January Pickups

[MattyC]

Good point; I've seen WAY uglier 8s!

[GregC]

Stunning Clemente and Rose RCs there. The pickups on this board always amaze me. Great stuff. Makes me want to buy cards...damn it!

Torre looks like a mess. I still remember his sporting good store on 13th Ave in Brooklyn. They had a Torre RC on display there. MattyC and I got our first aluminum bat there.

[MattyC]

I had forgotten that store! They even sold cards there; a small selection. Grandma bought me a 1987 Topps Traded Set there.

1987 Topps Traded Kevin Seitzer. Does it get any better than that card?!

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I had forgotten that store! They even sold cards there; a small selection. Grandma bought me a 1987 Topps Traded Set there.

1987 Topps Traded Kevin Seitzer. Does it get any better than that card?!

Oh man...I was 17 in 87...and your comment brought me back to the hey day of tracking rookies and hoarding all those great card names! Seitzer was hot there for a bit for sure! How many 88 Donruss Jefferies did you have? I had like 20...I was king of the block for a year...haha...



GREAT Clemente card...I am in the market and seeing that makes me VERY jealous...VERY. I have been so fricken picky and wussy about it...that I gave myself a 3/1 deadnet date. If I don't have one in hand by 3/1, I told my wife to fine me out of my card budget...and she will....hahaha...its the last card I need for the set for crying out loud!

[MattyC]

John,

Finding a centered Clemente RC is no small task. I can't count how many I've seen over the years, and none-- unless it was an astronomically priced 8 or 9, and even those were occasional-- compelled me to pull the trigger. Only when I found my baby, pictured way above in this thread (or was it December pickups? Ah, whatever, I will post a pic again at bottom of this post) did I just know I had to pull the trigger. And it seems that we all "overpay" when we find our chosen Clemente RCs. Which makes me realize and believe it is not overpaying at all, but rather paying a deserved premium for an example of a card that is ROUTINELY found with eye appeal problems. So do not fret. It will happen.

Now, as to those rookies... I was bullish on:

Gary Thurman 88D Rated Rookie
Matt Williams 88F (I guess that one turned out well)
Gregg Jefferies OF COURSE. His 88D and F were huge cards.
Mike Greenwell.
Kevin Maas.
Danny Tartabull 1985D Rated Rookie
Ted Higuera
Chris Brown
Rob Deer
RICKY JORDAN!!!!

The list goes on.

Like Chris did, here's the one I "overpaid" for! Look forward to you joining the club soon!

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Now, as to those rookies... I was bullish on:

Gary Thurman 88D Rated Rookie
Matt Williams 88F (I guess that one turned out well)
Gregg Jefferies OF COURSE. His 88D and F were huge cards.
Mike Greenwell.
Kevin Maas.
Danny Tartabull 1985D Rated Rookie
Ted Higuera
Chris Brown
Rob Deer
RICKY JORDAN!!!!

The list goes on.

... Matt Nolkes, Pete Incaviglia, Bobby and Barry Bo, Al Leiter (2x '88 Topps variations), McGwires/Cansecos and Walt Weiss, Will the Thrill... and still it goes on

[MattyC]

Ah, Nokes. Remember that season he had? Like .290 with 30+ HR? Seemed he could no go wrong.

Olereud seemed scorching hot and he did become awesome, but maybe not fast enough for the hobby.