June Pickups
 

Managed to snag this for my E99 set from Legendary.

8%? living on the edge.

couple of beauties for the e95 set

1911 Chicago Union Giants panoramic postcard
 

This oversized panoramic postcard depicts the Chicago Union Giants and the Daggett, Michigan baseball team at a September 6, 1911 contest in Daggett. The Union Giants wear jerseys reading "Peters" because Williams S. Peters owned the club. A friend's great research yielded the following identifications: Robert Gilkerson, who would buy the team in 1917 (2b, far left); Sam Gordon (c, second from left); Horace Jenkins (rf, third from left); Haywood "Kissing Bug" Rose (1b, fourth from right) Albert Toney (ss, second from right); James Harvey (p/rf, far right). The other players likely include Guy Jackson (3b); Mack Ramsey (lf), Ed Lee (cf), and Alexander (p). I will post more identifications as they come. For more, visit http://www.sportingoregon.com

WOW, great piece, Brian. Congrats!

Luke, those are some beautiful cards. Nice way to start off the month!

wow, nice Brian!

Thanks Ted!

Nice card Waz, but the front looks trimmed.

As a newbie in pre-war; let the education continue....

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Also, picked up my first T3 in LOTG auction last night.

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Thanks Bill!

And that Ames T3 is killer. I'd never seen that one before.

Very sharp additions!

2 kids graduating
 

The high school graduate is a Clemente fan - sorry it isn't per-war - so I bought him this 1959 card. The soon-to-be-former-8th grader is more of a pre-war kinda guy, so I bought him his first Greenberg; not great condition, but a big head. (Thanks Tony!)

From Love of Game last night, only graded one--just cool looking, postcard back, barely distributed if at all...

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Big Thanks to Jeremy J. and John S. for helping me along ................

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Benton looks like he's 13 years old :)

My first Ruth, after all of these years...and reacquired the exact Pelty i used to own...both from LOTG (great auction, Al!)

When the Cubs were good
 

The colors are nicer - I need to get a hang of this scanner.

Great pick up guys. That T3 is nice and I myself haven't seen that one before either.

A couple of more "firsts" of these types for me.....looks like I may be heading down that type collector road.

John, I got that book about a month and a half ago. You're going to absolutely love it. Good buy!

I'm sending you a message with some other suggestions.

After getting my first red border in REA, I've decided to collect Series 4 and 6. My wife's family is from the area making this the only way she would agree to me collecting more tobacco cards. (She's in medical school and hates tobacco, she told me my OJs were okay, but other sets)

I was also able to pick up 2 Cleveland and 1 Cincinnati OJ for my Ohio subset. Really happy with the Twitchell. Its near the top of my favorites list for this subset.

Enjoy!!

First Keeler, first Carter...



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Mia
 

Wish I could post the Quincy Trouppe Cuban card I was after, but I fell asleep and lost out in the LOTG auction.

A little masterpiece...T205 McAllister
 

This little masterpiece arrived today from Joe's Vintage Sports Cards. The color on it is off the charts.


Patrick

Great Book:
 

I have had it for several years and consider it irreplaceable.

Nice Reulbach
 

This should actually go in the May pick-ups, but didn't have a chance to scan Friday
 

The accompanying note said: Cyrus says: "It's nice to be home!"

Very special thanks to a board member who got this one of Howe's cards back with the rest. Words can't really express how grateful I am.

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Number 256 in the rebuilt collection.

Congrats Ed! That's a big one!

wow...congrats Ed.

Awesome Ed! Keep it up! That card is in fantastic shape, too!! That would look great in any collection, but looks the best in yours! I don't know the full story, but do you think almost all T206 in the checklist will have this back? And is there only a sole copy of each in existence, or have you stumbled across duplicates?

I think I can speak for all of us when I say, yours is probably the most challenging set-build I know of! We all know of Uzits and Hindus being rare/tough backs, but yours must be the toughest around!

Scott/Steven

Very nice T210 pickups. Some really good poses in the cards posted.

A big score for me, a nice lot of 21 OJs.

All the cards, except one, have "C W CHURCH." stamped on the back. It would be interesting to know how substantial the collection was at one time. Almost all the cards date to 1889. Appears to be a collection that has stood together for many, many years. Most of the cards have outstanding photo quality. A nice grouping of OJs.

Oops . . . and the 21st OJ.

That is a great lot of OJ's. Love those cards man

:eek: wow..nice!!

Great cards Joe!!


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Picked up a couple of nice postcards. Very excited to find the Wood/Johnson.

Incredible postcards Jim!

Wood and Johnson? There has to be a joke in there somewhere. :p

super postcards Jim!

Well, the rest of the lot is pretty sweet, but a Deacon White? That is outstanding! Congrats!

BTW - that pose looks very familiar to me! :D

Greg-that Keeler is beautiful! That's one of my favorite portraits from the set.

Ed-that Cy Young is magnificent, and I'm so glad you got it back. I love your project. I keep my eyes open for the Howe McCormick back stamp whenever I'm looking at T206 cards on Ebay.

Joe-you're not kidding about the photo quality. Those Old Judges are spectacular!

I, for one, would like to see a different qualifier for baseball cards that exhibit stamps. The "MK" designation is seen as a negative, something that lowers the overall value of a card. I find the stamps that are seen in Ed's collection, and on the back of Joe's OJ collection, as enhancements. I think they add character to the cards, and exhibit a little clue about the card's history. Let the buyer decide if the stamp qualifier adds to or detracts from the card's beauty.

Wow Jim, love them all.

Holy smokes Jim! I think you should be more excited about the Marquard ML card! Very nice! All three are killer though!

Beautiful postcards Jim. Rather risque-- a Johnson with Wood.

