January pick ups.

[irv]

I won this card last night. I bid on it a while ago and almost forgot about it

Received the e-mail notification stating I had won it so it's my first official P/U of 2017.

[TheBig6]

Sterling Auction Pick-up

[the 'stache]

Well, technically, this is just beyond the board cutoff date of 1980, but I don't care. This is a vintage card, not a shiny card, so it belongs here.

Nothing really fancy, the card only cost about $11 + shipping. But it's the first card I've bought in some time, so it feels good to have something new to look at.



Latest addition to my Topps Robin Yount PSA master set. Really nice card with exceptional centering.

I'm hoping to make it back to work by the summer. If so, then I'll be able to really start playing with my collection again. I had to choose one "hobby", and my movie collection took precedence, as I'm going to write about film. 18 months later, and nearly 900 blu-rays into my collection, I'm ready to get back to work on the '75 Topps set, the '53 Bowman and T206 set.

[DBesse27]

Love that Spahn!

Bill, I think you forgot to post the card.

[mickeymantle24]

S/O to Sean (InvestInBaseball) for this 52B Mantle. Great member to deal with and A+ service

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by mickeymantle24

S/O to Sean (InvestInBaseball) for this 52B Mantle. Great member to deal with and A+ service

Very nice Mick! Congrats!

[clydepepper]

I overpaid for this one, but it was less than lower graded copies currently up for sale...and it completes my 'pseudo' Koufax master set (no bazookas yet)

NOTE: The real deciding factor in purchasing this card when I did was directly related to EBay's lowering of the base Ebucks reward from 2% to 1%.
I used all of my fourth quarter Ebucks to help pay for this one. I'll never be able to get that kind of boost at 1%

Also leaves only 11 cards, all vintage, on my official shopping list.

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[jb67]

A great start the new year with some great pickups already.

Irv, way to start it off with a 52 Topps pickup. The set of sets to collect for sure. Congrats on adding Overmire to your collection.

Jerry, absolutely love the Spahn. I picked up a PSA 4 not long after I got back into collecting about 3 1/2 years ago. Classic pose of Spahn!!

Mike, Nuff said on the 52 Mantle!! Very Nice indeed.

Raymond, congrats on landing the Koufax. Great looking card congrats again on knocking that one off the list.

[the 'stache]

Weird, I can see it, even when I'm logged out.

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Love that Spahn!

Bill, I think you forgot to post the card.

[the 'stache]

Weird, I can see it, even when I'm logged out.

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Love that Spahn!

Bill, I think you forgot to post the card.

[Stonepony]

I can't see it either, Bill

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Well, technically, this is just beyond the board cutoff date of 1980, but I don't care. This is a vintage card, not a shiny card, so it belongs here.

Nothing really fancy, the card only cost about $11 + shipping. But it's the first card I've bought in some time, so it feels good to have something new to look at.



Latest addition to my Topps Robin Yount PSA master set. Really nice card with exceptional centering.

I'm hoping to make it back to work by the summer. If so, then I'll be able to really start playing with my collection again. I had to choose one "hobby", and my movie collection took precedence, as I'm going to write about film. 18 months later, and nearly 900 blu-rays into my collection, I'm ready to get back to work on the '75 Topps set, the '53 Bowman and T206 set.

Nice card! And OT: did you get the new Blu Ray of To Live and Die in LA? A beaut.

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[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by irv

I won this card last night. I bid on it a while ago and almost forgot about it

Received the e-mail notification stating I had won it so it's my first official P/U of 2017.

Nice '52 Dale - but its not autographed!

Z

[DBesse27]

I'll show some love for the Venz Seaver! I love that set!

[jason.1969]

Wow, will live vicariously through all of you for a bit longer. Blown away by that 51B Mantle and the Satchell Paige.

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[JollyElm]

Grabbed up this slightly difficult variation to find…

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[Jim65]

1972 OPC Gil Hodges

[Vintagevault13]

Nothing major, but got a good deal on this for my Reggie Jackson Topps Master Set.




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[RayBShotz]

Not sure I could find a better 6.
Amazing Say Hey card in hand!

[RayBShotz]

...and this one. Speaks for itself!
RayB

[KCRfan1]

Nice cards Ray! That Mays is a beauty!!!!

[Bliggity]

Very gradually putting together a nice mid-grade '53 Bowman set. Here are some new ones and a couple upgrades.

[Neal]

sweet Willie!

[DBesse27]

I bought a sealed set of the 1977 Red Sox team issue. These photos measure 7" x 8.5". They used the same exact photos in 1976 & 77, with the only difference being that Petrocelli was included in 76 and George Scott in 77. This set included Boomer, so the Yaz is a 77.



Bought it for the Yaz, but it included other great players. Here are the other HOFers and my personal favorite, Dewey:





The other players included in the set were Scott, Fred Lynn, Rick Burleson & Denny Doyle.

[clydepepper]

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[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

I bought a sealed set of the 1977 Red Sox team issue. These photos measure 7" x 8.5". They used the same exact photos in 1976 & 77, with the only difference being that Petrocelli was included in 76 and George Scott in 77. This set included Boomer, so the Yaz is a 77.



Bought it for the Yaz, but it included other great players. Here are the other HOFers and my personal favorite, Dewey:





The other players included in the set were Scott, Fred Lynn, Rick Burleson & Denny Doyle.

Nice! Any interest in moving the Fisk to a new home?

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[jchcollins]

Modest pickup, but continuing to add to my '65 Topps Cubs team set...




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[JollyElm]

This Hammerin' Hank isn't that badly off-center and I got it at a beautiful price, so I'll take it until I can trade it for a nice ungraded version…

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[jchcollins]

After a brief lost-in-the-mail scare, this beauty finally arrived today. It won't break anything in the BVG record books, but is a solid mid-grade card with no creases, and (most importantly to me) wonderful bright color still. This card is on my top 10 list of all-time favorites, and though I've had several other copies over the years, they've all slipped away for one reason or another. Not this time. I did overpay a tad in my estimation, but this seems to be a card that's been on the uptick even in lower grade recently. I mentioned somewhere else in another thread - seems to me like Jackie's stuff has taken off a bit in comparison to 15-20 years ago. I think the higher-end stuff really escalating has started to have an effect on mid-grade as well.

Bonus! - the stray mark on the card visible in the yellow background immediately to the left of the "J" in Jackie's signature turned out to be a tiny fleck of what I think was wood - that was embedded behind the BVG holder plastic, and was inside the sleeve itself, but not attached to the card. After quickly making the decision to liberate the card - it disappeared. :-) I really wonder about QC with professional grading companies sometimes...

-John




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