Favorite 2015 Pick-Ups (Year in Review)
 

A couple threads have been resurrected and started that don't catch the essence of our annual "favorite pick-ups of 2015". Feel free to post your favorite pick-ups of the year regardless of whether it was a goal at start of year, an impulse buy, result of scope change, etc. I'll start with some Goodwin & Co. glass plate negatives that Saco River Auction brought to market this past January.

Here are a couple Stump Weidman negatives that were used to issue the 1887 OJs with Detroit and then modified in 1888 to show his team change (New York).


I also acquired a couple of 1888 negatives of Bobby Mathews batting which together show the earliest images I'm aware of the Hillerich bat with a stamp that was previously unknown (the negatives have amazing clarity not captured in following scan):

J F HILLERICH & SON
216 FIRST ST.
LOUISVILLE, KY.

And last, but certainly not least, an N173 brown mount of Sam Thompson courtesy a trade with Jay Miller.

should be some good eye candy in this thread...

Ridiculous Year!
 

Incredibly lucky this year. Among others...

A "News Boy"....Scarce...love the centering, image, color...and was unexpected. The joys of "type" collecting.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1450707179

Unexpected and Welcome Surprise in the Mail
 

Came home from work one day this spring, and my wife pointed me to a small USPS package on the kitchen counter. "Some card you must have won came in the mail today." At first I don't think she believed me as I told her I hadn't bid on/purchased or tried to trade for any cards. Pretty sure the shocked look on my face when I saw the card and read the accompanying letter let her know for sure I had no idea this was on the way.

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An extremely generous gift from a fellow board member and collector who told me this was one I could scratch off the list of known examples that weren't with the rest, and wished me continued success in rebuilding the collection.

This wasn't the first time this person has helped with my collection. Anonymity is very important to this collector, and I respect that and hope posting this hasn't betrayed that confidence, but getting this card is truly my pickup of the year.

Again, thanks to all who have helped with rebuilding Howe's collection.

^^

Awesome!

Never expected this in my collection:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psnbqe05rv.jpg

best pick-up 2015
 

for me, it was probably this c1868 Cleveland Forest City's Imperial Cabinet w/ Deacon White (standing center):

Thanks!!
 

First of all, thanks to this board for reintroducing me to the hobby I loved decades ago. I found this place in 2015 and quickly rediscovered my passion for the hobby. Prior to this year, I focused only on cards but now I buy more tickets and type I photos than anything. I especially love the original Conlon images. My favorite 2015 pickup is this Conlon Matty "His favorite photo". I live just outside of Factoryville, Pa. (Matty's birthplace). I've learned so much this past year and I thank all the board members that helped me add to my collection. My 10 year old son made his first pilgrimage to Cooperstown with me this year and is getting the collecting bug himself. Hence the Mike Trout and Claude Giroux autographs on his Christmas wish list!

It was kind of a slow year for me, looking forward to a better 2016....If I had to pick my absolute favorite for the year....wow....I guess the Bridwell MINO, but a close second is the Uzit...or the Oaks...or....I also must say, I think I got all these this year, but it is hard to remember if they were this year or 2014. My memory gets kind of fuzzy sometimes. Also, I want to thank so many of you all for helping me with my collecting goals, and most of all Leon for providing this board to learn, share, and display. It has been an interesting year.

Was always content with 520, but sometimes you just gott'a go for it ;)

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Started my second attempt at E90-1 run, very, very happy to knock off some "toughies" early :)

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Gun to head favorite -- Stahl


Looking forward to 2016, fun stuff, Scott :rolleyes:

Damn I'm jealous of that Speaker. I've been trying to find one like that for a long time.

National pickup

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/467/19...1c910f03_b.jpg

Chris, they went with the face and not the name?
 

Or did you request it that way?

Either way .... Wow.

Awesome stuff so far (Chris, that 2 player split is amazing)...this should be a great thread.

I was very happy to get this back into my collection...

Cobb
 

My favorite pickup this year...

Nacionales Luque
 

here's one that really strikes my fancy------------
1923/4 Nacionales Adolfo Luque

Hard to pick one:

Not sure I'll keep this one, but still my 2nd favorite:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...t-glove-in-air

And my first favorite because it was the final card needed to complete my set:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...mile-signature

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=18080http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=18081

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=17942

My top 2

Here are 2 of my favorite pickups for the year.

E90-something Young with an e78 back previously owned by a certain forum owner.
http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...78%20young.jpg

While not baseball, still prewar. A 1910ish St. Paul's School hockey cabinet. St. Paul's was instrumental in the early days of hockey. Some historians believe the first games were played there in the 1880s. The school was known for playing, and beating, many college teams in the beginning of the 1900's. The most notable alumni was Hobey Baker, who the most valuable college hockey player award is named after. If anyone has any additional information on this, I would appreciate hearing what you may know.

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...abinet%202.jpg

DJ

Santop and Johnson photos, Billiken Torriente and Old Judge McCormick portrait. Pretty good year.

Kenny--I love seeing that McCormick portrait--great pick up!

Thanks Jay. I was pretty pumped to get it.

