That right there is a card worth overpaying for!

I enjoyed this.

Cool. I was fully expecting someone to jump in with, "Lee never actually surrendered his sword, blah, blah, blah...", so your reply was better. :D

Thank you!

No kidding. Dead centered, what a nice card.

Thanks Jarrod. It's a keeper for sure.

Beautiful Brooksie! Agreed that a sharp, centered one is hard to find. Looks like an 8+. Congrats.

Been after this one for awhile...

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I made a recent YouTube video showing my Lelands Auctions pickups featuring a larger lot of (33) Bell Brand Dodgers w/ (2) Sandy Koufax along with several Non-Sports Cards lots I won from them. Pretty fun hodge-podge video...



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Be sure to check out some of my other recent videos, like this one featuring my signed 1951 Bowman project...

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Cross-posting from the auto side. I bought this Ryan rookie raw at the end of February. Had it for a day before I mailed it in to the Nolan Ryan Foundation and just got it back. Nice to finally enjoy it:


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Picked up another 1954 Bowman.

Hello all - long time listener and first time poster. Thought I would add some of my 2021 pick-ups for fun. I really enjoy seeing all of the pictures and the discussions on the site and hope to contribute in the future.

These are cards I had in college and I had to sell around 1990 to help pay tuition and living expenses and beer. I had a great Nolan Ryan collection in the 1980's. Anyway, I decided to start buying them back and to start my collecting up again - like a lot of people the last year.

I am building out my Ryan's, Schmidt's, and some other stars of the 60's-80's that I had to part with. I also dabble in 1970's and 80's hockey but that is for another forum. Thanks for listening!

It's Hammer Time:

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Nice grouping. (Any Mel Brooks fans here??)
Those probably cost a pretty penny, but the Ryan Express is definitely skyrocketing these days. Great stuff!!

Nice knockers.

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A real good one of the Great One:

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In another thread, I was introduced to the 1973 Topps '53 Reprints which I did not know existed. Even though, the actual 1953 cards are only slightly more expensive and despite the presence of the 1991 reprint set, I found that I had to pick up a couple:

Johnny Mize as he was a fellow Georgian

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The Clyde McCullough error that is actually Vic Janowitz, who won the Heisman at Ohio State...fairly cool...to me anyway.


Just love the art-work!

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clydepepper...your on a roll!!!!! Love the 69 Aaron...one of my favorite cards..

BEAUTIFUL Ryans!!! Welcome to the site!

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Raymond— 3 of the 8 cards in the Topps 1973 Reprint “set” (1953) incorrectly identify the named player. How could they get it so wrong ? And what was the origin and purpose of such an 8 card screwed up set ? Promotional gift at a Topps event ? Potential test set ( no known test wrappers or boxes) ? Anyone have any insight ?

March Pickups
 

I have a few lower grade Post commons in my collection that came from somewhere, but this purchase is my first real foray into food & beverage. Very happy with this card, and to me it looks a lot better than a 5:

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Picked up this Red Heart Martin to complete my set.

Done:

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That's what I meant. A 1963 card printed in the Confederate States of America, e.g., a fake card from a non-existent place.

I kind of thought that's what you meant, but you didn't spell it out so I wasn't sure. Plus, I figured some people wouldn't know what CSA stood for. Anyway, here are photos of one of the fakes.

That's a nice one. And congrats for finishing the set!

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I went on a Larry Doby mission earlier in the month. Picked up 3 nice 7's and an ungraded Bowman that I really like. Looks good in person and I will send it off for grading....eventually.

Bought an early 40th Birthday gift. The best my budget could afford but I think it looks pretty good for a PSA 1.

Recent Jackie addition:

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Brad & Matt, those are some superb cards.

Brad - I think I was eyeing that exact card. eBay a few days ago?

Yeah - just arrived today. I was surprised that there were no other bidders at the auction close.

I agree!

Nice work, guys.

