post about finding a Matty card as our upcoming child will be named Christopher Mathewson.in addition, he sent a very nice card to the yet as arrived child and a Baseball Greats card of Mathewson as well. My wife and I greatly appreciate the generosity.

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2 off of ebay
 

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Few new cards
 

Adding to my T206 set and Clemente run. Really enjoying these three. Great stuff by others as always.

Otto Miller T207 (Anonymous Factory #3 LA back)
 

Since I don't expect to ever pick up one of the few Red Cross T207s, I now have all the other backs with this pickup of an Otter Miller with an Anonymous Factory 3 LA back.

Patrick

It has been at least two years since I've been able to cross off another card on the Tommy Bridges master checklist. This is one of two cards I haven't even seen for sale since I returned to the hobby a decade ago. Won it with a lone bid of $20. My nuclear bid was more than 10x that amount. Sometimes it is great to collect an obscure player.

1938 Clopay Foto-Fun R329 Tommy Bridges.


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Now anyone have a Hage's Dairy?

Two "toughies":

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Two "oh, the colors":

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Brings me up to 99. :) What a beautiful set !!!!! :):)

Fun, fun, Scott

Picked up some more Ted and friends over the last few months - had a baby so took some time up but I am letting out some pent up card steam now:

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psn1nok15k.jpg

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psmp4n3oks.jpg

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psgopwsv3s.jpg

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psafju1rrm.jpg

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...psr2ddxqtn.jpg

http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/...pspg9uqods.jpg

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Almost finished with the E98 Master Set.

Tough Plank card, sepia postcard.
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1456376982

That's an awesome Plank!!


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King kelly
 

Got this one a while back, but my framer just recently made a nice little display out of it this week so I figured I'd share..

Great cards
 

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing I really like this set and almost have it completed. Connie Mack on the crapper always brings a bit of a chuckle. Must have been awkward for the artist on that one :eek:

display
 

Love that framed piece. What a great way to display cards and photos. Very cool

Nice Brian!

Thank you, Dave.

Have been able to add a few to my collection of pre-war premiums.

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...psisizhe0e.jpg
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...pshssjp8ez.jpg

Thanks Eric. I've found the blue background E98s to be far and away the toughest color variation with the hordes of reds and greens dropping in to the market with the Black Swamp Find. Oranges can be difficult too, but not as bad as the blues. For some strange reason the blues are also the hardest to find in really nice condition. I have no idea why....

Only one ever graded and I see no evidence of one ungraded--if you do, let me know...
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1456433021

Gentlemen,

Eddie Collins and friends:

Walter Johnson on the right??

LOL. :D Same dealer, but different item. No, he did not advertise the "postcard" as having Collins. That was my discovery on the item.

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Brian,

Interesting photo. Any idea of when and where it was taken ???

Probably pushing it, but A's wise, kind of looks like Bris Lord to Collins left.

Scott

Scott,

Thank you and sorry for the delay in getting back with you. I do not know when the photo was taken or if it is Bris Lord on the far left. I guess he borrowed one of the jackets from the other team because from the waist down the guy on the far left has the same uniform as Collins.

a scarce rookie and look at them borders and centering!!

Sweet Al Simmons. I feel like he's one of the more underrated players of the 20s-30s. He and Bill Terry.

Great Simmons rookie, Leon, think that is the nicest one that I have ever seen.

Cheating a bit on this one,
 

as I just won it yesterday afternoon, and don't have it in hand yet, but don't ever recall being able to post three times in one month (and the first being on the first, and the last being on the last). Thanks to Bryan, Jerry, Ben, Erick, Patrick and Ed for the heads-up on this one. Becomes #287 in the rebuilt collection.

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

Bryan had asked how quickly the cards were showing up now. Looking back, from March 4 of last year to today, I've been able to get 15, or one page in the binder. If things keep at that rate, I figure I should be at number 300 right around Christmas.