April new pickups thread
 

How many of us got new T206 Wagners on April Fools??

This one just showed up today - excited to have this overprint of Speaker! Thanks to a board member for a smooth eBay transaction on this one....

Nice! I've got a Cobb Blome's Chocolate

1940 PB Bobby Doerr.......
 

Bobby Doerr will be 98 April 7th..........the last 1930's MLB player, and oldest HOFer. Played on same field with Lou Gehrig, and many other all-time greats. Glad to add this upgrade to my collection. Happy Birthday Bobby Doerr.......a fine gentleman and always a class act.

Hey Tim, nice Doerr! He was a class act. I wrote to him a few times in the 80's to sign photos through the mail and he was always more than accomodating. He would always send some extras back too.

These both came yesterday. The Scan doesn't do the Cronin justice.

A few new additions...

1.)M101-5 "Extreme Rarity" Trio + Ray Chapman
http://starsofthediamond.com/m101rarities.jpg

2.) Zeenuts I needed & N172 Denver
http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeevanburen.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeederrick.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/14zeeklawitter.jpg http://starsofthediamond.com/n172darnbrough.jpg

3.) Some Boxing Cards (anyone know these? ;) )
http://starsofthediamond.com/dianayork1.jpg
http://starsofthediamond.com/dianayork2.jpg

I'm loving that Hick Cady! Nice addition!

Great cards Rhett!!


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Re: April new pickups thread
 

I know this isn't exactly vintage, but with this being a Cracker Jack
set there is a nexus to being vintage. Just picked up the Willie Mays
card to complete my set. Kind of a cool set I thought, especially
being autographed and all.

ErikV

After watching the new documentary Fastball and getting a new appreciation for how badass Nolan Ryan was I had to buy his 68 Topps card to replace the one I had as a kid. Huge price disparity between a psa 7 and 8+. Does anyone else think PSA 7's are many times the best value for the card quality?

Bought this one in March, but it showed up today, so that counts...

That's a really nice Ryan, A.J.!

Here's a pitcher I picked up this month, although he had a much shorter career.

Cheers,
Steve

Nice Ryan AJ, he was my childhood favorite (80s - 90s). It would be fun to get one of those eventually.

Steve - great Loudermilk, and a Louisiana card to boot!

Considering there's often a 200-400% jump in price from a 7 to an 8 on key RCs like Ryan, Aaron, Clemente, Mantle, Mays, pretty much all of them actually, I tend to agree. Nice card.

I own a PSA 7 Ryan RC for the same reason.

Just got this in. T205s are still my favorites.

I like 7s but think 6s might be the best bang for the buck, always have thought that too. (as my avatar is a 7 and highest graded :))

On some cards I'd rather spend even less and "settle" for a nice 6 or even 5.5.

Beautiful cards, Peter! :)

Great cards Peter, that Clemente is awesome for a 6!

Picked up this nice B-18 Wheat.

Great cards Peter. Great examples of eye appeal trumping the technical grade.

Hard to argue with that or those cards. Often the jump from a 6 to a 7 is much less than from a 7 to an 8. But you can't go wrong either way, especially when you focus on finding a card that looks great for the grade.

Awesome looking cards Peter.

Rhett,

3.) Some Boxing Cards (anyone know these? ;))

E211 -- York Caramels -- they're worthless ;) and supposedly 60 in set :rolleyes:

UNREAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great, Scott

Some nice pick ups for April! :eek:

Holy Moley Rhett! Nice group of "worthless" boxing cards there. I see you scored three (well I think you really got at least 4, with the horizontal card) of the huge lot of 1914 Zeenuts I was going after. I ended up with 11 from that group. I got a few of them, then my computer whacked out on me, and I tried switching to my phone, by then you got a couple of the ones I had listed as "must haves!" (like that Klawitter). I got back on line, and won a couple more. Did you see the Rogers cards? Was that two variations, or was one just that his feet where trimmed off the card? Anyway, congrats on some coooool pick-ups!

Bst
 

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Cool 51 mays.

Nice Brooklyn OJ, Pete!
(need to get you a scanner though :))

happy to add this one.

never seen that pose...nice! he looks old!

Yea he does, amazingly it's his major league "Rookie" card.

Must have been the Coke in the Coke!

Haha, could be. It was certainly a different world with harder lives back then. I just looked it up he was 23 in 1927 so he was likely 22 or 23 in this picture. I asked my wife who had no idea how old he was. I asked how old he looked....she said about 50.

I thought the 1926 Exhibits was Lazzeri's rookie card?

yes that's correct. Same image as 26 though. I suppose it must be a 1926 image. The exhibit issues get confusing!

I've been on aching for this one to get here. I was outside waiting so I wouldn't miss the postman today!

Congrats, that's what it's all about.

Nice Bender! I was watching that one too - given that we always seem to like the same things I worry that a wormhole might open up if you and I ever meet.

