February Pick Up Thread

[nat]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

1923 world series game 1...1st ws game at the NEW...yankee stadium.

Granted that you can't really get much information from an inflation calculator when you're trying to compare time frames 100 years apart, but that said:

$5.50 in 1923 works out to about $100 in 2025. Not bad for third-row lower-deck tickets to a World Series game!

[paul]

That's not just a rare Successful Farming back Jackson. It's a no number on front Jackson. Those are even rarer.

[Jason Carota]

[UKCardGuy]

Nothing major but I'm starting to build up my pre-war collection.

I'm enjoying the different ad backs in the M101-4 series. Is there a guide to the relative rarity of the different backs (e.g. Sporting News vs Weil vs Globe?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Nothing major but I'm starting to build up my pre-war collection.

I'm enjoying the different ad backs in the M101-4 series. Is there a guide to the relative rarity of the different backs (e.g. Sporting News vs Weil vs Globe?

Here is a link to the Old Cardboard website that has a chart Net54 members Tim and Todd created about the scarcity and relative availabilty of the M101-4 and M101-5 backs.


https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-4/m101pop.asp


and a link to an updated and detailed back article by Todd that is a pdf file on the Old Cardboard website:

https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-...scarcity4b.pdf


Brian

[mybuddyinc]

................. HOF (mis-cut ) ..... Ohio State Lg. ....... Fed ..............

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Fun, fun, Scott

[B O'Brien]

I was able to upgrade a couple backs in the T206 HOF set. I should probably finish the set before doing upgrades, but that’s no fun!

Enjoy the weekend,
Bob

[mrreality68]

Last pick up for a while.
Time to regroup

Sorry used this photo could not upload the primary photo no matter how much I tried

[Leon]

Originally Posted by benchod

Happy to keep this in the N54 family and add another piece of Leon's old collection to mine

You could at least take a new picture . That is a great card....Congrats,


And Jeff.,...those 2 Ruths are off the charts! Congrats.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Last pick up for a while.
Time to regroup

Sorry used this photo could not upload the primary photo no matter how much I tried

Wow, Jeff, crazy huge pickup. Definitely one of the top 10 Ruth cards. Congrats!

[Jason Carota]

Amazing Ruth, Jeff!

[Casey2296]

Congrats Jeff.

[mrreality68]

Thanks Leon, Gary, Jason and Phil

To much great stuff coming to fast

This is my Best February ever for pickups.

Now I am going to sit back and enjoy and re-group

Looking forward to whatever everyone in the board picks up and shares

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Last pick up for a while.
Time to regroup

Sorry used this photo could not upload the primary photo no matter how much I tried

Great Ruth card. If you haven't received it yet, make sure not to throw it out when it arrives. If I remember the hobby lore correctly, many years ago Barry Halper accidentally tossed out a Ruth Butter Cream that he won.


Brian

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Great Ruth card. If you haven't received it yet, make sure not to throw it out when it arrives. If I remember the hobby lore correctly, many years ago Barry Halper accidentally tossed out a Ruth Butter Cream that he won.


Brian

Well that is one way to keep the population count down.

And I will keep it in mind to avoid the same outcome

[Schlesinj]

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[rhettyeakley]

Haven't been picking up much lately but did pick up a few new N172 Old Judge cards I liked and thought it would be fun to make a video sharing some of my favorite cards I have from that set (including the new cards)

Newer pickups:
N172 John Crooks (Sliding Pose)
N172 John Tener (would go on to become Governor of Pennsylvania & President of the National League)
N172 Frank Foreman (Baltimore) -Great image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M619xh8rWEk

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Well that is one way to keep the population count down.

And I will keep it in mind to avoid the same outcome

For fun I searched the web for the Barry Halper Butter Cream Ruth story, and found a 2007 post from a Net54 thread discussing it in more detail, which I have quoted below.

Brian


I had the following story told to me tonight about a Butter Cream Ruth:

Shortly after it was discovered that there indeed was a Ruth card in the Butter Cream set (we're going back quite a few years here), one was offered in an auction. Barry Halper was interested in the card but told the person running the auction that he wasn't thrilled with the minimum bid. The Ruth card ended up not drawing a bid (!), and the next day Halper, who was high bidder on one other item in the auction, said he would purchase the Ruth for the minimum bid.

