January 2012 pickups
 

Finally.

My 2nd Polar Bear tobacco pack. Thank you Joe!!

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These back-damaged beauties arrived just before the New Year ...

Isn't it January 2012? :)
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Been wanting one of these for awhile.

Ended the year or started the year off strong?? Either way thanks to a fellow board member I added these 5..:D

Love it, Ken. Still need to add one of those to my collection.

Tough OJ Manager card...

That guy actually looks like an Old Judge

Waiting upon my return
 

This one was waiting for me when I returned home from the holidays. A T206 name on top just like I like 'em

Or Terry Bradshaw

One More Wagner to Go!
 

Thanks to a fellow board member for selling me this Orange Background Wagner! Just the Blue one to go! Please see my Want List of E98s on the BST, and if you are in need of $ for the New Year's upcoming auctions, please consider selling me one of the ones that I need if you have one. Thanks for looking! Tim Kindler

Loved the Kalamazoo Bats earlier in the thread.

Arrived on New Year's Eve! Sorry, Line is from scanner???

Tim,

Congrats on the Wags! That is a huge one off the list! Hope your BST post yields you a few more. Hope all is well friend.

Best,

Andy

great Wags, but man you got to get a new scanner!

Thanks Andy!
 

Andy,
Thanks for the endorsement on my E98s. Best wishes on your continuing of TAMING THE MONSTER! :eek: I can't wait to see your set all finished!

My compliments to Vegas-Guy too onthose T206 beauties earlier in the thread!

Take Care my Friend!
Tim

Thanks Jeff! And yes, my 2003 scanner has seen better days!

Erick I was hoping you got him, how about the Pickering?

His nickname is "bald"? Must have been a really good sport. I wonder if they called him that to his face? Looks kind of like Robert Duvall to me.

Thanks Chris...
 

Thanks, Chris. The Pickering didn't "make the cut" for me... I'm getting very picky.

Getting closer on the T206s

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...d1/photo-9.jpg

Not the world's cleanest example but a nice image.

That's a beauty of a one... nice pickup!

Started the year with a few cheap beaters..Despite it's obvious flaws, I'm kinda excited about the WaJo.

Tim- Nice Wagner! As I recall the orange background Honus was the toughest of the 4 for me to find. Greens and blues are out there, red was tough but orange for this player was very hard to find.
tbob

I picked up this bat, a HOF sidewritten 1921 Bill (Wm) McKechnie Gamer. During bidding i began research, because at first it didnt make sense why McKechnie would have a gamer in 1921, as to he didnt start coaching Pittsburgh till 1923, well the Block Letter Lober, played in the AA (milwaukee) , and sure enough research showed Bill played that very same year in AA (Minneapolis) .....nice HOF gamer at a steal....

I just recently decided to start up my Addie Joss collection, again. When I saw 'Skydash' on the flip, I knew I must have it. One of the most fascinating threads of all time, and now I own, and cherish, a small part of it...


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I was not sure where to put this since it is a card and a photo.
Jimmy Foxx Photo stamped 1938 and his 39-46 Exhibit card

"C" Sisler and his 41,000 hits
 

I have been looking for a good price on this one for a while and happened to find one a couple weeks ago. Finally got it scanned yesterday.

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here's one

Gotta love the "English" stats for Sisler.
I always thought he hit .420 in 1922, but they are right: 246/586 = .41979.
:rolleyes:

the other weird thing about that card is, why is Babe Ruth catching and why is Joe Jackson on deck?

Is there a baseball monument in Washington?

Hank aaron and friends!
 

I love this Aaron and it looks so much nicer w/o my glasses!

Thanks to Brian for this one:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/6635859363/" title="1914 Piedmont Art Stamps T330-2 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6635859363_be1a8c556e_o.jpg" width="394" height="656" alt="1914 Piedmont Art Stamps T330-2"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/6635859417/" title="1911 Helmar Stamps T332 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6635859417_b34d964de9_o.jpg" width="400" height="627" alt="1911 Helmar Stamps T332"></a>

Jeff- nice Chase stamps.
Finally splurged and bought the toughest pin in the P2 Sweet Caporal set.

Finally...sort of
 

Thanks to Brian P for the heads up on this auction. Been wanting one for years and years without the $1,000+ price tag. While just "slightly" trimmed, it is a great placeholder. :) - Bill

I'm looking for e cards more and more.

http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...vers%20E93.jpg

T206 - Shaughnessy
 

Finally have all of the southern leaguers. Have about 40 more cards to go to complete The Monster...

http://www.t206blog.com/wp-content/u...essy-front.jpg

Nice job!

