May pickups 2013
 

Had some pocket change burning a hole in the pocket. Was going after 2 monsters the last few days...well would needed a loan...to win those.

Anyways..i had my eye on this low-end card and wanted a PSA10 version.
Yes..there are many floating around and of various graders.
Got a great deal on a best offer.

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8e3cdf5f.jpg

Stan the Man
 

Very happy to get both of these, but thrilled to find a nice Red Heart in my price range.

M&M
 

Neat image of Mantle, and being from St Louis, always like to see cards of The Man. Saw a Series game in St Louis in 1964 against the Yanks. Unfortunately Stan had retired after 1963

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...539/img046.jpg

low to mid grade
 

some decent names...

Nice stuff Billy!!

Is anyone eyeing lots in the Heritage Auction going down tonight and tomorrow?

I'm bidding on three high numbers for my '52 set, and depending on how I fare, will have some photos soon to post. The theme will be coaches. :)

I had 2 bids at HA..got outbidded on the 54 Bowman, but still have 1 left.

Here's my big one for May. I was bidding on three high number '52s up for sale on Heritage Auctions. Wound up getting beat out on two of them. But the one of the three I wanted most, I won. This card is a winner, fantastic colors, near perfect centering. I plan on cracking and crossing to PSA, and I think it has excellent upgrade potential, 7 maybe even 7.5 on good day.

http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?se...product.chain]

'51 Bowmans
 

Was going to head down to Westchester to see Pete Rose but when he canceled, decided to save time and money and just hit my local Stratford, CT show...walked out with a Jeter auto (Steiner) and 8 Bowman commons at about $8/each. These fit right in with my set which is now 35% complete...

Bowmans
 

Very nice Matt

New pickups
 

Just picked these up.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-1960s...rLg~~60_57.JPG

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a70a6f1.jpg

Not much lately. 1 daughter heading off to college and braces for 2 younger kids have the wife watching the check book a little to closely.......

But over the last month managed to get another Carousel back disc, an off focus 71 Lou Brock, and Leo reasonably enough.

Recent pickups
 

Moving slowly trying to find nicely centered HOF RC's.

Very nice, Dan.

67 & 68
 

Agreed, and the Denehy card looks even better than the Thompkins card to me

VERY sharp card! I'm jealous. Good Luck on the crack and PSA submission. Let us know how it goes......

David,

Are you going for a Carousel disc set? I've been thinking about going for a back run of all of these discs for just Jim Wynn in PSA slabs. I have one now and really like it. Of course it's the very common Isaly's back but when I got it in hand it really grew on me and made me want try for all the backs.

Thanks.

AndyH

Mantle AS
 

Awesome '52 high, picked up this card raw on eBay, looking to submit and maybe get a 7.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps34c662af.jpg

Awesome card Patrick!!!

Yeah, I know, not a baseball card ;) but they don't have a pickups thread over on the football side, and I didn't want to start an entire thread for one card. I thought about posting this in the lacrosse forum, as Jimmy was one of the greats in that sport as well, but I can't seem to find it. ;)

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...Brown%20RC.jpg

Sharp Brown rookie! That's a tough one to pick up centered let alone perfect like yours!

One more down...

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1962-Shirriff...O7!~~60_12.JPG

Very sharp looking Mickey in that casing Chris,
now i want one!

Thanks, Jason. :) Yep, it's centered a little bit high t/b, but that's about as good as it gets with this card. I also noticed that orange back really shows even the slightest of wear. If a card from the late 50s could ever be considered "tough", this is one of them.

I've got Lou Brock with every back. Relatively easy to do on E Bay. The toughest will be by far the cup lid, with Red Barn and the MSA ad back also somewhat scarce.

As for Carousel, I've got about 10 I think, I have no idea how many Carousel backs are out there, but they don't come up often, and frequently the same backs come up. I suspect many of the blank back ones were supposed to get a Carousel stamp but never did.

Thanks Jose! I was going to hold off a bit until I found one at a better price but could not resist the look of this one in the slab.

I know nothing about Shirriff Coins, but that image is identical to the Salada Junket. Any idea who was actually printing/manufacturing them all?

I think I had 18 diff Brooks Robinson Carousel backs (unfortunatly sold them 10+ years ago). A good resource for a list of those would be to track down Mets collector Dave Berman from NY. He had a pretty comprehensive list. His contact info shows up in SCD every once in a while.

Collecting in the 80's I found the Saga back to be most difficult for me with the MSA ad back second. Being in the great lakes region, I would occasionally find Red Barn in "misc" or $1.00 boxes from Wisconsin dealers, but agree that those are one of the toughest. For me, collecting MSA discs was one of the really fun parts of my Brooks Robinson collection.