A prelude to Masters & Johnson? :D

I think it would be really cool if when you completed this unique collection you went to the residence of 500 W. Main St., Gainesville, Fla and showed the current resident your collection or an even cooler idea would be to track down the descendants of Howe and show them their great grandfathers collection.

Really cool idea for a collection, I'll keep a lookout for those stamps!

Question is...how will Ed know if/when this collection is ever completed?

In the school system there is a nationally normed academic test called the Woodcock-Johnson that we use quite often to help determine student progress and for ESE eligibility. We definitely get a lot of strange looks when we discuss the results of that test.

Addie Joss
 

That Joss is pretty.

That's a good point. Well, regardless I guess when the time feels right. 256 already sounds like an impressive number to me. It would be cool to track down Howe's descendants and maybe have them dig up a photo of their ancestor so we can have a face to this early collector.

This collection truly fascinates me. I feel this collection could go in a museum.

And then, the Wagner PC shows him standing next to a statue of an alligator holding a pair of lace panties!


I'm a big San Diego Chargers fan, and it just hit me the other day, that three of their players over the years have been (Jeff) Wood, (Danny) Woodhead and (John) Woodcock.


Steve

Wood is a natural thing, however...
 

You guys need a hobby!

... and I'm guessing they conduct the tests at Bushwood Country Club? Funny thing is, I'm sure those names were totally reasonable before American slang hijacked them. I think Clarke is safe for now, but you never know!

Some pickups over the past month plus, including a nice N172 "Orator Jim" from LOTG... and thank you Joey for the Rajah of BST.
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Not perfect, but decent eye-appeal, and takes care of a rare back for my set. Thanks to net54 member for the acquisition.

Got this T206 Dunn today with a split front. Can't tell if the bottom player is also Dunn, because the background is yellow, but that could be from a color shift. I believe there is a Dunn split front out there that is him on both sides. The yellow in the bottom is a lot easier to see in person, not sure why it is barely showing up in the scan. Must be something with my settings

Prewar Exhibit Vendor
 

Hey just wanted to show you all my recent buy of this Oak Prewar Exhibit Vending Machine. It is still in transit but I am too excited to wait. I have some prewar Baseball Exhibits waiting to replace those boxing cards once it gets here. I will post again once I do.

1932 George C. Miller - Red Ruffing
 

Been looking for this for a long time.

On a 'Monster' roll:
 

My number is up to 10 - should be 12 before the weekend.

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Not a card, but you can't complain with a Cleveland Blues t-shirt from your wife for your anniversary.
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My new buddy..
 

Wags :cool:

Nice Wags.

A little late to the party but just saw your PC's Jim S. They are sweet!

Ian, I really love your recent acquisitions. The diversity in your collection really knocks my socks off, my friend. You're doing exactly what I plan on doing. I especially love the Rajah and the O'Rourke. I can't remember, but is that your first OJ?

When Joe posted his OJ collection pick ups, I started looking at them seriously for the first time. I'd like to get one here before the year is out, but there's a lot of other things I want first.

Dave, that Wagner is outstanding. That's one of my favorite Wagner cards. The background colors on it are jut beautiful, don't you think?

I picked up this Fleer Ted Williams strip (bottom right) at the Shoreline show, from Conor:

Card not shown on right, is of Williams and Babe Ruth.

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T200 Premium N.Y. Nationals
 

Came today. Borders trimmed off, but not a crease on the image and is as clear as can be :) Sorry for the bad iPhone photo.

Yeah 'Stache the colors are pretty striking..the old candy/tobacco cards are just so unique compared to the cards I grew up collecting from the 80/90s. Who said you need a hologram or lots of shiny foil or "1 of 50000" stamped on your card to make it something beautiful and special. I've also been blown away by some of the deeper and more vibrant vintage cards that appear as though they have never seen the light of day. Pretty cool stuff!!

We need a big scan Greg, do that amazing piece justice!

Weekly pickups

George Miller Cronin, E93 Ames and 1959 set

Just arrived, thanks to board member. And one of harder to get of major PSA cards in set.

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Nice Cicotte!

Big Poison
 

Thanks to Rob A for the opportunity to add this awesome card into my collection:

Greg-I just love the Fatimas! Having never held one before, can you tell me the differences between the regular T200s with the Fatima label, and the T200 premiums sans label? How much of a size difference are we talking? And besides the logo not being present, are there any other identifiable differences between the two?

Greg-that Cicotte is absolutely gorgeous!

I really love the stuff that people are able to obtain. I wish my wallets were deep enough to jump in on some of these.

Bill: This quick'n'dirty snapshot ought to give you an idea of the difference in size. (Didn't have a regular T200 Boston so used a Washington team card instead. Maybe somebody can post one so we can inspect for differences in the image). You can see that the premium is quite large. It measures approximately 18-1/2"x10-1/2"; the edges were a bit rough and are matted out so I can't be more precise. That's a Moose Skowron autographed baseball to give a scale to the photo.

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WOW, that is a stunning Cicotte! I've recently started collecting Black Sox Players and that card is now on my top want list.

Most of the time, you start a project and it turns out to be harder than it seems like it should be. Given that I almost never get access to Old Judges, I figured a Billy Sunday run would take me a very long time. I have always thought Sunday, who became really the first major national evangelist and was a major voice in the ratification of prohibition (sorry about that). Anyway I picked one up in an auction a couple of years back and decided I would put together a run. Jay really helped me out, and i picked up a couple of others. The last one I needed came up in an auction just recently. In fact, it came up in two auctions at the same time so I felt like I got a good buy. I will probably upgrade the Chicago with bat eventually, but just finished up my run in a little over a year without really feeling like I paid too much for any of the bunch.

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