December Pickups
 

Yankees pickups

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Just won this card yesterday :) A nice Add for my Mantle Topps run

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Nice pick ups guys. Love the Mantle g.

Nelson awesome card

Thanks guys !
Impatient to receive it.
I saw they are 2 different back for the 56 Mantle card... gray back and white i think...

Any of these 2 back are more valuable ? or no money difference between these 2 back ?

Yes sir, there are 2 different backs..just as you said- grey back and white.
As for monetary value.. i really dont know myself.

I got mine a while ago, so I don't remember this specifics. I think there was a small premium for the white back, but nothing all that significant. There are also variations with the 52 Topps (no premium for either but I think Variation B may be a bit more difficult to locate) and 69 Topps (there is a premium for the white letter variation that I remember being a bit larger than the premium for the 56 Topps variation).

Careful if you decide to go after the variations. It is addictive.

Per PSA's website, series #1 (card numbers 1 through 180) were printed with both white and gray backs, with cards numbered 1 through 100 containing more white backs, while cards #101-180 containing more gray.

http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...baseball-cards

Since Mantle's 1956 Topps card is # 135, the white back variation is more scarce, and would be the one commanding a premium, if any. However, in looking at recently sold PSA 5 1956 Topps Mantles, I'm not seeing any discernible premium on the cards with white backs. There's been a pretty wide variance in where this card has sold in the last few months, and that could be impacted by things like centering, and eye appeal.

great stuff, and awesome pickups

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This may be lost on most people here, but these are 4 of the absolutely toughest 1972 cards to find in anything better than (at best!) 90/10 left to right centering. Look on ebay and virtually every single one of these is terribly miscut with only the slightest hint of white appearing on the left side. I am completely psyched to pick these up for my ever improving set upgrade!!

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And this is the cool 1970 variation where the baseball is missing from the cartoon on back. (I guess I should've scanned the back, too.)

The 1972 "In Action" cards are the coolest cards of the 70's.

I just don't know how they missed Lou Brock.

Clemente Rookie
 

love the hole-punched cards! Makes them affordable to me...

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Nice Clemente RC, Derek.

One on my all time favorite cards. And just think even with the hole it's still 99% all there. That makes it an "A".:D

Nice pick up.
Drew

First raw card I've ever purchased!
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Clemente
 

Great Clemente, Greg; but it is not "raw", it is in it's natural and intended, unfettered state :)

Better?? :)

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Assorted Pickups
 

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Nice stuff Rob. I really like the Bench.

Thanks Steve! The Bench and Mantle are going to be cracked out so they can join my raw 69 Topps set.

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And now I have another of the monstrously tough 1972 'in action' cards to find with decent L/R centering. (It looks much better in person as it seems the holder has all sorts of dust and particles appearing.)

My all time favorite Clemente card :)

Last one needed for my set (all Mantle cards issued except foreign, regional, and test issues).

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A big thank you to a Net54 member who reached out after seeing me post regarding this card. Creeping along toward set completion as I was able to add 3 in 2013.

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Nice pickups, guys!

Chris: You have BOTH 1955 Exhibit Card Postcard backs? One with the plain line and one with the Mutoscope line on the back?

Couldn't pass on this beauty for 20 bucks
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(the Yount, Brett and 1980 Topps Rickey will always be $250 cards in my mind!:D)

Nope. I don't have the Pittsburgh Exhibit Mantle, either of the postcard back Exhibits, or the Dad's Cookies. I set my collecting goals at what I could reasonably expect to find. My thoughts were that I would add those cards that a kid growing up in the 50s and 60s could reasonably expect to find. From my understanding, I believe the Postcard backs had very limited distribution. In total, I have been able to pick up 235 different cards. I think there are roughly another 30 cards out there that were issued of Mantle (foreign, Topps test cards that were issued, and regional issues). I really hope to be fortunate enough to continue to define, and conquer, my "set" as money, time, health, and good luck allow. Right now, I have already moved 7 cards from my would like list to my want list. Someday, I hope to pick up the rest.

Want to sell your postcard backs?

Picked up both 61 and 62 Post Mickey Mantle cards recently

Thanks Jeff, enjoy

Congrat on the Mantle set.

Post a group pic of this accomplishment ! :)

Please excuse my ignorance, but what set is this card from?

66 Clemente

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1959 Bazooka

Great additions Guys!

I been wanting one of these for a while. I just keep getting outbidded, well one finally laid in my lap at the right time..sometimes its worth the wait.
Santa came a bit early:
1951 wheaties premium
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i was the somewhat 'unlucky' bidder on this one..I thought it was unique and didnt really put much attention into it..So i placed a very mininal early bid....then find out days later...its nothing more than a magazine cut-out..buts holds some nominal value to PSA set collectors...so maybe all is not lost.
1966 Nolan Ryan The Sporting News pre-rookie ..needed for PSA registry now ,,,still fits into my RC collection somehow.


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That Mantle is really nice! Great addition!

Thanks Dave.

hey chris nice mickey !

Great pick-up on the Mantle, Chris. The Ryan........

Thanks Nelson! I have three of them coming in the mail soon, so once I get them all together I will try to take a pic.

