September Pick Up Thread
 

Starting the pickup thread for September.
Big card for my T205 HOF set, it took a long time to find one with good eye appeal in any grade.

Picked up this tough 1936 Wheaties Series 4 Gehrig with full borders to go along with the 1935 Series 1 and 1936 Series 3 pair I got at the National in July. My Gehrig trinity is now complete!!!

Plus I can eat my Wheaties in my 1937 Joe Dimaggio bowl every morning!!

Wow August went to fast.

Fast start to Sept with these 2 early pickups I see here.

Congrats

Just picked this one up last night, 1928 Zeenut Dolph Camilli. Pretty beat but given how tough it is, I'm not complaining.

Picked up a few SGC graded Ruth’s.

Chuck, Always a good add when it’s a Ruth addition.

Large Version (20.5" x 30.5") in original branded frame
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1928 Lou Gehrig Exhibits.

Hands down my favorite Lou Gehrig image and one I’ve wanted in my collection from the first day I saw it.

Coming off his record breaking 1927 campaign, arguably one of the greatest seasons put together by any batter in history. This image shows Gehrig at the height of his career following through on a classic power swing that earned him the moniker “Iron Horse”. I imagine him following the ball to an outfield wall in the gap which he did so many times during the 1927 & 1928 seasons.

Just to put in perspective how good a hitter Gehrig was.

In 1927, Gehrig hit .373, with 218 hits: 101 singles, 52 doubles, 18 triples, 47 home runs, a then-record 175 RBIs (surpassing teammate Babe Ruth's 171 six years earlier), a .474 on-base percentage and a .765 slugging percentage.

In 1928, he hit .374, with 210 hits, 123 singles, 47 doubles, 13 triples, 27 home runs, 142 RBI’s, a .468 OBP, and .649 slugging percentage.

Oh, and in a 4-game sweep of the Cardinals in the 1928 World Series he averaged .545, .706 OBP, and 1.727 slugging which still stands as a World Series record today.

Truly, “The Iron Horse”.
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Phil,
I'm glad to see the Iron Horse made it in ok. Such a beauty.




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Kiki Cuyler orbit gum pin from the BST. Too lazy to take a good picture.
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Best defensive catcher of the 19th century.

Nothing major, but a decent miscut.

Richard, great Turkey Red advertisement.

I’m jealous…..

This was a big one for me, thanks to a board member for sure. 8 down, 17 to go still.

Glad I could help with your quest Steve. Couple of West Coast additions.
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When feeling priced out of the current vintage baseball card market, do as I did...pick up some of these T113 Types of Nations cards and imagine that they are baseball players wearing less commonly seen baseball caps.

I am pretty sure the one from Wales wearing an upside down flower pot with wide rim is Harry Wright, depicted as an older gentleman.

Brian

This thread was right next to the fakes and counterfeits thread, so it got me thinking. But I'm sure all these beauties are real. They sure look like it...

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Puzzled why the guy from Iceland is a Lapp or Saami as they say...Jerry

My guess in the 1910's the makers of these cards figured that was close enough...

Brian

1912 Photo Art Shop Boston Red Sox RPPC

Particularly like this one with Hooper, Speaker, and the little girl hanging out with Joe Wood.

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Thanks Tony. I finally lucked out and found one that wasn't being offered by an auction house. No bidding war, and a fair price. Very happy to add it to the collection.

Phil, you're on fire so far this month! Very nice Sox image.

Thanks Steve,

I can only blame Al Crisafulli for this months acquisitions, one more to go this month then I'm hanging up my spurs.

Interesting story about Hooper, when he retired he moved to the town I currently live in and lived one street over from the first home I bought. He's buried in a small churchyard cemetery that I can walk to from my current home.

Great pickups Phil.

Love the Turkey Red ad too.

Wow very nice pick up.

Fast start to the month and it looks like I am falling behind

If I recall correctly the little girl is Smoky Joe's sister Zoe.

That's awesome knowledge David, thank you.

Norway gent= clockwork orange?

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I believe it is (of course prior to his ocular encounter with metal clamps).

To remain on topic, he also played a mean 3rd base.

Brian

Thanks to Joshua for this Pattee Horizontal for my son.

.............. "Variety is the spice of life" ........... as they say ....... :o

Bell -- Really enjoy 460 EPDGs (albeit a "tad" OC .......... :p)
Dygert -- I have neither owed nor seen a Tolstoi with such large borders .... :)
Nicholls -- Ol' Simon has been set to field that next grounder for well over 100 years now .......... ;)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Nice addition to my prewar Yankees and Lazzeri collection. Added bonus of coming with its original mailing envelope.Attachment 532933Attachment 532934Attachment 532935

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Late August, early September pick-ups....figured I would wait until I got them all and do one post.