Count me as jealous of the Speaker also... Nice pick ups

Wanted a Jim McCormick for quite a while, so I was really happy to land this one - the fact that it is a Gypsy Queen is makes it even nicer!

Also a pretty good year for me with M101-6s - here are a few I picked up...

I didn't make any headway on my miller run...but added this gem.

Here are a few more favorites...and I added a bunch of other 50's star cards.

Ed, great story on the Howe McCormick Hindu. Derek, that is a special imperial cabinet of Deacon and friends. Wow Kenny & Chris, two fantastic McCormicks, both are special cards!! Couple nice OJ rarities for Kevin as well, well done. 2015 looks to be an impressive year for many 19th century collectors.

With little to no Detroit OJ opportunities over 2015 I decided to expand my scope to include N333 Newsboys. I obtained the Detroit Newsboy a couple years ago from Dan McKee but all the others are new pick-ups this year leaving me two short from having an example from each team (still need Albany Press & Knickerbocker and NY World). Many thanks to Mike Braily x1, Tony Arnold x2, and Bruce Babcock x3 for helping me along. My goal is at least one from each team and as many of the 10 Detroits as possible.


I also benefited from Leon's auction by picking up the three known variants of the Creole pack that may have distributed SF Hess cards. Here is one of the packs.


My last favorite pick-up will not be opened until Christmas Eve, a special present from Graig Kreindler.

I have wanted a Lummis Peanut Butter card for a while, but didn't know if it would ever happen on my collecting budget. I was able to pick up this one from Leon's former collection.

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psle310mdk.jpg

http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psg0vs2mlv.jpg

Thanks to tlwise12 via the BST for my favorite from 2015:

http://www.ellisburkscollector.com/i...5_robinson.jpg

This was most certainly an interesting find of the year for me. I learned a lot about OJ's and orotone photos.

The orotone photo shown is "Jumbo Davis" (Kansas City) in an unknown OJ pose but , similar to 119-6. The glass photo is backed in genuine gold, which gives it that unique gold foil reflection. This would be only the 4th baseball orotone known to exist.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psogrx4yjr.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pstgznd5b4.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pswbqpfpqg.jpg

Favorite 2015 Pick-Ups (Year in Review)
 

Amazing cards! Seeing how the McCormick looks in a loose slab makes me ill...hope it doesn't get damaged.


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Denny, Thanks for ye kind words. Yes, it's been a fast start. Sitting at 86 of 119 (maybe JJ some day :o). YES, it certainly was the great help of this board that helped me along. First, Tim N. hooked me up with ~20, at very fair prices. I did some nice trades for my dupe T206 and T210-1. Just can't remember who with :(:confused:. Which I apologize, I'd like to publicly thank them, but you know who you are !! Thanks !!! AND, of course, Denny, himself helped me with a few !!!!!!!!!!!! :)

As for as Mr. Speaker. He was a "luck of the Irish" ebay pick up. Must have been on line just as the BIN came up. Won't say what I paid for him, don't want to :eek: any one out. BUT, he did come with some anticipation. Took well over a month to receive. I was afraid someone got to the seller with price. But finally got the "dying Grand mother, pregnant girl friend, bonded out cousin" excuse, and he finally arrived.

I'm waiting on a new "toughie" in the mail (from another generous member). But will wait to crack it out and re scan in pick up section.

T5 Shoeless Joe Jackson
 

Probably my favorite card in my collection...

These were my favorite pick ups of the year. I realize the Mantles are post-war, but picking each up were life long collecting goals and cards I could only dream of as a kid. The Gehrig wasn't planned, but I feel it's an awesome and under appreciated card.

Got this back in January...growing up a Red Sox fan, this card has been #1 on my list to have for a long time.

2 more to go for main set, but my EPDG collection was a big focus this year.

Have slowed down considerably these last few months, but my run to 200 had a big boost this year. Thank you to all who have helped me or pointed me to "opportunities".

And if you don't see it below, I need it. Hint hint.... ;)

http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/a...t206/total.jpg

My 2015 fav
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Hands down this Hicks. Still looking for a comparable name jump print error T card. Im not sure there is another scrap out there like this.

Amazing pickups!

Beautiful card Pete. Given how impressive your collection is, it says a lot about this card!

There are some great cards on this thread.

Thanks Shaun & great cards everyone!

Wow....
 

this is AMAZING!:eek:

Some amazing cards!! That PSA2 Cobb blows me aways, and Jesse's threesome is awesome. I love these threads.

This Joe D was probably my favorite of the year... with several others tied for 2nd.

Very tough to find this with DiMaggio inserted ...and love the tint...and I wonder if there are any other passing-the-torch Lou/Joe cards.....

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1450984132

There is a 38 version with Dickey.

Here are a few of my favorites that I got this year...

These would have to be my two favorites this year.

Unexpectedly found this after looking for a looooong time.

Final Pickup of 15. First one of these I've had since 1992. Kind of a rebirth...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...Johnson_p1.jpg

Indeed. These two tie, with some others, for 2nd favorite. There are some great combos on these 4 on 1s.

