I collect King Carl and I've always thought that 41 Goudey was a really nice card, Leon. I would like to collect the rainbow on that one (green, blue, red, yellow), but have to settle for now for just the greenie:

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I've been picking up a few nice 1952 Topps lately, here's the newest addition.

Couple of pickups over the last few months. Big thank you to those who helped me add these to the collection. Ryan H, Jeff W, Eric J, Tim W, Jamie B and Mike S!

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Nice
 

Nice ones Chris...Jerry

Nice Hubby Adam, and in a less Hall of Famey vein I was able to obtain this miscut 1941 Goudey Posedel and a fellow 1941 Goudey from a great Net54 seller (robinsonmantle) who even threw in a bonus card with the purchase.

Brian

Jackie
 

I picked this up recently.

Very nice Bates proof Chris! I just love blank back proofs with the printer's marks.




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Fan Craze
 

I began down the rabbit hole of pre-war vintage a couple of years ago and I don't think I will ever get back to modern. I find the world of early cards, in particular pre-33 Goudey, incredibly fascinating....the strip cards, food product cards, game cards, exhibit cards, etc. etc.

I recently discovered Fan Craze. I absolutely love this set/game cards...the images of these greats are so striking, and the cards are so much more affordable then even their later cards, i.e. T206s.

Some recent pickups.
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https://www.heavy45s.com/IMG_2023061...py_768x873.jpg

congrats great cards and great pickups. I agree the images are amazing

Some freshly graded Reyes cards

This was hardly a “stop the presses” acquisition, and was a wee bit cheaper than every other card in this thread, but I picked it up as an interesting oddity. It is likely the only anonymous player in the 1921 set.

https://photos.imageevent.com/imover...rge/21anon.jpg

Recently picked up this exhibits Simmons card. Very happy with it. I am just trying to gauge when it was manufactured. I read the very informative write up on these exhibits cards on this forum. If I understood it correctly, the cards in the first run were blank backs and the last runs had the language that the cards were not to be used in the exhibits machines along with the made in the USA language. Also, if I understood correctly, the age range is more like 1925-31. So this Simmons would likely be from the tail end of the date range? 1929-31?

Fabulous Jackie rookie Ethan.

Congrats!!!

Fantastic pickup

Congrats

Picked this up last night for the Detroit PC.

Chantilly show pickuphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...f2b6151b16.jpg


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Great pick ups, guys!

Chris, that's a major spread! Congrats.

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Great pickup Ben. That is a hard card to get.

Pirate!

Holy Smokes! Might be the pick up of the year.

Wow Jay, congrats!

Thats a definite unicorn in our hobby Jay.

Congrats....

Wow, im going to be honest, I didn't even know of a Pirate!

Awesome.

Actually it's a Cub, but it's still an amazing card! :D

Bill

Excellent pickup, Jay... Congrats!

Cool low pop combo pickup :)

How is that Jackie a 4???? great card! 10 years ago that was a 6 or better....crazy how tough grading is now

Jay wins the month of June - congrats!

+1. What a fantastic card. Congrats Jay!

and another weird pick up for me, from the BST, a few months ago but just added to my collection...

Congrats Jay!

Chad

Nice! I like collecting Eddie collins. Very undervalued/underrated as a player!

Just arrived as part of my refocus to Ruth and Jackson items

That's stunning. Congrats Jeff!!

Very nice Jeff!

Tis’ a beauty!

Jay, congrats on the Pirate Chance, that's an epic card!

Bagger and Sterling
 

pickups

Amazing pickup on the Pirate Jay, congrats!

Another good mail day for the Howe collection
 

Jim found these in a lot he win from Goldin. I knew of the Knight and Dahlen, as there had been examples of them from last September’s Goldin auction of the 975 Howe cards in one lot. Comparing scans to cards, the Knight is from that lot, but Dahlen is a different card. Willis is a new one, as there had been a batting version, but no portrait.

My gut tells me more and more Howe cards are going to show up in large card lots from Goldin. My guess is when the 6,000 card lot showed up for them last year, probably the 975 stamped cards they sold as one lot were all in one or two boxes together. As they are sorting and going through the other 5,000 plus cards, probably more Howe stamps will be found among them and be a part of larger lots. Howe may have been closer to a complete set than Scott and I thought after last September.

Thanks to all who give me a heads up when you see one.

Great pickups everyone!

Ben , Love that Ruth!

Jeff, incredible rare rookie Ruth piece!

Nice Marsans Leon! love the overprint/ bleed-through ink!

Pete, Nice D381! That Dell used to be one of mine!

Thanks Tony Leon and Eric

Fortunate that many of these pickups come from board members
Fortunate that I was able to move some of my non focus items to help get my focus items

Now the Hardest part is to stay focused on my collection of Ruth and Jackson and not get distracted by other great players and their cards and memorablia

For me that is the hardest part staying focused

Schapira Big Show Candy..

https://www.luckeycards.com/bigshow.jpg

Added a 1939 Joe DiMaggio M101-9 Sporting News Supplement to the PC. Despite being a diehard Red Sox fan, I’m super excited about this pick up.

Great look to that premium...Congrats!

and a Schumacher Service Station card, from the BST...

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T207
 

cycle back from collect auction

Beyond thrilled to mash two potatoes with one fork and own a Kalamazoo Bats AND a Bobby Mathews!

One of my favorite 19th century players and the first in my collection to go all the way back to the beginning of pro ball (1871).

1932 NY Giants postcard of Hubbell......

Couple days late but picked up quite a few good ones…
 

June was a good month!

Awesome pick ups Paul! You should throw these into the July pick up thread, even if you technically got them in June, just to get them seen by more folks. These cards deserve to be shared for sure!



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+1 agree. Great pickups and deserves to be seen