Rocky
 

Picked this up at the beginning of the month....at an estate sale from a former MLB player....probably headed to auction in the future....only have seen 2 others signed on a ball.

Don't know what it is exactly but it was expensive:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/HuMAA...iU/s-l1600.jpg

I suspect it is from a set that I've not been able to catalog but that has a Fitzsimmons that I've known of for years.

More info on McGovern:

The card arrived today. It is machine-cut, measuring exactly 1.5" across and 2.25" tall. Blank back and thick cardboard. Similar to a Mayo in thickness. I thought it was a half-tone print but under magnification it is photo-engraved, which indicates it was created some time around the turn of the 20th century. Makes sense since McGovern's career ended in 1908.

I saw this card on eBay when it came up and was interested in what it was. Do you have a photo of the Fitzsimmons you mentioned earlier by chance? I’ve never seen anything from whatever this set was before

Picked this up after it was graded. It ended up a PSA 5.5. Looked 6ish to me, but I'm happy with it.

Thank you! Very cool cards

1922 exhibit - Johnny Red Dolan
 

Not my wheelhouse but anything this old is worth the pickup... Anyone familiar with these and how rare (or not) they may be?

Thanks!

I cover all the Exhibit cards in my book. The 1922 set is tougher than 1921, easier than 1923.

I got one PC recently:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...eeney%20PC.jpg

This kind of single event PC is like pizza to me: can't resist it. Checks all the boxes:

--Vintage
--Rare
--HOFer depicted

Cool thanks! Will have to order that!

This just came in the mail. No idea who they are, but what a cool image. From 1904.

Maybe I overpaid but I don't care. Collect what you like, right?

Very happy with this pickup.

I wish you would have posted that previously. :D;) Seriously, though, cool SRR pickup from an iconic boxing set.

Recent additions.

Meet Eddie Booker:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Bm8AA...bO/s-l1600.jpg

A recent HOF inductee, he has no cards, promos or other memorabilia to speak of, so I had to go after this photo for my HOFer set.

Oh, and a 1948 Leaf SRR white back in nm-mt is never a wrong buy. Now you need to get the red glove variation to match it!

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...nson%20red.jpg

Thanks Adam & Eddie! I'd been looking for the right example for awhile, but still keeping an eye out for the red version.

Here's a fun one, an oversized PC from Louis-Walcott. Haven't seen one of these ever before:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...t%20PC%201.jpg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...t%20PC%202.jpg

Tickled to pick this up from Mile High
 

Looks like a higher grade set - all in at $205. I've always liked this deck; interest has certainly waned.

Love that set. Great price. That's my absolute favorite Jack Johnson card from a purely aesthetic standpoint.

Does it have the pamphlet?

Doesn’t say. I did not take that into account.

They almost ever do. I wanted to get a good look at one.

Finally got a decent Jack Johnson and just started getting into wrestling cards.

Mike Tyson Autographed Rookie
 

I just got this back from PSA. I purchased it raw a few years ago and totally forgot about it. :) I thought it was a NM-MT card and was surprised it came back a 6 EX-MT. I then spotted a TINY ding on the bottom right corner that is mostly visible on the back. I probably missed it before sending it in. Oh well, I'm still happy with it.

A signed Tyson RC? Nicely done.

Can someone explain why PSA sometimes will assign the card but not the auto a grade, and other times grade both? Is it a matter of what you ask for?

That's correct. So on the PSA/DNA form, it looks like this:

1. TYPE OF SUBMISSION: 򪪪 Grading 򪪪 Review 򪪪 Crossover (one type per submission)

2. TYPE OF GRADING: 򪪪 Card 򪪪 Autograph or 򪪪 No Grade (authentic only; card and autograph)

If you just want the card graded, but not the autograph, then you would just check the first box.

Hbk
 

I wasn't really doing raw wrestling cards but I've seen so few of these Shawn Michaels 1989 Market Square rookies that I figured I'd better jump on it. I figure I could either submit it myself or hang onto it until a graded one surfaces. With only six graded by PSA, though, I may be waiting a while if I don't slab this one :)

Just picked up this sweet red backed E79 for a steal. Almost got the Attell but missed out on that one.

Nice! I guess the seller missed it.

Seller totally missed them. No mention of the red back on any of the three. The Attell was even mislabeled as an E77 in the listing.

There were more than 3, there were 6 of them including a Jeffries and a Jack Johnson vs Cole... SGC should have also labeled them with Red Back as well. Great pick up! The Red Back E79's are really tough!!!

Really, there were 6 of them. How did I miss the other three! Oh well. I'm happy with the one I got.

Does SGC ever label them as red backed or no? I agree they should if they are so tough.

Fantasy Card
 

I have never been interested in reprints, but some of the fantasy cards are pretty compelling. Like this 1948 Leaf Ali.

Edit: The scanner caused the imperfection on the right edge. Card is cut perfectly square.

I like that Ali Jerry. Is it by a major company, or is it a one of a kind fantasy piece?

