June pickups
 

Picked up my raw Jackie for my '56 set! Really love the color, centering and corners, but the sliiiiiiiight top/bottom diamond cut drives me nuts!

http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/...S/30Jackie.jpg

Nice looking card!!

56T robby
 

Oh yea,
Thats a very tough card to look at, Im sure most guys would have to turn it down for the imperfections ..............NOT
Come on man, that card is awesome looking !

Ral G

Ha, well-said. Don't get me wrong, I'm real happy with it! I better be in case my wife checks the paypal account to see what I paid (she'd never understand what a good deal I got) :)

Robinson
 

Great card

I don't
 

I don't see the diamond cut you are referring too. No vintage card is perfect at some point you learn to love the minor imperfections which makes it vintage. Love the '56 JRob was thinking about buying a similar card last month but keep getting distracted with other cards

I vaguely see the DC. Doesn't bother me one bit, that Jackie is absolutely gorgeous... Congrats on the pickup.

living with em....
 

Also can't see the diamond cut on that card. Back in the '80's, my wife discovered I spent 28 bucks on a NM '51 Bowman Ford card and she hit the ceiling. Spent the next month monitoring her bills and confronted her over a fifty dollar shoe purchase. Not the same thing, according to the boss...I had to agree.:rolleyes:

The Mick...
 

Picked up this Mick (thanks Jim!)...only need a few more to complete my '59 Topps set...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-mickey-mantle

Mantle
 

Oh, the irony. No kidding, just saw the wife's buy of $50 for a pair of shoes--FLIP FLOPS!!--on paypal. I'm storing that little nugget away should I need it.

Very nice Mick pickups, gents! My vintage stops at '57, so gearing up to trade all my '78 and later that I collected, for '58-'71.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20misprint.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...n%20Miscut.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...es%20error.jpg

Adam-that Versalles cards is like a some weird modern art painting!

I have nothing so esoteric but this finishes off my 48-57 Topps and Bowman Dodgers run. Now for the upgrades!

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...6/JOEBLACK.jpg

Runs and Weird Stuff
 

Dave--congrats on the run. Adam---as Dave knows I appreciate weird cards and Zoilo sure qualifies...Harrmon too

yes, those two are among the stranger misprints I've acquired. In 1976 at summar camp I recall eating a Hostess product most days. I actually remember getting the Hank Aaron card--he was a favorite of mine. So, picked up a few in memory of 1976:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...stess%201.jpeg

trust your own judgement
 

Thirty years on, I think the $28 spent on a NM 51 B Ford was justified. The $50 shoes, not that much. Only wish I had the guts then to put down a hundred or two on the NM Mantle rook card. ;)

A few more for the Lou Brock collection, plus a few more Redbirds odds and ends.....

Nice Zimmer!!

OT, but interesting. Too long for the scanner. If anyone has others of these, let me know. wizard15243@yahoo.com

niiiice zimmer!!!

Topps 1968 Milton Bradley
 

This card allowed me to finish the Topps 1968 Milton Bradley game card set of 76

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1339079603

Got much more, but have to go through them still!

The 59 F Robinsons is one of my favorite looking cards

Nice
 

Nice Duren, that is sweet. Bought a few '55 Bowmans, and Murray RC recently.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...lpm/Ford55.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...55Matthews.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...pm/55Reese.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/78Murray.jpg

Dumped some more of my modern stuff and picked these up.

Topps
 

You are on a roll Steve !

Thanks, you have some nice Bowmans there and I think you Murray RC is in better condition than mine!

Callison
 

Like the Callison a lot

Nice
 

I really like that Murray OPC. Congrats on the pickups.

Its been a good month for me on so many levels. Here are a couple June pickups, including the pinnacle card of my collection.

http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...MantlePSA7.jpg

http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/c...ementePSA8.jpg

Great looking cards Matt. I love that Mantle. Congrats!!

Thanks, June has been a pretty good month for me.

Very nice cards, particulary the Mantle card! Heck I'm getting envious just looking at it haha.

Matt:

Great Mantle & Clemente cards, WOW!

Good month? I'd love to see what a great month would be for you!!!

Great pickups, absolutely stunning!!!

