September Pickups!

[arexcrooke]

Hope this isnt a repost thread...
So here is my first pickup of September that showed up in the mail today:

[alfredoleal2001]

Originally Posted by arexcrooke

Hope this isnt a repost thread...
So here is my first pickup of September that showed up in the mail today:

sick card man!!! congrats!!! hoping to pick one up someday!!

[arexcrooke]

Thanks! Got it a very fair price too. I'm very happy with it!

[DanP]

Finally picked this card up for my MLB Post-war Rookie card set and also for my 69 Topps set (375 so far). I wish it was centered a little better as with most of my set, this will have to do.

[arexcrooke]

A month early for Mr. October but man that is a suhweet card!

Originally Posted by DanP

Finally picked this card up for my MLB Post-war Rookie card set and also for my 69 Topps set (375 so far). I wish it was centered a little better as with most of my set, this will have to do.

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by arexcrooke

A month early for Mr. October but man that is a suhweet card!

Agree, that's a great looking card....that weird 'blip' in the upper right border would bother me more than the centering.

[begsu1013]

another one for the signed mantle run:



and a pair of the infamous 64 floods, but the veni versions!

[DanP]

My wife convinced me to buy these cards on the way out of the East Coast National. The dealer had to remove the cover from his cases and find the case that had the cards. By the time he did all that I knew I was going to feel obligated to buy the cards.

They were both newly SGC graded. I cracked them both out and brought them back the next day and submitted them to PSA.

Now I'll have to keep these cards forever: Mantle and Musical (how she referred to the cards).

[MikeGarcia]

Can you share the SGC grades with us ? Thanks.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by DanP

My wife convinced me to buy these cards on the way out of the East Coast National. The dealer had to remove the cover from his cases and find the case that had the cards. By the time he did all that I knew I was going to feel obligated to buy the cards.

They were both newly SGC graded. I cracked them both out and brought them back the next day and submitted them to PSA.

Now I'll have to keep these cards forever: Mantle and Musical (how she referred to the cards).

That Musial is gorgeous!

[begsu1013]

for sure! Musical to my ears!!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

I have never paid a lot of attention to the Exhibits, but I am thinking I need to...

[DanP]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

Can you share the SGC grades with us ? Thanks.

Mantle SGC 7.5
Musial SGC 8

I thought the Mantle was undergraded but felt that if I left it in the SGC holder there was no way PSA would have graded it higher.

I was surprised that Musial went down .5 but was OK with it.

[MikeGarcia]

..." Centering : 9.5 " on any '65 Topps leaders card is grounds in itself for hitting the button ; Killer , Boog and Mick on the other side is just icing on the cake...

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[arexcrooke]

Very nice! Love those leader and the special cards topps put out!

[arexcrooke]

Picked up some cards out of the mail today and am puuuuummpped!

Ive now got a 54-55-56 Jackie run going. Ill be sending this card in to PSA soon. Centering is just what I was looking for!

I have always loved the simple and clean layout of the 70's


And love this one!

Another Clemente with very solid, to my untrained eyes, centering


Hard to comprehend sometimes how a card can get from 1951 to today and still be pack fresh!
And then there is this card that was included gratis from the seller!

[jb217676]

Here's a 1951 Bowman Printer Scrap that includes Warren Spahn. Psychedelic!

[arexcrooke]

Thats a really cool thing there Jeff! Ive never seen anything like that before

[begsu1013]

arex,

saw that run on the other board. great pick ups there!! those 70's are fantastic.



and love the 51 printers scrap panel. very, very cool!

[arexcrooke]

Thanks Bob! Im really happy with them! The Ryan has a little touch on the top right corner but is very nice. The Clemente and Willie are good looking too!

[baseballfan]

Beauties!!!

[MikeGarcia]

...unopened and clean......thankfully it had been stored very well since it was new ..... I was thinking : the kid had fifteen cents ...and he could have bought THREE nickle PACKS of 1952 Topps.... but instead he bought this ---one 1952 "Star Cal Decals" of Willie Mays. Now that's a true fan...we all had our heroes I guess....

..I don't remember which year but Mr. Mays once had twenty stolen bases, 20 doubles , 20 triples , and 20 roundtrips by the end of the regular season.... and those numbers held up all the way
until 2007 , when Curt Granderson of my Tigers also put up those identical stats. Neat.

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[Jcfowler6]

Got it at a super deal so I grabbed it.


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[jason.1969]

Nice. 1969 is my favorite Ryan card...plus it's the year of the Miracle Mets!