Love the Shag!
Must have shared a stylist with Mel Kiper, Jr.

A '36 Goudey Wide pen Mel Harder and a few '48 Magic Photo's for my Cleveland collection. Actually, the Jesse Owens fits my Cleveland collection as well, just not baseball, or pre-war(sorry).

Bill:
Congrats on the Zeenut Halla! Such a great pose.


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Good job on the Monster Jason S.

+1

Congrats, Jason. Quite an accomplishment. :)

Thanks everyone. It's quite the adventure.

Excited for my PSA 7 T206's.

New Ruth pick-ups
 

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Cool Ruth R315

thanks, i saw it on ebay and had to have to it. never seen one before

Thank You, Rick, Eric and, for the last two, Bryan:

Some recent pickups:

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http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8117/r313raw.jpg

An eBay BIN from earlier this week:

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Several new additions to my E121 collection from the last month or so. A tough Earl Smith card, A Urban Faber (Light Uniform) with a seldom seen Type 3 reverse and Rogers Hornsby.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5739
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5740http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5741
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5743http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5742

Joey nice Ruth pick ups, and Kevin, nice Hornsby e121!

Thank You, Andy:

T205 set progress...
 

This will likely take forever, but just picked up my 8th, 9th and 10th T205s...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-sweet-caporalhttp://www.collectorfocus.com/images...kes-polar-bear
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...uinn-sovereign

rare vintage bbc pickup at the antique flea
 

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Another HOF Rookie for the collection...On a smaller and post-war note, I also managed to check off a Pompez and Wilkinson with the 2006 HOF Plaque PC's..

Some more January pickups. First scan with my new Epson V33. Finally, I can get a decent scan of slabbed cards.

http://www.t206blog.com/wp-content/u...mel-Gasper.jpg

New top card

recent pick-ups...

Damn WoJo looks like a beast in that picture. I see why they called him the Big Train

Fortunately for the Washington Senators, Saccramento dealt George Earl McNeely to the Senators in August 1924, because it was McNeely's bad-hop ground-ball base hit that bounced over Freddie Lindstrom's head, driving in Muddy Ruel with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning of the 7th game of the 1924 World Series, making WaJo the winning pitcher of Washington's only World Series Championship!

It seems strange to me that McNeely's name is spelled correctly on his 1922 & 1924 Zeenuts cards, but incorrectly on his 1923 Zeenuts card. Thanks again to Mark M. for these 3 McNeely Zeenuts.
Val

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a few pick-ups
 

thanks to some board-members selling on ebay - just received both today!!

Nice pick-ups, Derek. I used to own both of those at one time.

Powell/O'Leary two name card. Goes nicely with the O'Leary MC.

http://i.imgur.com/mS2en.jpg

Very nice pickup Chris!

Nice Powell Chris!

I found another two-name T206 myself. Just waiting for it to arrive so that I can post it up.


Jantz

Excellent news, this makes the 22 & 23 known examples. :D

Been looking to add this one for a while.......

I just started getting into pre-war cards.These are my first buys,all from fellow board members.(Thanks Guys!!)

Nice...a T205 Bender was my first pre-war card. The Collins looks very nice for a 1.

Phil,

Congrats on landing the Bernhard. I know that one had been quite elusive for you.

Best,

Andy

A couple more E121 in nice shape into the collection.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5801http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5800
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5799

not a card, but I'm happy to have it
 

I recently won the April 6, 1916 edition of The Sporting News, which contains the first ad placed in that periodical by Felix Mendelsohn promoting his m101 set. The ad is 4 1/2 x 9", and is in much better shape than the rest of the issue:
http://photos.imageevent.com/imoverh...ndelsohnad.jpg
I always wanted this as a companion piece to my m101 cards.

"sloppy seconds"
 

see Phil, I'm getting closer to my 2012 collecting goals - - I should re-name my collection: "the Phil Garry Sloppy Seconds Collection"...

My stuff usually doesnt hold a candle to the amazing items that come across here; but Im extremely pleased with these pickups Ive made over the past 2+ weeks. Given that I try to collect these specific players; finding them in these sets (or in any set, in the case of HW Rip Collins) requires some patience. (The 1st one was sourced from my neighbor GhostMarcelle - thanks!)

I'm right there with ya bro!!!

Only my 2nd E93