April Pickups
 

'Cause it's midnight somewhere.

This card was a whale for me, in that I searched longer for one of these bad boys than any other card. Deep thanks to a couple board members for helping track this down. When guys who can pretty much locate any card out there have trouble turning up a card, you know it's tough.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...ss-joe-jackson

Bad A$$ card. Congrats!!!

Cy
 

Sweet Joe Jax Matt.

This one's been on my want list for a while (IMO the best looking Cy).. and I went after this one on Goodwin. Tried to wait up for it, but that auction went loooooong. Happy to see I had it in AM, and for an increment less than my max bid.

That's a way to kick off April pickups with those two monsters

I'm seeing lots of red! Cards and bank accounts balances!!

had some spare change this month
 

Ruth

Great card.

I'm not sure if this is April Fool's or you guys are just adding some phenomenal cards. I'm guessing it's the latter. Great cards!

Really! Jackson, Young & Ruth picked up in April before I even had breakfast....I better eat quick!

Amazing cards. Great way to start the month.

My pickup
 

Card was a tough one to track down with nice appeal, and perfect centering. Board member helped me find this one.

Tony

Geez, it's like the '27 Yanks out of the gates here for the month! Incredible!

I hope my Mack can keep up with the Joneses (and Jacksons) here....

Also, it has a Ty Cobb back.
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1396358929

That is one of, if not "the," best looking Young cards.

And there are never really any words for a Ruth RC. That's a watershed moment for a collection. As the true RC of the game's biggest name, it should only keep growing in stature and value as it approaches its 100th BIRTHDAY!

WAIT, Tony, the centering on that card is INSANE. I such a tremendous fan of that exact card. Great eye.

Elberfeld
 

Grabbed this one:

Wow! Incredible cards in here so far!

i smell april fools on many of these pickups!

Agreed, something smells a bit fishy here!!

Picked it up at the Strongsville Show
 

Not sure who it is; but Im researching it.....

Angyale

this month is on fire!
congrats everyone

I can verify Matt's are not April Fools, as I helped him pick up the Jackson ;)

Apparently Grandpa sold Garter belts back in the day and kept a lot of his cards. Always fun to find this in his attic. Pretty cool how SGC already graded it

Yeah a $60,000 Ruth RC is quite the April pickup!

Thanks to a fellow board member, picked up this gem last night. Kinda wish I found one in better condition, but it'll work for now......

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ps8229c917.jpg

Awesome card Matt! Congrats!!

Nice pick up Greg......bid on a couple myself but no luck....:D

Wait - he sold me that card too!!! Ugh, this is a mess!

All these incredible cards and Leon's walking away for it all!!!!!!!

What??? You have one too? :D

I just PM'd him, don't worry we'll get it figured out. Even if we have to split the card, I'm fine with it ;)

Matty...that JJ is beautiful...I think I'm going to need one of those at some point!:D

I have a spare PSA 5 you can just have......honestly I'm tired of looking at it....

ha ha...you're probably right...as soon as I got one...I'd be sick of it.

Exactly, my best advice, don't even bother ;)

Dds,

Thanks, brutha. Once you put a target on the Shoeless CJ, it starts growing in your mind-- you start perusing VCP, realizing how tough it is to find a nice affordable one, and then the hunt is on. Becomes very satisfying when you reel it in. It's a card that doesn't give itself up easy, and like a great woman it is thus one you keep for good!

Can you post a back scan? I have never seen the card back.

I can vouch for my Standard Biscuit Joe Jackson, it's not an April Fools prank, although it may have appeared that way with some of the great pickups so far.

I made the deal through a private transaction, hopefully Joe T can chime in, validate my claim.

Great cards so far, the Ruth RC, and the CJ Joe Jax are awesome. Tough to find in lower grades, with nice eye appeal.

Let's keep them coming!!

Tony

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I know some of you think this is the ugliest HOF T206 in the set, but I think you're crazy. Thanks again Cory

http://i1290.photobucket.com/albums/...psde1bd75e.jpg

1934 Butterfingers
 

I am really looking forward to getting these in the mail in the next week or so.

Adam, that's a great looking big fat border Cy Young congrats!

Agreed! The stars were aligned when that Young card came off the presses. Solid card, Adam!

