May pickups
 

Let's see em.

The start of the Luckey Collection II, I always like neat Zeenut poses...thanks to Rob A for these cool ones....

Reached the halfway point in my mini-project. Collecting all 14 known Pirates with EPDG backs. Got these two just now in the mail from two different people. I know the Camnitz was only recently confirmed, so I figured I better buy that one despite the writing.

Mainly bought this because it relates to local baseball history. (Cad Coles played for the Kansas City Packers in 1914.)

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My 100th T206:
 

EPDG Pirates
 

Awesome, John - very tough card!

That "over head" Camnitz wasn't confirmed when I stopped working on the Pirates back in 2012, as far as I know. At that time, I believed there were 15 confirmed, with only Willis, Abstein, and that Camnitz being no-shows. I did not have an image of a couple, and Clarke (fielding) was a bit of a mystery, but I thought it had been confirmed by someone (I do not have the records).

This one would bump it to at least 15 known, 16 if Clarke (fldg) is actually confirmed.

Either way, there are some tough ones in the list, but you've knocked off a big one - congrats!

--
Mike

May Pick Up
 

Picked Up this full Pirates Pack with a Card at a Local Show. The Card is not Baseball related.

I am going by T206Resource. Their checklist has 14 confirmed and it was 13 when I first put the list together, then someone found the Camnitz, so I added it. I actually decided to try for them all a year or so before I started, so that's why I only have seven now.

I got a couple nice ones in a trade(see pic below) and then decided to go for the rest. I do check their list from time to time for updates just in case. Message me if you find the checklist that says more than 14 are available so we don't clutter the May pickup thread. Thanks.

BTW, I have Gibson, Miller, Clarke/port, Maddox, Wilson, Camnitz arms folded and above head. Phillippe seems very easy, so I've passed on a few nicer ones, looking for VG range

Happy to add this Cracker Jack as an upgrade from a board member...

Epdg
 

John,
Hows it Going.
Glad that I could Help get you started on your Mini Project. I have a few more EPDG in my Collection. I will look through them and see if I have any more Pirates. Check out the Pirate pack that I picked Up.


John P

Won in April received in May does this count ?
 

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Yes, good one Josh. :)

Nice pick ups!
 

I always enjoy seeing people's pickups each month, especially when they are related to a "Special Project " that someone is working on. These show us all the fun in collecting and how you can collect in anyway that means something to YOU;not the industry itself or that there is a standard way to have a collection. Thanks for sharing guys!
Tim Kindler

these are
 

all great pick ups! esp 206's:)

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...eaker-recruit-

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http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...eler-piedmont-

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Nice T207 Doug! Centering doesn't get much better than that.

A few more silks
 

Picked a few more catcher S74 silks via Clean Sweep Auctions.

Patrick

Hack Wilson

Nice Keeler, Doug. :)

'nother E Leftie:

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Acquired late last month:

1) The first is a c1916 RPPC of HOFer Judy Johnson, when he was ~16 years young. Don't know if I'd call it his "rookie" or his "prookie" or what? I'm just calling it "one of my new favorites!"

2) I suppose the 2nd one speaks for itself. :)

Some new 150 series pickups (Keeler I've had for awhile but hadn't scanned).

My first Old Mill

And a beauty it is.

Lukes', love the Keeler and Chase OM. Great pick-up's.

Mark

Judy and Oscar
 

Ken - Congrats! Fantastic acquisitions, wow.

I don't even get into Cubans, Ken, but that's a bad ass card.

Thanks, guys.

Beautiful card.

May be my monitor, but that almost looks like a Blue Old Mill back.

Thanks guys. Gary, must be your monitor as it is black. I was hoping that the longer that I stared at it that it would be brown or blue but alas it remains black.

Chase OM
 

I thought the same thing Gary when I saw it.

Beautiful card

e98 matty
 

Thanks to a board member for bringing this card to my attention.<br><a href="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/zouraspm/media/fenway/e98matty_zpstrtymmfp.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/zouraspm/fenway/e98matty_zpstrtymmfp.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo e98matty_zpstrtymmfp.jpg"/></a>

Technically an April pick up but it just arrived today. My first Lionel Carter card. I must say he did have a great eye for cards with nice eye appeal.

http://net54baseball.com/picture.php...ictureid=18320

After many years and constant upgrades this one finally completes my 1922 Zeenut set at 162 cards, not sure why this card is so tough (possibly because Wildfire Schulte was also in the set with Seattle which is also a tough card) but it sure was a tough one for me to come by. I still collect the 1922 sepia variations (I have almost 60 of those in addition to the 162 cards in the set)...

http://starsofthediamond.com/may2015pickup1.jpg

I also was able to pick up 3 more of the 1923 sepia players. For those not familiar with the set... It is likley that the 1923 Zeenuts were not going to be ready for production in time so they made 24 cards where they simply redated the 1922 cards and distributed them with new dates on front. The later "regular" 1923 cards are all black and white with no sepia highlights and all the poses of the players were changed to their new 1923 poses. This is a notoriously very tough set to complete among Zeenut guys, with these 3 it brings me up to 16 of 24...

http://starsofthediamond.com/may2015pickup2.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/may2015pickup3.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/may2015pickup4.jpg

Cool Rhett! Way cool.

