July Pickups
 

I'll get things started off for July. It's the first time I've seen this poster, so I had to have it:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMT...Vc2Yv/$_57.JPG

Fun stuff Chris! Is this a poster or a picture from a magazine? What ever it is from, what an ICONIC image of Mick! Classic pose, stadium in the background, and the writing on the bat, his shoes, players in the background! Could look at and study the picture for hours!!!!

Thanks Lou! I have not gotten it in my hands yet, but my understanding is that it is a fairly large poster that was sold in the 60s somewhere near Yankee stadium.

Mantle
 

Chris----do you get the batteries and tennies too

Do you know what year. Photo would have made a great Topps card

I am assuming I get the batteries, but not sure on the sneakers :) Unfortunately, I have no idea when the photo was taken or the poster produced. This is the first time I've ever seen the poster and did not get any more specifics when I picked up the matching premium apart from the fact it was from the 60s. Based on the image, I'd say it was likely taken in the late 60s?

@ Bestdj7777: I found a AH listing, saying its 1970s. I sent you several Pm's of some examples as well while looking;
But this link is the best i found:
http://www.premierauctionsonline.com...-LOT21265.aspx

Rookies / 1950 Jethroe & 1969 Jackson
 

I upgraded my Sam Jethroe RC, and also picked up a Reggie Jackson RC.

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Chris D., I hope you do get the tennies. That would certainly sweeten the deal. :D Congrats on getting the poster!

Chris M., the poster Chris D. got, if I remember the listing correctly, is around 2' by 3'. Is that correct Chris? The link is for a 4" by 7" photograph. Same picture though.

Herb, those are some nice rookies!

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Thanks Mike! I believe that size is correct. It's a rather large poster. He has a couple of others he is looking to get rid of, so I'll let you know if there is anything worthwhile there. Looking forward to seeing the your pickup soon!

Chris, it surprisingly came in the mail today. I think instead of going to see fireworks tomorrow, I'll stay home to save some money and stare at this.

Wow. Congrats!

Nice Mike...that 51B Mick , what did SGC grade it? a 5? or higher? Nice and crystal clear
COngrats!!!! I stared at my 52 Mick for a long long time before putting it away. Its one of those things you think about while holding it..OMG i am actually holding my 'white whale'

Nice Reggie, Herb!

Great haul of cards, Jerry!

Michael, that Mick RC is fantastic! Easy solution... take the Mantle to the fireworks and look at it then. :)

Congratulations! It's a beautiful card! For this one, I probably wouldn't even crack it and "center" it :)

'68-70 Partridge Meats Johnny Bench--sorry, still no scanner!

Best to all,

Larry

Nice pickup. I was watching that card and was going to bid on it but got caught up in another couple of Bench cards. Congrats.

Musial Exhibit Postcard Back!
 

Hi All:

Just picked up another of the 1955 Exhibit Postcard backs from my wantlist. Stan the Man! See below.

Still looking for the following, and have some to trade including a few HOFer's. LMK if you have any I am looking for.

Thanks,

Fred

1955 EXHIBIT POSTCARD BACK EITHER BACK:

Ritchie Ashburn, Campanella, Hodgers, Mathews, J. Robinson

NEED W/MUTOSCOPE BACK: Ashburn, Banks, Berra, Campanella, Hodges, Mathews, Musial, J. Robinson, Indians Team card

NEED W/O MUTOSCOPE: Ashburn, Baker, Campanella, Doby, Hegan, Hodges, Irvin, Kaline, Kluzewski, Maglie, Mathews, Mitchell, J. Robinson, Sauer, Stephens,

Beautiful Musial!!! I don't think most collectors realize just how tough these '55 Exhibit Postcard backs are. I spent a good 4-5 years trying to find a Robinson and finally gave on actively searching for one when I opted to sell my master set.

Wow-- a 51 Mantle is a momentous addition for any baseball card collection! Let alone one with such a sharp, striking image as that one. That card is hotter than a firecracker these days, with few nice ones surfacing compared to demand, and they are hotly contested when they do pop up. The true Rookie Card, and such a beautiful card, of the biggest hobby name alongside Ruth! Congrats and must make for such a Happy 4th!

Edit to add....speaking of 51 Micks ;)

A buddy on the PSA boards came through in a major clutch way to help me get this one from across the country on this 4th. A card I've been scrambling to get more of before they go the way of their year-older cousin ;) The left/right centering was love at first sight!

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Congrats, awesome card. I have found myself staring at mine almost every night since I got it. I've been trying to stay in a little more often after the money I've spent on cards recently as well.

Nice centering on yours Matty, as always.

AustinMike and MattyC, (the Mantle hoarder)

Way to go on the Mantle rookie. I need to pony up get one before they get beyond reach for me. I don't think anyone will regret getting a 51 Bowman Mantle now but I am sure anyone that does not land one in the near future will regret not getting one sooner versus later. Congrats.

Great pick up Fred and thanks for the message (your mailbox is full and wouldn't let me respond. And, great Mantles everyone!

