Finally completed N162 HOF!

[zljones]

I finally got all 4 HOF cards from the N162 set. I had to settle for AUTH on the Brouthers and Anson. But the King Kelly was an amazing story I paid $1,000 for it to a seller on ebay from the U.K. The listing was less than 24 hours old. Judging by the appearance, this card is likely VG-VGEX, and if that's the case $1,000 is super cheap for that grade. I worried about it not being real but I gambled and I won! They shipped fast as hell too! Took two days! As long as the Kelly is not an Auth, I scored big, if it's an Auth I still did ok.

I also want to pay tribute to the N162 set. In my personal opinion N162 is the most beautiful set of cards ever made in history. This fine life like lithograph looks like a 19th century painting. I am truly shocked that these cards are not worth more money. This is the finest lithograph art on a baseball card. These cards sit on the fine line of looking like color photos but also looking like litho because of the fine detail. The Anson and Kelly cards have to be the most beautiful baseball cards ever made in my opinion. I am not going to go as far as saying these are the most unique, or cool looking, rarest, or anything like that. All I am saying they are the most beautiful cards I have ever seen.

[zljones]

Dammit the pics came out blurry, I wish I had a scanner

[joeadcock]

Good job

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by zljones

Dammit the pics came out blurry, I wish I had a scanner

you should get one, awesome cards but hard to appreciate w/o good scans.

[3-2-count]

Nice cards Zach, congrat's. FYI, a good scanner cost a fraction of what those cards ran ya'.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

Nice cards Zach, congrat's. FYI, a good scanner cost a fraction of what those cards ran ya'.

lol, that's what people say to me all the time but I keep spending the money on cards, then can't afford the scanner

[Fred]

Congratulations! I'm still one card away from the baseball sub set. I'll get that Kelly some day.

The Kelly is just a cool looking card with that blue sky in the back ground.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Congratulations! Great Job! dave (The UK story.....cool)

[zljones]

These should be better pics of the Kelly and Keefe, the Brouthers and Anson are graded and I posted on other threads, no need to repeat those.

[CW]

Congrats, Zach! I saw the original thread about the Kelly, and it's good to hear he arrived safely from over the pond. Killer card and a great subset.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by CW

Congrats, Zach! I saw the original thread about the Kelly, and it's good to hear he arrived safely from over the pond. Killer card and a great subset.

Indeed I am excited I am just hoping this Kelly is not an AUTH. It looks like VG-EX.

[ethicsprof]

congratulations!!!
quite a milestone!!!
all the best,


barry

[yanks12025]

I'm more amazed it took only two days coming from overseas.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

I'm more amazed it took only two days coming from overseas.

Indeed I was shocked, it caught me off guard because I didn't get the chance to prepar to have it not delivered when my finacee had the day off. She hates me collecting cards.

[kllrbee]

You definitely scored on that Kelly!

Looks fantastic!

Nice job!