Thanks Chris and Bryan. I think that card was a real bargain, due to the auth. grade. Especially since the grade is from someone trying to get rid of the"A" on his uniform and change it to a "P", and not from trimming.

Here is one I have been after for awhile.

BST Auction
 

added a few more n172 NYG from the recent BST auction

A few others that came recently. The Matty completes all three (finally), and the AB Camnitz is my first AB460 (closely followed by the Jennings, obviously). Thanks to Darrin and Mark for those. And that Kleinow is a tough front/back combo.

A wild throw
 

A Wild Throw indeed----

Freitas

Focus is not my strong suit.

Thanks to member Mark (drumback) for these two new additions to my T206 Boston collection!

Thank you Darrin for a nice trade...upgraded my Sliding Billy Hamilton:

http://photos.imageevent.com/derekgr...20Hamilton.jpg

Very nice Derek. I strongly considered trying to upgrade my Hamilton with that card. I'm glad you got it though.

Kenny

Nicely done, Derek!

been wanting one of these for a bit...not too concerned about writing as it IS...a postcard.

everyone is looking at the camera except Cobb...and he looks pissed and like thats the last place he wants to be.

Awesome Pete!!

38 down...19 more to go

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...a%20phelps.jpg

DJ

Beautiful Back!

Nice card, Jim. Would love to own an AB back some day. Love that brand name.

Pete, DJ, awesome pickups.

As always, some really beautiful (and inspiring) pick ups this month.

Rhett, though I really like the M-101-5s, I don't think I'd ever be able to look at that Chapman card, and not feel a sense of melancholy. And, as one admittedly clueless about boxing cards, can you (or Adam) tell me what those are?


Scott, I really like that Peckinpaugh. Call me crazy, but I think I prefer the 1914 set because I like them to have a little of the caramel coating from the candy. It gives them added personality. I really want to get into the CJs. Of course, I would prefer the more expensive of the two sets. Oy.


Peter, can I come over and look at your cards? :p

You're going to have to tell me how and the hell that Aaron got a 5.5 grade? Maybe I'm getting senile at age 44, but outside of a slight shift down and to the left with the centering, I can't spot anything that would drop this down so much in technical grading. The color and registration are flawless. I see three really strong edges, only the left being rough cut--but, I thought PSA made an allowance as this was common in the mid to late 50s sets, and there's certainly no evidence of wear beyond the factory. The corners are nice, only slightly touched. And, when I tilt my laptop screen, I don't see any wrinkles/creases at all. I don't know, maybe it's good I'm not a grader, because I could see this getting a full point higher, if not a point and a half. For a 62 year old card, that seems to me (without seeing the back) a heck of a lot nicer than a 5.5.

When I start hitting the bigger vintage cards, I'm going to be looking for this same grade range. Strong 5s and 6s can be beautiful without the sticker shock. I'm a collector, and don't give a damn about some registry ranking. Oh, and I want that Clemente!

Four really nice cards you have there.


I know there have been times in the past where I went beyond waxing poetic (apropos for baseball cards?), and I'm trying to be good, and only comment on a couple additions to this discussion. But it's really hard to not enjoy, and compliment everybody.

Spring is in the air. The first week of the season has my team playing far better than expected at least thus far, and I'm feeling like a kid all over again. Who can blame me?

Nice Wheat.

Finally got a Conroy and a Ruelbach.

Pretty happy about the Autographed Thomson too.

hey dj...are all st louis nadjas easier?

The Bambino
 

Another bambino

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...pslfh1gu4l.png

Nice Babies there!

Lol

Nice size borders on that Green Ruth. When I see cards like this, I just can't help being skeptical.

gotta agree

Damnit you beat mine by only 6 grades. Lol....great card

or

Not mine lol. Just collecting pictures of the slimmed down versions.

Sweet Ruth Joey. I love all the Goudey Ruths, but think that green pose has always been underrated. IMO it's a really cool image, congrats

Picked up a sweet group of signed pre-war courtesy of a board member. Thanks Andrew!
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Since my eyes were bigger than my bank account, I'll probably be offering a couple of the signed T205s in the coming weeks/months if anyone may be interested (pardon small pics).

T213-1 67/68
 

Thanks to Ken for the trade for the Hickman. I'm now at 67 of 68 cards. If anyone has a Bob Rhoades to trade, let me know...Rob

congrats rob...so cloooosse!

Ruth
 

Just casually posting a PSA 8 Ruth... Wow, just wow. Very nice

i think he casually posted a suspect nm-mt 8 that he does not own!

Three of them actually.

Still looking for an 8 with big borders but I am sure there is one out there somewhere. :D

3 of them actually! what gaul!

im not sure ive ever seen an 8 with big borders?

CJ Big Train
 

Got this one earlier today...

Nice card! Congrats