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My first Rajah Hornsby

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

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Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74 (Post 1316387)

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

Great colors on that Hornsby.

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Originally Posted by yanksfan09 (Post 1316391)

Great colors on that Hornsby.

Thanks Eric, I've always loved the look of this one.

Nice Hornsby. And shout out to Rockledge, FL, that's where I was born. :)

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Originally Posted by itjclarke (Post 1314445)

Hey Bill, how you been? The "idea" to go after these was born wholly on this board. I saw some of Sean's signed Goudeys, then made a group purchase on the board about a year and half ago. "Irwin Fletcher" had an amazing collection of signed Diamond Stars for sale and I ended up snagging all but one of his HOFers (still kicking myself for passing on the one, Lloyd Waner). I have been picking them up here and there ever since, as well as other signed pre-war stuff. I think DS are perfect for autographs and given they have similar color schemes, look great displayed together. They seem to come up for sale here and there. I was very happy to score the Terry on eBay, and another board member ended up with the Waner from the same seller. I'll email you some pics (some day I'll take time to upload my cards to site)

Doing well, Ian. I e-mailed ya back after downloading some pictures ;)

Luke, those Caramels just jump off the screen. They're truly beautiful.

Erick-congrats on some great additions. I'm going to be the last pre-war collector on Net 54 to own that Gehrig at the rate I'm going.

Dan-I don't know if PSA is any harder on staining. But that Lajoie is incredible no matter what the grade.

CrazyDiamond-that's one of the nicest PSA 1s I've ever seen. Great eye appeal!

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Originally Posted by Bicem (Post 1316399)

Nice Hornsby. And shout out to Rockledge, FL, that's where I was born. :)

That's funny Jeff! Rockledge is a nice little town and place to raise a family.

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Originally Posted by the 'stache (Post 1316404)

Thanks Bill! I appreciate you always taking the time to comment.

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Originally Posted by kamikidEFFL (Post 1313172)

Great pickups this month so far just scored my 45th this past week. Very excited to be closer to my first goal.

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Jesse, did you know that before Mark Koenig played in Cincinnati, he was a member of the famed Murder's Row from the 1927 New York Yankees?

Basically, it was a combination of:

Earle Combs in center
Mark Koenig at short
Babe Ruth in right
Lou Gehrig at first
Bob Meusel in left
Tony Lazzeri at second

They had a couple guys playing catcher and third base. But that first six hitters in the lineup were just murder on opposing pitchers. The '27 Yankees were 110-44. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the World Series.

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Originally Posted by yanksfan09 (Post 1316391)

Great colors on that Hornsby.

No doubt! I just saw that. Some really great color, especially when you consider how long that baby has been in circulation.

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Originally Posted by the 'stache (Post 1316404)

Thank you! Been wanting one for a while and can't afford much higher but have to say I am very happy with this one!

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Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74 (Post 1316387)

Big week for me. My wife is thrilled

I know how you feel! My wife is really happy with my pick ups as well

Great card!

Thanks CD, misery sure does love company! Hopefully she sends me to my room...my card room that is!

Bought a group of e120s that puts me at >50% completion (thanks Steve!) and some cool backs (thanks Chris!)

Another addition to the Sam Rice collection - thanks again Mark.

Some collectors feel that period notations with baseball content on vintage cards add character to such cards - well, if so, then this W575-1 card has lots of character!!
Val

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Cobb/Moriarty- GAI-2

Picked up my final T202 Cobb the other day, at what seemed a good price. Aside from GAI possibly having the worst oversized case ever, and its being almost impossible to photgraph without glare, I'm happy with this one.

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