November Pickups
 

Tricky card for me. Was back and forth with the seller until we finally struck a deal. Hugh Duffy American Beauty 460!
The Durham I received in a fun trade. Tough card in higher grade, for sure. Thank you, Ed!

Purchased in Oct., but arrived today.

Wowzer!! Great start to the month

1917-20 M 101-6 Felix Mendelsohn Walter Johnson PSA 3 (sorry, no scanner).

Larry

Damn Sam coming strong in Nov! Great looking card and awesome centering

+1, beautiful looking CJ Jackson!

Thanks guys. I really appreciate your comments. My non-collector friends might think it's cool to own a card of a guy in that "Field of Dreams" movie, but I'm not sure they would truly get it. ;)

That looks nothing like the card from that movie :D Nice Jackson!

Sweet Jax!!!!

Worch Galehouse Upgrade
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...EHOUSE_NEW.JPG

a very young Dennis Galehouse , in the minors until 1936....a refugee from the poster..

...I had just started cleaning the poster-child (temporarily and carefully unseated for removal of 81 years worth of cigar smoke and grime) when the graded one became available so despite the fountain pen "1935" on the otherwise blank back I bought it......

..doesn't come up often..He won a world series game in 1944 pitching for the Browns as I recall.....lost one, too...

..

My first non-Canadian born T206er's

Hughie Jennings - "Ee-Yah"

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Just completed arguably the toughest Old Mill player run (there are 4 others in the conversation).

Nice Galehouse, Mike! I like the slight difference in the crop of the "poster-child."

Marty - awesome choice in Jennings. There's something pretty awesome about that orange-yellow that is so prevalent in his cards.
Luke - Wow! That is amazing! Was the "finger in air" the toughest?

That is seriously awesome Luke. Congrats.

Thanks Derek and NJ! I've only been looking for 2-3 years, but in my experience yes. My copy is the only one I'm aware of that has sold in that time period.

Good Eye Jason...
 

...yeah the first "L" in "Millers" is visible on the cleaner-upper but not the Graded photo...

..Good eye..

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1936 R312 Goudey Premium Pastel Joe DiMaggio Rookie
 

Joe DiMaggio was so new to the card company that they spelled his last name wrong.
Card is rather large. Measuring 4"x 5 3/8"
I love this card.


--Ben Jordan

New Zeenut pickups...
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/31zeefreitas.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeebrown.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeemillerslc.jpg

Some upgrades (Thanks B.Mc)...
http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeeboles.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeebrooks.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeekoerner.jpg

http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeelapan.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeepick.jpg http://www.starsofthediamond.com/18zeesand.jpg

Is there a list somewhere of all the CDN born BB players through the years?

I have looked at my 52's and noticed a few and it got me wondering, how far back does one have to go to see CDN's playing in the major leagues?

Baseball-Reference has a pretty cool tool to help find this info -- http://www.baseball-reference.com/fr...eofbirth.shtml

There are definitely Canadians in the N172 set; not sure if there is anything older.

Cheers,

Richard.

Hi Irv.

Bill Phillips in regarded as the first Canadian big league player.
He has a few cards in the N172 set (Old Judge)

Other Canucks in the set;

Tip O'Neill
George Wood
Pete Wood
Arthur Irwin
John Irwin
Pop Smith

*I think I counted 54 Canadians who played at least one game from 1880-1900. Like Richard noted, Baseball-Reference has a full list of all Canadians who have made a big league appearance.

This lot of N43 Allen & Ginter World's Champions just arrived in the mail:

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Player........................ Sport............Total graded by PSA/SGC
James Albert ............ Pedestrian ... 21
C.W.V. Clarke ............ Walker ........ 12
W.G. George ............. Runner ....... 19
Jack Havlin ............... Pugilist ....... 13
F.F. Ives .................... Cyclist ........ 18
E.D. Lange ............... Walker ........ 17
Hugh McCormack ..... Skater ......... 22
Jack McGee .............. Pugilist ........ 21
Johnny Murphy ........ Pugilist ........ 17
L.E. Myers ............... Runner ........ 9
Wm. O'Connor ......... Oarsman ..... 19
Axel Paulsen ............ Skater ......... 20
James Ryan ............. Baseball ....... 25 (just one in the lot, even though pictured twice)
R.D. Sears .............. Tennis .......... 19
H.W. Slocum, Jr. ...... Tennis .......... 5
Percy Stone ............ Cyclist .......... 17

I am planning to work with 1880nonsports (Henry) to separate them from the paper backing and then may grade them. I ran the pops at SGC and PSA and the rarest one by population is Slocum, who only has 5 graded between both TPGs. Myers is the next lowest at 9 total. Who got the Buck Ewing from the same seller? He still has some Quadrupeds and Birds in large format for those nonsport collectors among you.

