August Pickups
 

I'll start us off with this trio

Jimmy Foxx r314 borderless
 

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Beautiful cards

I am a novice at posting images, so I am pretty shocked this actually worked. Sorry the image is a little blurry. I am a Thorpe fan, and picked up the Thorpe Olympiska Spelens postcard. I was kinda shocked at the price, especially since it was a PWCC auction. I put in a max bid and was expecting to get sniped at the last second. Several snipes did come in, but my bid held up.

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1937-39 Orcajo Cincinnati Reds Postcards
 

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...Just got the bottom one ; got the top one earlier this year ; most of the Orcajo Reds postcards are sponsored by '' Val Decker Meats''....there are a smaller number sponsored by '' Metropolitan Clothing''...the plain unadorned variety , no ad at all , is the one that gives OCD set completionistas a reason to get out of bed in the morning...

Great Thorpe "rookie". You got a great deal on that PC! Congrats!

Thanks. I remember you picking up an identical postcard a few months back. Like I said, I was expecting to get sniped out of the running. Even a low-grade Thorpe 101-5 card would be out of my price range. I know postcards aren't everyone's thing, but it is amazing to me that Thorpe postcards predating the M101-5 sell for 10-30 percent of the M101-5 card.

The one I am kicking myself over is that there was a raw, postally used (postmarked from Carlisle, Pa., no less) "Olympic Heroes" Thorpe postcard on eBay that sold for $234 a couple weeks ago. I missed it until I saw it in the sold listings. The "Olympic Heroes" postcard touts Thorpe's return to Carlisle following the Olympics and pictures him putting the shot. I thought maybe someone on here scooped it up to flip because it went so cheap. But nothing ever turned up when I asked on the B/S/T board. :)

From the National:

Nice pick ups! May need that Rice :). I hate how PSA has that Shawkey loose, has anyone had damage occur often when the card floats around like that?

1933 Ed Bolden's Philadelphia Stars team PC, featuring HOFers Biz Mackey and Jud Wilson. Already have Mackey, but never expected to acquire ANYTHING period of Wilson. Especially, on an Ebay "Buy-it-now"!!! Super pleased.

Awesome PC!!! Congratulations!!!

From the Golden Auctions T206 Set break
 

Thanks to Tom C. for Tyrus!!

Nice group, Brian

Who's the player in the first card, left of Jack Barry?

trio
 

happy to pick up this trio, the Collins will do for now:

Very cool postcard Ken

nice pickup! I was wondering who ended up buying that PC as I saw towards the end of the auction the seller added the BIN to the card

Philly Postcard
 

Very nice pick-up, Ken. I saw the auction about 5 hours after it was listed and originally placed a minimum bid of $2,250 which knocked out the Buy It Now option. When I did not receive a response from the seller about the restoration work done on it, I retracted my bid so the Buy It Now reappeared. That being said, if I did not already own a copy, I would have paid the $3K as you did.

Hey,Babe,take a walk on the wild side. Or swing and hit one out.

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1930 Metopolitan Studios Branch Rickey

Thanks, Guys! :)

[QUOTE=GregMitch34;1305325]Hey,Babe,take a walk on the wild side. Or swing and hit one out.

That is one nice card. Congrats.

made some nice progress on 1915 Cracker Jacks over last couple months: only need 7 more (including 4 HOFers though so not expecting to wrap thing up too soon yet), check out my BST thread for my needs, much appreciated.

I'm in love with this Fred Clarke, BTW....

E92 Nadja Oakes
 

Recent ebay pick up and Oakes upgrade. Next to the Matty, my favorite image.

Oakes' glove
 

It appears his glove extends up into the top border ? Are they all like that ? Gorgeous card by the way.

Thanks, Mike. Yeah, Mr. Oakes is trying to leap out of the card. The glove extending into the border is found on all that I've seen. Pretty cool look.

Bought end of last month just came in the mail today. Great people over there at Greg Bussineau for the quick turn around. Although I wish they offered paypal as payment oh well still first time with buying from them and was pleased.

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Gotta love the Cubs!

Wazoo very nice cards

The highlight of a recent T209 pickup.

My two newest Dockmans. Been eyeballing these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger. The white specks on the batting variation are scuffs on the case, not the card :)

Luke

Just one of those would have been a great acquisition. Good job

Beauties! Congrats :D

Wow, just wow! :eek:

+1 Congrats Luke!

Thanks, guys. :)

I also upgraded my Dizzy Dean and Goose Goslin (I have doubles to trade if anyone needs Dean, Goslin, or Cochrane).

Sorry for the large scans.

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SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER
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A LITTLE TOUGHER - HOF STARS ARE FAIRLY COMMON TO FIND
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SHORT PRINT - EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND IN THIS GRADE
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TOUGHEST - EXTRA DIFFICULT / HIGH GRADE SP- A REAL BEAUTY!
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[QUOTE=Matt E.;1306836]SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER

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I don't know about you, but he is wearing his glove on the wrong hand :)

t205s
 

Great cards Matt. I have a soft spot for T205s.

Little addition...
 

E 91 Caramel
 

Kind of a cool pickup from EBay .

First 1914 CJ
 

From a fellow board member. Thanks Mike! Sorry for the ridiculously large scan btw.

These were my two favorite pickups from the Cleveland National. There are not many cards can claim to have 4 of the greatest HOFers on the same card (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander, Dave Bancroft, and Lee Meadows)...

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Nice Rhett

Nice Cards, Luke.

Enjoy the peanut-butter sandwiches.

Great Lee Meadows card!

Rhett, that is a very interesting card with Ruth, Cobb etc. What exactly is it?

It is from a set produced by Universal Toy & Novelty Co. around 1919 or so. We have discussed them before here...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=144708

http://net54baseball.com/showthread....speaker+4-on-1

What's better than a T205 of Cobb? A T205 of the guy known for kicking Cobb's butt.

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So here is #44 of the set. I am getting so close to the top of the mountain. Thanks for looking.

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