New Member intro - jason.1969

[jason.1969]

Joined a couple weeks back and feel like I came to the right place. Am returning to collecting following 20 years off. Somewhat new to the Chicago area and coming off a divorce, I am definitely interested in making a few local "real life" friends if any of you are in the area and would enjoy talking baseball, baseball cards, etc. over beer or a ballgame.

Collecting goals are a bit fluid but are probably these for now--

1. Add interesting but affordable things to my Hank Aaron collection

2. Get cards of each player in my 1933-1969 Top 50. (It's a bit of an odd construct...the idea is that I chose the top 50 players to appear on major issues as players between 1933 and 1969 with a goal of collecting and displaying one of each. I'm mostly done but notable needs are Ruth, Gehrig, Hornsby, Grove, and DiMaggio.)

3. Old magazines featuring Hank Aaron or Jackie Robinson on the cover. (Plus a few other players if I really like the cover.)

4. A few odds and ends like Steve Garvey's entire Dodger career and my 1957 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers team set

5. Famous physicists, especially Isaac Newton, for my seven-year-old son

Here are a few pictures of what I have.

A panorama of my Hank Aaron Wall Museum
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A highlight here is an original oil painting of the Hammer from a Milwaukee artist
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Here are my Hank Aaron cards from 1954-1976. I devoted one slot to Hank's brother Tommie, perhaps at the expense of the 1974 All Star card with Dick Allen.
Aaron_cards.jpg

My 1939 and 1941 LIFE mags with DiMaggio and Williams
LIFE mags.jpg

Three Jackie Robinson mags I just ordered
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Drop me a note if you're local and interested in meeting sometime.

Thanks,
Jason