Robert, great choice for a back run.

This C. 1930's Bobby Veach Coal Company Ad Card with Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach & Sam Crawford was my fave!

Very cool!!

And some very nice looking cards that have been late entrants to this thread!

Thank you! Very excited to have it now, truly a beauty! Went way less than I was expecting.

Very pleased with this pick up!

As you should be! Great color and centering. I love finding gorgeous cards in affordable low grades. That one is nicer than 80% of the 3s out there.

Nice pickups everyone! These 2 additions to my type collection are my favorite 2016 pickups:

Several came close, but this one takes my blue ribbon for 2016:

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Your Favorite Pick Up of 2016
 

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Beauties, Val!

Nice one, Duncan!

I love this piece because it cuts against the usual impression of Cobb as hated by teammates.

Outstanding

Great stuff posted in here! This year I picked up a couple cool t206s but this was by far my favorite pick up of the year
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k4...223_093601.jpg

That is a great looking Red Ruth!!

I should add, there are some stunning cards listed above. Congrats to all...Val, those are especially nice. You don't seem to be slowing down any!!

Thanks!

My favorite would be either the Chick Gandil T206 or the 1934 Quaker Oats Babe Ruth Premium. Hard to choose between those.

Graig Kreindler
 

Nice cards Val and everyone else.

I had already posted, but it is still 2016 and a present (to myself) left under the tree is among my favorites for the year . . .

Graig Kreindler never ceases to impress. Deacon White, the best catcher of the 1870s, now joins Charlie Bennett, arguably the best catcher of the 1880s.


These are based on their 1886 Tomlinson Studio portraits. If and when a Sam Thompson or Lady Baldwin portrait surfaces, I will be knocking on Graig's door once again. I never thought I'd order a portrait, let alone two, but the quality surpasses all expectations. They are the perfect way to add a little color to an otherwise sepia world.

Love it Graig, Merry Christmas All!

Kevin, Leon & Joe, thanks for the kind words! Joe, your Kreindlers are absolutely awesome!

Leon, the older I get, the more frequently my wife says, "if not now, when?" She has already convinced me to spend the $$ to attend the National at Chicago next year, something I haven't done in a dozen or so years, back when she worked for an airline and I was able to fly for free. (I have, however, attended all the recent, closer Nationals at Baltimore, Cleveland, & Atlantic City.) Is she a keeper, or what!
Val

Another beautiful piece of art, Joe!

Awesome Kreindler pieces Joe!

Finally mark this off of the bucket list this year

Got this at The National. Pretty sure it was the only one there.

Hartley is my Grandpa and Uncle's manager when they were in the minor leagues with the Findlay Oilers (St. Louis Browns farm system).

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui...&sz=w1366-h638
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui...&sz=w1366-h638

Here's mine. A very sweet pickup!

Shoeless Joe Jackson
 

I was very happy to pick this one up in 2016.
Troy

From the most recent LOTG auction :):):)

Edit - just wanted to add that there are some stunning cards in this thread!

Here are my top 2

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=22035
This was a great addition to my Columbus OJ set!!

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=22036
One of my favorites and also completed a 4 card run of Mr. Glasscock (N28, N162, N300, N172)

Martin, nice find, a split back Polar Bear. :)

Yeah, I gotta say, those are really nice!

This is always a great thread topic at the end of every year to skim through.

Nice stuff everyone. This by far was mine.

http://photos.imageevent.com/threetw...4weaver2_1.jpg

WHOA! ~Shut the front door! Gorgeous!

Incredible piece, Tony. Wow!!

Much appreciated fellas.

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Amazing! Congrats, Tony!

Tony, that would be my favorite pick up of forever, if it was me. Beautiful.

+1 - My jaw dropped earlier this year when I saw that - congrats! I am happy to see that it resides with a board member.

Sweet T4
 

Tony, Tony, bo-bony
Banana-fana fo-fony
Fee-fi-mo-mony
Tony!

Congrats Steven...glad you found your N162 Glasscock! Edit to add: He should be a HOF'er in my opinion.

Nicely done, Steven! :p

My favorite pick-up of 2016 was this ca. 1904-05 cabinet photo of the Tacoma Track Team, with Ernie Tanner. Honestly wish I had this image for the Claxton book, but purchased it shortly after publication. The earliest known team photo of the "greatest athlete ever produced in Washington state": http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/ernest-c-tanner-1889-1956

It has since been donated to the Shanaman Sports Museum in Tacoma.

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/...psmbxn5m7t.jpg

Pre-war Favorite
 

Just arrived, and immediately my favorite pre-WWII pick up of 2016. An upgrade that I just had to have once I spied it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pszdwua9kf.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps1ax4tgbs.jpg

Wow. Great card

My favorite pickup for 2016 came just 3 days ago. I sold/consigned almost all of my E105 collection to make sure he had a nice nursery to come home to. :)

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2017...33d378378d.jpg

Congrats Daryl! Is this the start of a new collection :)

Way to Go, Daryl !!


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Great for you Daryl! Better than any card ever made. And just in time to be a tax deduction for this year to boot! :D

Your Favorite Pick Up of 2016
 

Thanks guys!

Congrats Daryl!

Here is mine :)

It doesn't get any better than that. Congrats Daryl. And I empathize about selling cards for a kiddo....totally worth it though.

Congrats Daryl!

I had a great collecting year - my second full year into prewar collecting. I learned a lot and picked up some cards that I'm really happy with. It was tough to pick one favorite, but I think it has to be this:

http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pstnjcdnq1.png

Great cards (and baby-- congrats!) all.

I was able cross several cards off my want list this year. It's close, but I think this one was my favorite.

Lots of amazing stuff in here! I couldn't pick just one, so I am cheating.

I think that's my favorite card I didn't pick up. Love that card, and haven't seen more than one in the five years I've collected.

You're looking in the wrong places my friend :). There are about 3-5 signed '34 Greenbergs that sell every year. Or close to that.

Wish my Greenberg was as nice, that example is stunning.

Thanks guys, I finally got to dropping it off in my safe deposit box today, but I may need to break him back out sooner than later.

Sam-- as Brent says, there are a handful these and they seem to come available time to time. I think I've only seen 1 or 2 on eBay over the past few years, with the most recent I remember lasting only a few minutes before being purchased as a BIN. I've seen a few more via AHs, which is where I got this one. Happy hunting.