March pick-up thread
 

1917 E135 Collins-McCarthy Ty Cobb

Very nice Cobb and fast start to the month.
Congrats on the pick up

Got a nice package back from SGC, and also a few recent raw pickups including the holy grail of Wacky Pack collecting - the 1967 #21 Jolly Mean Giant!!!!

E95 Bill Carrigan
 

New type for me. Carrigan is the only catcher in the set, so I'm one and done!

Interesting enough, it came from a Maine dealer who had a variety of Carrigan cards. Carrigan was from Lewiston, Maine. In now resides in my Maine collection.

Patrick

I'm in love with buying these Walter Johnson animal pics. Definitely not going to retire on them in 10 years but something you don't see every day 😆

It looks like Walter is texting while feeding his roosters.

Brian

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Hahaha it does, you're right! That makes it even better :)

Pushing the pre-war envelope but I think Big Six qualifies. Fun little pick-up.
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Great centering and contrast on that Collins-McCarthy.

This one really caught my eye at Heritage due to its deep color and just overall crispness for the grade. Also at last completes the quartet.

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Wow, congrats! That is a beautiful Goudey. I tried in vain to land the #144 SGC 4, it had really nice eye appeal, but once again it wasn't meant to be. :(

Congrats on the Ruth, Matt...a gorgeous copy!

Thanks, guys. Chad, that was a good looking 144— bummer you did not reel it in; I had been oh-fer on last several swings myself before last night. Yet the good thing with cards is that constant feeling that the one that is meant to be is right around the corner!

Matt, Incredible Goudey Ruth, the red pops, enjoy.

Dan, Awesome Cobb

Jim, A lot of nice cards, enjoy

Phil, Your definitely not done with just one card for the month, lol

Now that is a beauty. Congrats!


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I was wondering were this ended up. I saw it on ebay and was debating grabbing it but it sold before I could make up my mind. Glad it ended up with some one else on net54! Congrats on the pick up!

I was really losing steam on my quest to complete my '33 Goudey set with about 70 cards to go when, much to my surprise and happiness, the REA February auction appeared with a set break right in my grade range that included a number of cards with great eye appeal. Here is my take fresh out of the box from REA today (who are world class and a pleasure to deal with). I may not get the Ruths for a while (or ever), but I feel well on my way now. :)

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Great pickups and nice eye appeal. Hopefully you can complete the set.

2 Recent, local finds.
 

Something about a raw Goudey. The real way a card should feel.

Thanks! In truth they aren't all beauties, some were good enoughs, but I was really happy with the results overall. My goal for now is 233 cards, 240 minus the 4 Ruths, the duplicate Gehrig and Foxx cards, and #106. I need just 28 more.

Nice pickups, SD! The Hack Wilson is absolutely one of my favorite cards in the entire set. Love that pose!

Matt, nice Ruth!! I love the colors on it.

I was happy to pick this up in Heritage this past weekend. When I first saw it I knew right away that I had to have it

Great pickup! I felt the same way and kept going back and forth with my wife on how much I was allowed to bid on it. She ultimately left it at "I trust you" which we all know the true meaning of and why you got it.

I used to think that the card did not do Wilson any justice, and made him look cartoonish, until I saw this article years ago.

Seven years ago, you could’ve potentially owned the original photo from which the card was based. The anticipated price was just $200.00 to $400.00 - a bargain today and even in 2014. Wonder what the actual hammer was?

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Please tell her thank you, I'm glad she was your voice of reason:)

I was more stoked on The HunchHack then the 35. Something about Babe on the Braves makes me sad.

It has survived time. I also don't think the scans violate copyright. Besides it is free advertising for the seller. Twice over.

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Super excited to add this to my PC. Pop 2 for SGC with none graded higher between SGC and PSA.

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T213-2
 

Nice Hornsby.

I picked up the other 2 Lajoies Phila and Philadelphia this morning and they are en route. I'd rather have nicer conditions, but I can always upgrade later. These 2 cards get me to 179/185.

The Phila example has a name on the top boarder. I will report back with an update to my T213 2-Name thread when I have the card in hand and can magnify it.

I had my eye on this. Not surprised to see it turned up here. Fantastic card.

$400
 

SOLD FOR$400.00
SOLD DATEJun 14, 2015
SOURCE:eBay

In seller notes , he says he got it from RMY auctions! So it must have really been cheap from there!

Peace, Mike

Wonderful stuff, guys. I actually got some to share this month:

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I'm working on a King Carl collection.

Love that Honus W600— the word iconic gets bandied about so much in our hobby, yet it truly applies to that image.

Such a slept on Hornsby card— and Hornsby is tragically slept-on as a player. Wish he had one card that was an "it" card in the hobby. Every time I surf his stats on baseball-reference it makes me want to collect him. Good Lord his numbers are cartoonishly dominant.

Thanks! I threw out an offer I was comfortable with and it was accepted. Very happy!

I totally agree with the Hornsby. I like to research a player before targeting and buying him. I was amazed with how great he was statistically even during that timeframe even beyond just his accomplishments with BA. Also loved the rarity of this card vs the Goudey from the end of his playing career.

Two very recent pickups. These remind of those "A for awesome, A for affordable" posts that someone here likes to make :)

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2 of 3 recent pick ups
 

My first 2 of 3 pick ups this month. Up to 9 t206s now! Just waiting on a chance yellow port in the mail. Will post it when I get it.

