June Pickups

[Brianruns10]

A nice start to the month with a new addition to my '52 Topps set. My goal is to find cards with only the best centering, and this one fits in nicely!

[BruceinGa]

Nice card!

[jb67]

Great looking card for a PSA 6! If only all my cards had the centering of this.

[ALR-bishop]

Nice high # card. His only season was 52. He was a sandlot player prior to 1952. An example of the many marginal players ( some never making it in the ML) and coaches that were included in the 52 Topps set during their contract wars with Bowman

[pclpads]

That is a great 6! Nice pick up! When I was on the grounds crew at SD Stadium '75 - '77, he was the Pirates trainer. I gave him his '52T and '53T to sign, which he happily did. But not B4 delightfully showing the cards around to younger Pirates in the dugout, who were young enough to be his kids. My impression nearly 40 years later: helluva nice guy!

[KCRfan1]

That's a great story Dave! Nice to have those kinds of memories to recall.

[bnorth]

Picked up these 3 1966 Topps off COMC today. They all have a nice slight print offset and everyone should have a Mossi card.

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Nice high # card. His only season was 52. He was a sandlot player prior to 1952. An example of the many marginal players ( some never making it in the ML) and coaches that were included in the 52 Topps set during their contract wars with Bowman

Funny you mention that. I was aware he only played in '52 and wrapped up his pro career in September of that year...so why did he have a Topps card in '53?

And speaking of marginal players in the '52 set...how about poor Johnny Kucab? He disappears after '52, this is his only card, and it seems to be the lowest valued card in the whole high series. I've seen cards of his that have sat on ebay for years. He just doesn't sell.

[jb67]

Just picked up these 3 today. I hope to add some more before the month is over.

[K-Nole]

My Great White Rhino has arrived. Been wanting this card since I was a kid in the 80's.

[Mark70Z]

Love the Brooksie card!

[the 'stache]

Nice pickups, guys.

[JollyElm]

Again, nothing truly spectacular, but some cool 1972 cards. First, I picked up 3 more PSA 8 high numbers…


And then we have another of the absolutely toughest 'In Action' cards to ever find decently centered. The Haller is off-the-charts insane to find like this!! The McGinn is the variation version where part of the top border is sheared off. What's notable about this card is the error isn't a function of being off-center top to bottom. You find it on perfectly centered cards, too.
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