August pick up thread

[ErikV]

With the National underway, this thread may take a few days to become active.
I'm sure it will fill up with all sorts of goodies soon though.

This just arrived in the mail a day or so ago. It's not baseball related per se,
but there is a slight nexus to our hobby. The previous owner was kind enough
to depart with one of his copies.

[scooter729]

Just got this E93 Chase - wish all of my 30's/2's looked this nice....

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[Vintagecatcher]

Had one of these years ago which I regretted selling. Love the orange and yellow colors.

Patrick

[Sean]

I got this in the Sterling auction. Thanks Lee.

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[Sean]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Just got this E93 Chase - wish all of my 30's/2's looked this nice....

That really is a great card for a PSA 2.

[Sean]

Patrick, you should post that Phelps in the T206 Virtual Set thread. It should be time for Phelps in a couple days.

[paul]

A surprisingly difficult card for me to find.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Nice one, Paul. That is a very tough one to find.

[the 'stache]

Congratulations, Steven! That Wagner is incredible!

Really nice pickups, everybody. August is off to a great start, and after everybody is home from the National, I expect we'll be seeing even more great pick ups.

[cdn_collector]

There's still a lot of unknowns around these "proofs", but I'm totally jazzed to be able to add this to my collection all the same. Thanks Jay!

Regards,

Richard.

[Blunder19]

My first big pickup at the national..

As far as I am aware.. this is the 1st Sweet Cap 150 Yellow Brown..... the Yellow Brown Scraps are almost always found with SC 350-460 fact 30... I was really interested in the card when I saw the SC 150 back..

[t206blogcom]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

My first big pickup at the national..
As far as I am aware.. this is the 1st Sweet Cap 150 Yellow Brown..... the Yellow Brown Scraps are almost always found with SC 350-460 fact 30... I was really interested in the card when I saw the SC 150 back..

Very cool Jamie, congrats!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

My first big pickup at the national..

As far as I am aware.. this is the 1st Sweet Cap 150 Yellow Brown..... the Yellow Brown Scraps are almost always found with SC 350-460 fact 30... I was really interested in the card when I saw the SC 150 back..

Nice find Jamie.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

There's still a lot of unknowns around these "proofs", but I'm totally jazzed to be able to add this to my collection all the same. Thanks Jay!

Regards,

Richard.

Richard, Thank You! Glad you like it.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

There's still a lot of unknowns around these "proofs", but I'm totally jazzed to be able to add this to my collection all the same. Thanks Jay!

Regards,

Richard.

Congrats Richard! That's got to be one of your white whales right?

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Richard, that's quite an interesting proof. Beautiful, actually. I love the simplicity that proofs offer. What was your original inspiration to collect George Gibson? I don't know a lot about him.

Yeah, I have to admit this 'card' displays really nicely. It's a strange item though. I always figured it'd be cardboard-y like Colgan's themselves, but it's really much thinner. It's in an SGC holder so I can't say for sure, but it's really almost like paper. It'll be interesting to learn more about this.

As for Gibson, I was actively looking for something to focus my collection on many years ago and read his chapter in 'Glory of Their Times'. He's Canadian and played many years with the Pirates teams of Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke fame, before moving on to coaching/managing in the 20's and 30's. Seeing one of his Pirates' uniforms at the Canadian Baseball HoF brought him to life for me. Actually, just mentioning that makes me want to head back there to see it again. When my "hobby time" is not being spent scouring the usual places for cards, I am reading old newspapers and sports publications about Gibson. I find his baseball life to be very interesting.

With respect to collecting, I've identified over 100 issues (w/ variations) including cards, postcards, stamps, chips, discs across a number of sets touching on mostly pre-1920 issues, but also into the 20s and 30s. I've been building this list for years. Just last week alone, a board member (hi Doug!) helped me confirm his inclusion in another issue that I had previously overlooked. The entire "set" has some issues that are difficult enough that I'll probably never get everything, but just possible enough for me to think I should try

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Congrats Richard! That's got to be one of your white whales right?

