New here--first post with intro and some scans.

Piratesfan1418 · #1 06-13-2010, 07:02 PM

Hello everybody! My name is Brad and I have recently started getting interested in vintage cards after reading about the history of my favorite team (Pirates).

I joined Net 54 after reading through the website as a non-member and really like the looks of the community. My budget isn't high but I plan on having fun. I also collect Sean Burnett (Nationals Reliever) and Troy Polamalu (Head & Shoulders Pitchman LOL).

Without further ado here are my earliest cards!

My Brother bought me this as my high school graduation gift. It meant alot to me because I caught as well.

Tommy "Wee" Leach

Howie Camnitz

Max Carey (My first HOF)

I'm looking forward to eventually adding cards of Honus Wagner, Babe Adams, Fred Clarke, Pie Traynor and the likes to my collection. Someday...

AndyG09 · #2 06-13-2010, 07:17 PM

Welcome aboard! The McLean card is one of my favorite T206s. Enjoy soaking up the knowledge provided here.

BlueDevil89 · #3 06-13-2010, 07:23 PM

Welcome to the board. Good luck building your collection.

Piratesfan1418 · #4 06-13-2010, 07:27 PM

Thanks to both of you! I love that Leifield! The color of the sky is amazing. That's one of my planned purchases someday.

Jacklitsch · #5 06-13-2010, 07:37 PM

Welcome Brad.

I do have one question though. Are your cards trimmed to the bone or have they just been scanned that way?

Brian Van Horn · #6 06-13-2010, 08:11 PM

Brad,

Welcome from a fellow Pirate fan despite current ownership. Here is a bit of Pirate memorabilia you might like to view:

T206Collector · #7 06-13-2010, 08:14 PM

Piratesfan1418 · #8 06-13-2010, 08:25 PM

My scanner sucks so it "trims" for me. :0/

D. Broughman · #9 06-13-2010, 08:26 PM

Welcome Brad thought you might like to see this Max Carey.

Piratesfan1418 · #10 06-13-2010, 08:31 PM

And yes, I have to admit I'm still a Pirates. I even watched them lose in person today!

Brian, what year is that from?

Piratesfan1418 · #11 06-13-2010, 08:35 PM

Very nice framed piece!

frohme · #12 06-13-2010, 09:17 PM

As a fellow (long suffering) Pirates fan, I wish you the best of luck and enjoyment as you join the vintage collecting world!

There are lots and lots of great folks here, both on the main forums and the B/S/T.

--
Mike

Kawika · #13 06-13-2010, 09:51 PM

Welcome to Club FiveFour, Brad. Gets a little weird here sometimes - this place passes as a social life for some of us anyway - but there's lots of great baseball talk. Here's a Pirate catcher for you:

Brian Van Horn · #14 06-14-2010, 03:59 AM

Brad,

1909.

Piratesfan1418 · #15 06-14-2010, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kawika

Welcome to Club FiveFour, Brad. Gets a little weird here sometimes - this place passes as a social life for some of us anyway - but there's lots of great baseball talk. Here's a Pirate catcher for you:

Never seen of these! Any idea how many Pirates were in the set?

Piratesfan1418 · #16 06-14-2010, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Brad,

1909.

Nice! I was actually in Pittsburgh last year for the Tigers-Pirates series and for Sunday's game they wore the throwbacks from the 1909 series. It was a great experience and the Pirates won!

Brian Van Horn · #17 06-14-2010, 08:26 AM

Brad,

Thank You and here are some cards you may like to view. They are not done to scale (the Maranville is much smaller):

peterose4hof · #18 06-14-2010, 08:32 AM

Hi Brad,

Welcome! I am relatively new here myself. This is an unbelievably mature and sophisticated forum, most of the time

I have a quickie suggestion for you concerning scanning. When you scan cards that have a white border put a dark colored (black) piece of paper behind the cards and the scanner will crop/autocrop the cards to include all of the white border.

Good luck building your vintage Pirates collection!

Jewish-collector · #19 06-14-2010, 08:57 AM

Welcome Brad. I love Pittsburgh & especially Squirrel Hill

Leon · #20 06-14-2010, 09:05 AM

Welcome Brad.

