Found this for what I thought was an excellent price (not the eBay sale).

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Been dreaming for years of having these two specific signed 1953 Topps Mantles flanking a centered 1952 Topps Mantle. Finally was able to take the photo today that I was envisioning. The PSA 4 is the new pickup and it thrills me to hold it. Well centered and a really fluid autograph.

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Wow Matt. That's a nice display.



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Wow is right! Great pickup, and great Mantles.

Great show, Matt. Congrats!
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Thanks, fellas. Feels good to share the vibe; tried explaining to my visiting mom today why I was so pumped about these— at least she seemed to get it way, way more than the wife LOL.

I just find the undergirding data on signed vintage so compelling; that's what drew me in a few years back...

For example, almost 5000 of the 1953 Topps Mick unsigned graded by PSA. But only 48 signed. And only 19 are signed on a numerically graded card.

Of those 19, generously half could be centered with a pretty auto. That is a very small amount as compared to say the 93 examples in PSA 8 holders. So I really dig the relative rarity— when one can be found with good eye appeal.

Wow. Tough act to follow.

E92 Crofts Blue
 

Nice Crawford Adam...nice cards Phil...Jerry

Thanks Jerry. Added one to my West Coast type collection and I think I'm done for the month.
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Too many great and unique pick ups to give individual shout outs. July has been a great month to the Net54 society.

Picked this up from a fellow board member in part trade. Thanks Jeff, your Lections Ruth will be en route soon.

Great Wagner pickup! Congrats to Jeff on 3 More nice Ruth’s!

July pick-up from Clean Sweep
 

Was shocked to see this as the only one graded by PSA

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Thanks Ryan Great when transactions are a win for everyone and that Wagner looks good along side your others
Hesitant to move that Wagner but helped me with my Ruth's

Thanks Erick and here are the 3 that I could not pass up

Rich, great image of Waner, had no idea that was so rare, congrats.
Ryan and Jeff, its fun to watch you guys punch in the heavyweight class, congrats to both of you.

I believe this is a W502 (blank back), not W-unc. It does not picture Paul Waner, whose image appears on Lloyd Waner's card in the vast array of sets associated with this style. According to some sources, the image on this card is actually Carson Bigbee.

Love that Gertenrich story.

Here are a couple D304s I've been after:

Great stuff guys. Ryan, awesome Wagner PC.

At least PSA got the year right. It is the vastly more difficult 1931 W502.

D304 Cobb sighting! My favorite pre war card. What a beauty. The Honus is pretty, too but that Cobb has always grabbed my eye. Very hard to find these days. Congrats!

Thanks Scott!!

MattyC thanks. I agree. I love that whole set but it all started the first time I saw the Cobb.

Picked up a lemon peel ball and this book. Looking forward to reading it.

Thank you for the additional information - very interesting. I’ll definitely look into this further.

Not to rain on your parade but Williamson was a .255 lifetime hitter. He was also not a home run hitter. He hit a then record 27 HR in 1884 when the White Sockings played in a a park where the LF was 186 feet from home plate (prior to that season they were counted as doubles). Other than that year he never hit more than 9 HRs in a season and never led the league in HRs.

I’m well aware of that. I cover all of that in the bio I made. All I’m saying is that a large number of his peers considered him the greatest player of the 19th century (or that they had ever seen) including the names I mentioned, much like Cobb’s peers would name him as the greatest.

All that aside he was still the single season home run king for 35 years until Ruth broke it.

As for the previous season (1883), you are right, anything over the fence counted as a double and Ed had 49 of them.

A really nice looking card, I'm not a pre 1900 guy as alot of the images are faded, if they all looked like that I might be tempted to jump in the pool.

Thanks! That was what initially drew me to it, it's extremely vivid for an OJ.

a few more ruths added to the pile!

That Ruth Candy :eek: beautiful!

I'll need to grab some Baby Ruth's and test this claim...

Bill Bergen PX7 Domino Disc
 

Thanks to TBob for this PX7!

Patrick

My second Fatima in today, love these cards!

Never owned a Lections before so glad to add this guy

Great pick-up Jay!

+1 Agree

Great pick up. By the time I noticed it it was gone

Thanks guys, and especially Bob. I never would have seen it without you.