Yep, it's one of them. When I first learned about this card some 6-7 years ago, it was the first time I'd ever seen one -- but it wasn't available for sale/trade. So I'm pretty stoked to be able to get it now.


Regards,

Richard.

[GasHouseGang]

My first card of HOFer Eddie Collins. Off the BST pages.

[4815162342]

Picked this up at the National today.
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[Danny Smith]

E105 Wagner Batting

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[bcbgcbrcb]

Great pick-up on the Santop cabinet photo, Kenny!

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Great pick-up on the Santop cabinet photo, Kenny!

+1 - sad to be the under-bidder on that bad-boy!!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Got my first 19th Century cards at the National

[CaramelMan]

Great set of OJ's. congrats and good luck in your new endeavor.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by CaramelMan

Great set of OJ's. congrats and good luck in your new endeavor.

Thanks Scott! I'm hoping these will be my last OJ purchases, for a while at least. Can't spend too much outside of my focus

[packs]

Got my first Zeenut. 1919 Buzz Arlett.

[Runscott]

Just got this:

[atx840]

Originally Posted by TistaT202

Picked up my first T3 for my NY American T-card quest. Arrived yesterday. They really are beautiful cards. Hope to get the remaining three T3 NYA cards sooner than later.

Beauty.

[paul]

Very happy to pick up this N162 Brouthers.

[t206hound]

I picked this up raw in July and AG was able to get it graded for me at the National. So super stoked that it got a 40!

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by t206hound

I picked this up raw in July and AG was able to get it graded for me at the National. So super stoked that it got a 40!

Congrats on the Cobby!! You certainly have an eye for raw-to-40's!! I love your collection focus. It's certainly an interesting (and ambitious) endeavor!!

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by t206hound

I picked this up raw in July and AG was able to get it graded for me at the National. So super stoked that it got a 40!

Look at that RED!

[dog*dirt]

Nice cards everyone!!

[AndyG09]

Originally Posted by t206hound

I picked this up raw in July and AG was able to get it graded for me at the National. So super stoked that it got a 40!

Congrats again Erick! Glad I was able to get that one slabbed for you. Thanks for all the help you've given me.

Best,

Andy

[DixieBaseball]

Pick up :

[atx840]

Big one to check off Erick. Nicely done.

[milkit1]

After looking for almost three years Ive finally secured a Mordecai Brown for my m101-4/M101-5 Cubs set. Still need a Bresnahan if anyone can help

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[terjung]

Love the M101-6s! You need a HOFer now, Mike!


Here is one of my pickups from the National. (clean back)

[sox1903wschamp]

Very nice NC Wags pickup Brian!

[Tim Kindler]

The month is not even half way over yet, and once again you guys all blow me away with the cards that you pick up month after month. I thank you for sharing your collections with me and everyone else. I know that they add to the brightness of my day. I look forward to seeing just a few new cards each day. Yes, I don't own them, but I if I could, I would still look at them all day!
Thanks,
Tim

[g_vezina_c55]

Hey brad, nice ruth

[pencil1974]

Just picked it up today. Very happy as it is my first Goudey Ruth.

[atx840]

Nice Pete, are those creases on the right side of the new one (013)?

[t206hound]

It's been a long while since I've added 9 cards to my set in one day... thanks to Andrew for the Spade and Robert for the other eight.

Now I have all of the "A's" (alphabetical, not Philadelphia) and inching closer to the 400 mark.

[atx840]

Mike!

[g_vezina_c55]

wow beautifull Drum

[CW]

Both Mike and Chris... niiiiiiiiiice!

[novakjr]

first pickup in probably over a month... Been too damn busy with work lately...

[bcbgcbrcb]

I haven't posted many lately but here are a couple of my recent pick-ups from earlier this month.............

[cyseymour]

Nice, Phil. Love the Oms card. And I'm familiar with it thanks to your book!