......BAM!
The eye appeal is absolutely off the charts! Without a doubt the biggest card I have ever owned in my life (with the second being the Cobb above it.) Frankly, I'm not sure there is another card I'd want more at this point. In the not too distant future, I do hope to land some cards that I used to have ... a 1933 Goudey Ruth #144, 1934 Goudey Gehrig Yellow, 1938 Goudey DiMaggio Comic bg, 1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson and yes ... 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. But to me, this one trumps them all.
Phew, what a whirlwind of a month it has been! I've gone from boiling Albert Pujols cards ....
...so*I could make test customs for my collection ...
... to selling off most of my vintage, and finding vintage pieces for my collection fit for a museum. I think that's why I'm so hooked on this hobby...it is so deep.
I'm still looking for the following in auth/1/2 grade - the main criteria is that the fronts have to be clean:
Various key 19th Century HOFers (Roger Connor being at the top of my list)
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144
1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig (Yellow Background)
1938 Goudey Heads Up Joe DiMaggio (cartoon background)
1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
Even with baseball out of commission for the foreseeable future, I'm addicted to cardboard with pictures of the men who have played the game. Here is a pic of my top 10 ... errr ... 11 non Canseco cards in my collection: (one of these things is not like the other!) Crazy to think many of the cards shown below depict people who lived through the Civil War! It is *so* hard to not include the rest of the cards from the Allen & Ginter and Goodwin sets below, because there are so many other Hall of Famers and should-be Hall of Famers, but to keep it concise, here are my absolute favorites:
BTW ... got any rare Canseco cards?
Net54: A **BIG** Thank you to everyone on here who I've done deals with and have learned from. I appreciate you accepting me into your family over the years and look forward to doing more deals and learning even more from you all in the future!