December Pickups

[MattyC]

The second phase should be here in a few days. I have gone a little hog wild lately. Will have the 50's Mantle Run done soon...

The 52 Bowman is dead 50/50 left/right, despite how the left inner ridge of the holder is obscuring a sliver of the left edge (a main reason that holder is such a chafe when it comes to scanning).

[the 'stache]

Great cards, Matt!!

I've been looking for an ungraded Henderson card that nice for a while. In fact, that's what I was looking for before checking this thread again.

[MattyC]

Thanks, Stache! I'm kind of addicted to buying high-end 9 Hendersons. When I look at Gem Mt 10s (some of which really are not worthy of the grade) sell for 10k, and then I see some 9s that have but one tiny flaw, usually a fisheye, selling for $330...it just seems like a great value. I could never see paying 9700 to essentially remove a tiny fisheye that is hardly as noticeable in hand as it is in a hugely blown up scan. High-end, centered 9s just hit my eye as gem, and the composition of that whole card is beautiful, IMO. The lighting, the stance, the banner design, the light blue framing, the crispy white borders...a tiltless, centered Rickey RC is to me a thing of beauty! Here is my PSA specimen...

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Thanks, Stache! I'm kind of addicted to buying high-end 9 Hendersons. When I look at Gem Mt 10s (some of which really are not worthy of the grade) sell for 10k, and then I see some 9s that have but one tiny flaw, usually a fisheye, selling for $330...it just seems like a great value. I could never see paying 9700 to essentially remove a tiny fisheye that is hardly as noticeable in hand as it is in a hugely blown up scan. High-end, centered 9s just hit my eye as gem, and the composition of that whole card is beautiful, IMO. The lighting, the stance, the banner design, the light blue framing, the crispy white borders...a tiltless, centered Rickey RC is to me a thing of beauty! Here is my PSA specimen...

I'm with you. Those two Hendersons have just as much eye appeal as any 10, and to me at least, it's not worth spending all the additional money. I'm not out to impress anybody, and I'd rather buy more cards. I love the late 70s Topps cards, as they're the first ones I got into as a kid. When I add my 9 Henderson, I'll be thrilled.

I'm working on developing my eye on ungraded cards. I've started getting some real beauties in the 70s. It just takes time and patience (plus good scans, and good sellers willing to answer questions/provide additional questions).

[the 'stache]

Matt, I'll see your '78 Brett, and raise you a '78 Yount. Just came in today.



This '79 Yount will eventually go in for grading, too. Really nice example. Perfect centering, nice sharp corners and edges. A really beautiful card for considering it's 34 years old.

[MattyC]

Wow those are two sparkling examples. The 78 is CRISPY. Must say that card hits the eye as a GEM 10.

And what I love about that 79 is how, when you focus on the lower banner horizontally, it has no tilt. So many 79s seem slanted when you look at that banner on the bottom. Great cards! Now I need some more Younts! Here is a 79 card I have in the collection that has a similarly straight lower banner...

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Wow those are two sparkling examples. The 78 is CRISPY. Must say that card hits the eye as a GEM 10.

And what I love about that 79 is how, when you focus on the lower banner horizontally, it has no tilt. So many 79s seem slanted when you look at that banner on the bottom. Great cards! Now I need some more Younts! Here is a 79 card I have in the collection that has a similarly straight lower banner...

I've noticed that, too. So many of the 70s cards have a tilt, and the 79s are some of the worst. The '77 cards are awful, too. When you do find a card with decent centering, there's little white space between the bottom border and edge, and the tilt really jumps out when present.

I'm convinced the '77 Yount is going to be the hardest to find. There are 110 PSA 9s, but they rarely hit Ebay. It looks like the collectors that have them are stashing them away. PWCC sold one in mid December for $207.50. The last 9 before that was sold two months earlier. That's at least 3 x his second year card.

Really nice Molly, by the way. And while we're on the subject of nightmare cards, Molitor's rookie card is really tough to find with a clean white surface. So many of his rookie cards have that awful smudge. I've got a feeling that card in true mint is going to command a premium before too long.

[MattyC]

I agree on the Molitor RC, in terms of finding a clean one. It should command the kind of premium we see when a 51B Mick is somewhat centered with no print line, or when a Ryan has no tilt with good centering, or when a Rose RC has a print dot-free blue area. Here's my Molitor that's been with me for a while now...

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The second phase should be here in a few days. I have gone a little hog wild lately. Will have the 50's Mantle Run done soon...

The 52 Bowman is dead 50/50 left/right, despite how the left inner ridge of the holder is obscuring a sliver of the left edge (a main reason that holder is such a chafe when it comes to scanning).

Matt your on fire wow a lot of nice mantle !!

[MattyC]

Thx, bro. Here is the latest. Right edge of holder obscures a sliver of the card's right edge, so centering is a hair better than scan indicates. Needed to have a Maris card...

[pawpawdiv9]

Geez...some awesome pieces there Matty C.
Wished i had known you were searching for Mantles, I have some nice ones for sale in the BST.
Overall, this thread is hot as a firecracker on NewYearsEve

[39special]

Picked up some Exhibits and a '60 Bell Brand for my Furillo collection.

[MattyC]

Chris,

Thx, bro-- where are those Mantles? Just perused the BST boards.

Here's the latest...

[Harliduck]

WOW...Great Rose RC...I was just looking at those today (63 Topps coming soon)


I had to settle for the soon to be freed 67 version as I continue to chip at the set -