August Pick Up Thread
 

Here's one you don't see every day. Hoyt Wilhelm in Cuba.

Hey, Paul:

Very nice, I'm glad that you won it!

Thanks for letting me know about it.

Gibby Auto'd Rookie
 

Gibson
 

I love that card, but having grown up in St Louis and seeing Gibson in the 64, 67, and 68 WS, I have often thought that whoever picked pink did not have the slightest idea of what they were dealing with

Al,
I grew up in SE Mo and I'm with you there. Attended a '67 WS game and then not another until the Braves clincher in 1995. Gibby was one of a kind. I was born in 1959 and so I got real spoiled by the '60s Cards, I thought my team was an automatic in the Series. Made the 70s very hard to endure.

I never understood why they would use pink for a background color. I'm not a fan of the olive green backgrounds used on some of the 1954 Topps either. Maybe we need a poll for worst background color on a set...

Picked up two Parkhurst/Frostade cards of players that I'm in need of...they are much smaller than I was expecting.

Lou Limmer and Harry Desert

Another 52 Parkhurst

Bob Wellman

Doug,... good point...and idea for a poll
 

totally agree with you on the pink color for the 59s...but I would argue the reverse and say that the pink background T206s are rather austere looking...not sure if that is the right word, but they seem uniquely cool...

I'd probably just have to start a thread on ugliest background colors and/or card designs. I was going to start a poll, but I couldn't think of a real good way to set it up since there are so many colors and I think the design of the card has almost as much influence.

Big shout-out to Rob Miller for helping me with my '77 Topps Blue Jays set! I now have 18/23 cards. Click on the link and check 'em out!
http://imageevent.com/jeffintoronto/...luejaysteamset

Here are my recent pick ups. I picked these up at the National

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/o...EHClemente.jpg

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/o...DPClemente.jpg

[IMG]http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/o...TGClemente.jpg[/IMG]

http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/o...-UClemente.jpg

Picked these 1960 Post Cereal cards up today at an estate auction....I love it when nobody but you knows what you're bidding on.

Dan - Those don't look like Nebraska Indians, what's the deal?:eek:
Here are some additions to my Joe Nuxhall collection. Thanks to Tony on the BST.
RC
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...man1954-76.jpghttp://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...an1955-194.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps1957-103.jpghttp://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps1960-282.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps1965-312.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps1966-483.jpg

"The old lefthander rounding third and heading for Richard's collection." :D

When you see something like those buried in a box of ephemera at an auction you don't pass them up. :) I was just lucky that nobody else there knew their value.

For those that don't know, that is a paraphrase of Joe's final words every night after calling the Reds game.
I really miss hearing Joe on the radio, he was on when I first started listening regularly in '67, would love for him to get inducted into Cooperstown's broadcaster section. I have his '67 card somewhere I need to get scanned and posted in my Photobucket.

RC

I need to start going to some of the garage sales and auctions in the area and hope that I get lucky. Nice pickups.
RC

Tuff '59 Bazooka SP - Rocco
 

Picked up in Baltimore. I more down in a set that I have about eight years into.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Rocco59Baz.jpg

I thought the horizontal one was particularly nice. Sorry it doesn't show up perfectly horizontal in my bad scan.

TMM (The Monthly Mantle) for August:

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/s.../53TMantle.jpg

Two more Frostade cards...thanks to Ed Hans and Gary Nuchereno!

Tom Kirk and Bill Hockenbury

My scanner is giving me fits (thanks HP!) but I managed to finish off my 1965 Topps Transfer insert set at the National. That one took a while but I found Kaline and Brooks Robby at two different tables. Needs a few upgrades but it's done.

Post war wise I also picked some some upgrades to my Brooklyn Dodgers and Mets team sets and a 50 Bowman Jackie, started a Salada Coins Mets team set and nailed a lot of Topps and OPC hockey type cards (I know, I know; no hockey here!).

A couple 57s & Brett RC
 

A couple stars Banks & Brooks for my '57 set; and my first Brett RC. Two found at flea market, one bought here...Hope you like 'em...

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...lpm/Brooks.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...pm/57banks.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...pm/BrettRC.jpg

2 More HRDs
 

Nice cards Jeff! Some day I'll pick up one of those Stuart's.

Dan,
It was a BIN on ebay in the last couple of weeks. If he ever tells me he wants to move I'll send a note your way first.

Jeff

OK, Dan, end the suspense: what'd they cost ya?

$15 for the pair. For some reason they were mixed into a lot of military photos which I didn't want and for which I had a feeling would go for more than the baseball cards so I asked the auctioneer to pull out the cards and sell them separately.

The military photos lot sold for $75...I made a good call. :D

That's about right for those two cards I think. I am collecting the Montreal subset (dodgers farm team) and have to say while I generally am not a fan of B&W cards, I do like the look of the Parkies. They are not that easy to find in the States but some are out there.

Well, I actually paid $20 for the Frostade pair, but I was referencing the 1960 Post Kaline and Drysdale box back cards that are also pictured above. The Frostade cards I got from the friend of a board member.

Ah-well done then!

2 to go!
 

Only need 2 cards to finish my '77 Topps Blue Jays set (21/23)

http://imageevent.com/jeffintoronto/...luejaysteamset

Not the greatest scan in the world, but since my scanner is at work this will have to do:

http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/s.../56TMantle.jpg

Very nice looking Mantle Doug!!! Looks like a strong 3....

Unfortunately, that's a touched up version of the scan from the eBay auction and it's a prime example of what happens when you buy a card based on a scan 1/3 the size of the actual card and no description beyond "1956 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 3 VG". If you look carefully at my touched up version of the scan there's about a 1 1/2 inch crease that runs from the edge of the card, past his ear and stops under his eyes. There's also a smaller crease in the bottom right that shows up more on the back than the front, but of course there wasn't even a back scan in the auction. All in all it's still a nice looking card for the grade, but I had no idea there were any creases until I had it in hand.

I guess I should probably qualify my comment. The card is actually very nice. You can hold it a foot away from your face and you would swear it should be a PSA 5. I don't really have an issue with the lack of a description if there are big and clear enough scans that I can see the card for myself. I guess what irritates me is when someone lists a card with a scan that small where the crease/wrinkle isn't visible and they don't bother to mention it in the description. :mad:

I hear ya Doug. I wish sellers were more descriptive as well, especially with lower grade cards.

I don't want to go on a rant here, but I don't see why sellers can't scan the backs of cards either. It can't be that hard to flip the card over while it's already in the scanner and scan it again. Maybe I can get Dennis Miller to help out on this one: :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBeD8LmnSJw

HAHA great stuff there

Yeah I always thought that Dennis Miller Family Guy clip was hilarious!

Rookies
 

I had traded my SGC 96 UD Griffey Jr. RC a couple weeks ago...missed it so much I got another one!

Plus a couple more pickups

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/5983/griffeyrc.jpghttp://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5970/ripkenrc.jpghttp://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8310/irodrc.jpg