Top 3 Cards of your 2024? Let's see 'em!!

[dbussell12]

As in title!!

[raulus]

I assume we’re talking about top 3 acquisitions.

Pretty sure these are all from 2024.

Took me a long time to track down the Sports Heroes Mays.

[Rhotchkiss]

Good idea for a thread. I think I picked up more entertainment than baseball items this year. So here are my top 3 “pick ups” of 2024

[MantleMarisFordBerra]

Whoa! I’d love to hear the story behind The Beatles autographed photo. I see John is the only one who used a marker. Very nice piece!

[Rhotchkiss]

This specific signed Beatles picture is actually fairly “common”. They were signed on site, in the Bahamas, during the filming of the movie Help, and given as presents of thanks to people who worked on the film. The provenance on these is pretty clear and certain, which is key considering all the fake Beatles signatures out there (and I understand there are a ton).

[GasHouseGang]

Well it's still a wonderful signed item!

[theshowandme]

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Happy New Year to all!

[Rhotchkiss]

Some unreal cards on the thread so far. That Izzy Hoffman BL is a very tough/rare combo.

[gonzo]

My top 3 T205 pickups for 2024:
- Cobb miscut with Cy Barger
- Magee Hindu
- McGraw scrap with part of Crandall printed upside down over McGraw

[calvindog]

Sam, love the Ruth strip card. Can you identify the shoulder to the left?

[Johnny T]

I thought I had a decent year in 2024!!! Holy Crap...you guys killed it!!! And they say the hobby is dying...lol...here are my top 3

[Schlesinj]

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Jose Mendez first known image
My favorite card
Adding to my art collection of a poster I had in my room as a 10 year old by Andy Friedman (who has a Topps Spotlight 70 set art cards). It is now framed.

[abmchenry]

This year I was able to acquire a bunch of E102s. If I had to narrow down this group to a top 3...probably Mathewson/Evers/Magee. Big thanks to Tim Newcomb who responded to my WTB post and was willing to sell several of these to me.

[Brent G.]

I'd never collected vintage until this year -- and it was a great year of education and hunting thanks to joining this site.

[mordecaibrown1]

[oldjudge]

Some great items, but real show stoppers by Jeff and Ryan. Congratulations on a great 2024 guys!

[cliffyb]

Great pics so far everyone! I love looking at all these great cards. Congrats to all. Here is my top three, and yes, that is a PWCC ‘E’ sticker on the back of Wagner. 😉 Happy New Year!

[CardPadre]

Was a few great Ruth things for me. Pretty much felt like I won collecting with this premium.

Then got the red Ruth to complete the foursome of Ruths and a wrapper that’s a little less common featuring only the Ruth premium for redemption possibilities.

[4815162342]

This thread is a curated collection of unbelievable eye candy. Jeff, Jeff, Ryan, Sam, DJ, et al, congrats on a great year.

[Epps]

Great cards everyone! My top 3


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[MVSNYC]

This is a great thread.

Here's my 3, for sure! (although I did recently sell the Ruth)...

[Exhibitman]

I feel like I am in a card museum. Very nice idea for a year end thread.

My modest contribution:

I've wanted a signed Louis Exhibit for many years:



The 1972 STP Richard Petty is basically the 1952 Topps Mantle of NASCAR:

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Epps

Great cards everyone! My top 3


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Wow Especially love that early Joe Jackson on the Philadelphia Team

If you ever want to move it...

[cgjackson222]

Some amazing cards in this thread.

Great eye for cards that look better than their grade, MVSNYC.

Here are mine.

[packs]

My big pick up of the year:

[Natswin2019]

I had to give it a little bit of thought as ive had some really good/fun pick ups this year. I think these three are probably my top 3 pick ups of the year.

Honrable mentions go to the 1954 Topps Hank Aaron PSA 1 and T206 Shag Shaughnessy Old Mill SGC 4

[JollyElm]

Besides my standard hoarding and picking up occasional stars and variations if the prices work, I basically got shut out this year when it comes to epic pick-ups.

However (that's a big however), I was able to secure a terrifyingly tough career-contemporary Mickey Mantle card, the 1967 Laughlin World Series #61 'With Address' version.
Since there were seemingly (at most) only 300 of these cards ever issued (and Lord knows how many are still in existence), it is a truly substantial card that rarely sees the light of day (unlike the later reprints/further prints without the address on back).

I was so thrilled, in fact, that I even made a strange (but hopefully entertaining) video about the card and the set for my YouTube channel.

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[molenick]

Some really amazing cards in this thread. Nothing that special from me, but here are my two favorite type cards of the year and my one add to a set I am collecting.

[pawpawdiv9]

Bought & sold & traded last year
My (4) major hauls were my 1916 unc BIG Heads- 2-Sisler's, and 2-Sam Rice's

[RayBShotz]

My favorite 3 as I've moved into the M101-4 set and hope to stay for a while.

[DeanH3]

Had a slow 2024. I did manage to land a T205 Cobb.