It's a good possibility. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw them come up for auction.

I picked up my fourth T206 HOFer this month. It's just the way I like them, great looking front for the grade and a presentable back with imperfections that I am willing to overlook.

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Best,

Eric

Thank you for the trade, Ken:

"Jealous, Jealous again"
 

Jason, cool Red Sun. I was the underbidder. Congrats!

T206 hof
 

2 of my favorite HOF T206s

Not Buck
 

Hi Patrick,

This is not Buck Barker's handwriting. Mr. MaCrae has informed me before about the collector responsible for these notations, but I unfortunately do not remember. He would probably, like all things Zeenut and PCL related, have this information at the tip of his tongue.

Brian

Thanks Isaac I really like them too.I appreciate the kind remarks.

Thanks! I'm having a lot more fun than I have with the modern stuff, though there's still a soft spot in my heart for rare 90s cards.

Since my dad's retirement, he's opened up a booth at an antiques mall and is getting really interested in antiques and collectibles. I work for COMC.com and am always talking about cards, so I got him looking at prewar cards and now he's hooked on T206. He's bought a handful of them and I thought I'd grab the Tinker so we could start collecting together.

I have a feeling I'm hooked, too.

Thanks Brian
 

Thanks for the response Brian.

Patrick

This probably belongs in the memorabilia section, 1894 Torsch & Lee Baltimore Pendant w/7 HOF'ers......

Couple of Cubs Pickup
 

Excited to pick up a nice Jimmy Archer Fatima Cigarettes T222 card via a trade with a great board member.

Also added another T206 of Tom Needham with my first Old Mill back via Sterling Auctions.

Guess today is Chicago Cubs catcher day!


Patrick

Hey Patrick,

Do you have a site where you share your great collection that displays the history of the catcher?

Thanks!
Bryan

My site currently
 

Hi Bryan,

Here is the link to my site which shows mainly my PCL catcher collection. There is also a page for my Chief Meyers colored silks and my run of C46 catchers.


http://home.myfairpoint.net/vintagec...intagecatcher/

Enjoy,


Patrick

After going 0 for September, I had an OK October. One from Ebay, one from the BST, and one from Joe's.

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Nice Sovereign Willie!

While I'm not a fan of beaters...sometimes there is no choice!!! Glad to add this toughie to my Dots Miller Fielding family!

Pete, thats gonna look good with the others!

Sterling pickup, not the prettiest but my first pink Portrait, also added a few to the blue Chase run.

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If only I'd have bid a little more aggressive, you wouldn't have to be stuck with that beater! ;)

It's OK Daryl...certainly you didn't need to win ALLLLL of those Mello's!!!!

Ok now you sound like my wife!

Got my submission back
 

My wildcard submission is back from SGC and I'm happy to add seven to my collection:

T213-1 and E105
 

2 this week from 2 of my favorite sets. That e105 Devlin is nice for the series, Daryl. I should have bid more...


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Great companion card for my Titman.

Chris, might I inquire what scanner you're using? Your cards always look beautiful. Also, how are you getting the black matting to look so clean? Thank you.

Bill,

I have an Epson GT-1500 and I was reading about a setting in the manual called, "The San Quentin Setting"

Great. Now you made Jamie cry. I hope you're happy.

My latest pick up
 

Starting to get into the 1907 Cobb Postcards. Bought it raw on ebay was just happy for the grade it got. Also picked up this guy raw as well.

Bill, my secret is.....buy the slab, not the card.

Nah, you bid me up plenty. :)

I'm guessing you've received yours (as has Pete); I posted my E105 winnings after payment and receiving a shipping notice on eBay, but the USPS entry hasn't been updated since Tuesday. I opened a case with USPS and sent a message to just_collect. :mad:

Ruh-roh! You jinxed it...

For every Titman there is a Titlow
 

I am guessing by the position of his glove Titlow likes his hanging curves down THERE.

Brian

...

Two weekend pickups for me...Connie Mack and a new addition to my Nebraska Indians collection.

dan...that connie mack is AWESOME...I love it!

That Mack is cool Dan....and I finally picked up one of these, from a board member too....

Congrats on your Cobb Leon...
 

Here recent pick ups from my favorite set..

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Dan:

Great pick-up on the Mack Cabinet.

This is probably the most significant pick up of my life, for reasons far beyond its razor corners, pearly white borders, and an incredibly bright/crisp image. Dan, your downgrade was my upgrade.. and for many reasons, this card will NEVER leave my possession. Thank you again Dan.
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..... adding a pre-war pick up for thread compliance purposes:D psyched on Mr Feller too.
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Brad-that first Cobb postcard might be my favorite pickup in this entire thread. As much as I love the Monster, I'm really getting into the postcards, too. Kudos on a beautiful addition to your collection.

Dan, that Mack is beautiful. Could you please tell me what set that is from? I can't judge the scale of the picture. Is that considered a cabinet card, or is it smaller?

Leon-I never get tired of looking at the Turkey Reds. Such a nice Cobb T3 you have there.

Ian-congrats on the Willie!!!!!!!!! I know you're on cloud nine right now. :D

Bill, it is a cabinet photo by Gray of Boston who took a lot of the photos in the N172 Old Judge set...in fact this image does appear in the N172 set. I have been scouring the internet trying to find another one, but can't seem to locate any.

http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn...em_27160_1.jpg

Two more OJ's for my small stack of OJ's.

My pleasure Ian! I will miss the card but am happy it found a good home. Thank you for sharing your amazingly positive news with me...it made my day along with my wife's!

Daryl,

Did your cards ever arrive?

Dan B., Great Gray cabinet of Mack. I'm going to start a thread about the Gray studio cabinets to get some more information on them.

Looking forward to it...there really is almost nothing on the net about the Gray cabinets...and I've been pilfering my basement the last three days in search of my Old Judge book to see if there is any info about them in there. Why did I pack that thing away??? :D

Thank you, Dan. That helps to connect some of the dots.

I think I mentioned on another thread that I've become a cycleback.com devotee. I bought David's book on authenticating pre-1930s baseball cards, and now I'm delving into his written work on early photographs. I find it adds a whole other level of enjoyment to my hobby. I feel strongly, too, that the knowledge I gain will enable me to foray into the "real photo" pre-1900 cards, as well as postcards and photographs.

amazing Connie Mack! great piece of baseball history.

great piece too Phil!

Beauties John :cool:

Stunning OJs, the photo quality of your "small collection" is off the charts.

Dan B., love the Mack Studio Proof cabinet.

My latest pick-up, the "other" Zeenut DiMaggio as I already have the batting pose.....

Not yet. According to just_collect and the USPS, it could take up to two weeks because it was sent registered mail. It makes sense, but the USPS tracking site should indicate that.