Memory Lane Pickups

[paul]

How did everyone do in Memory Lane's auction? I am very happy to have picked up these three as a retirement gift to myself. I really wanted the M110 Wagner, but these three are a nice substitute.

[fkm_bky]

Amazing cards Paul! M110’s are my favorite looking cards. Just stunning!

Bill

[Rhotchkiss]

Great cards Paul. This was my sole pick up- it’s tough and unique poise of Ruth very early on the Yankees. I was also on the Lections and Willard’s Ruth’s but ended a bridesmaid on both.

[raulus]

Short of dropping 6 figures, relatively few opportunities remain for me to upgrade my Mays collection, but knocked another one off the list last night by throwing caution to the wind and being more willing to overpay than the other bidders.

[mrreality68]

Great cards Paul, Ryan, and Nico

One of my smaller bucket list cards. But it is a rarer card but this is one of the cards with the better eye appeal

[pawpawdiv9]

Congrat Jeff K.
I was watching it every day thru exted bidding. Didnt think the UNC- Big Head Ruth
would reach its estimates. It got to 8k in extended time, i was like-- Hmm?
Good addition, now i can add you to my list i been tracking.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great cards Paul. This was my sole pick up- it’s tough and unique poise of Ruth very early on the Yankees. I was also on the Lections and Willard’s Ruth’s but ended a bridesmaid on both.

Congrats Ryan! That’s a tough one to find, and I likewise love the unique Ruth batting pose. Great pickup!

[anchorednw]

Pleased to get these low pop beauties of Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson.

[Brian]

Just when you thought prices could not get any more insane........
nothing for me.

In the unlikely case that the winner of the lot of 1931-32 4-on-1 Exhibits is breaking it up, can you please PM me? There is one card I am looking for in particular.

Thanks,
Brian

[Exhibitman]

Beautiful stuff, guys.

Brian, you got that right. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop while the market for the cards I want goes up instead.

[obcmac]

Very happy with this one...

[yanksfan09]

Wonderful cards everyone!

[the-illini]

Congrats on the retirement Paul! I was going after that Lajoie too; glad to see it went to a good home

[paul]

Thanks Chris, and everyone else. I'm looking forward to continuing to build my collection during retirement, though probably on a smaller scale than these M110s.

[glchen]

Great pickups, everyone. I've been waiting for this auction for a while, and here is the pickup that I was happiest about. I also won a few other strip or lower value cards that I thought were relatively reasonably priced. I kind of wish that they spread these Ruth cards out over multiple auctions since I just ran out of budget or I could have tried for a few others. Great auction, however.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by glchen

Great pickups, everyone. I've been waiting for this auction for a while, and here is the pickup that I was happiest about. I also won a few other strip or lower value cards that I thought were relatively reasonably priced. I kind of wish that they spread these Ruth cards out over multiple auctions since I just ran out of budget or I could have tried for a few others. Great auction, however.

Congrats Gary great card.
This is one I was watching also but with a budget had to prioritize. I am glad you got it and it will look great in your collection.

Congratulations

[calvindog]

That was a horrible Saturday night of sleep.

[darwinbulldog]

I'm not sure how many of these are out there, but it's not enough for me to wait around for the next one.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That was a horrible Saturday night of sleep.

All Great Pickups
Congrats Jeff

Should have known you would be after them.

Looks like our Forum picked up a ton of the Ruths

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That was a horrible Saturday night of sleep.

Jeff - Spectacular pickups! Glad to see you landed some world-class Ruth’s. You might never see another Ruth Lections that looks as nice as this one.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Congrats Gary great card.
This is one I was watching also but with a budget had to prioritize. I am glad you got it and it will look great in your collection.

Congratulations

Thanks, Jeff. And more great Ruth pickups from other board members.

[packs]

No cardboard but since the Babe is making his way into the thread I did win this Ruth / Gehrig ball:

[Rhotchkiss]

Nice pick ups all. Gary, congrats on a very cool card. Jeff, real nice pickups. I was your underbidder on the lections - you outbid me somewhere around 3:30am and I just didnt have the wake-up to keep going. I am glad you won it

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

All Great Pickups
Congrats Jeff

Should have known you would be after them.

Looks like our Forum picked up a ton of the Ruths

Thank you, Jeff, Ryan and Joe, and I’ll say this again: I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an auction with items as impressive as this one in all my years of collecting. It was really a historic opportunity to buy rare Ruth cards that may never come again in one place. Kudos to ML and Joe T.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Nice pick ups all. Gary, congrats on a very cool card. Jeff, real nice pickups. I was your underbidder on the lections - you outbid me somewhere around 3:30am and I just didnt have the wake-up to keep going. I am glad you won it

Thanks. It was pure luck. I was asleep at 2 am but I have a cat now who tries to murder me every night. He woke me up at around 3:20 and got me bidding again.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Thanks. It was pure luck. I was asleep at 2 am but I have a cat now who tries to murder me every night. He woke me up at around 3:20 and got me bidding again.