Sweet Mack Scott, congrats! I had my eyes on that one, and was one of the underbidders. Ever since bouncing messages back and forth with sportscardpete, I've been interested to pick up a World Champions E104.

Thanks. It is always fun to read that info. Great card.

Adam - They are crazy. Very nice Young.

And he made fans blue, also. http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1396459503

Here are a few highlights from a lot of T206 commons I picked up from a board member. Thank you for everyone who sent me a PM. I am slowly but surely tackling the monster.

That Cy Young is a real beauty. Nice pickup.

Love the blue background in the chase. Great card

1910 E98 George Mullin
 

I picked this card up today. I have no idea what it's worth, but I will probably put it in the b/s/t section once I figure out a price.
<a href="http://s48.photobucket.com/user/justinofloxley/media/Mullin_e98_front_zps1d0f44d4.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/justinofloxley/Mullin_e98_front_zps1d0f44d4.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo Mullin_e98_front_zps1d0f44d4.jpg"/></a><a href="http://s48.photobucket.com/user/justinofloxley/media/Mullin_e98_back_zps0457279f.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f240/justinofloxley/Mullin_e98_back_zps0457279f.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo Mullin_e98_back_zps0457279f.jpg"/></a>

E99s
 

New

Love those E99s tbob, nice pickups.

My newest Dockman and Croft arrivals.

Those dockmans look really nice. I love the look of the set

Wow Luke, those E92s are incredible. Nice grades on some candy cards that are usually pretty worn out.

The color of those cards is awesome!!


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Really nice cards, Luke - congrats!

Cheers,
Blair

Luke, very nice! Now can't you just stick to the Dockmans and Crofts and leave the Nadja alone? ;)

Thanks guys :) I'll keep that in mind DJ ;)

Thanks Buddy. The prices for a lot of caramel cards (and tobacco too) seems to have gone down in the last year so I figured now was a good time to start buying again. I now have all the "floating head" E99s and am working on the rest of the set.
tbob

Wow is this card nice. I picked this up at auction on eBay normally I try and stay away but figured what the hey lets give it a shot. So I snagged this beauty and to date my highest graded in my 34 Set. Very happy and excited to own this piece for my set. I am very close to completing my goal I set for myself for my 1934 Goudey Set (Finish half the set). Well thanks for looking

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...4/IMG_3915.jpg

Great pickup Jesse! Very nice card, your Goudey collection is coming along QUITE nicely ;)

I picked this up today for $35. The back is in great shape. No wrinkles, no writing, no paper loss.

Always great when you can pick up the second most expensive card in a set for that little.



http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps1cc3db59.jpg

I'm terrible at pictures, sorry. :o

Thanks ya it sure is coming along. I'll be at my goal in no time if I keep this up. Then next up will be the Gehrig for my set.

Is this an especially sweet month because of baseball season? Seriously gorgeous cards in this thread. That Goudey has some insanely vibrant color.

Sorry but I just hadda see 'em in the same post; my two (and final) April pickups in a group shot/post together-- do forgive the intrusion of a postwar card. I was able to get a real nice accurate scan done today. April 2014-- and likely all of 2014-- is now officially a wrap for this kid. No April Fool's ;)

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...ss-joe-jackson

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

Once again, awesome Mantle Matt. The colors, centering and image on that 4.5 are beautiful! Congrats!

Thanks, Ty! Seeing the red and blue together just rocks. Now I'm just hoping the one card left that I really want doesn't come up for like five years.

Can we get a solo scan of the Joss card above? That color background is bursting; would love to see it better. Great looking card.

Man a card like the Jackson n mantle man ur right some sweet cards so far into this month

Baseball signed by the Pope
 

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/...b4f63a1876.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/...fca7b21b5a.jpg

Jeff, how on earth do you get these autographs?

Nice autograph Jeff!!

Cobb

Friends in high and low places. :)

This is crazy how many great HIGH END stuff people have coming in. Oh wait people got their tax checks back this helps explain it

Always loved the unusual "purple" here.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1396622840

Wow those floating heads are great! Didn't know there were e cards like that ...hmm may have to take a break from the t206s.

How many floating heads are in the e99 set? I don't really know anything about them.

Jeff l... I love your autographed baseball collection of non-baseball players! I often forget about it due to your other amazing cards especially your cob collection.

Alejandro Oms.

More April Dockman and Nadja pick ups.