Just got this today, and gave it a bath. My first time soaking a card and I turned a Piedmont into a Tolstoi.

Nice; the black color of the design should have been the clue.

I know they are low grade and nothing otherwise extraordinary, but these are my first two T205s and I could easily get hooked! Personally, I could be pretty happy with a set that looks like the Merkle. I won't be able to buy much between now and after Christmas (unless I start liquidating something like my '65s), but my 2017 might just start off with more of these gold bordered beauties. Thanks to the T205 collectors for the inspiration.

Yeah I was comparing it to pictures of the different backs after I got it, there were a few inconsistencies with the Piedmont back and then I saw the Tolstoi back and smiled. Its the second T206 I have bought from an Ebay seller that probably didn't know a lot about the set.

Of the 325 Needhams in the PSA Pop Report, only 7 are Tolstoi backs.

Thanks guys!

I appreciate the info! :)

Shriner's Auditorium Show (Wilmington, MA)
 

Just returned from the GBSSC show at Shriner's Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.

Went with no expectations and had a great time.

Got to hold a few Irv Lewis T207s. Saw some neat cards, and traded a few pre-war postcards for an Ira Thomas Diamond Gum Pin.

I also met an old time board member, who many assumed might have passed away. Ralph in NH is alive and well, and we had a long chat.


Patrick

I have subtitled this "Heinrich gets drilled in the ass".

If anyone here can read what I think is German, I would love to know what the back on this one says.

I found this link by just typing in "List of all CDN's who played in the major leagues"
It is 1/2 the way down and it's since 1871, which shows 245 CDN's played.
Just click on their names to find info about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...rs_from_Canada

Thrilled to add 2 more new D381 players that I didn't have before yesterday from REA as well as a bunch more tabbed cards. Also got the Clark variation from Goodwin weeks ago. Also got the Anson, just in from REA, gorgeous card with small pinhole.

Some new T206s for November
 

I picked these up at a show in St. Louis

Get in line for water....

http://luckeycards.com/kids.jpg

I have always thought that this is one of the most beautiful cards of all time. I am thrilled to own one - and my first Lajoie too!

I always liked this card:
 

Picked this up from Ebay yesterday. Nicely centered. Miss labeled factor 25 but really factory 42. Will send it back to PSA to correct it when I get it in hand.

Nice card Raymond. I've always liked the e122/v61 issue, especially the Hornsby card.

Thanks Dean


There is a E120 Hornsby out there, but it has paper loss on the back, so I passed on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1922-AMERICA...8AAOSwcOFWabWm



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My 3rd T205. It is only a common, but I am really hooked on these! The scan doesn't do this card's color justice. It is beautiful! I have looked at scans of other peoples' T205s for years, but having them in hand is a whole new ballgame! I am also reading The Glory of Their Times, which is helping fill in some gaps and build some knowledge for me as I have traditionally been a postwar collector.

Beautiful Card Aaron- perfectly centered and fantastic color

Thanks Dave


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Missing ink
 

I just picked up these two cards with missing ink in November

My first Old Judge :) Made a quick ppt slide for it. Love to learn about the history. Ken Burns baseball inning 1 was on last night. Very interesting. However, makes me not want to collect Cap Anson.

http://luckeycards.com/athletics.jpeg
http://www.jvscauctions.com/ItemImag...32217a_lg.jpeg

T212-3 1911 Obak
 

Picked up this cool Danny Shea 1911 Obak. Noticed it had printer's marks on 3 of the 4 borders which is unusual for Obaks.


Patrick

Solid pick ups, David!

Nice red Cobby!!

Couldn't resist...
 

Couldn't resist.
http://luckeycards.com/ve.jpeg

Finally completed my T213-2 Yankees run!

I got a complete set of Metropolitan Studio St. Louis Cardinals. There are 30 cards in the set, 7 HOF'ers including Branch Rickey.

