1st November Pick-up thread...

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Posted By: Sean

Finally picked up a Minneapolis Old Judge, and a cool 1907 real photo postcard from my dads hometown...

Thanks Barry!




sdbh

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Posted By: Bob

A few more for the latest endeavor.








Never can have too many Lionel Carter cards

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Posted By: Jay

A group of M101-4s with Everybody's backs. The interesting news is that there are four different backs, two with thick printing(different apostrophes) and two with thin printing(notice the "R").



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Posted By: Paul

That's gotta suck for Leon.

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Posted By: Mike

I've been out-sniped for about 8 months trying to acquire a reasonable T202 Cy Young. I can hardly wait for it to come in the mail.

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Posted By: Mark Marvelli

Jay

Do you want to unload one of those to a grateful recipient to make a Net 54'er feel happy that he belong's???

Mark

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Posted By: Brad Green

I was fortunate to win this one last night!

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Posted By: Steve Murray

To go with my regular issue e97 Murray and my blank back color e97 Murray is this beauty. Thanks Mark!

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Posted By: peter ullman

steve...nice group...i've been trying to complete a similar group w/my e97 b/w nicholls...but haven't seen once since 95' nat'l!

pete in mn

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Posted By: Jason L

is that guy family?

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Posted By: Steve Murray

I don't think so. There was some talk as I have a great grandfather named James Murray but the family always refered to him as "crazy James" and I'd like to think Red wasn't that.

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Posted By: Bob

Got this Honus for a song. Can't understand why it went so cheaply but I'm not complaining.

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Posted By: Richard

Brad - that is a fantastic Grove postcard!

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Posted By: Chris Counts

Brad,

That's a wonderful postcard of Lefty! I've never seen anything like it ...

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: Jimi

Hey Bob,

Aren't those Goudeys a little new for you?

Jimi

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Posted By: Mike Mattison

Number 19 and 20. Only 10 to go.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

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Posted By: Steve Murray

I've been wondering who won the McGinnity. Nice to see it's in the family.

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Posted By: S Gross

....... well, Abe's kinda' baseball.......

According to Adam W.'s boxing card book, the right-hand captioned Attell and Moran are the rarer variety (don't own the correspnding left-handers,..... yet ).



(e77, 18 of 24, slow and steady, well at least slow)

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Posted By: JimB

Mike,
Nice Chance. That is one of the tougher cards in the set.
JimB

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Posted By: Bill

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Posted By: Matt

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Posted By: fkw

1959 Esslinger Beer Home Run Derby

This variation moved the players name and team to the top and put an ad for the beer company at the bottom.


Ever seen one before???

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Posted By: Dave F

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Posted By: Bob

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Posted By: David Goff

Just sent a bunch more off to SGC

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Some days the mailman comes, and it feels like Festivus:

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Posted By: Matt

Great stuff Rob!!!

Now for the "Airing of Grievances"

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Posted By: Paul S

David -- What's up with the "A" on the Howell? Short?

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Posted By: Joe D.

beautiful 14 CJ Lajoie!

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Thank you, Joe.

I was even happier when I saw it in person than when the auction ended. That's a fairly tough one off the want list.

Rob

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Posted By: Martin Neal

Just picked these (original collection) up tonight. 660 plus cards, all t206, t205 and t210s. It's sort of freakin me out. Here are some of the highlights.

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Posted By: Matt

Martin - wow!!

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

Congrats, Martin!

Did you get to meet the grandfather? In the actual attic?

Seriously, tell us how you happened across these. Is there a good story?

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Posted By: George

Martin,
Those are some beautiful T206's. Congratulations! How does one even go about picking up so many of these cards at one time?! Yes, please share with us the story behind this.

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Posted By: Martin Neal

Thanks! These were listed on Ebay last week as "vintage baseball cards." I think they were in the correct category. I happen to live within an a couple of hours of the seller so I emailed them last week and asked if I could view them. We met at their bank and I made an offer for the cards which was accepted after a few days. I think it helped that they had been dealing with several dealers and were sort of turned off by a few of them that were overly aggressive (you probably know who I'm talking about). The lot was inherited by the seller, who to his credit, did a lot of research on tobacco cards and was somewhat familiar with what he had. The original collector died years ago and his widow left these cards to the seller in her estate.
I think the seller knows a little more about the gentleman who collected them and I hope to find out more about how they were collected next week. It is odd that all the cards are Piedmont except for a couple of Sweet Caporals. It is also odd that there are many dupes of some cards especially in the T205s. Also there are a bunch of series 8 T210s.

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Posted By: Matt

So - you got them for less then the $50,000 they were asking? I threw them an offer of $6k, not knowing what was in the lot.

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Posted By: Martin Neal

I think they were satisfied with the price they got for the cards. They are probably more satisfied than I was with the price I paid, but, I think everyone was happy. It is always a great deal when everyone is happy and you make a couple of new friends.

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Posted By: Paul

Frank, that Hank Aaron is amazing. How does unknown stuff from 1959 still turn up?

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Posted By: Bob

Thanks Joe for the Speaker, darned nice of you and it will look good in an SGC AUTH holder.

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Posted By: Max Weder

New South Wales baseball team --

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Posted By: George

This one just came in the mail today. It looks better in person. IMO, the player in the center looks very much like a young Johnny Evers. I don't think the date of the photo(early 1900's?) matches with the age Evers would be not to mention the catcher's mit so it's highly unlikely but still...