Mine was this 59 Fleer Ted Williams set. I had wanted one almost as long as I have been collecting and for some reason just never pulled the trigger. Got a great deal from a fellow member back in April.

Discovered the hobby and this board in April...

Tough to pick one as they are literally all my favorite pickups...

I'll go with my first one:
T-209 continea of my great grandad red booles
Sgc 40

I've been hooked ever since.


My favorite "semi-educated" pickup....

My joe jackson caramel card in SGC 50!!

Kenny, I love seeing the Johnson card that I was the under bidder on. 😞

Thank you to Kevin Struss and the mystery seller!!

Only 2 in existence........
 

and now I have 1 of them! :)

Signed Rookie Card! Love it!

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c1916 Judy Johnson RPPC and 1924 Aguilitas Oscar Charleston
Both unexpected, but joyous pickups! Next up for 2016... Andy Cooper (hopefully).

Favorite.

No WaJos among my favorites for 2015. My top pick is this T216 Virginia Extra (ex L. L. collection), because I already had a T216 Kotton and a T216 Mino with this same Jennings pose. Close behind are these 2 additions to my E222 collection.
Val

Negotiated and deal made over one of the best dinners I've ever had in NYC... thanks Joe!

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/r...k%20Giants.jpg

Congrats, Jeff. Been after that one for years, right?

Great Boston cabinet, Gary.

Agreed. I really like the T3 Cobb and Ted Williams RC and have been looking for both myself. That signed Joe Dimaggio is a nice one as well. Too many other great cards to mention. Some very nice pick ups all around.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words on my new editions this year.

Amazing Jackson. Wow.

My favorite card of the year. Thanks Derek.

Do you know who the name on top is? Looks great.

Nice!

Great stuff everyone. Keep them coming :D

It's Wheat.

When I started collecting in '85, my focus was on Mattingly's, McGwires, and Puckett's. Then my parents bought me a book that contained reprints of vintage cards, and I fell in love with a whole new genre of cards that seemed wholly unattainable as an 8 year old. My favorite card was the '33 Goudey Gehrig. Though I knew it was a reprint, and therefore worthless, I still cherished it, and it was one of the few cards that remained in a hard plastic screw-down case, even as Will Clark rookies were relegated to mere plastic sheets. Anyway, fast forward 28 years, and I re-discovered the hobby and fell in love with vintage all over again. My second vintage purchase was a '33 Gehrig that was actually generously graded an SGC '50. I loved it, but it did not fully fill the void. Finally, this year, I was fortunate to be able to buy an upgrade that gets me excited every time I look at it. My favorite purchase of 2015 and my favorite material possession.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...son-Cagney.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20Williams.jpg

Excellent mix of cardboard beauties everyone. I realize I'm posting more than my fair share, but I wanted to follow-up on my previous mention of a Christmas present to myself . . . an oil painting of Charlie Bennett.

I have been thrilled to have Graig Kreindler work his magic on the most beloved Detroit Wolverine, Charlie Bennett. Charlie was one of two players to play every year of the Wolves existence (1881-1888; Ned Hanlon being the other) and the city was proud to have one of the game’s best in Detroit. During his early years, Charlie would lead the team in most offensive categories and throughout his career lead the whole League in defensive categories, recognized as the best defensive catcher of his time. Charlie’s popularity would extend well beyond his playing days when he returned to Detroit after a train accident took both of his legs and cut his career short (January 10th, 1894). When the Western League Detroit Tigers brought baseball back to Detroit in 1896 the new ball park, by popular vote, would be named Bennett Park. The Tigers would graduate from Western League to American League in 1901 and Bennett Park remained their home through the 1911 season when owner Frank Navin built a new larger stadium with his own namesake. Bennett Park would see some outstanding Tiger teams (1907-1909 AL Champs) and Charlie remained a fixture on the Detroit baseball scene, catching the first pitch of every home opener from 1896 through 1926 (excluding 1898 due to sickness). He was often joined by his close friends and old teammates, Sam Thompson and Lady Baldwin. Bennett would pass November 1926.

The 12”x16” oil painting is based on a portrait of Charlie taken by Tomlinson Studio on April 27th, 1886. The painting was put on hold half-finished for the better part of a year as we tried to confirm the proper colors. Everything was painted in high confidence with possible exception to the “DETROIT” lettering which is likely accurate in red for the “away” 1886 uniform Charlie is wearing. Several references were found and documented on Craig Brown’s “Threads of Our Game” site (fantastic resource for early baseball jersey renditions). Here is the entry for the 1886 Detroit uniforms.

The painting is impressive in person; my cell phone camera doesn’t do it justice. I’ve also attached the cabinet photo it is based on.

Thank you Graig Kreindler!

Sick!
 

That Gehrig is SICK! (Incredible!) :)

Peace, Mike

Wow love the painting Joe.

Great stuff everyone. I am excited to read this thread every time I check the board. These are probably my two favorites from 2015.

For my third and final pick--my first OJ Cabinet. Love the centering, among other things...It's an SGC 40.http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1451203459

WOW! A truly beautiful piece of commissioned art. No doubt Charlie would be proud that a fan had gone to such extraordinary length to honor his memory!

Well done, Joe and Graig!

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