pickups
 

I have been hunting the E254 Toledo Flick for couple years and was able to add the Red Border Flick from the same collector.

Those T3s are beauties, Chad. Such a cool set.

Agree! Nice T3s and that’s a great Ruth 181!

Thanks Ryan and Jeff

REA pickups.

Congrats. I love that card as well hoping it’s my next addition.

Congrats Tbob. Nice accomplishment and nice card.

The last week or so has been some great pickups!

Holy sh*t Paul!!!! Amazing! And yes, you definitely need to adjust the settings on your scanner. This card right here folks is pretty much THE holy grail for Zeenut and, of course, HOF rookie card collectors. Where in the hell did you find it???!!!???? I'm SOO jealous..but of course super happy for you. Your collection is absolutely incredible! Nicely done, sir. Nicely done.

T222 Grover
 

Wonderful pickups, they look great! I'm dangerously close to starting to go after those PC796's in earnest, they have such great eye appeal. That 1921 WaJo Exhibit is beautiful, especially for a 1.5. Knowing SGC, there must be a crease in there somewhere, but if so it sure doesn't take anything away from the card. Congrats!!

Ink stain on the back which I'm entirely ok with.

Wow, even better than a crease! Well done.

1922 Ruth
 

Great Ruth postcard, congrats!

Great Card indeed

Jealous but Congrats

It's been a long time since I've posted a card pickup (mostly photos etc these days), but I did get these two guys recently. 1886 Red Stocking Cigar trade cards of Radbourn and Morrill. Taken out of a Boston-area scrapbook, they have sadly been trimmed down quite a bit. Each measures about 5-1/2" x 2.5". As issued they should be 6-1/2" x 3-3/4", so approximately 75% of each card is still present. But the Radbourn I believe is his rookie card, so 75% is better than none.

Any opinions as to whether or not SGC or PSA will authenticate these with the heavy trim? They are definitely (IMO) real RS Cigar cards. Notice around the edges front and back the small bits of red text still left, which align perfectly with the text on the full 1886 cards.

https://i.ibb.co/LPJMXLR/1886-RSCiga...Morrill-s2.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/bLzhs9j/1886-RSCiga...ill-rev-s2.jpg

Those are some great pickups.

You outbid me for the E94 Sam Crawford in the Collector Connection auction. Such a cool card. Congrats!

[QUOTE=rholmes;2174348]It's been a long time since I've posted a card pickup (mostly photos etc these days), but I did get these two guys recently. 1886 Red Stocking Cigar trade cards of Radbourn and Morrill. Taken out of a Boston-area scrapbook, they have sadly been trimmed down quite a bit. Each measures about 5-1/2" x 2.5". As issued they should be 6-1/2" x 3-3/4", so approximately 75% of each card is still present. But the Radbourn I believe is his rookie card, so 75% is better than none.

Any opinions as to whether or not SGC or PSA will authenticate these with the heavy trim? They are definitely (IMO) real RS Cigar cards. Notice around the edges front and back the small bits of red text still left, which align perfectly with the text on the full 1886 cards.

https://i.ibb.co/LPJMXLR/1886-RSCiga...Morrill-s2.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/bLzhs9j/1886-RSCiga...ill-rev-s2.jpg[/QUOTE


I would think you'd be okay with SGC. Years ago I had some equally heavily trimmed tobacco/cigar cards from a couple different obscure and very rare 1880's cigar card issues as well. They had no problem encapsulating and marking them all as "A" for me. And unless something has drastictly changed with them over the past several years, would assume they can do the same for you. No experience or clue regarding how PSA would handle them though.

Those look amazing by the way. Good luck.

Thanks for the input re: SGC, BobC!

Conroy
 

A really nice NYAL W600 Did Conroy from board member Jerry. (Photo is thru a baggie)

Wid !

Thank you! I saw your post about looking for one after that auction ended and had a feeling you were in the mix on it.

Not a new pick-up, but re-discovered in the bottom of one of my desk drawers where I must have put them to keep them flat. I completely forgot I had these. The stamps are really great for some kind of display. I have my work cut out for me.

Numbers 387 and 388 in the rebuilt collection
 

Thanks to all for heads-up messages and others assists.

And no idea why images are upright when shot and uploaded, but show up on their sides here. Sorry.

I’ve never loved this card because I don’t think there is much resemblance to Ruth… But all of the questions about this issue intrigued me… and it’s early!

Pete, isn't your Ruth card supposedly his first in a Yankee uniform?

its debatable...research suggests ruth is depicted in "transitional" garb hence the red sleeves...but I think there are other examples of red sleeves in the set?

Image was made from a famous Conlon photo of Ruth batting for the Red Sox as mentioned in other threads.

Nice pickup!

The right one finally came along thanks to REA, the pickup of a lifetime for me and one that makes completing the T3 set now actually seem possible! This card is in a PSA AA holder, the holder's been cropped out as I've done in all of my T3 scans. Despite the alteration, it's a really beautiful T3 Cobb IMO and I'm proud to be the new owner.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f910c921_c.jpg

Correct. 100 percent a Babe Ruth Red sox image .

