August pick up thread
 

With the National underway, this thread may take a few days to become active.
I'm sure it will fill up with all sorts of goodies soon though.

This just arrived in the mail a day or so ago. It's not baseball related per se,
but there is a slight nexus to our hobby. The previous owner was kind enough
to depart with one of his copies.

Just got this E93 Chase - wish all of my 30's/2's looked this nice....

1911 Western Playground + 1908 Postcard
 

For more early Portland Beavers cards, including Western Playground, see http://www.sportingoregon.com/p82778321 . Click Show All at the bottom for best viewing, and click on any image for a better look and a description.

For more American League Publishing Co. postcards, see http://www.sportingoregon.com/p799838731 .

Clicking All The Photos in the upper left of either page takes you to the image galleries.

T206 Eddie Phelps
 

Had one of these years ago which I regretted selling. Love the orange and yellow colors.

Patrick

I got this in the Sterling auction. Thanks Lee. :)

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That really is a great card for a PSA 2.

Patrick, you should post that Phelps in the T206 Virtual Set thread. It should be time for Phelps in a couple days. :)

A surprisingly difficult card for me to find.

Nice one, Paul. That is a very tough one to find.

So my want list was pretty focused this year going to the National and we were trying to do the whole thing in only Wednesday so I moved pretty fast and wish I had some time to talk to some people but just didn't. I found very little in the way of CJ's and have needed the final 2 for a few months now. In the back as I was almost done I found the Wags but decided to walk away from it. The dealer was nice, I just didn't have my mind wrapped around spending that much money, but I wanted the Wanger. We came home, I had non-buyers remorse and worked out a deal over the phone and with another buddy at the show to arrange this. I thank Glenn Mechanick, the seller and fellow board member for being flexible and making this work...so now I am down to one! Its been killing me waiting all day for my friends to get back with card.

Awesome card. Glad you bought that and not the e105 wags!

Daddy Wags
 

Steve, good to see you grab one of your whales!
What a gorgeous card!
Its fun to share the excitement with a hobby bud.
I think I will go look at some of my cards tonight:p

Congratulations, Steven! That Wagner is incredible!

Really nice pickups, everybody. August is off to a great start, and after everybody is home from the National, I expect we'll be seeing even more great pick ups.

There's still a lot of unknowns around these "proofs", but I'm totally jazzed to be able to add this to my collection all the same. Thanks Jay!

Regards,

Richard.

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My first big pickup at the national..

As far as I am aware.. this is the 1st Sweet Cap 150 Yellow Brown..... the Yellow Brown Scraps are almost always found with SC 350-460 fact 30... I was really interested in the card when I saw the SC 150 back..

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Very cool Jamie, congrats!

Richard, Thank You! Glad you like it.

Nice find Jamie. :)

Picked this up at the National today.
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Mine
 

Here are my pick ups.
1923 W572 Ruth
1928 W565 Gehrig
1927 R94 Babe comes home - Babe Ruth (from his silent movie)

August Pick ups
 

Thanks to a fellow Net54 member I was able to add Cy and a very tough League Park bleachers postcard view to my collection. Also came across a Case Auto Joe Tinker card that is a variation from the one I already have and a Walter Johnson Sporting News Postcard. A good month so far.

Jim
 

Great postcards....

Wonder where Case cars went with their "famous" engine... Did Ford absorb them or just put them out of business....

I'm removing the pictures from my responses so I don't hog up the page...

Richard, that's quite an interesting proof. Beautiful, actually. I love the simplicity that proofs offer. What was your original inspiration to collect George Gibson? I don't know a lot about him.

Jamie, what's the story behind the T206s with limited ink runs? Were these done as testers, or were they simply discarded (maybe because they weren't happy with the color levels)? I know you refer to them as scraps. If you could provide a little background info to somebody who would like to learn, I'd appreciate it. I've started reading the Inside T206 pdf download, and I'm fascinated by how they produced these lithos. Thank you!

Hi Daryl. Very nice pickup, congrats! I know very little about the Melo Mints. Is there a good online resource you could refer me to? I love the candy cards from this era, especially the American Caramels, and would like to expand my collection to include some of these.

Brad, these are incredible! Just beautiful!!!! I especially love the W572. Great eye appeal, and nicely centered. Did you get those at the National?

Jim, these postcards are amazing. The Cy Young cards almost look hand colored. I had a friend in college that would take black and white photographs, and hand color them. They had the same incredible eye appeal.

Nothing too crazy, but chugging along on a few sets I'm picking at.


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Congrats Richard! That's got to be one of your white whales right?

Thanks Bill
 

Nope these are all eBay finds I'll try not to make you too jealous but I picked up the W572 for under $300, I was quite happy with that.

A Sovereign gem!
 

Picked up Eddie from Clean Sweep...black socks not included!

Take Care,
Geno

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That's awesome. Enjoy them!

just love this thread
 

rather read this thread than something like People Magazine or Star or OK or whatever trash is all over the place.

thanks to those who show scans! when I figure out how to post scans I may contribute!:D

from Clean Sweep
 

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A Boston Sunday Herald supplement and 2 more n172 portraits.

2nd pick up at the national.. most fun purchase of the day.. lets just say Rock/Paper/Scissors was involved to determine the final price. :)

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A few recent pickups

Mays
 

That card of Mays is pretty cool...I'm guessing the black band is for his bean ball that killed Ray Chapman. Must have been hard for him to take the hill with that on his sleeve...