NOT MINE, but is on Ebay...I never seen one of these before..
1967 topps test disc
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Topps-T...item4d08a34aec
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1967-Topps-Te...7bQ~~60_57.JPG

just won this..seems to be at a great bargin

1965 push/pull Mantle/Berra
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps20e39b0b.jpg

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/...ps34a9226d.jpg

They are identical in almost every way (except the writing on the back). No idea who manufactured though. I know very little about the issue, but I love pick up Mantle coins whenever I find them.

Chris, The wonderful thing about those, a long time ago when not encased, is that you could easliy pluck the paper out with a thumb and forefinger (who cared then?), or with Mom's eyebrow tweezers, and then swap them out into another color disc.

BTW, your push/pulls are tremendous. It's like having Mick and Yogi staring through my window!

Keep the faith,

Paul

Haha, several months ago I came across a "rare" Mantle in a black disc. It really threw me off for a bit until someone on the site told me about people swapping the discs. It actually looked pretty nice that way...

Is there any reason why Topps would have the discs printed in Japan?

Cool piece. I made an offer but no luck. I believe a board member or two have an example of this card in their collections.

Topps 1967 Discs
 

Unissued test set. There was also a SF Giants only set

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/...sSheets004.jpg

[QUOTE=ALR-bishop;1129351]Unissued test set. There was also a SF Giants only set
[QUOTE]

I thought you'd have this... any interested in cutting off the Mantle and selling it to me for a good price? Just kidding obviously. As much as I'd like this, it would be such a shame to cut this up.

Awesome sheet!! I think this is the 1st time I've ever seen those with all the colors...I had a Brooksie, but it wasn't full color. Did any of this issue ever make into a finished "pin" product?

First time posting in the pickup thread. Hopefully the photo comes thru.

Picked this up last week. I just love the 52 Bowmans.


edit: looks like the focus is a bit soft. Will have to work on that...

Just picked up the Dorman postcard below, 2 Mantle Requena photos, and another Venezuelan Topps. Cannot get the Requena photos to post but pretty excited about adding such nice, but affordable, Mantles to my collection.

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9b56e88e.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1966-Topps-Ve...tP!~~60_57.JPG

Dorman Mantle
 

What a pose! Such RAW POWER right then and there, early on. Even his sig seems ready to uncoil. Good one, Chris.

Thanks Paul!

52 T lavagetto
 

That is one beautiful card!!!!!!

Very nice Doby, Julz - I also love the '52 Bowmans, as they were my first card set as a kid. The focus, or registration, is of course a common problem with them. I think I put together about three or four sets just trying to upgrade from fuzzy focus to sharp registration.

Mantle Rookie
 

Thanks to a fellow board member for a smooth transaction. A nice card that fits my modest budget. Funny thing is - a little while ago, I didn't think I would get the Mantle Rookie any time soon - so I purchased a nice looking 1953 Bowman instead.

..then decided to go for a 1951 Bowman. Saved a little...sold an N172 Keefe...and had planned on a nice SCG40 or PSA 3. ...some household issues came up and decided a "2" would fit my collection nicely instead. If I had sold the '53 Bowman, I may have been able to get a grade higher...but I really do like the '53 and didn't want to part with it.

...oh, and my scanner sucks.

Here's my most recent pick-up.

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/...psb340ebf1.jpg

my pickups

No pics yet...but just won 2 lots at REA auction...
Lot 514 The 1952 Berk Ross Collection
Lot 561 1950s to 1969 Bowman, Topps, and Unusual Issues Mickey Mantle Collection

Nice groups, Chris! REA has some good scans which you can grab off their site, if you wish. Here's a sample of what you won....

Rmu
 

I picked this up at the pgh show, not the greatest time this year but a couple of decent pickups and a few commons.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...psdc084fcb.jpg

Great pick-up on the Wilhelm RC, Adam.

and these were included too (of 32 cards total)
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25050_1.jpg
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25050_2.jpg

This other lot----HAD TONS OF MANTLE STUFF I WON
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25097_1.jpg
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25097_2.jpg
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25097_3.jpg
https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...em_25097_4.jpg

Hello everyone. This is my first post as I just joined. Picked up the 1928 Babe Ruth candy wrapper that was offered in the Robert Edwards auction on Saturday night. Can't wait to get it!

Welcome, and congratulations both

Yes, opening those packages from REA are going to be like having Christmas in May. :)

That's a nice haul there, Chris. I was going to post all the cards you won, but I figured it's more fun when you do it yourself. Just got the ball rolling... ;)

I actually already had plans on splitting the lots up and re-selling them.
Bestdj777 pre-auction..told me some stuff he wanted...Now if your interested in something let me know now. I have not tried this B/S/T thing here..it got to be better than ebay/paypal and its fees.