They were all glued to scrapbook pages. Also glued to some pages were a few Wheaties box cutouts.

A HUGE thanks to Greg for remembering how much I like this one!

Very nice, Jobu! I love the back on that one.

Two T206s that should be coming my way on Monday due to the holiday weekend, very happy with them both!

Very nice, Leon. I loved how the catalog didn't even point out the VE back... Great pickup.

Steve

I got the other one! I bid on a couple of the thin Kottons too but didn't get them.

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Toronto Show Pick Ups.
 

Super heavy on the hockey up in Toronto. Did find a couple pre-war. Picked up these two T206's.
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Best part of the show was meeting HOFer, Gaylord Perry.
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...I gotta get to a U.S. National.

I was hoping to go today but opted to work O.T. instead.

I may, (but not likely), attend tomorrow, mainly due to the fact it is likely mostly hockey, especially with the big UD RC hockey release.

Sunday, my son has hockey in the morning himself (I'm the assistant coach/trainer) so I likely won't be going then either?

How was the crowd today, and was there much baseball, mainly 52 Topps available that you seen?

There was not much baseball at all. Vintage or modern. I wasn't particularly looking for 52' Topps, but someone did have a low grade Mantle. As for the rest of the set, I recall seeing some, but nothing that you couldn't get on eBay , and probably for a better price.

It was pretty busy. Must have heard the name Austin Matthews a thousand times today. Got annoying, what can ya do.

Marty.

Very nice!

That's awesome Bryan! Congrats!

Cut a deal with an ebay seller for this Marquard today. This makes my 49th T206. Im making very slow progress on collecting these but I am really enjoying it. Now if only the price of N172 would go down to about forty bucks each :( I can't seem to get off the ground collecting those.

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...3f&oe=58C92AC4

Picked these 3 up last night, all T213-2 Coupons.

Congrats on picking up one that you've wanted for a long time, Bryan!

Thanks, Marty.

Pretty much what I thought.

Leon, methinks you are incorrigible! :D Nice pickup! FYI, I'm still madly in love with the T216 VE of Jennings that I got from your old collection.
Best, Val

In case anyone was wondering how my Needham back turned out here it is. I may try to soak it again to see if more of the glue will come off.

From REA.

Congrats. When I first started collecting it took me several years to get my first VE...

Began the '33 Goudey set approximately 4 months ago (approx. 20% complete) and purchased my second Iron Horse card yesterday.

Paddy Livingston "Big A" T207
 

Picked up the last variation I needed of the 3 Paddy Livingston T207s, The "Big A" version, which has a Napoleon back.

Now I have all the catchers in the set minus Irving Lewis.

Patrick

Joe D. Pre 1938 RC
 

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Thrilled to pick this up, and arrived over the weekend. Photo from eBay.

His first card in a Yankee uniform.

So would this be the rookie as the Zeenuts have him as a minor leaguer?

Nice pick-up on the Metropolitan Studios Cardinals, Dave. BTW the Dizzy Dean is a rookie too.

One would think that would be the theory. This set is from 1936, and therefore predates his 1938 RC.

There have been a few auctioned off through REA over the years, if you look at their past results.

1911 Wanamaker "Home Run" Baker SGC 45
 

Nice pickups everyone. Great looking DiMaggio RC.

In hand from REA...

http://rustywilly.com/cards/PSACARD/..._044_FRONT.jpg http://rustywilly.com/cards/PSACARD/...9_044_BACK.jpg

And, a companion piece I purchased to go along with the postcard:

http://rustywilly.com/OTHER/1911WanamakerEnvelope.jpg
http://rustywilly.com/OTHER/1911WanamakerLetter.jpg

Kind of on an AB kick.

Nice to add another Pied. 42.

Tougher Sov. and a PB :rolleyes:

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Now at 70% "backs" between PB and Pied. 42 ...... no end in sight ;)

Fun stuff, Scott

Thought this was a cool pinback. I had never seen it before. It has the same images as the Cameo Pepsin 1897 Toronto pin but set up completely different with the images of the players around the old Canadian Flag. It is about the same size as a Cameo Pepsin pin as well...

http://www.starsofthediamond.com/1897torontopin.jpg

great card...love the writeup...a giant italian!!!!