December Pickups
 

Here's to December....hope it's a great month for all!

This one's an upgrade for me (from a PSA 5):

http://rustywilly.com/cards/KelleyJosephLarge.jpghttp://rustywilly.com/cards/HOFReverse/KelleyJoseph.jpg

Gadzooks!! Nice way to start off December!

So Mark, did you stumble on that Kelly at the midnight card show on December 1st? Did the UPS delivery guy show up at 1 am?

Kev.in Far.rell

Mark

Beautiful card.

Finally arrived yesterday from tardy Heritage. This is truly a 1 of 1: single cards for each player in 104-card set for very first baseball card game, 1904, were made for the prototype--and the game never produced. And they only did the NL before quitting. I guess they were on sheets and then hand cut.


http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1385907387

Who peed in your Cheerios? ;)

Nice Kelley.

Wow.

Two sensational cards to start off the month. Outstanding!

-Al

Cool card and story. You realize it's now your life's duty to find the other 103 and reunite them, right? :)

1+ or +1

Some new miscuts to go with my others...

Thanks Dan, Mike, Steve & Leon.

Nice Mike...not to many triple backs out there.

Off the Bay tonight.

Nice scores off the bay tonight

Mike....
 

Wow~! I was eyeing that 3 backer from Dan....Holy Smokes!:eek:

your miscut backs are awesome and very rare......collectors don't realize how really rare they are....:)

seldom, if ever, come up at auction;)

And to think that two of those backs had Wagner fronts, wow! And uncatalogued on the 350 series! Pick-up of the year! LOL!

Actually the 150 split is a Bowerman! (kidding).

Thanks Guys.

An upgrade for my Dockman set. I had the Seigle in a PSA 4, but when this 6 came up I couldn't pass.

I grabbed one of the E96 cards last night as well - there were some nice ones available.

I'll take my 2's any day of the week which look like this - downgraded due to the touch of paper loss on the back (in Rossman's name)...

Selectively active again...
 

It's been some time since I bought vintage, but with my T207 tuffie in November, and now my key card for the T202 Cubs team set here in Dec (Thanks Joe!), I need to once again be careful of diving into the deep end! :)
I seriously need to update my website...
This one was love at first sight.

Congrats Jason, that's as a sweet a 2.5 as there is! I'm pretty sure I was the underbidder when it was up for auction on LOTG a few weeks back.

Scott

Love that Brown pose.

WOW! What a beautiful card.

Thanks Mike!

Scott- I like the Brown too, congrats. Had I not already had one I would have been busy bidding on it :)
If you factor out the cost to have the cards graded by SGC, the 20s and 30s were selling for about $20-35 each, not too shabby for cards with decent eye appeal.

First southern leaguer in over a year or so!

Back :)

Nice pick-ups!

Jason, that's a hot Tinker, Evers and Chance T202. Love at first site, indeed! Sensational eye appeal.

Wazoo, nice Hooker! :p

Great start to December, everybody. I will be living vicariously through you all this month, as I'm looking to get my knee scoped. So please, keep it up!

Have a few items incoming will post when they come in.

I wish I knew what these really are....

http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...of%20Evers.jpg

My latest Keeler pickup to add to my collection. I have been eye balling the Throwing variety of this issue for literally years, and finally landed one!

Love the yellow bat.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1386077822

Been searching for one for years...finally!!

http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...12%20Wheat.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...t%20_back_.jpg

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/11190055853" title="T206 Dark Cap (American Beauty 350) by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/11190055853_f6b6be45ac_o.jpg" width="900" height="728" alt="T206 Dark Cap (American Beauty 350)"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/11189895985" title="T206 Dark Cap (Cycle 460) by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/11189895985_85685dfd38_o.jpg" width="900" height="713" alt="T206 Dark Cap (Cycle 460)"></a>

And though not prewar, Rob D. forced this cool card on me:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/11189926806" title="1954 Johnston Cookies Henry Aaron #5 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/11189926806_07b0754e21_o.jpg" width="460" height="849" alt="1954 Johnston Cookies Henry Aaron #5"></a>

I look forward to seeing the Aaron in an upcoming Probstein auction. I will be bidding (and retracting) early and often.

USS Cleveland vs. Waseda University 1908
 

Thanks to some fellow collectors I have learned a bit about the postcard pictured below.

Translation on the front reads:

USS Cleveland vs. Waseda University Big Baseball Match Commemoration (Victory Waseda)

"The 2 cancellation dates are from the reign of Emperor Meiji (Hirohito's grandfather). The date on the postmark in the middle of the card is
October 7, 1908 - the 41st year of the reign of Meiji. The postmark on the stamp is October 4th, so 2 different post offices cancelled the card. The addressee was in Tokyo."

Also, I can zoom in and read USS Cleveland on the Jersey of the player standing in the middle of the field. The player getting tagged I can read "eda" on the jersey.

Japan Japanese

hahahahahahahahaha!

Johnston Cookies Aaron
 

Jeff:

That is one sweet card!

Rob:

Do you have any similarly conditioned Old Judges that you could foist upon me? :D

Davey,Davey Crockett.

1912 Bob WIlliams T207
 

Picked another T207 off of eBay.