Here are two 1958 Wenatchee Chiefs Mini-Cards. I have seen 4, but would imagine there is one for every regular roster player including Azcue. These came in some type of sugar/caramel package as the backs are stained like CJ's. Probably Applets from Cashmere, WA.... Here are the cards and team photo:

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/...psxmw9fiqf.jpg

http://i1074.photobucket.com/albums/...psb8c8d42b.jpg

BTW if anyone has a Dick Littlejohn, or Bob Famous card from this team I will pay $100 for it :) If porn stars were baseball teams....

Thanks for the kind words everyone. This was one of my must-have cards and it's nice to finally have it.

Chris M - SGC gave it an 80 (PSA 6 equivalent). In regards to the '52 Topps, I wish I had a '52 Topps to stare it. It's another card on my list of must-haves, but it will be a long time before I land one of those ... if ever.

MattyC - I also think the '51 Bowman is undervalued, especially when compared to the '52 Topps. Can't see your picture, but I'm sure it is nicely centered. Also, this '51 Bowman is pleased to be with the '54 Bowman I got from you many months ago. Thanks again for that!

jb67 - I agree. I wish I had gotten a '52 Topps Mantle a long time ago. But, oh well. At least I do have his rookie card.

My bad, was doing some organizing and the link didn't work. Here is a pretty good pic my buddy took in hand at the show. Should be in hand for my scanner later this week...

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/x...shqskfnxa.jpeg

Sweetly centered Mickey Mantle rookie, Matt. Nice rich, intense coloring as well. A handsome pick up, to say the least. ---Brian Powell

1958
 

Ty-- those are great cards. Would be interesting to go through life being Famous

Thanks Al, Strange issue for sure. I can't seem to find any info on them. Time to visit the library and rifle through some Wenatchee World newspapers and hopefully find something. The other two I have seen are: Bert Haas and James Passilla.

I have had one of these framed for about 15 years. Here's a thread I posted awhile back about it. Ours appear to be a little different. What does it say in the lower right?

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=143205

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Not a significant pickup for 99.99999999999999999999999999% of the collecting world, but Mr. Grote is one of the top 10 hardest-to-find-centered-both-ways cards from the 1972 Topps set. And he's a Met, so that always makes me happy…

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Picked up a nice little lot of 1936 R312 cards from a fellow board member. I have been searching for a set to put together, and already have the DiMaggio. So this will become my back burner project.

Added this to my Furillo collection.I'm not happy with it in the SGC holder,so it will most likely be busted out.

The Farrell was a huge pickup for my 1964 Topps Giants signed set.

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Crazy pickup day for me from the Cincinnati show......

Picked up a nice EX or so 1958 Topps set that will need about 50 upgrades but nothing too huge.....

Picked up a group of (7) 1952 Topps high numbers getting me to 30 to go with my 1-310 set that has 1-80 in both red and black.

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One of which was this Mathews. It has what appears to be a yellow print line on it. Hoping for a 2, would be thrilled with a 3 if it comes somehow. A little indentation on the left center but no real creasing. Thoughts? Planning PSA but would SGC be better to get the higher grade?




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Nice card. With the black borders that is the first card I have seen that does't look much better in a SGC holder that a PSA holder.

1952
 

Tom--congrats on the nice pick ups and progress on your 52 set

Steve,

Nice Furillo. Congrats on adding that to your collection.

Duane

Thanks Ben.The SGC holder does nothing for the card.I usually like cards in SGC holders,but not this one.

Thanks Duane.I'm down to the harder to get Furillo issues,so its gonna take awhile.

Am getting closer and closer to my '56 Dodgers team set. Have been hesitant to pull the trigger on Reese and Team Card, which feel overpriced, but thrilled to add the Newk!

And the card on the left is the rare Isaac Newton/William Shakespeare/Romeo and Juliet tripleheader!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07...5962b28237.jpg

Picked up these two HOF rookies, the Killer from this board and the Koufax from eBay. I would have preferred a little better conditioned Koufax but it was centered and the price was right.


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took about a month to seal the deal, and for you slueths, the ebay bin price was not the price paid, fyi

my mantle set is basically completed, other than the 55b, and have been picking up signed versions to compliment the set.


here's a big nail in the coffin:

http://caimages.collectors.com/psaim...tlePSADNAa.jpg

Very nice pickup Bob!

Great cards, guys! Love the Koufax RC and signed Mantle RC!

Very nice.

Duane

Sweet Mantle rookie auto Begsu!

I haven't added a Mantle to my collection in a long while. Happy to add this clean low grade copy...

Jerry - what a great buy. Solid Mantle, love seeing low grade examples like yours that look MUCH better than the technical grade.
Cheers

Jerry that is a great looking Mantle! The '51 auto is off the charts!

+1

jerry,

that is an extremely solid 2.5!!! the 59 is tough when it comes to centering and washout and yours presents extremely nicely for the grade...

Thanks guys! Love the centering on the '59 Mantle. Can't wait to have it in hand.

Begsu1013, Congrats on nailing down (pun intended) the 51 Mantle Auto. Some things are worth the wait and this certainly qualifies. Way to go.

