September Pickups
 

Expecting this any day now from Mile high. Love S81 silks hanging on my wall and this is one I have owned once and always regretted selling happy to have it back home,

Actually august pickups; I am a lazy scanner...

Geez Chris your August beats my entire year.

Awesome pickups, Chris - especially that Kid Nichols portrait!

Wow!

That postcard is the best I have ever seen! Nice one Jeff!

Nice Jeff! Perfect fit for your collection! And Chris - great stuff!! Your Felix M. set is really coming along!

T207 Mike Simon
 

Thanks to Scott Forrest for this really nice Mike Simon T207.


Patrick

Agreed

First pickup of September , scratched the flip a little bit grrr .

Shoeless Joe

Hi Ken,
The 2 words that instantly come out of my mouth are WOW and NICE!!
Best,
Val

Nice Jackson Ken!

Beauty Ken!:eek:

My second 1915 Cracker Jack arrived today.

Chicago is my kind of town
 

Three more T206 cards in to start off the month.

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The Burns card, especially, is in really nice shape. That one will grade pretty well.

My favorite Tinker, Bill. Nice pick-ups!

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Jeff

Very nice.

SAY IT ISN'T SO ON THE AVATAR CHANGE. RESPECT AND ALL TO BABE, BUT GO BACK.

Actually, July, August and September pickups (one from each of my three lists)
 

Back in July, Mark Macrae saw my posting in Mark Bowers' National want list thread and let me know he had recently acquired a card with Howe's stamp on the back, and asked if I was interested. When I saw the scan, I was a very happy guy. It was the Mathewson white cap that was on my known-but-lost list, having lost track of it when Jim Schnieder sold it on eBay after winning the near complete T206 set from Mastro back in 2008. Mark had just gotten it from the estate of a collector who had around 400 T206s, and it was one of them. Mark was nice enough to drop it off here in Omaha on his way through to the National. It is actually card #257 in the rebuilt collection.

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Last week, long time board member Frank Bennett reached out to let me know he had just acquired a Wiltse card with Howe's stamp. This one was new, or news to me, as I hadn't heard about or seen it before. Thanks for such a quick deal, Frank, and getting this card back with the others. It is actually #260.

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Back in late 2012, board member Troy reached out to me and let me know he had a card with a lot of sentimental value that had Howe's stamp on the back. He sent scans of that beauty, and about two weeks later let me know he had found another card in his collection that had the stamp also. It wasn't until about two weeks ago, while going back through old emails that it dawned on me that I never asked if the second card had any sentimental value to him, or if it might be purchased. It arrived yesterday morning in the mail, becoming #261 in the rebuilt collection.

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In the last three months, I've gotten three previously unknown cards, one that had been lost for six years, and another that I knew the owner of, but hadn't been able (or just hadn't asked) to purchase. My post on the B/S/T thread let me know of another that I now know the owner of, and also let me know of one that I had known the owner, but it has changed hands, without the benefit of knowing where it went. That keeps the total number of cards I know that have the stamp out there at 33. 11 I know the owner of, 22 are lost in the general population.

Thanks to everyone on this board who have been so helpful this past seven years as I've tried to rebuild the collection. I'll never know if or when it is complete, but it sure is fun seeing all the great cards Howe owned at one time.

Thank you, Dan. :)

That Ruth PC and M101-5 Shoeless are BANANAS!

September is off to a really great start.

Agree 1000% on Joe Jax.. wow! Great pick ups all.

My first board trade arrived today. Thanks Andrew!

Raw from my local shop. Might wind up as one of the nicest 1s or 1.5s around because of the back...

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First Goudey 8. None ever graded higher. Have to admit, takes some kind of mad genius to contrast purple and lime...

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Ian, thank you for the trade! I did pick up this Grimes, not a tough card or signature but it is a combo that can not be very common.

Fantastic cards guys! Keep em coming..:D

Finally got
 

[QUOTE=the 'stache;1317720]Three more T206 cards in to start off the month.

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Wow Bill, love the Tinker! Great selection and eye appeal!

Types 1 , 2 , and 3 Joe Cronin Goudey "Wide Pens" R314
 

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....finally just finished collecting all three of the 1935/1936 Cronin types ; differences in cropping are evident by comparing the foot , cap , and sleeve .
.. I think The type 2 ( no " Litho In USA " ) has been exposed to a lifetime of cigarette smoke because the normal border color is white , just like the type 1 .

...He doesn't appear in the Type 4 and only Detroit Tigers are in the Type 5 ( I think Hank Greenberg is the only player in all five types ?? ). Tim ??


...oh damn , radio just broke the news.... RIP Joan

This arrived in my mailbox the other day...I was very excited.

Interesting and cool card, Sean. I hadn't seen one before and had to do some research to figure out what you had!

Thank you, Luke. I like getting Hall of Famers in this set. I think I'll go on a little run with them.

Sean,

Love the Diamond Dust Joe D! I always like seeing examples from that set as they don't show up too often. That's a really nice one too.