Great Card Chad

Great Card Chad

From a board member
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Nice Ruth Pete!

A couple of the new HOF class, from slightly post-war. Thrilled about the Hodges!

Ju-Ju Yankees
 

Received these from a fellow Net54 brother! Thank you Larry!

Just received from REA. Finally got one after years of hunting.

Congrats, it presents well!

And great pickups to the other guys too...nice month so far.
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+1 Congrats and Excellent Cobb and Also Another Strong Month for the Entire Forum members

Chad, congrats on the pickup. Looks great.

Congrats to both Chads on great Cobb pick ups.

Thanks Jeff, Jay, and Phil for the kind words. And us two Chads also happen to both be WaJo collectors! Who's copying who?!? ;)

Thanks Leon, Jeff and Phil! I would prefer to say that us Chads just have great taste. Can’t go wrong with Cobb or WaJo. :D

Ole Diz and his original "Gas House" in Bradenton
 

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...I found this inside a pamphlet , it's page 15 ,
about Bradenton , Florida , which is the area just South of Tampa where the St. Louis Cardinals held their Spring training in the thirties , back when Diz was a household name , and always a great interview ( and promoter , and marketer)..."The Gas House Gang" of players who were always hanging around the place were great fodder for the sportswriters of the time........we on this forum here were all born too late , dang it...

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Glad to add one of these beauties to the collection...can't complain about this 1.5!

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Love that '14 Cobb, and those Green Ruths. People sleep on how hard that 181 is to find perfectly registered.

I am beyond thrilled to add this piece to my collection. With the rookie and '17s having gone interstellar, for early Ruth pitching this is pretty much "the" one that's kinda sorta still obtainable— at least for the moment. Finally decided to consolidate a ton of stuff into the right one.

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That's an awesome card.,, Congrats!
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Great pick up Matt, congrats!

Thanks, fellas. Been holding it all morning, not sure it is leaving my hands all day.

+1 Agreed

Great Pickup and It has great Eye Appeal

Congrats on this monster I had it on my watched list on EBay. Stellar grab.

Absolutely beautiful Ruth, congratulations

Chad, I love that 14 CJ Cobb, congrats to you too

Thanks Matt and Chuck!

Chad

Great looking Ruth Matty C. Total winner. Enjoy

A couple huge ones for me this month! And a T206 Wags of sorts.

Great pick ups Jay, congratulations.

Jay, great (GREAT) pick ups!

Thanks, fellas. Hasn't been out of my hands much since yesterday morning LOL.
Super cool Cy Young up there, too!

Awesome pick-ups Jay! Love both of those. Bid on the Young for a little bit. Glad you were able to get them.

Chad

Mind blowing cards being picked up this month by you all

Came so close a few times to snagging this card, but finally was able to secure one!
Very excited to add Mr. Jackson to the collection. :)

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Congrats Brian, monster card.

Not quite one of the big boys in this set but happy to now have this one.

Great Looking Eddie Plank Dave

Great Eye Appeal

Beauty! Was that in one of the recent auctions? So many catalogs these days they become a blur. Major congrats.

Thank you! I've had that card on my want list for so many years.

Yes it was in the last Heritage auction. It's got a decent crease in the upper right that is much more visible from the back, but the front has such great eye appeal.

:(That Plank CJ is his best card, IMO, for several reasons. He's in an A's uniform, but he's a Federal Leaguer, and a great write-up on the back. And it's a CJ. It's just a great looking card. Congratulations!

Cab
 

My December pick up.

Tip of the cap, Patrick.
I felt so lucky when I found mine, a couple of years ago.
Cool thing for me is; I try to stay "old school" as much as I can; an RC is a first appearance in circulated product; excludes, supplements, post cards, game cards and the like.
I strongly believe that the 1908 E91A Bresnahan is his true RC.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=32320

Ben

(Lover of all baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards!)

Thanks Ben
 

Thanks for the tip of the hat Ben!

Added a cool handpainted 855 FDC to my 1939 First Day Covers collection.


Patrick

T200
 

Finally got my T200 Red Sox in the mail today!

Happy to add this well loved Ruth to my pc. Attachment 494002

Very nice and Congrats on your pick up Josh

Hard to tell but it looks like a nice looking card for the grade

Thanks Jeff. As a fellow collector of Ruth I appreciate it. I sent ya a email enclosed are better pics and short clip of the card to view.

nice Josh! Glad you got it! I never thought too much about this universal strip...or most ruth strips for that matter until they got expensive!!!!! I'm very happy to add this scarce strip of a conlon image of ruth with the sox to my stable. thx ryan!

Brian that JJ is gorgeous!

Love that Pete. Did you pick that up from Ryan? If not that’s the only other one I’ve ever seen.

theres a few more out there...adam's got one...mostly in sheets of 4 that I've seen. Yup...got it from ryan.

Just picked up a bunch of 1947 Bond Bread cards including a Stan Musial rookie and a ton more.

118/120
Member trade, thanks Bob, originally from the Lew Lipset collection. I couldn't make this run without all the help I've received from members, truly a special place we have here.
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Very nice Ty addition.

Congrats Phil! Almost there. Sharp Cobb.

Chad