Bob Groom

Dick Hoblitzell

I am missing out on a lot of fun.

Great Thread and Great Cards

Keep them coming

Jeff Its never too late to take the T3 plunge :)

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The Clean Sweep Auction that just started today has a large number of T3s in it if you want to get started.

Solly Hofman

Solly Hofman

Walter Johnson

I have two Walters…couldnt resist the second one when I saw it. :-)

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Hi Val, I was hoping you'd get a chance to join in today :) Great to see your WaJos again. Happy New Year!

Chad, thanks for your kind words. Hope 2022 is a great collecting year for you!

Davy Jones

Happy New Year to all. Looks like Davy Jones wasn't very popular yesterday. Here's Wee Willie Keeler for today.

Keeler and Jones. Keeler often appears very dark I find, not sure why…Colors and borders.

Johnny Kling

Another T3 set available in an auction. I think the estimate of $150-200K is a little optimistic, but it will be interesting to see where it ends up.

https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=107784

Ed Konetchy

Ed Lennox - probably not a swing he would be proud of

Hans Lobert

Catching up with Konetchy, Lennox, and Lobert

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Harry Lord

Rube Manning

Fred Merkle

Mr. Boner... pre- and post-cracking. He had to be freed from his massive plastic tomb.

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Chad what are the dimensions of that huge slab?
Never saw a PSA T3 in such a large holder

It's something like 13" x 10". I think it was designed to hold 8.5 x 11" items. I have no idea how this T3 ended up in one, I bought it graded.

Any idea if it was recently graded? I bought some T202s a month or so ago that had just been PSA graded, and the slabs they were in were significantly larger than other T202s which were graded earlier.

No idea, though it appears to be the newest label type. I suppose it stands to reason that PSA ran out of some holders at some point during the 2021 submission armageddon and had to resort to larger than necessary holders to keep moving forward.

Moran

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Pat Moran

Sorry for the doublepost

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George McBride

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duh, I missed posting the Mathewson....

Nice eye appeal for a card in a PSA 1 holder...

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Chad, as I'm sure you are well aware, there are definitely some nice 1s out there because the pinhole is sometimes the only reason for the grade of an otherwise nice looking card such as your McBride.

Yep, I happen to be a big fan of those cards ;) I've acquired plenty of 'pinhole' Pr and Pr-Fr cards because of this in my quest to complete the set with eye appeal as the over-riding goal. As you know, they are so common on Turkey Reds and I suppose all cabinets in general. Luckily for me, pinholes have never really bothered me much on cabinets. Though it looks like someone put a nail through my McBride.

Beautiful! My taped up Mathewson looks on jealously ;) It's the one card I most want to upgrade.

Down to one ... Tenney (
 

Hi everyone ... sorry for hijacking, but I am down to my last card ... anyone have an 'extra' Tenney in a PSA 2-5 for sale? I don't care which version ... for now just interested in getting to 100 cards. Thanks!

Good luck picking up the Tenney. The NY and Boston variation was the last card I needed to complete my set of 104.

Harry Niles for today.

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Coincidentally, the Tenney NY is now the last card that I need! 103 down, 1 to go.

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Ugh Oh ...
 

... there are a couple great ones on Ebay :-)

Of the two offered, one is a PSA-4 from Deans at over $2000.00, ouch!

Yes, both overpriced, but Dean's especially so in a surprise to no one. That PSA 4 illustrates my problem with TPGs and how they grade T3s. There is no consistency. I've seen plenty of ugly Turkey Reds in 3 & 4 holders, with creases, paper loss, stains, you name it. IMHO, a card as unappealing as that being sold by Dean's should never be in a VG-EX holder. It's PR to G at absolute best, in my admittedly subjective opinion.

Niles…

Note: The Tenneys are tough, they were some of the last cards I got.

Dode Paskert - both variations

Dode Paskert (s)

Dode x 2

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Bugs Raymond

Here's a trio of Bugs

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For those that are looking, there's a PSA 3 Tenney in the REA auction that just opened.

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=96963

Bob Rhoades

When I put together a Turkey Red set about fifteen years ago Rhoades and Bransfield were considered to be the toughies. I luckily picked up Rhoades early on as part of a lot of cards but Bransfield proved quite difficult.
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I just collected the set in the past few years. I had been told the Rhoades was tough, but I luckily picked up my Rhoades pretty early on in an auction that didn't seem to be very well known (I forget the name now and I don't think it's around any more). I don't remember the Bransfield being a problem. The Tenney variation with NY and Boston was definitely a tough one, and it was the last card I got to complete my set.

I was lucky to pick up my Rhoades as part of lot of 30 cards at REA.

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Admiral Schlei

I think I've had this about a year. Love the t3s!!

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