You are welcome my friend. Call it payback for helping me get my first Spotted Tie OJ card!

Great card, sir!

Thank you!

I listened to the Williamson bio that you did—fantastic job! I really enjoyed it.

Nice Ruth card, Jay! Good mail week! 😉

Added to my Ruth collection

Great pick up Jim, love the Oxfords

Nice Oxford. That has been the highest graded for a while now.

Thank you

Thank you.

Awesome

Thanks Sam!
Jim—Nice Oxford, those often come worn but the one you got is beautiful.

officially Jealous Jim

Great Card and Pickup

Thank you, I really appreciate that! It's a lot of fun to research 19th century players and it lets me work on my voice over without the pressure of my larger narration projects.

Incredible card Congrats!

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These are tough with the ad backs....

Love the Ruth 1925 Champions Exhibit Jeff. Plus two Ruth Lections changing hands in the same month… wow. I almost get tired of congratulating Ryan on his pickups.. American Pub Wagner such a rare postcard that is still under valued. The pop on that card has to be around 5.

Nap time. the M110 is from last night's auction.

EDIT: Congrats to whoever won the T5 WaJo last night. I hope it went to a board member. Those don't come up for sale very often.

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Wow Jim, gorgeous card.

Jay, congrats. That’s a good looking toughie!

Chad, great pick up. I was watching that one. Very tough and real cool.

Sticking with the Ruth(ian) theme, I grabbed this last night

@Rotchkiss
I was chatting with Pete about his recent Ruths, and mentioned the 1926 Underwood.
I was bidding on it on the earlier stages and was asking him if he was gunning for it.
Damn! You added a very nice piece there i gotta say.

Side note- anyone notice the Magie error? Though it went a tad lower from what i expected, since there were hitting 12-15k. Eh, maybe it was the creases.

very nice card Ryan. I was bidding on it to and backed off late. Glad you got it

One of these days I will be the one coming out on top lol

Ever since I was a kid, I loved the 1953 Bowman Mantle that I was introduced to through a 1989 Bowman reprint (the one with the sweepstakes on the back). I signed it "Mickey Mantle" as a kid and still have the card.

I've been looking for a legit one for a little bit now, and finally found the perfect one for me! I was looking for a nearly perfect front with some character on the back (paper loss). https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?s...oduct.chain%5D

Great pick ups from Heritage guys, Ryan, outstanding as usual. Congrats to all.

I had an E100 Weaver hole in my line-up ever since I traded mine to Leon. Happy to pick this one up.
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Nice card Ryan! Those are really scarce. Congratulations!

Thanks all.

An absolute beauty Nate, gorgeous!

Gorgeous M110 Lajoie. Love the look of that set and especially the Lajoie pose.

Congratulations!

Bill

Wow Ryan!!! Beautiful piece!!!! Congrats on the win!
FWIW- I think the Ruth Star Player went for really cheap
in that auction.

Nice Ryan! A cool pose unique to a few strips and this...I believe. I bowed out at 1/3 of the hammer. It's the new ARuthmetics?

Great heritage pickups...beautiful mantles!!!!

E100 Weaver
 

Nice Phil!!...Jerry

Such an interesting piece, that Underwood Ruth.

Strong 53B Mick and great eye appeal on the T227 Ty.

Very high end Lections and Oxford Ruths on display here, too. Congrats to all on great additions. That is for me the salient (and good) feature of Net54, that when guys here get new pieces they are for collections and not touted as "grails" that are for sale the next day LOL.

Thanks Bill & Ryan. Much appreciated

Thank you guys!

+1 That is a great action pose. I feel like Nap has some of the best looking cards in the hobby between the M110, his T3 Cabinet, T206 with bat, and Cracker Jack.

Finally got a Buchner Gold Coin and one of what should be a hall of famer!

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Who doesn’t love a miscut

Nice Waz!

Wow, great Weaver, Phil. Love the color. Few recent T206 pickups. Not sure why the Lajoie is really a 1, but I'll take 1's like this all day.


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Great snag (and price) Josh. Wish I would have seen that one a little sooner!

M131 Baltimore Newsboy, member pick-up, thank you Mac (and Bruce).
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Very nice new Newsboy Phil. How many is that for you now?



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Up to three now but might be sending one away in trade soon, these trades are like Sophies choice sometimes.