Rhett --

One of my first vintage cards was a 1923 Zeenut of Chadbourne, bought through the mail in 1979. It's just a regular black and white, not one of those sepia ones.

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm pretty happy to cross an entire set off the wantlist (nothing more satisfying than that!)

About those strange 1923's here are some examples just to show some examples of what the differences are...

Agnew: 1922... 1923 Sepia... 1923 Regular
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/22zeeagnew.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeeagnewsepia.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeeagnew.JPG

Del Howard: 1922... 1923 Sepia... 1923 Regular
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/22zeehoward.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeesepiahoward.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeedelhoward.JPG

George Lafayette: 1922 (sepia variation shown-note bat & belt)... 1923 Sepia... 1923 Regular
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/22zeelafayettepair.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23z...yettesepia.JPG http://www.starsofthediamond.com/23zeelafayette.JPG

A joy to my eyes!!

Just got this one in the mail a couple of days ago.

E94 Violet Murray
 

Didn't even know it existed. Thanks Tony F!!

That's weird... I can see in your quoted message you are linking a card in your gallery, but I'm not seeing it in this thread. Can you post it right in this thread, Dean? Not sure how Leon saw it....

Hope all is well! :cool:

Hmmm... wonder what I did wrong. I'll try linking my photobucket pic. Hope it works. All is well Chuck. Same to you. :)

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The ghost!! Congrats on a great pickup Pete...

dammit Pete...a lot of us are jealous over that purple murray!!!

E94 Purple Murray
 

Lol, sorry Pete! I was very lucky a friend parted with it for my set, which is the only Murray I've ever seen. I'm down to only needing a purple Wagner to complete my purple set. I've only seen one Wags, so that'll be a challenge for sure.

Frederick Foto Ruth
 

My other pickup for the month......

Wow....now that is a great piece. :eek:

Amazing Ruth Pete!

Wow. Really, wow.

Nice pickups, gentlemen.

VERY nice Pete.

+1! Wow!

Fantastic piece Pete

Really like that Ruth, Pete!

FF Ruth
 

Thanks guys!!

....
 

Some more pick-ups this month. And my very first ever t202 !!!!

BY THE WAY !!!! Only ONE away from completing the WHITE SOX t206 so if anyone has a decent condition Fiene Fielding please PM me !!!!

Great pick-ups Josh. The Huggins looks very nice for the grade.

Mark

Really April pick-ups but....
 

I have been lazy and just got around to scanning. Three E99s and two E100s.

Nice cards Ed, the color on that Daley is wild.

Thanks, the guy had 5 E100s listed, that Daley was my target. Getting the red McCreedie was good, too.

How on earth did you even find that? I'm speechless.

Well, Pete-- that Frederick Foto has me apoplectic. Major props. You just made me quit the hobby with that pickup.

FF Ruth
 

Lol Matt!! A good friend of mine bought it in Goodwin not long ago and made it available to me privately after buying a farm. I'm fortunate for sure.

1901 Ogdens Ltd Tom Morris Guinea Gold Golf
 

Gorgeous Image of a golf icon..

HOF RC's
 

Picked up a couple of OJ's from the REA auction

Those are awful nice looking "poor" cards, Dan! :D

Despite my best efforts, my only winning last night at Goldin and Memory Lane. M116s are sadly under-valued but this is highest graded at either SGC and PSA, is a 300 subjects and short print. Got at a seemingly great price--but like I said, who knows with M116s these days...Cool (odd) face, too.

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Nice La-jo-way PC
 

from ebay of all places.

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Dan, well done! I looked at that Thompson myself, very nice example of Big Sam. In one buying spree you have a nice sample of 19th century slugging.

Pete, I am sorry to hear that your friend "bought the farm" :D

Also, great card!

I hope I'm not the only one who had to look up the word "apoplectic".

Great stuff as always again this month guys. The RPPC Judy Johnson, 1923 Zeenut set, D304 Cy Young, Frederick Foto Ruth.....all I can say is wow!

I just picked up my first WaJo and have actually been looking for it for a couple of years now. Adding it to my Young and Matty makes a nice trio I think:

The INFAMOUS J.J. Clarke
 

I picked this Clarke partial name on top up from a friend. I gave him a pittance for it. I told him that he could get more, but he just wanted some certified Rose Autos. DEAL!!

Pickups
 

Added a couple of more Eddie Collins' to the collection

Slow year for me ...
 

Another Philadelphia Sovereign though...

Nothing beats a stack of raw Obaks.

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