Patrick

^^^ Cool coloring on that card. Really like the pose, too.


one of my favorite images in the hobby, arrived yesterday (SGC 80)...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...ja%20oakes.jpg

Awesome Oakes, Chuck! That is one of my favorite all time images as well.

I'm waiting to hear back from a potential buyer on some. If he passes, I'll let you know. :)

Gracias, Luke!

And got this at great price, to boot.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1386175667

Reulbach
 

I've been looking for this card for quite awhile. Thank you SCOTB.

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Just a common--but in my view, one of the very best T3 (or any issue) image and color, and that's what counts for me, usually.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1386257105

Killer Oakes card! Congrats!
JimB

Greg, I agree...that is a beauty of a T3! Congrats on the pick up :)

Here's my latest T206's addition. I"m still not 100% sure about how I want to build my set. I'll never be able to afford those crazy rare backs, but I want some diversity. So, I plan on picking up Tolstoi's, EPDG's and AB's (although I don't have an AB yet) when I can:

Newest
 

My newest acquisition from board member clydewally. Always wanted this one, what a 'stache!

t206 is one great set but pretty much near impossible to complete haha thanks a lot Honus. But still a fun set so many different backs and fronts green red portraits and what not. Best of luck and great looking card

A Couple of Greenbergs
 

From the latest Small Traditions auction

now that's a 'stache!! Move aside Mr. Fingers!

Lot's of new cardboard for me this month...
 

Freed some funds this past month+ and put it right into cards (much more fun than an IRA contribution right??). Most were purchased in Nov, but many of these met me at home last night when I returned from a couple weeks on the road.

A pair of BST pick ups,
Thank you Richard for my first Big Ed:D, and thank you Peter for this nice, and now raw Cy (Sov back):D
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The Weaver and Ott from LOTG (couldn't be happier with auction and quick shipment)
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And from Ebay- R312 Joe D, finally got a Moe Berg, and E220 Collins
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BTW.... I think Mr Tinker's hair part can now move to the back seat as well.

Beautiful pickups, Ian...love the Weaver and "Bid Ed", lol. You weren't messing about that part...that's brutal!

You should go away more often if you rake these type of cards as a result of it ;)

Beautiful cards, Ian. Congratulations! I especially like the DiMaggio.

You're going to make me want to PC Cocky Collins. I just know it. :D

This completes my run of T206 Cobbs. Thanks to Erick Summers on the BST.

Thanks guys

Mike- I only wish going away equaled cards! given I normally travel 50% or more during the year. I'm pretty fired up on the Weaver, low grade or not, it was a must have for this SFer. I really like the Big Ed too and it's probably my big pick up of the year, along with my Mays (another board purchase).

Bill- I really like that Joe D image too, so classic. That pick up was definitely in large part fueled by a recent R312 thread on the board. On the opposite end, I'm falling in love with those teens/20's B&W cards. Until maybe a year or two ago, I'd never considered them, but they've really really grown on me and are a nice counter balance to all those great colors in other sets.

Ian...nice month to say the least.

This isn't a card but my home made poster of all 180 of my CJs...

Very nice group of pick-ups, Ian.

Steven- that's awesome! The beauty of collecting a set w/ consistent sizes!! And all in their pure cardboard form!!

I'll be hard pressed to come up with a pretty exhibit for my HOF rookie collection that will be ever-growing and ever-morphing!

wow steven awsome !

Very nice poster Steven - what a great way to celebrate finishing that set!

Do you have one of the original Cracker Jack boxes or did you just get that picture from the internet?

Agreed

Thanks guys. I pulled it from the internet and stuck it in there to fill the extra space of 2 cards are kept the integrity of the dimensions pretty close. I'd love to find an original box!

Just received from the last Hake's. Portion of a 1935 Negro League Broadside, of the Chicago American Giants. Features HOFers Willie Wells, Bill Foster, Mule Suttles, and Turkey Stearnes. Normally, I don't collect anything that has been cut-out from a larger piece, but made an exception here. It's about the size of a cabinet or a large postcard. Pretty pleased!

My Love of the Game win:
 

Super excited to get my favorite E103. The color and overall eye appeal of this card is insane. The scan doesn't do it justice. I'm glad it has the spot of paper loss or it would've been way out of my budget.

I am fairly new to the boards and while I have collected baseball cards and memorabilia most of my life I have just recently started to enter into the pre-war arena, thought I would add a couple of my latest pick ups
http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...20SGC%2040.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...20SGC%2010.jpg

Luke, great looking E103! I bid on it as well. I had to do a double take to find the paper loss. Excellent eye appeal.

Wow! That's awesome looking Steve. Will you keep them like that long term?

Thanks Luke! I've been impressed with a number of your recent pickups as well. Sweet collection.

Abe - nice Exhibits...and great scanner!

And as we know, the guy could really club them.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1386367939

Ian - Its a poster, not the cards themselves...I definitely hope to keep it for a long time!

Nice Luke

All Old Mills
 

From Love of the Game.

Just picked this up last night at the Philly Show. My first major pick-up at a show since the Gehrig Exhibit RC that I bought from Dave at Bagger's Sportscards at a Philly Show last year.