Jerry, very nice addition. Certainly looks great for the grade. I haven't added a Mantle in a long time and this has motivated me to find one. Congrats!!

Very cool pickups!

19511951bowmanbowmanwhiteywhiteyfordford
 

1951 Bowman Whitey Ford Freak

My final post war Tiger base set card. Now it's on to the Playball series.
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A nicely centered '57 Topps is a beautiful thing.

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Picked up a '63 Fleer Bob Gibson, a '72 In Action Willie with ridiculously great centering (too bad about the slight corner touches) and an oddball Jim Bunning. I know KDKA is a radio station is Pittsburgh, PA (and is supposedly the first commercial radio station in the world), but I have no idea what this sucker is. Jimbo was on the Pirates in 68/69 I believe, so it is undoubtedly from that time frame.

If anyone is greatly familiar with '63 Fleers, can you tell me if the 'stain' on the back of my Gibby is SOP for these cards? I figure it has something to do with the cookie the pack held, but I am unsure. Other Fleers I have seem to possess very similar anomalies and I want to make sure it's not the remains of paste or something else put there directly by humans after it left the factory.

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Darren,

I guess I can chime in with some memories of the 1963 Fleer baseball. I collected them as a kid. The ginger cookie was not oily, as I recall, and perhaps a bit stale. Still, cookies have oil as an ingredient, and the Fleer company did something very thoughtful to prevent problems to their cards.

I remember this very well.

Their nickel-a-piece wax packs included another plain card, dark brown on one side and white on the other. The dark brown side faced the cookie, which likely was included to prevent any oil residue on the cookie from being absorbed into one of their beautiful cards. I never remembered any of my Fleers being stained. That would have annoyed me even as a 9-year-old, and I'm rather certain I would have recalled if the cards came out of the pack stained. Some things you'll remember from your childhood--52 years later!:D

Hope this helps at least eliminate the free cookie from being the cause of the stains on your Gibson.

--Brian Powell

Post-war RC and 69 Topps
 

Added another PW RC and a few more cards for my 69 set.

Thanks for your insight, Brian!

cookies
 

Flat, squarish, dry as a bone and cherry flavored....yum

For everyone's edification...I looked around at COMC and immediately ran into a ton of cards that had the same (read as "similar") back stains as my Gibson, so I'll display a few of them here:
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It's pretty clear something was definitely going on inside of the 1963 Fleer packs. If Brian's recollections are correct and the cards were protected from the cookie, my guess is maybe at some point -- at the beginning of the run or later in the run -- the set-up changed and these safeguards were either added or discarded. (In other words, perhaps when the cards were first released there were no protective measures in place, but then consumers started complaining about the stains and Fleer acted on it? Who knows.) The high rate of occurrence of these stains seems to indicate that the dark brown/white protective cards were completely removed and it wasn't just a case of them accidentally NOT being inserted during the packing process from time to time.

That is an awesome Whitey Ford. Love those print offset cards they are so much better than those plain boring regular cards.

Autos
 

Nice Rob, but does show some cards are better suited for autos than others based on card design or photo used

Love those 1958's autographed. Those bold colors take the pen/sharpie really well........

What a slew of 69s! And that Mantle RC signed is just off the proverbial meat rack. Sick.

Rob, but at least the thoughtful and considerate Mr. Drysdale selected the perfect place for his autograph on a 1958 Topps. Agree with Al all the way; the gent who selected a '58 to have Don sign was simply not the brightest crayon in the box. However, again, with Big D signing the yellow background, you have a genuine beauty. Nice pick-up.

---Brian Powell

Arrived Yesterday:
 

The last (base*) Mantle I needed:

* - not planning to see either my car or my condo for the missing 2: 51B & 52T)

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Centered Mantle alert:

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Picked it up today at a new card shop. No idea why it graded a "4", but I was more than happy to pay a "4" price for it!

'51 Mickey
 

Big thanks to MattyC for this Mantle rookie! Just received it in hand. Card presents so much better than the technical grade...

Great Mantle RC, Jerry! Congrats

I cannot even begin to say how excited I am to have just picked this up. I have been searching for this for years, and it is the last card I needed to consider my Mantle Topps run complete:

http://www.gregbussineau.com/ItemIma...4984_f_lg.jpeg

Many thanks to Chris (PawPaw) for helping me locate it and for the auction house for their exceptional customer service and ridiculously reasonable shipping costs.

Thanks for the aknowlegment, I just knew you piss or shizz your pants when i alerted you about the Venez Mick. Plus, it was not boldly displayed in their catalog. Glad to help you get your hole filled in Bestdj777.

Chris, I am so happy for you, my friend. Ever since I first noticed your thread responses, at the bottom was a plea for help in locating the 1960 Topps Venezuela Rival All Stars Mantle & Boyer. All Topps Venezuelas seem impossible, to my way of thinking. This is truly an occasion to celebrate!

Thank you for sharing with us. Remarkable---thoroughly remarkable.:D

--Brian Powell