May pickups 2013

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

I rarely get really excited about card purchases, but it felt really great to pick this one up:





178 down, 28 to go.

I hope you picked this up at the $.99 cent store. Or did Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder picked it out for ya bud?
Looks like someone been chewing on it for a while. Betcha its authentic, because that be hard to fake- LOL
EDIT-
Oh crap...just noticed the back of the card. Venezuelan!!!!
See i have no clue on these odd-ball cards.

[CW]

Hey, at least you had enough of a clue to figure it out afterwards.

Whenever I see someone getting really excited about a super beat up, late 60s/early 70s Topps card, I can almost assume it's a Venezuelan. Then when you see the back, you think to yourself, "!Si, está un Venezuelan!"

Nice grab, Chris!

[pawpawdiv9]

I received my lots from REA this morning...yes it is truely Xmas in June.
Trying to crop pics and stuff to begin selling the stuff others have interest in.
The Berk Ross set was something..they looked really old and nice and with 2 Mantles. Then i looked at the Red Heart (which i already own one) and then there it was the Dan-Dee.....truely WOW!

Just found out some neat info on the 1964 Traindos/Mantle(back) thru a Ebay listing: Had a B/O for 995.00 and sold for 577.77
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-TOPPS-S...-/190583543323
Presented here is a rare 1964 Topps Salesman Sample Panel with #50 Mickey Mantle on the back graded PSA Authentic. It’s 1 of 1, the only panel ever graded with Gus Triandos on the front. In fact, only one other single Topps Panel card with Mantle on the back has ever been graded (it features the A.L. Strikeout Leaders on the front). This spectacular card was once part of a 3-card Topps Salesman sample, and is cut superbly with no creases and stunning EX/MT-NEAR MINT condition. PSA doesn’t currently assign grades to these hand cut cards yet, but I believe it would merit PSA 6.5 if assigned a grade.
If you compare the back of this Mantle to the back of a regular 1964 Topps #50 Mickey Mantle card back, you’ll notice a striking difference: The back of his Salesman panel features a deep rich orange color, versus the lighter/paler orange on the back of his regular Topps issue.

Now am i wondering??? Now that i have one?? IT WILL BE ON EBAY NOW!!!!!! link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200929985527...84.m1555.l2649
HERES MORE DETAILED INFO on the salesman sample:
http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2012/02/20/2114902/
It’s in the biography. The first card mentions Mantle’s (then) 15 World Series homers, “breaking a mark set by Babe Ruth.” The second one stops at the reference to the homers. No Ruth.

[Bestdj777]

Thanks Chuck! And Chris, did you really think I would have been that excited over a regular topps in that shape?

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Thanks Chuck! And Chris, did you really think I would have been that excited over a regular topps in that shape?

The climate in that latitude is not really generous to card preservation. I wonder how long it's been in the States (assuming you bought it here). Any history behind it?

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Paul S

The climate in that latitude is not really generous to card preservation. I wonder how long it's been in the States (assuming you bought it here). Any history behind it?

I wish I had gotten some of the history behind it. I did buy it from someone in the States though, so I would imagine it has been here for at least a little while. A few of my Venezuelans came from a seller in Venezuela though, which was pretty neat.

[David W]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

I wish I had gotten some of the history behind it. I did buy it from someone in the States though, so I would imagine it has been here for at least a little while. A few of my Venezuelans came from a seller in Venezuela though, which was pretty neat.

I think it has been brought up before, but I think you have Bill White, John Roseboro and Hank Aaron in the background on that card.