Favorite pick up(s) of 2018 Show 'em
 

ok a little early......

lets see them! I love me some eyeball candy:D

maybe mine
 

:)

Picked up on Sunday

very nice Dreyfuss, Chris!

Mine would definitely be this postcard from HOF umpire Bill McGowan to his girlfriend, postmarked in 1915:

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Joe DiMaggio
 

I didn't pick up too much this year, but this is my favorite.

Troy

Assuming pre-war only, gotta go with this guy. My post-war entry would be a ‘53 Topps Satchel Paige.

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Cracker Jacks
 

Cracker Jacks

Gee Aaron. Sorry to see you had a slow year. LOL
Great pickups

2018 was a GREAT year for many Net54's, yes I'm looking at you Ryan and Sam. :)

Here are a few of mine

Pre-War

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25657http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=23911

Post-War

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=26021http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=24248

Modern

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25576http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=25578

May as well throw my post-war out there too:

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I think these would be my two favorites, but there are a few others right on their heels.

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Wowza
 

great pick ups! congrats!
still about 2 weeks to go.....

that green cobb is a stunner 1.5...:eek: Sean...finally a BOM!

love the 51 bowman mantle.....jumping joe.....the joe jax..... so much great stuff

Aaron and Dean big balln'

wow

love the candy cards....sweet hans and davis so many
the cracker jacks, cobbs, I love this

Nice stuff everyone!


I had a pretty fun year 😀

I had many, but these are my favorites - two bucket list cards.

Mine aren't groundbreaking cards, but these are my favorites from 2018.

A couple E98 HOFers, my E90-1 Oakes (always wanted one of these), and I was able to add a couple new W516 Becker/Prize backs to my collection.


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Not my favorite pick up this year but it is in the top 10. The players name and the psychedelic background colors made it a must have.:D

1907 Dietsche Ty Cobb Batting SGC 3
1909 E101 Ty Cobb SGC 2.5

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Ruth
 

My favorite.

wow.

Got to go with Timmy for pre-war. Almost all of my post-war pick ups were Japanese. The first black and white card is Hideo Fujimoto; it's from the first baseball card set printed after the war. He was absurdly great (0.73 ERA over 432 innings in 1943!) but had a relatively short career. The second B&W card is Fumio Fujimura, the biggest star of the Osaka Tigers. The color card is "the God of Batting" Tetsuharu Kawakami, for my money the pivotal figure in the story of Japanese baseball.

these are
 

just unreal! planks, Mantles, Ruths, and Cobbs Oh My:D

I love the oddball stuff too

keep 'em coming

This year has been the year of 7's. This'll be my third 7 this year.

1907 Tigers Spring Training cabinet photo

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1 of 1
 

Only 1 slabbed by any of the grading companies. Died tragically in 1965 at age 31!

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Hopefully next year, I'll show you my Carl Braun signed 1961 Fleer #7 (a signed copy has yet to be slabbed by any of the grading companies!)

Peace, Mike

A few of my favorites from 2018
 

I was fortunate to finish my run of catchers in the T205 set this year.

I also completed my subset of Chief Meyers T202s this year.

In addition, I picked up quite a few P2 catcher pins this year. Just 3 pins left to complete the run.

Here are my favorite pickups for 2018

Bill Carrigan Diamond Gum pin (March)
Chief Meyers 1915 E145-2 Cracker Jack (September)
E92 John McLean (October)
Joe Dunn T210-8 (October)
Bill Bergen T3 Turkey Red (October)
Lou Criger W600 (November)

Patrick

Very nice!

Sweet stuff all around. Always Jealous of your p/us Prizner.

This is mine, received just after the New Year months ago. Ill never own a better card.

Think this is my favorite this year. Enjoy the issue, the player, the pose, the condition, big fan of B&W in general, and loved that it's the "strike" rather than the "hit" card.

‘11 Gilmartin Printing Co - Sutor
‘33 Iowana Farms Premium - Davenport Team

This is my favorite of 2018
 

With a total pop graded by PSA and SGC standing at 7.... I’m fortunate to own it. And it is without a doubt the most beautifully done postcard I’ve owned.

Someone was kind enough years ago to likely staple it into a scrapbook which causes the grade to be lower, but it’s better than tape or glue and doesn’t take away from the image, and likely helped preserve the image, corners, etc. I look at this card and can’t believe it’s about 110 years old. I only took ownership a few weeks ago and it felt like a great way to close out the year.

Congrats everyone on your favorite pickups for 2018 and I hope 2019 will be kind to us all as well!

Others....

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34 Gehrig Portrait
 

Finally found a decent yellow Gehrig that had the combination of eye-appeal and centering I was looking for...

It was a great year. Can't decide between Steinfeldt and Cravath for top pickup of the year.

Sheesh, killer pickups this year, guys!

Photo by George Burke inscribed to somebody with a very cool first name. :cool:

https://i.imgur.com/EqRkkiV.jpg

:)

Never thought I'd own one. Dream card for me

Wow...that's amazing! Congrats

Not too shabby a Dali!

I picked up a new gator for the farm and one of these cuties 3 months ago

Congrats, Eric!

Some awesome cards in this thread!

Here's a few of my pick ups this year...

I didn't put any focus on cards this year but did pick these up from Brian recently:
Handcut or trimmed Plank(love this image)
M116 handcut Kling

OMG, that's amazing! Love the ones you don't see over and over again. Congrats, a cornerstone piece!

Probably this guy...
http://starsofthediamond.com/e121ruth80.jpg

I still
 

can't pick my jaw off the ground!

MY GOD!

Derek :eek:

Luke :eek:

the ruths:eek:

I'm blind

Some great cards . . . 2018 was an amazing year. While I couldn't add a single Detroit OJ I flourished just about everywhere else. I had my best year ever with redemption coupons, cigarette packs, N333 Newsboys, and a few other odds and ends but my best pick-up of the year would certainly be these previously unknown Tomlinson cabinets of Lady Baldwin and Sam Thompson (two of my favorite players).

Joe- Lady Baldwin was born about 30 miles from where I live. I always thought I'd try to do some research on him.

Joe those are amazing!