Thanks Kevin, glad to get this one back...

Great miscut Michael.

Once again REA with fantastic customer support. :cool:

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Way to go Chris.

Two beauties!

Thanks Tony!

Chris, fantastic pick ups, congrats!

An upgrade,,

Picked up awhile ago but finally got back from grading.

Chad

Beautiful DRUM Chris, congratulations

Phil, incredible Gehrig exhibit

Mike, Leon and Jim, awesome pick ups

Is there some color touch?

There is recoloring around the D and the top of the red on the front, and penciling in missing text portions on the back, including portions of the rear border.

Chad

Thanks Chuck - great Ruths as always that you added to your collection!!

Jim

Thank you Tony and Chuck :D

Great cards everyone!

OT, but I liked the balance of lighting and contrast in this fantasy piece.

I’ve recently started getting into PCL cards and I love the look of this one, but did Gira not have a first name? Odd that the slab only says Gira.

Late to the game and too many great pickups to mention. But Ruths, a Gehrig. A Drum, and an HOF t206 NGO stick out- congrats Chuck, Phil, Chris, Leon and everyone else on some awesome additions

It looks like his first name was Frank as per https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=gira--001fra. He is the only person with that last name on Baseball Reference.

I have twelve Zeenuts, and they all only have the last name on the card, and they are all slabbed with only the last name (even when the player is fairly well known, such as Ping Bodie).

Got a couple fun ones in a partial trade 👍

Two new HOF'ers for my T205 set arrived this week, courtesy of the BST. Thanks Mark and Jarrod!

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Picked up another T210 for the collection, one of the harder ones imo as this is first one I've ever seen come up for sale.

Picked this up at the Dallas Show today…

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I just busted this 1915 Cracker Jack out of one of those dreaded Pro Grading slabs. It wasn't easy because the plastic they use is like rubber and doesn't break. I basically had to pry the thing open, and reach in and quickly grab the card before it slammed shut on my fingers. It was graded an "8," but it's clearly not. Still, I love the image.

Got the black candy in last week to add to the run.

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Chris, that's a delicate operation, those CJ's are so thin they crease if you look at em' sideways. Nice card.

DJ, congrats on a phenomenal back run. How many left?

Just 2 that are known, one easy (e90-1) and one a bit harder (T216 Kotton).

Congrats DJ. That’s a hell of a back run

Great run, DJ. From a quick search, Young appears in the T216 Kotton thin series, which means he could also be found with the Virginia Extra back.

Correct, from my understanding though, no VE of Young is known. Just to add, I have no reason to suggest a red croft doesn't exist either, but I'm not aware of one existing.

I'm working on a back run with the same circumstance, technically it could exist but nobody's ever seen one. I don't think you can count those, you have to be realistic at some point, good luck on closing it out.

Nice pick up for the back run, DJ. My guess is there are still some cards to be found. I love VE's so hopefully more of those come out in the future.
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My last 3 T206 HOF portrait pick ups arrived just prior to September, but I'm just now finding time to post em.

Although I will continue to upgrade as I find them, this now completes my T206 HOF portrait subset run minus only Honus. I may have to settle for a nice reprint for that one :)

My complete portrait subset can be seen here: just click on the thumbnails for a larger pic - https://www.collectorfocus.com/colle...-hof-portraits

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Beautiful Set Tony! Congrats! That Plank is amazing.

Bill

Much appreciated Bill. Many thanks my friend!

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Tony:

I love your collector focus on centering, surface, corners and color. Beautiful, brilliant examples.

Nice pickups Tony! subset looks great













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Ethan / Michael - Thank you fellas!

Congrats Tony :eek:

The Plank is stunning, that was the one to get!

Beautiful subset! :)
And best of luck on your Wagner reprint search. ;)

DJ
 

Great cards this month...awesome back run DJ!!...Jerry

OT. Not Pre-War or Post-War, but 1943 and from Venezuela where my parents lived and my dad worked for US Steel's Orinoco after graduating Ohio State, which in my opinion is Ohio State and not The Ohio State. Both parents graduated Ohio State.

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Chris & Brian , thank you guys!

I like the ones that are well loved ;)

Weiling away the hours
 

I won another (not Aaron) Judge rookie!!! This one looks great for the grade IMO, but more importantly, does not cut off the last letter in "Americans". Very few 1916 Joe Judge cards have the complete team designation--many have no part of the "s" showing.
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Grading companies don't seem to care:
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Here is my Sept. pickup. It is not a Ruth or a Jackson but I have been chasing this card for about 4 years.
It is a low grade. But on a scarce quantity card but I actually do like the eye appeal and I am proud to add it to my collection

WOW. That is a great card, Jeff. Congrats!

Great pickup!

Congrats on the pick up Jeff.