Congrats on those pickups. I agree, there might not be more of those out there for many years, if ever, especially in those conditions.
That method of waking up in the middle of the night can be brutal. Most of us have been there and done that. (cat not withstanding)
.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Thanks. It was pure luck. I was asleep at 2 am but I have a cat now who tries to murder me every night. He woke me up at around 3:20 and got me bidding again.

yes I had a really late/early morning final bid at 3:03 am to get my bid for the win.
But it was worth it.

[55koufax]

that PSA 10 is an awesome card....gotta be a super low pop. Tremendous players, and aside from Mays, you get the great Norm Larker..

[raulus]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

that PSA 10 is an awesome card....gotta be a super low pop. Tremendous players, and aside from Mays, you get the great Norm Larker..

Pop 6! And this one is a fairly recent cert to boot. So hopefully the odds of trimming and accidental over-grading shenanigans are lower.

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Thanks. It was pure luck. I was asleep at 2 am but I have a cat now who tries to murder me every night. He woke me up at around 3:20 and got me bidding again.

Jeffrey lol omg

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Originally Posted by glchen

Great pickups, everyone. I've been waiting for this auction for a while, and here is the pickup that I was happiest about. I also won a few other strip or lower value cards that I thought were relatively reasonably priced. I kind of wish that they spread these Ruth cards out over multiple auctions since I just ran out of budget or I could have tried for a few others. Great auction, however.

Congrats Gary. Great card, my favorite out of all the Ruths in the auction. Then again I am a sucker for die-cuts...

[Scott L.]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That was a horrible Saturday night of sleep.

If you're newer to the forum do yourself a favor and click on Jeff's Flickr link in his signature. His collection is world class and absolutely insane.

[Donscards]

I won 3 Babe Ruth cards Happy to get the Blue Tint Ruth--also the Eclipse and the Ruth 8 piece postcard--got knocked out on some of the bigger Ruth's but I tried.---and sorry, I am weak on screenshots.

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by Donscards

I won 3 Babe Ruth cards Happy to get the Blue Tint Ruth--also the Eclipse and the Ruth 8 piece postcard--got knocked out on some of the bigger Ruth's but I tried.---and sorry, I am weak on screenshots.

Don - Some great Ruth’s to add to your already imposing Ruth arsenal! Congrats!

[Leon]

Great card, Gary. Congrats!!

Originally Posted by glchen

Great pickups, everyone. I've been waiting for this auction for a while, and here is the pickup that I was happiest about. I also won a few other strip or lower value cards that I thought were relatively reasonably priced. I kind of wish that they spread these Ruth cards out over multiple auctions since I just ran out of budget or I could have tried for a few others. Great auction, however.

[Casey2296]

Jeff, that Gertenrich is a monster, congrats.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Jeff, that Gertenrich is a monster, congrats.

+1. I love scarce pre-War cards with neat advertising backs, and IMHO, the LG back is the neatest!

[glchen]

Thanks, Leon, Ryan, and Aaron!

Originally Posted by Leon

Great card, Gary. Congrats!!

[pcoz]

Great cards guys, Jeff that Lections is a blazer!! Picked this one up, thanks Joe T & JP on a great auction!


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[yanksfan09]

Incredible Ruth additions everyone!

[YankeeCollector]

Best Ruth Auction ever!

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Donscards

I won 3 Babe Ruth cards Happy to get the Blue Tint Ruth--also the Eclipse and the Ruth 8 piece postcard--got knocked out on some of the bigger Ruth's but I tried.---and sorry, I am weak on screenshots.

That 1929 Exhibit is very cool! I've never seen that before.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

Best Ruth Auction ever!

Wow, Pete, Jim, more huge Ruth cards. So many of my favorite cards for Ruth are in this thread. Great wins!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by pcoz

Great cards guys, Jeff that Lections is a blazer!! Picked this one up, thanks Joe T & JP on a great auction!


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Wow

Great Pick up Pete

Monster Card

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

Best Ruth Auction ever!

Wow

Great job Jim

Looks like you scored on the mother load

[babraham]

I was watching a few cards but only ended up bidding on one and winning it, a nice mid-grade 56T Robinson with nice eye appeal:

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by YankeeCollector

Best Ruth Auction ever!

There are no words Jim - monster pickups!

[Rhotchkiss]

Wow James, congrats! And now I know who outbid me on a few others I wanted! Congrats Pete, great, rare pick up

Pretty wild how many of the auction’s major Ruths went to people on this board.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Wow James, congrats! And now I know who outbid me on a few others I wanted! Congrats Pete, great, rare pick up

Pretty wild how many of the auction’s major Ruths went to people on this board.

and We are just waiting on Leon to start a GoFundMe page so we can rais funds for the board to by a T206 Wagner in a 3

[Vintageclout]

Originally Posted by pcoz

Great cards guys, Jeff that Lections is a blazer!! Picked this one up, thanks Joe T & JP on a great auction!


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Pete - Monster Ruth pickup! Did you know that is one of only two Ruth cards portraying a photographic image of him batting in a Red Sox uniform (the other being the elusive 1921 Frederick Foto Ruth). Major congrats my friend!