If I can ever help you in any way just let me know.

oldjudge · #21 06-14-2010, 09:12 AM

Good luck Brad. Remember that collecting is a marathon, not a sprint. BTW, if you were a catcher you might appreciate this book about the origins of the position:

Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero by Peter Morris (It is available on Amazon)

glynparson · #22 06-14-2010, 09:49 AM

Welcome to the boards.

uffda51 · #23 06-14-2010, 11:38 AM

smtjoy · #24 06-14-2010, 11:39 AM

Welcome aboard and glad to see another pirate fan-

Piratesfan1418 · #25 06-14-2010, 02:08 PM

Awesome stuff and I thank everyone for sharing!

deadballera · #26 06-14-2010, 02:37 PM

welcome to the board.

good luck on your Pirates collection.

Kawika · #27 06-14-2010, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Piratesfan1418

Never seen of these! Any idea how many Pirates were in the set?

Brad: Best as I can tell four of the 25 cards comprised by the PC796 Sepia postcard set show Pirate players. I have one other, the Wagner. It's a dandy. Besides Gibson there is one of Sam Frock, who pitched for Pittsburgh in 1909 and a few innings in 1910 before being traded to Boston (NL) (how he rated a card is a mystery to me; he's in pretty fast company with the likes of Walter Johnson and Nap Lajoie, Matty and Cobb) and there is a card showing Wagner with Ty Cobb.
A couple of useful on-line references that enabled me to research this post are the Old Cardboard magazine website (www.oldcardboard.com) which has pretty thorough player checklists for a lot of vintage issues as well as some card galleries, and Baseball Reference dot com (www.baseball-reference.com) which has encyclopedic detail of major and minor league careers for virtually anybody who ever was paid to play baseball. If you haven't yet consulted either site then check them out. There are dozens of other good baseball websites but these two, for me at least, are indispensable.

Piratesfan1418 · #28 06-14-2010, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the help. That Wagner is a beaut!!!

cdn_collector · #29 06-14-2010, 07:33 PM

While I wouldn't call myself a Pirates fan necessarily, there are some very cool Pirates sets that I'd collect in an instant if I had the money [too many Wagner cards!]. Off the top of my head, E104-2, E90-2 & D322.

Welcome to the board Brad.

Regards,

Richard.

NB. No Pirates thread would be complete with a Voskamp...

ethicsprof · #30 06-15-2010, 12:44 AM

welcome aboard!!
glad to have you with us.
while not a Pirate fan, i do love my Pirate tobacco pack!!

all the best,
barry

triwak · #31 06-15-2010, 09:29 AM

Welcome!

Piratesfan1418 · #32 06-19-2010, 10:05 AM

Awesome stuff everyone! Thanks for the warm welcomes!

Tsaiko · #33 06-19-2010, 11:24 AM

Thought this might be up your alley. Sorry, the plastic wrap totally screwed up the scan on this one.

BlueDevil89 · #34 06-19-2010, 11:53 AM

Here's another T206 HOF Pirate...

terjung · #35 06-19-2010, 12:25 PM

Not the prettiest card, but he is still a Pirate.

CW · #36 06-19-2010, 01:46 PM

Welcome to the forum, Brad, and good luck with your collection!

Here's a Pirate...

Rob D. · #37 06-19-2010, 02:10 PM

Two of the few Pirates in my collection:

Kawika · #38 06-19-2010, 03:03 PM

Here's some more Pirates related cardboard spanning different issues and eras.

Forbes Field postcard, circa 1909

1909 Pirates team, postcard triptych

Piratesfan1418 · #39 06-19-2010, 03:59 PM

I love all this stuff! Reading the early history of the Pirates is one of the few things that has helped me through a relatively abysmal state of things in Pittsburgh of late.

lharri3600 · #40 06-19-2010, 04:21 PM

Welcome!! Have fun 2

Piratesfan1418 · #41 06-19-2010, 06:50 PM

I love so many of these cards! I hope to add similar players/cards in the future!

mrvster · #42 06-19-2010, 06:52 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!!

Peace

Johnny