The other item that Halper won was rather bulky, so the Ruth was packed in a smaller box, which was placed in the larger box that contained the bulky item. I'll skip a few details that aren't that relevant to the story, but the end result was that Halper didn't realize the Butter Cream Ruth had been shipped with the other item, and that Ruth got thrown out with the larger box and packing materials.

So, an incredibly scarce card got even scarcer that day.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

For fun I searched the web for the Barry Halper Butter Cream Ruth story, and found a 2007 post from a Net54 thread discussing it in more detail, which I have quoted below.

Brian


I had the following story told to me tonight about a Butter Cream Ruth:

Shortly after it was discovered that there indeed was a Ruth card in the Butter Cream set (we're going back quite a few years here), one was offered in an auction. Barry Halper was interested in the card but told the person running the auction that he wasn't thrilled with the minimum bid. The Ruth card ended up not drawing a bid (!), and the next day Halper, who was high bidder on one other item in the auction, said he would purchase the Ruth for the minimum bid.

The other item that Halper won was rather bulky, so the Ruth was packed in a smaller box, which was placed in the larger box that contained the bulky item. I'll skip a few details that aren't that relevant to the story, but the end result was that Halper didn't realize the Butter Cream Ruth had been shipped with the other item, and that Ruth got thrown out with the larger box and packing materials.

So, an incredibly scarce card got even scarcer that day.

Well done on the research Brian. Makes sense on how it can happen but wow what a loss I wonder what that looked like and what it would have been worth today

[B O'Brien]

Swung by the closest card shop yesterday to buy a storage box and found a prewar card! I felt it was my duty to support them, so added a nice looking 1929 Kashin Lloyd Waner

Enjoy,
Bob

[MuncieNolePAZ]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

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Nice pick-ups Jamie. I was the underbidder on three of these.

Chad

[Brian]

I almost "tossed my cookies" when I read about Halper's Butter Cream Ruth. Yikes!

Great card, Jeff!

[DeanH3]

Big thanks to Luke for a trade that landed me a nice Cobb. Luke was the best and a pleasure to work with.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Big thanks to Luke for a trade that landed me a nice Cobb. Luke was the best and a pleasure to work with.

The color and especially the registration on your Cobb is real nice...congrats!

Brian

[Casey2296]

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Very nice Dean.
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[DeanH3]

Thanks Brian and Phil!

[cliffyb]

Pleased to pick this up off Heritage.

[wazoo]

Fun fun

[darwinbulldog]

teenage Ty

[mybuddyinc]

..................... Man, some great T206 backs !!!!!

............... A little of everything ..... HOF ..... Fed. Lg. ...... low pops ........

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I like the "big border" Mullin, as a 1914 FL champ...... and Collins ..............

Fun, fun (I got to trade mark that ), Scott

[gabrinus]

Those are nice Scott...Jerry

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Here is a link to the Old Cardboard website that has a chart Net54 members Tim and Todd created about the scarcity and relative availabilty of the M101-4 and M101-5 backs.


https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-4/m101pop.asp


and a link to an updated and detailed back article by Todd that is a pdf file on the Old Cardboard website:

https://www.oldcardboard.com/m/m101-...scarcity4b.pdf


Brian

That was a great article by Todd and Tim. However, it needs an update to reflect all the Morehouse backs that have popped up recently. Apparently, there is also another large group that may hit the market soon.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Big thanks to Luke for a trade that landed me a nice Cobb. Luke was the best and a pleasure to work with.

Great looking card!!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Brian

I almost "tossed my cookies" when I read about Halper's Butter Cream Ruth. Yikes!

Great card, Jeff!

Thanks Brian

And I can confirm mine was not tossed it made it safely to a good home.

Now time to relax and enjoy until the next (and something may be brewing)

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by Leon

Great looking card!!

Thanks Leon! Fantastic eye appeal for a 1.5. Looks great in hand.

[Yoda]

Picked up in the last Heritage auction a T3 McGraw, one of my favorite Turkey Reds.