Mantle & Clemente
 

Wow + 1

64 Giants
 

Love that set

64 Giants look great on a wall....

Nice display of your Topps Giants!

Nice Whitaker Rob. I love the '78's, there's some nice rookies in that set, especially for the Tigers. The multi-player rookies are nice, plus the individual cards of Whitaker, Trammell and Morris in the '78 Topps Burger King set make for nice contrast..

Also, gotta throw out some love to that Mantle. Very F'ing nice Matt...

Decided to take a break from pre-war with my latest pick-up and add a nice card to the rookie collection:

post war
 

A very nice break...

Nice 54 Banks!

Ernie
 

Very Nice Banks. I love that card!

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...stess%201.jpeg

Wow, those bring back some memories. I think I still have my Aaron too!!!

Awesome pickups Matt. I think that 1951 Bowman Mantle is underappreciated too!!!

So when are you cracking that out Al so we can play a game at the National. :)

Congrats on finishing your set!!!

Bolt Cutter In Action
 

Freed. That bolt cutter makes quick work of this things

Is there a checklist of the 68 Milton Bradley cards?

My 2010 standard catalog does not even list them.

1968 Topps Milton Bradle
 

Dave---There is a checklist in the 2011 Catalog,,,and I think there is one in the 2010 too. Did you look under Topps as opposed to Milton Bradley. It will be under 1968 Topps. If you don't find it I can fax or mail you a copy. Or scan it and post it here

Kind of happy this went un-sold on the BST, looks great in a SGC holder.

Thanks Al, I found it under 68 Topps.

Another question - How and why did Topps choose who they did for this game set?

Topps Milton Bradley
 

David---I don't know the answer to that. Maybe Dave Hornish has some idea. There were also football and some other sports cards in the full game set. I think Dave has a picture of the game box and contents on his blog site A full game set went for a lot of money, I think over $ 5K , not long back

Whoever chose the 1968 Topps baseball cards for the Milton Bradley Win-A-Card set picked out seven random horizontal rows of eleven cards from the uncut sheets of the first two series of 1968 Topps Baseball. That would explain why they didn't include Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, Tony Perez, Don Drysdale, Billy Williams, and Willie Stargell, but did include mediocre players like Chuck Hartenstein, Danny Frisella, and Bobby Locke. They did include Nolan Ryan, Hank Aaron, Tom Seaver, Brooks Robinson, and Rod Carew, though. Two rows each were chosen from the first two sheets pictured and three rows from the third sheet pictured. I would guess that the three rows of 1967 Topps Football cards and the two rows of 1965 Topps Hot Rod cards were chosen the same way from the original uncut sheets.

MB
 

Great info, thanks Cliff. I know from working on it the set is pretty ho hum as to it's contents. The Ryan is the most expensive but easiest to find. It shows up on ebay all the time. The commons are harder, partly I think because, unlike the Cox and Brinkman cards, which are notable for their front differences, many sellers don't know what they are since they involve only subtle back differences

Sold some more modern stuff,and bought this and about 20 early '60's
Dodgers

Received my SGC sub
 

Got my recent sub back from SGC. Pretty happy with the results -- getting closer to my SGC 84 or higher 1962 Cardinals team set.

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/a...u29/Scan15.jpg
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/a...u29/Scan16.jpg
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/a...u29/Scan17.jpg
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/a...u29/Scan18.jpg

Thanks for looking!

Andy

Cardinals
 

Very nice Andy

This is a bit newer but a really cool piece. Uncut sheet of 1992 High School All Stars, including Derek Jeter (first card). Thanks, Chris!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_1022.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/IMG_1023.jpg

Great piece, Jarrod, never seen one of those before. The Classic and Front Row uncut sheets from that time period are much more common than yours.

Another Kaline
 

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1340723369


http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1340723441

OK-AL, gonna need the story on Kaline!

Can't say this is a new pickup,but I haven't seen it for about 20 yrs.I've
been going through my modern stuff and came across some stuff I forgot
I had.I remember finding this in the glove compartment of a '55 Oldsmobile
my dad bought as a parts car.I need to go through some more stuff!

Got these yesterday. Only 5 more to compete my '56 set!