Take Care,
Geno

E105 Wagner Batting

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Great pick-up on the Santop cabinet photo, Kenny!

+1 - sad to be the under-bidder on that bad-boy!!

Got my first 19th Century cards at the National

Brent
 

Great set of OJ's. congrats and good luck in your new endeavor.

Thanks Scott! I'm hoping these will be my last OJ purchases, for a while at least. Can't spend too much outside of my focus :)

Got my first Zeenut. 1919 Buzz Arlett.

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T206 Schreck with plate mark?
 

Just got this:

Great cards, all
 

The e105 Wagner is amazing. That has to be the best conditioned one there is, or close to it. Here is an n172 from tonight. The n172 bidders are crazy. I can't believe I actually was high bidder on one...

http://auctions.justcollect.com/jp340/ss0154.jpg

Nice Rob!

Thanks, Matt. I was going for Stovey and Mullane, and I underbid. I was surprised to win this John Ewing. The Louisville people must be on planes, flying back from the National.

Great card! Congrats!

I thought it would sell for more too. Congrats, you've been on a roll lately!

I had pegged the Long John for 1500-1800. Gorgeous card. Congrats on the pick-up!

Mine is less glamorous but I'm happy to add it all the same:

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n172s
 

Thanks, Paul and Matt. Yeah. I thought the price was fair. The 'just collect' auction was alot of fun. Old school Sunday Night ebay style.

Great photo on that one. Jamie, congrats.

Cy

Nice Clarkson

Thanks Joe

My first T206

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Some other National Pickups

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Yeah, I have to admit this 'card' displays really nicely. It's a strange item though. I always figured it'd be cardboard-y like Colgan's themselves, but it's really much thinner. It's in an SGC holder so I can't say for sure, but it's really almost like paper. It'll be interesting to learn more about this.

As for Gibson, I was actively looking for something to focus my collection on many years ago and read his chapter in 'Glory of Their Times'. He's Canadian and played many years with the Pirates teams of Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke fame, before moving on to coaching/managing in the 20's and 30's. Seeing one of his Pirates' uniforms at the Canadian Baseball HoF brought him to life for me. Actually, just mentioning that makes me want to head back there to see it again. When my "hobby time" is not being spent scouring the usual places for cards, I am reading old newspapers and sports publications about Gibson. I find his baseball life to be very interesting.

With respect to collecting, I've identified over 100 issues (w/ variations) including cards, postcards, stamps, chips, discs across a number of sets touching on mostly pre-1920 issues, but also into the 20s and 30s. I've been building this list for years. Just last week alone, a board member (hi Doug!) helped me confirm his inclusion in another issue that I had previously overlooked. The entire "set" has some issues that are difficult enough that I'll probably never get everything, but just possible enough for me to think I should try ;)

Yep, it's one of them. When I first learned about this card some 6-7 years ago, it was the first time I'd ever seen one -- but it wasn't available for sale/trade. So I'm pretty stoked to be able to get it now.


Regards,

Richard.

My first card of HOFer Eddie Collins. Off the BST pages.

These were my "night before the National opened" pickups as I battled on eBay with my I-phone on a bench outside the hotel. Getting sniped on Goosetree and Yeager was a killer but I was happy with the 7 I picked up.

Nice Ward Cy!

Sovereigns
 

Technically, won in Sterling in July but arrived today in England so going to include in August pick-ups.

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Stephens has a slight mis-cut to the back - very happy to nab this.

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Thanks Matt! It's really a Clarkson, but they do look alike.

Just Arrived
 

Tbob king of the phone bidders. There is a very humorous story on his phone bidding prowess should he decide to tell it! :)

My 1st 19th Century pick up!
 

Minor paper loss on back

Nice Glasscock! Congrats and welcome to the 19th Century...

Thanks! I think I may have slightly overpaid but I'd been the second highest bidder in the last two auctions for this card, so I'm glad I ended up with this one...which I won by less than a full bid increment.

Sovereigns
 

Love those Sovereigns, fellas!!

Take Care,
Geno

Oh in that case, I take it back... :)

Nice image for sure.

Leon Day "rookie"
 

Very happy with this pick-up. Probably the nicest "20" I own. Love my new scanner too!!

Fantastic Leon, Derek! Let me know when you're ready to unload it to me! :)

Sweet card Derek. Grats!!!! Best,

Kenny

A couple new type cards to add to the pile

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=12011http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=12012

Great pick-up, Derek!

How about another 14 HOF RCs in one haul! Good day today!

I picked up my first two M101-6s at the National with thanks to PF. The image of Veach is very dramatic.

Cheers,
Mike

ca. 1922 Cuban Stars postcard, featuring HOF Manager - Alex Pompez, and star Center Fielder - Alejandro Oms (sitting 3rd from right). Thank you, Phil! I am very pleased today.

2 new additions!

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Ken

Cool Cuban postcard.

Jimi - nice haul!!

Ken - incredible pick-up! There aren't many contemporary Pompez cards out there!! Congrats!!

My latest pick up
 

1907 H.M Taylor Ty Cobb

two newly graded
 

two just back from SGC for the collection... closing in on 75% of 518:

Picked this up last night in PWCC's auction...and they shipped it today! Can't wait to get it in the mail.

Have a good one,
Steve

Great Wagner, Steve - congrats!

Cheers,
Blair

Great wags!
 

Recent ebay pickup:

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