Best regards,

AndyH

I've got the American Caramel bug
 

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Ugly E100s
 

These were discussed a few months back, but I just got them this week. Don't worry, I know they are skinned and trimmed. I can't imagine who had the patience to skin these. The Burrell you would think it was blank backed, it was skinned so neatly. Fronts look okay, though, and they were cheap. I'll have a few more examples of good cards gone bad when they come in over the next week. That sounds like a theme for a thread, maybe?

Ed

Pickups
 

Wow, amazing pickups everyone!!!

Bill, awesome trio!!

Thank you Jantz for parting with these and helping me along with my collection, I appreciate it!!

Sincerely, Clayton

One more:

Sincerely, Clayton

15 count but it will do until a 10 count one comes along...same design anyway..

a few more
 

Wish the Schulte was miscut a little more...

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Thanks to a few board members I was able to expand my 1909 Pirates collection.


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Thrilled to add these 2 this week. Should be only 3 cards away now in the 1915 set....(Meyers from a board member, Thanks!)

Late August/early September

Love the Warneke & Mize cards. Nice pick ups!!

Erick-Really nice CJs. I especially love the Lajoie. It's really cool that you're almost finished with the set.

Clayton-congrats on the pickups! I know it's been a while. It feels good to add some more cards towards your set, doesn't it?

Jon-I love the Pirates. Very nice additions to your collection.

Kenny-some really nice cards, beautiful! I look forward to investigating both Cuban cards and OJs one day soon. The monster is keeping me very busy...

Thanks guys. :)

Erick - 2 great cards there, nice score buddy...hurry up join the club!

I am a very happy camper with this upgrade from my original CJ guru, its all about who you know.

Nice connor kenny I was bidding against you:)

Thanks Bill. Some nice pick-ups guys.


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Thanks to a fellow board member for the scarce Daley and only Columbus pose of Weyhing!! Only 3 more Columbus OJ players to find to complete my single pose set :D:D.

thanks Bill and Steve, nice Callahan!....I'm working on it. Last cards can be tricky...

Thanks Danny. I guess I'm glad I won although I was hoping to pay a little less :(

Kenny:

You've been on a roll lately.

Nice OJs!

Kevin

Steven:

You've made amazing progress in such a short time on your Ohio OJs!

Congrats!

Kevin

Couple of newbies - 15 CJ Smoky Joe (thanks Steve on the BST!) and an OJ cabinet...

Kevin,

I don't think my wife checks this blog (or card prices) so I can probably agree. If I'm wrong there's a chance they may find me buried in the back yard :)

Thanks Kevin, the Spud Johnson will slow me down a little. I've only seen one and it wasn't for sale.


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Time for me to eat crow. Thank you, Andy:

No worries Brian. Thanks for a smooth transaction. I am glad that this card found a new home.

Nice Kenny

In September, everyone needs more Pitching:
 

and I cannot resist good symmetry.

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Ted Easterly T206
 

Picked up a Ted Easterly T206.

One of my favorite T206 portrait cards.


Patrick

I picked my Clemente user icon back when I first joined. I found it doing a Google image search. Today, I purchased the original wire photo of the image off ebay. I apologize that this isn't a pre-war pick-up, but I just thought it was a pretty cool find:

Need some advice on this one
 

I got my first T211, I am very excited for this one. The advice I need is this, I bought a T206 Kissinger in low grade (probably would be poor to fair), and they sent this American Caramel instead. I am fine with the American Caramel, but it is not a set I collect. The seller contacted me and said they would refund me $10 to return the card, which is very fair. My question is what would the American Caramel be worth? It is graded VG. If I decide to keep it, I would like to send an offer to make it fair for both them and me. I figure if I send it back, it would cost the seller at least $15 to send me the T206 (since they would refund me $10 to send it back, and about $5 to ship the other). Would it be worth it to them to just have me keep it? Should I offer them something to even up the cost? What roughly is the value of the American Caramel? Any thoughts are appreciated.

Oh, the little pin is a Red Cross tobacco pin. I was hoping to win the 3 Red Cross cards in the Legendary Auction last week, but no luck.

That Cox E120 is worth about $25. There don't seem to be a lot of people collecting them. I've bought over 100 of them in the past year and have a pretty good idea of the market. If you were to offer them like $5-7 I bet they would see that as fair and be happy to have the issue resolved.

That's awesome.. Clemente is the man, pre-war or not. Congrats

Thanks, I have never bought one (I never have even shopped for one), and was thinking of keeping it to just have one from the series. But if that is all they are worth, I will send it back and get the T206 I originally bought. I appreciate the advice.

More Athletics
 

T206 Thomas Sovereign Back

Jason -

I'm sure you probably already own one, but there is a 2008 Stadium Club card using your avatar picture. I'd send you one, but I don't have a dup.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stadium-Club...item234036fe77

a new EPDG
 

Always loved the EPDGs....

I've been wanting this one for quite some time. I'd like to thank a fellow net54er for helping me get it.

Thanks Bill! Yes, it feels very nice to finally add a few. I appreciate the kind words. :)

Sincerely, Clayton

E101 Fred Jacklitsch
 

This E101 Fred Jacklitsch arrived today from Joe's Vintage Sportscards. Great colors!


Patrick

Really happy to pick up two of my favorite non-Hofer T206 portraits. The backgrounds really pop :cool:

I also for some reason live that Dougherty portrait

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What are we dooin?