Jarrod & Dale: thank you both for the kind words.

Brad - that is a great looking Mays!!

Awesome! I love the 1950B Jackie!


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Been busy checking off cards for my 54T set.

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You know, you only need one #1 for the set right? :D;)

Nice lot though, love the 54 set.

Good old impulse got me again 😁 just can’t pass up some cards, even when they’re not needed

Thought I was seeing double! :)

Thanks to t206kid on eBay, I was able to add this to my collection, a card I've had my eye on for a while. And I'm always perfectly content with "beaters"!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8addc22e6c.jpg

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Landed some great ones!

Now, I recognize that this card isn't a PSA or SGC 5, but I think the eye appeal is fantastic.

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This one is criminally undervalued considering how important of a player he was and how nice the set is overall:

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Love the smile on Ernie on this 1968!

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Absolutely beautiful Doby there. Congrats on that one.

Thinking about putting a signed Ryan run together.

Congratulations on the Ryan RC! I dreamed of owning one as a kid, but it seemed just that at the time, nothing but a dream. One of the first vintage cards I bought when I got back into the hobby.

Picked up my first Paige from Birmingham Auctions

Great card!


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Matthew, that Doby is one of the nicest cards on this whole thread. Blazer is an understatement. Congrats, pal.

Thanks! I’m really excited about that card too. Hopefully it holds my attention for a while so I don’t keep buying so many cards!


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65’s
 

Only need about 50 more cards to finish 65 set.

Great looking cards. Not easy to find good centering on '65s.

Just got a bunch of cards back from PSA and I'm counting these as new pickups since I haven't seen them in nine months.

I've listed a bunch from this group for sale but these I'm keeping

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This thread is great, looking through it. Some amazing cards being shown

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Vegas, that is an amazing 58T Aaron! If you ever get tired of it you let me know. John same to you with your 61P Clemente, that is a very undergraded 5.

I just got several nice cards from Howard, including this 55B Johnny Podres.

Not as done as I thought:

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Closing out my 60 Topps and 53 Bowman runs, just a few more to go.
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That Campy is awesome Phil!

Thanks Dean,
I watched that Campy 8 sell for $3300+ at auction the other night, this one had better centering and cost 10% of that.

Won't find a better example of "buy the card, not the holder". Wise move.

Recent pair.

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Awesome cards. I would love to find a nice 51 Irvin like that!

Thank you! I got lucky and caught it as soon as it posted on eBay. It was a best offer and I sent one and then realized it might sell before I got a response so I bought it outright. It was a good price I thought. Stand up seller too.

I'm really excited about this great pickup from the board!

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That's an excellent card! You have very good taste.

Not sure I had ever seen a ‘61 MVP card with zero print damage before, so had to pull the trigger on this at the LCS yesterday:

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Amazing!

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Good day at the Tampa show. The place was packed, very different vibe these days.

Found a few cards I’ve wanted and found my last 54 Topps card to complete my set.

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That card should be living out here in the west, because it ain't got any snow!!! Nice one!!!

1952 Topps
 

407 / 407!

Congrats, Ethan!

I wanted that card bad but just couldn't pull the trigger.

Congrats to finally have it in hand. Beautiful card - I still don't see why it is only a 2.

Finally!
 

My kids and I are working on quite an array of Pirate team sets. We are very focused on centering on the Topps issues. We've been underbidders on probably 4 of these over the last couple of years. Really happy to finish our 52 Pirate team set by finally landing this one courtesy of Sterling auctions (Thanks Lee).

Now, Anyone have tough back T205, T206 or T207 Pirates they would consider selling?

A couple of new arrivals

Very nice, Howard. A rather tough card to find centered, especially like yours.

Nice! :)

Picked up a couple of Ernie Banks card. Accidently picked up cards from the same year. One Bowman, the other Topps. I wonder which I would have gone after if I had been a kid in 1955?

A nice Jackie for me:

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