Not really a pick per se but was able to finally add the McCovey auto to this '67 which has had the Mays auto for awhile.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps4b9952e9.jpg

M&M
 

Nice Jeff. How tall were those 2 guys ?

Mays 5'10"
McCovey 6'4"

M&M
 

That picture sure captures the difference in height... not power :)

Did you get the Mays in person and if so, how was he to deal with ?

Nice, Jeff. I've always liked the card itself, and wondered what they were talking about when the photo was shot. Looks like McCovey was nice enough to lay down his auto with the same angle and proportion to Mays' signature, which really adds to the eye appeal. Cool card!

That 1.5 presents extremely well. Nice pickup.

Jackie
 

Grabbed the Bowman to accompany my Leaf upgrade from earlier this year.

Attachment 100823

Very nice Jackie!!

1967 Mantle
 

Happy to add this to my collection and round out my run of 1967 Mantles (3 Topps variations, 1 OPC, and 1 Venezuelan):
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps718e4d07.jpg

Jackie
 

That's a great card! Congrats.

This is my 2nd Schmidt rookie in the same condition. As I do with all my 1970-1999 rookie card collection - it's being cracked out and placed with the others!

Mantle
 

I rarely get really excited about card purchases, but it felt really great to pick this one up:

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1962-Topps-Ve...hTQ~~60_57.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1962-Topps-Ve...+mQ~~60_57.JPG

178 down, 28 to go.

Hola Chris, Way to go! - Pablo S

Thank you! There is something really cool about this set.

I hope you picked this up at the $.99 cent store. Or did Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder picked it out for ya bud?
Looks like someone been chewing on it for a while. Betcha its authentic, because that be hard to fake- LOL
EDIT-
Oh crap...just noticed the back of the card. Venezuelan!!!!
See i have no clue on these odd-ball cards.

Hey, at least you had enough of a clue to figure it out afterwards. :)

Whenever I see someone getting really excited about a super beat up, late 60s/early 70s Topps card, I can almost assume it's a Venezuelan. Then when you see the back, you think to yourself, "!Si, está un Venezuelan!"

Nice grab, Chris!

I received my lots from REA this morning...yes it is truely Xmas in June.
Trying to crop pics and stuff to begin selling the stuff others have interest in.
The Berk Ross set was something..they looked really old and nice and with 2 Mantles. Then i looked at the Red Heart (which i already own one) and then there it was the Dan-Dee.....truely WOW!

Just found out some neat info on the 1964 Traindos/Mantle(back) thru a Ebay listing: Had a B/O for 995.00 and sold for 577.77
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-TOPPS-S...-/190583543323
Presented here is a rare 1964 Topps Salesman Sample Panel with #50 Mickey Mantle on the back graded PSA Authentic. It’s 1 of 1, the only panel ever graded with Gus Triandos on the front. In fact, only one other single Topps Panel card with Mantle on the back has ever been graded (it features the A.L. Strikeout Leaders on the front). This spectacular card was once part of a 3-card Topps Salesman sample, and is cut superbly with no creases and stunning EX/MT-NEAR MINT condition. PSA doesn’t currently assign grades to these hand cut cards yet, but I believe it would merit PSA 6.5 if assigned a grade.
If you compare the back of this Mantle to the back of a regular 1964 Topps #50 Mickey Mantle card back, you’ll notice a striking difference: The back of his Salesman panel features a deep rich orange color, versus the lighter/paler orange on the back of his regular Topps issue.

Now am i wondering??? Now that i have one?? IT WILL BE ON EBAY NOW!!!!!! link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200929985527...84.m1555.l2649
HERES MORE DETAILED INFO on the salesman sample:
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2012/02/20/2114902/
It’s in the biography. The first card mentions Mantle’s (then) 15 World Series homers, “breaking a mark set by Babe Ruth.” The second one stops at the reference to the homers. No Ruth.

Thanks Chuck! And Chris, did you really think I would have been that excited over a regular topps in that shape?

The climate in that latitude is not really generous to card preservation. I wonder how long it's been in the States (assuming you bought it here). Any history behind it?

I wish I had gotten some of the history behind it. I did buy it from someone in the States though, so I would imagine it has been here for at least a little while. A few of my Venezuelans came from a seller in Venezuela though, which was pretty neat.

I think it has been brought up before, but I think you have Bill White, John Roseboro and Hank Aaron in the background on that card.