Thanks, David. This card is from eBay user 2013cardsforcheap. He has tons of cool fantasy cards. You being GasHouseGang, like me, will love all the great Stan Musial cards that never were.

He did an amazing job on his Macho Man Randy Savage baseball card.

I think it is the greatest fantasy card of all time.

Picked up a lot of over 50 Panini boxers:

I just started really getting into collecting boxing at National this year. Here are a few of my recent pick ups.

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Nice!

boxing
 

Looks like a great start. Congrats!

Wesley Andrews, very nice!

Arthur

I just grabbed this one to offset the shipping cost of another card I purchased from the same seller, and I thought the price was too good to pass up.

24/25, just need the Jas. J. Corbett now

Wow Adam, where do you find these cards? What is the set and the year? I'm not familiar with it.

Nice rare cards all the way around this thread

I guess I'm just moving the pics from BST over into the pickup thread, but here are my latest Sullivan acquisitions. Thanks John.:)

Not a card, a fighter issued publicity photo from France, from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Bad condition but you have to take what you get sometimes, especially when it comes to Young Perez.

I've been searching for this item for many years:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...%20Dempsey.jpg

H815 Adam Hats Jack Dempsey. I figured one had to exist because he was part of their celebrity matchbook promotion and the other sports subjects in that issue have cards.

Doesn't he look like he should be holding a machine gun? He really looks like a mobster in that photo. :D Oh, love the card by the way!

It has not been easy to find one of these.

Great to see you pick it up!

Common enough card, but attractive I think.

Nice centering on that one,

Probably my favorite UK Louis card. Nice pick!

Thank u sir !

Over the last 27 years I have opened hundreds of packs and browsed through countless thousands of other 1991 Kayo cards. I have never, ever seen one of the alleged autographed insert cards until now:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...ure%20Card.jpg

Wow, that's a new one on me. I've probably opened at least a couple cases worth of these, have sold several cases worth of single boxes and have a couple cases put away and have always been suspicious that these never even existed.

I've told people straight out, you're not going to get a signed card in this box, regardless what is says in the advertising on the box.

And I would keep on telling them that, Dave.

Would be curious to know if any others have ever popped up.

Must be Powerball type odds pulling one of these cards.

The only reference I can find to the signature cards is on Jeff Allender's checklist site, where he checklists a red bordered Arguello. Since it references the border color difference I think the report of the Arguello is credible. Allender claims (without foundation) that the insertion ratio is 1:2160 packs, but is "reportedly scarcer." Yeah, no $hit, Sherlock. A total of two cards identified in the hobby over 27 years is definitely scarcer than one every 60 boxes (5 cases). I'm thinking that finding one is more akin to this scenario:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...a%20ticket.jpg

As I recall from reading Shark Tank, when Upper Deck invented the signed insert around this time, the executive who came up with it was inspired by Willie Wonka and wanted it to be like pulling a golden ticket. If Kayo followed suit, the cards may be unique. We didn't really start thinking about larger hit counts until years later.

So Adam under what circumstances did you come across this one?

I can personally vouch for opening 10+ boxes, and not getting any auto cards.

Seriously, 80-90 percent of the print run probably remains unopened.

Does anyone have any contacts to reach Williams and ask him the number of cards he signed?

Picked up 1946-47 Propagandas Montiel Reyes del Deporte - Primo Carnera.

It is Carlos Palomino, not Arguello, who is referenced as a signature card.

http://www.nslists.com/kayobox.htm

This article states "So far, more than 250 million First Round cards have been printed and distributed..."

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kayo+...ena-a011423282

Yeah, it's a typical early 90's overproduction run. Totally over-estimated the market for boxing cards.

Similar story with AW (All World) the same year. Differences in distribution. It seems AW produced way less unopened product and way more factory sets, and Kayo stuck to mainly the unopened product, while creating less factory sets.

5 years later Ringside was a lot more savvy and sophisticated with it's release, and was much more transparent with it's chase card, autograph insert strategy. Still overproduced but not quite to the extent of the 91' releases.

I'm not sure of the full autograph insert list for this set. I don't think it's exactly a remarkable line-up of boxers, but at least they are attainable.

Still not successful enough to carry over into another series of cards until the modern day lineup of hobby boxes started coming out with much more limited distribution.

Where did I get Arguello? Brain fart...

OK, each case has 14 x 36 x 12 cards = 6,048. That's 41,336 cases if the 250 million # is used. If the signed cards are 1 per 5 cases, that would be 8,267 signed cards. Surely more than two would have shown up in 27 years.

I don't buy the production numbers. That's a million of each card. At its worst in the junk wax era, Topps was reported to have made 5 million of each card. A fifth of Topps's max run for a minor sport and a first effort?

I also have to wonder how many were destroyed rather than saved for decades.

Did not expect to find one.

Very cool!! Nice find.


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FP had some nice card issues over the years.

T218 Goodman
 

Picked up a high grade T218 Goodman. His record on the back is not very good, but high grade T218's are neat. I'm back into boxing cards because the price is right.

T218 is my favorite T set in any sport. The art just cannot be beaten.