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Nice. 1969 is my favorite Ryan card...plus it's the year of the Miracle Mets!

Perhaps a repeat in 2015??

[Jcfowler6]

[QUOTE=JollyElm;1451256]The Cards and Bucs are tough!


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[JollyElm]

[QUOTE=Jcfowler6;1451257]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The Cards and Bucs are tough!

Cespedes laughs at that!!!

[albrshbr]

I took a slight break from picking up football RC's.

[Jcfowler6]

Originally Posted by albrshbr

I took a slight break from picking up football RC's.

Very nice.



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[Robextend]

[KCRfan1]

Good to some other cards besides a bunch of Mantle cards and Mantle rookies being posted! I was beginning to thinks that's all anyone bought.....

[Jcfowler6]

Well back to the Mantles we go I guess. Just picked one up and a Clemente.


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[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Good to some other cards besides a bunch of Mantle cards and Mantle rookies being posted! I was beginning to thinks that's all anyone bought.....

Easy there, what's wrong with Mantle cards?

[DanP]

It's going to take me awhile to finish the set so I thought I would celebrate getting the 1st card in each stack.

I just bought #600 Oliva which gives me 370/664. I think it's going to take a long time to get the last 290+.

[MattyC]

Cool photos! Love the funky perspective of the stacks leaping up at the eye.

[JollyElm]

OT: whenever I see that 1969 card #1 I have to chuckle. Danny Cater finished second in the 1968 batting title race…when he only batted .290!!!!!!!!!!! A measly .290 got him forever on a leaders card. (Golf clap.)

Edited to add: If you look on the back of the card, the top 50 batters are listed. 21 of them batted below .250, and the last player listed is Paul Blair at .211. The year of the pitcher indeed!!

[ncinin]

Don't forget that Yaz entered September batting .285, trailing Oliva at .289. He batted around .370 or so in September just to get to .301.

Without his big Septmeber the AL batting champion would have been .290

[clydepepper]

Crazy 8s (PSA version)

1965 Topps NL ERA leaders PSA-8.jpg

1968 Topps Game Mantle PSA-8.jpg

1967 Topps Atletics Rookie Stars PSA-8.jpg

[MattyC]

This was an early birthday present to myself. Just came today and I was blown away by it, in hand. I have never been happier with a card purchase than this one. As happy, yes, but never happier.

I suspected it was sitting a little crooked in the eBay scan, which it was (this is the eBay scan; I am far too lazy right now to do another).

I would bet the farm this card-- if cracked and resubmitted-- will come back an 8. In this rare case I think I have to do just that. I've had mis-graded 7s go to 9s in the past, and this card seems as much a lock as those rare instances were. Over the moon with this Mick!

[Robextend]

[MattyC]

I remember opening an 88 Fleer wax box with my brother, which our father bought us. Aside from that fond memory, I have always found that set so nice to look at. The Donny from that set is one of my favorite cards of all time. The Smoltz is a great photo, and the sig looks great on it.

[Robextend]

Thanks Matt, was pleasantly surprised when I opened the envelope today...looked better in person than it did in the EBAY scan.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I remember opening an 88 Fleer wax box with my brother, which our father bought us. Aside from that fond memory, I have always found that set so nice to look at. The Donny from that set is one of my favorite cards of all time. The Smoltz is a great photo, and the sig looks great on it.

That's fine Matt, I'll send you all my 1988 Fleer for that Mantle...come on, be a pal!

I sure would not have that card regarded - PSA has been disappointing me that way this year and I would hate to see you loose a 6.5 - be satisfied...that is a great card! But that's just my opinion...I'm happy with my PSA-5.
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[Brianruns10]

Just got this one in the mail for my '52 set. I've NEVER seen this one so well centered, and paid a hefty premium for it, but totally worth it.

[CW]

^^^Beautiful card! '52s almost look unnatural when they're centered that perfectly.

Congrats on the Mantle, Matt!

[Rickyy]

Okay not a exactly a card...but a cool 73 box!



Ricky Y

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

Okay not a exactly a card...but a cool 73 box!
Ricky Y

Love the odd-ball stuff like the lids. I really enjoyed seeing your pick up...

[Big Red Machine]

I recently picked up a 1974 OPC Johnny Bench PSA 9. It is the only PSA 9 of this card.

[Eric72]

My two most recent additions...

[arexcrooke]

Bunch of great cards yall!
That's pretty solid centering on the 52 Topps Ashburn. The ines ive seen are pretty gnarly centering wise.
And the 53 Bowmans are just stunningly beautiful cards.
Congrats on both!