April Pick Ups

[olecow]

These are from March but I haven’t posted them until now.
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[quitcrab]

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[David W]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

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Nice pick up

I was bidding on that as well

[Polarboy]

May not be super crazy, but I've finally got an Hank Aaron autograph! Can't wait to frame it! Picked it up in a auction for $60 total, and it comes with a JSA certificate!

[JollyElm]

It was nice to find myself at a card show today, but since I couldn't locate anything I seriously wanted (at a reasonable enough price), I decided it was wise to journey down the 'trade bait boulevard' instead.


Obviously bowing to his rookie card, the 1969 Topps #533 Nolan Ryan must be his second most sought after card, as it is highly cherished by the masses. This one has got a decent piece of that nice-centering stuff...

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The 1961 Topps #388 Roberto Clemente is newly graded, so 'only' being deemed a 5 with those sharp corners and incredibly clear focus is a terrible wrong, as it really looks sweet. Oh well! Was happy to get a more than decent deal on it, so grab it I did...

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Rounded the day off by negotiating for a real nice (and better centered than usual) 1973 Topps #174 Rich Gossage rookie card, and what would be an absolutely gorgeous card were it not for the centering, the cool 1967 Topps #26 Bob Priddy 'No Trade Statement' variation...

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Obviously bowing to his rookie card, the 1969 Topps #533 Nolan Ryan must be his second most sought after card, as it is highly cherished by the masses. This one has got a decent piece of that nice-centering stuff...

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Nice Ryan. Mine (an SGC 4) possesses equally good centering, but has some pink print damage on the back, and some of the little print dots on his sleeves, which although not uncommon, is obviously not on all of them. The back damage (worse) doesn’t bother me; the front (most would consider minor) kinda does. Not sure why I’m built that way, but…

I digress. My favorite early Ryan card might be the ‘70 high number. Kind of a strange pose, but when the photo is clear it’s beautiful it’s a nice one - and Nolan still looks like he’s about 13 years old.


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[BigRedMachine1969]

Picked this up at a shop in PA this weekend. Been chasing the Seaver RC for some time.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by BigRedMachine1969

Picked this up at a shop in PA this weekend. Been chasing the Seaver RC for some time.

Beauty! Congrats.


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[ScooterD]

Looking for the other 9 of these if anyone has any leads.

[Eric72]

I've already got Brett and Yount, so Ryan was a logical next step.

I'm not building the '75 Topps set. I'm really not. (I keep telling myself this...)

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by ScooterD

Looking for the other 9 of these if anyone has any leads.

I've seen these before - what exactly are these?

[butchie_t]

Another card to add to my Frank Howard collection.

I like the sig and the tag line.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

I've seen these before - what exactly are these?

There was a sweepstakes that was offered in 1971. These are the winners of that sweepstakes. I never knew about any of this during 71 when I collected that set. It was only here, decades later, that I learned of them.

Cheers,

Butch

[BigRedMachine1969]

Sorry for posting twice.

[jchcollins]

So now I have both back variations. Presents pretty durn nice for a 2, IMO…




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[Natswin2019]

Picked these up at the Chantilly show

[B O'Brien]

I usually hang out on the prewar side, but picked these up in partial trade for time at my rental cabin in North GA. I’ve always wanted these two!

Thanks,
Bob

[jchcollins]

As if in subconcious reply to my response to Jolly earlier, my LCS had this raw copy of the sophomore Nolan issue, sans pink PD at least on the sleeves for a reasonable price, so I picked it up. No creases, though the corners fell out of minty sharpness long ago - but that’s not what I’m going for in any case. Along with my SGC 4, this copy - maybe VG? with nicer print quality makes a welcome addition to my base Ryan run.

[cgjackson222]

Some nice pickups by everyone this month.

Jackie Robinson Bond Bread with Sleeves.
Authentic for pinhole fix attempt.

[jchcollins]

Friday NC local show pickups:

The Jackie is a super clean / sharp 4, that presents more like at least a 6. Lots of remaining pack fresh attributes. I'm guessing the centering got it, there is a tiny edge booger - and when I got it home after about 5 minutes looking at various angles under good light, I found what I'm guessing they considered the beginnings of a wrinkle. But it's not at all obvious. Got the card under 4 comps, so very happy with that one.

The Clemente and Killer were a combo deal from the one other vintage guy I could find who did not have his raw cards horribly overpriced. Both had been on my list for sometime, so happy there as well.

I'm going back for day 2 this afternoon, so (hopefully?) more to come...






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[JollyElm]

Ummm, Mr. Collins, if you ever need a 'plus one' for a card show, I'm your man!!!
Great stuff!!!!

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Ummm, Mr. Collins, if you ever need a 'plus one' for a card show, I'm your man!!!
Great stuff!!!!

Thanks!

We could have some fun, and pickup some nice cards. Or failing that, at least work up some decent psychological profiles / analyses of dealers and pricing strategies, lol.

[jchcollins]

My only day 2 pickup. Well, besides a 200 pack of Card Savers. In my estimation, I paid a VG+ price for an EX / EX+ card if graded, so happy with this one. Yeah, there are the beginnings of a little bit of that 3D print shift around his eyes, but I didn't think it was too bad.

Got this literally as the guy was breaking down for the show to head home; another minute or so and he would’ve packed up the showcase it was in.

On the whole day 2 was dead and sucked compared to day 1, but it ended up OK for me.




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