Nice T210-3 Orange Border. Member pick-up, thank you Jason.

I'm mostly a postwar guy, but I sold a bunch of Jordan cards during the recent craziness and was able to subsidize an all-time card purchased through the net54 community. For my price range, this represents my ideal card of one of baseball's best:

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Congratulations! A beautiful card and an all-time classic. You'll never regret this purchase. Enjoy!

Great pick-up Matthew, congrats.

Great pickup! This is my favorite Goudey card of all time!

Very cool card! I like the look of the set. Going to research more on it.

Hi Jim

I’m not familiar with that “Rinky Dink” stamp Ruth.... is there a set called Rinkey Dink out there?

The reason I ask is that my father played semi pro baseball back in the late 40’s in mid state coastal Maine for a team called the “East Side Rinky Dinks” and I’d love to add a Rinky Dink card if any HOFer to my collection as a tip to him

Any info on that set would be greatly appreciated!

Jeff

Another knocked off the list thanks to BST.

Bill

My 3rd card of the month arrived today. A little trimmed but looks great

Thanks Joe K for the nice Bender.
My first Dockman ever.
RayB

W514 Joe Jackson
 

Playing days Joe Jackson. 1919. Sox logo

Nice Pickup. Good looking Jackson

Agreed, great pick up. Very nicely cut strip card. Congrats.

My first Cobb

Congrats Conor, looks like a really nice one too.

1911 Burns Obak and another Colgan's Mint Chip
 

One of my favorite 1911 Obaks with terrific colors!

My 4th Colgan's Chips Tin.

Patrick

I was getting tired of watching this card go up and up and up while still not owning one. I knew I'd be priced out of the market very soon, so I picked up this nice looking, lower grade example. Very clean with decent centering for the issue.

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That’s an all-time classic card! Great pickup!


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Great additions this month so far. Really like the Gehrig and Jarrod man am I jealous, the "39" Williams Play Ball is fast becoming a dream card for me. As you mentioned, get it now but for me it might be too late. Enjoy your latest pickups gentlemen and keep them coming !

Wanted a Butter Cream type card from the recent Heritage auction and ended up with this one.

Thanks, Jeff. Yeah, I'm really happy with it. I haven't felt that good crossing a card off a checklist in a long time!

Beautiful clear card and great Bender pickup!

Recent pickup from REA. I'm all about vivid colors, and this card just wowed me. It looks even better in person.

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Yeah, the colors on that card jump out at you. Very cool.


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Nice Connor - Great looking piece. That is a solid first Cobb!

Love the Butter Cream too, so tough.

Saturday at our local show I see a single T206 (card on left) in the bottom of the dealers glass case, and I asked to see it. Lew Ritter catcher Kansas City Blues, and dealer say twenty five dollars. When I point out the inked in catchers gear new price ten dollars and I swoop in for the purchase. Some artistic talent right there!
Larry
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Love Butter Creams!

Funny you should say that, I like it much more in-hand than I did as an auction listing. They are surprisingly appealing.

Pittsburg Pirates real photo postcard sent from spring training in Hot Springs, AR. The year is not legible in the postmark, but the one graded example I could find (SGC) says 1910.

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Nice postcard, 1910 Spring Training.

Yes and really tough. I have a couple including Hack Wilson.

I like the artwork on the mask on this one. Maybe the 'artist' wanted Lew to break into the exclusive Fred Snodgrass and Mike Powers T206 mask club.

Brian (Powers not mine, but borrowed to make me superhuman)

Member Pick-up, thank you Jim.
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Place to sit...
 

Tip of the cap to Net54 local member Dana who sold me these totally sweet Fenway Park seats to add to my card cave.... I may never leave!

Thx Dana - great meeting you today. Loved hearing all about your collection - sounds completely amazing.

And thx for the great Fenway seats - what an add to my room!

Jeff

Be careful about sharing where you live. You might have many of us moving in and never leaving.
Very nice set up and those Fenway seats are very cool and go perfect with the space

Jeff

Yes that room is very cool.

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My first vintage pickup in a while:

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Very nice Pete!

Congrats Dan (in post below), enjoy.

E102 Ty Cobb
 

Always nice when you know of a gentleman who just happens to own two E102 Cobbs...thanks Ryan!! Lets hear it for technology and this forum btw...we are very fortunate to be able to do what we do fellas.

Couple of random pickups for me. Finally decided to sell off some 80’s RC’s and had to get a little something to fill the void.

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This came in the mail today. Another step closer to completing my '33 Goudey set! #230 is one of best of the set for my money. I wanted a nice one, but kept coming up short, until now. I never thought I'd end up with a 2, but I'm quite happy with this card. The colors are strong. This is easily one of the nicest 2's in my collection.

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I saw this as a raw card on eBay and recognized that it looked like the lone legit example in the sea of fake/reprint ungraded Ruths. The seller had some other Goudey commons for sale, and after talking to him I felt good about it. Turned out, he'd owned it for 30+ years and when he mailed it to me, it was wrapped like a present. What a nice guy.

Sent it to PSA and it got the grade it deserves. Just arrived back in-hand last night. It's no beauty queen, but still quite presentable for a 1.

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IT is a beauty to us. And glad you got a great card and thanks for sharing

Jeff