Nice chris !! Impatientvto see this accomplishment

love those post cards

Bought the magazine last week and not sure if I posted it--it is complete and both cards appear to be in great shape. Thanks Scott! Just picked up the color photo today. I've seen it described as a 1969 Team Issued Photo, but if anyone knows more about it I would love to hear. It looked period, and I have a thing for affordable premium issued photos.

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68 Mantle
 

This thread is full of Mantle's...my turn!

Beautiful card. Love the colors on it.

A few Bazooka items...

nice mantle rob
i just received my 68 last week in sgc40

Leon, love your bazooka items. Such crazy defects.


Nelson, the picture below is right a little more than half the collection. I started running out of space and did not think I could fit much more in the picture, so I did not disturb a couple stacks of cards. (Note: the carpet is brand new and not stained, not sure why it looks off color in the picture like that).

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Holy smokes...

Nice!! Awesome Mantles

WOW!!! ^^^^^^^^^^

and I don't even have one Mantle!!!

Amazing, a great collection you can be proud !!
what is the grade of these 2 52 topps ?
congrat again on this accomplishment !

Before I ever starting to collect anything post war I had a list of five that "I'm never going to get these cards".

They were a 1968 Nolan Ryan rookie, 1953 Bowman Pee Wee Reese, 1953 Topps Satchell Paige, 1952 Bowman Willie Mays and 1949 Leaf Stan Musial.

Thanks to my wife as a birthday gift I was finally able to find the last of these five that I needed in a range I could afford and not look like it went through a washer machine.

So excited about this one as I have become quite a Musial fan over the last few years.

Drew

Great Musial, Congratulations

Amazing BestDj777 (Chris)
You never showed them to me before.
It makes me wanna take a group picture of ALL my Mantles as well.
Then again, i try using PhotoBucket and listed most of them in the B/S/T thread.
Bestdj777- that is an amazing pile...so envious on some of those. Maybe sometime down the road..i be getting my other 52 A RC variation.
I really like to have all mine by 1 TPG grader..probably all by SGC. Right now mine is all mis-match by BVG/PSA/SGC.

I just picked this one up from a Net54 member. Kind of a neat story goes with it, after we settled on price, he requested I donate the cash to an organization like the salvation army since we are in the season of giving. A nice gesture on his part for sure. Todd, the Salvation Army kettle got a little heavier yesterday. Thank you!

Wow, not even half way through the month and this thread is ON FIRE! Great cards, guys!

Chris, the Mantle collection is off the charts!

Drew -- congrats on getting the 5th and final card. http://mindromp.org/forum/images/smi..._up_smiley.gif

Ok...its not another Mantle. But a ALL-TIME great of mine, that i always wanted when i was growing up in Atlanta and watching the Braves.
He is a notch off my want list of RC's and a scratch off my 2014 colleting focus.
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Very nice Aaron RC, Chris.

X 2 !!
Verry nice chris

Thanks Chuck and Chris. Beautiful Aaron Chris. I know it is a long time coming, but it looks like it was definitely worth the wait.

Yankees Team sets
 

2 more for the 62 and 60 Yankee sets

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1966 Ryan
 

Chris - great pick-ups recently..

Regarding the Nolan Ryan, I tried to warn everyone...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=179111

I'm sure there's a market for that card w/ Ryan set-collectors. Just make sure you sell yours soon before the other 4 hit the market (if you plan on selling).

Otherwise, love the Aaron RC!

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Aaron
 

Great looking Aaron! Congrats

Late November purchases, December arrivals. Somehow these guys seem so underrated to me.

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Standard Miller collection beauties -- very nice, Matt!

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Beautiful Killer & Yogi, Matt!

My latest purchases for my registry sets: the Yount is an upgrade and the Thomas is speculative (I don't expect he'll get in on the 1st ballot, but just in case...) Just picked-up Dick & Sparky (love the colors on the '72s!) and it looks like I have three more managers to go after now!


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Just added this to the collection.

Figured I'd add a panel or two to my collection...
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Nice maris !

I got this beauty in the mail today, part of the Roberto Clemente master set I'm building. I couldn't believe how nice it was once I got it in my hands. When the seller said it was mint, they weren't kidding. This is at least an 8.5, maybe a 9. It looks like it just came off the printing press yesterday, but it's 40 years old.

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The surface is flawless, the corners and edges are sharp, and the centering is magnificent.

This will look really good in a SGC holder. :D

I have been looking for the Mantle/Mays/Maris for a long time and it finally came up for sale as part of a set of what I thought would be all duplicates of stuff I already have. Fortunately, the seller included the color photo, which I have never seen before, and one of the other postcards ended up being a variation that I was previously unaware of. All in all a good purchase.

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Stunning Clemente. My favorite card of his, as I am partial to action shots.

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Closing in on my 64 Topps set...I usually get my Clemente cards quick, but couldn't find the right one. Finally did -


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nice pick up Chris on that Mantle...i actually saw that last night and was gonna put in a bid, i felt it looked 'strong' went higher than a previous same one.
It was one of those oddball items, that i normally would of got, but passed on.

I got my Greg Businennau lots in just today and got my Hank Aarron RC a few days ago.