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Originally Posted by quinnsryche

Having had to sell the Gehrig 2 years ago to fund a new home purchase, Lou has found his way home to me at last. A HUGE THANK YOU to member Andy LaVigne for contacting me after reading a post I made and offering to let me buy the card back. It is the first prewar card I have bought since I sold off my entire collection and couldn't be happier. I also went and bought one of my favorite cards off ebay after that (the Waner/Weaver). What Andy did for me is the reason this board is the BEST around. Guys truly care about each other and always lookout for one another.

I'm really happy for you, Tony. Now you can prominently display the card in your new home, or in your office. And a tip of the hat to Andy for helping you to get it back.

Originally Posted by Wite3

Found at the Culver City Show...what is interesting is that the front depicts and ad for Dyer and Hughes Organ from Foxcroft, Maine...this was a decent sized company who advertised in several New England newspapers/magazines and was in business for a decent amount of time. The back however is certainly different for me. Most of these trade cards are found with blank backs. However, this one has a printed line on the back. It reads: "W.H. Letters & Son, Putnam, Conn." After a bit of research, I found out that Letters and Son was a music store in Putnam Conn in the late 1800s. So, I now know that this particular trade card was given to a retailer to hand out. I thought that was pretty interesting as I previously thought that most of these cards were given out by the front advertiser or local businesses...but this one was given out 300 miles and three states away!

Joshua

Joshua, congratulations on adding a very interesting advertising piece to your collection.

Originally Posted by Iwantmorecards77

Thank you, Bill. I was surprised to have not one, but two of the "Cycle - 1 loss" cards to fall into my lap. I was quite excited - and I was looking to add a T205 Mathewson to my collection for a while - and having this version is a bonus!

...and congrats on the T206 WaJo - great card. I have one in a "2" as well - yours looks better...I would even upgrade my "2" for your "2!"

Todd

I really do love that Mathewson portrait, and the same picture is in a few of the T202s, my favorite being "Devlin Gets His Man". Thanks to Sean, I'll be reading his "Pitching in a Pinch" starting early next week. I'm sure Matty will jump up on my list as I read it. I'll have a hard time picking between the gold border card, or the triple folder.

Thank you for the compliment, too. I'm still on cloud nine. The Johnson has great eye appeal while showing a little "history", too.

Originally Posted by itjclarke

I'm ashamed to say, it's just City Storage, which is basically like any Public Storage unit. It is not climate controlled but is indoors at least. I've got a handfull of cards (especially oversized like T202 and/or T3) and signed balls stuffed in the unit with my wife's old couch/shelves and of all things a stand up arcade. I've been meaning to take a dehumidifiers over there, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm almost certain my renters insurance covers the storage, which provides some piece of mind. I've got a few others packed into a locked (very moist) storage unit in my building, which have shown no problems yet.

Well, Ian, it's good to know other people utilize storage units for cards. I can't think of any reason why I couldn't just roll a safe up there, and put the t202s in once I get them. I'll just have cards all over the city!

Originally Posted by Jason

My B & L Auction winnings.Thank you Leon and Scott.

Beautiful card, Jason. I imagine it's very hard to find the t210s with clean borders.

Originally Posted by mart8081

First pick-up of the month:

Nice add, Martin. Greetings from the other side of the pond.

Whaler, that's a very clean Obak. Thank you for sharing.