New FB Acquisitions

[revmoran]

Maybe a PSA 8 Canadian is a 9 American with the exchange rate

I'd always heard this card was hard to find nice because it was the last card in the set and subject to greater wear and tear for those orderly people who kept their cards stacked in order secured with rubber bands. And this is his earliest card.

[Beansballcardblog]

Very nice Fats Henry. During the Black Friday sales on COMC, I was able to pick up one in decent shape for a good price for my set.

Another pickup, this time from the "VIntage Football Cards" group on Facebook.

At Least It Doesn’t Smell Like Wieners

1960 Kahn's #27 Ray Renfro by kekinsley, on Flickr

1960 Kahn's #27 Ray Renfro (back) by kekinsley, on Flickr

[mart8081]

Got this in December:

JimThorpe.jpg

About 65% complete now on the set in SGC holders

[revmoran]

Originally Posted by mart8081

Got this in December:

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About 65% complete now on the set in SGC holders

That's a great example of the Thorpe card and it presents so nicely in the SGC holder.

[mart8081]

Originally Posted by revmoran

That's a great example of the Thorpe card and it presents so nicely in the SGC holder.

Thank you - I had been searching for quite a while to find a decent example in my budget range.

[Beansballcardblog]

Originally Posted by mart8081

Got this in December:

Attachment 219682

About 65% complete now on the set in SGC holders

I love that Thorpe, it's a beauty. I love the SGC holders and am thinking of doing a set registry for my 1955 All Americans as well. It will never be a top graded set, but just something to do for fun. I live in Fort Worth and for about a year, Beckett was setting up at shows. We could drop cards for grading and they'd bring them back to the next show. For that reason, I had them grade my Thorpe.

img357 by kekinsley, on Flickr

Now that they've stopped, I will be sending in my first SGC submission in the next few months. I'm going to start a thread at some point hoping to get opinions, ideas and tips on anything that I might want to do. The folks on here have been so good to chat with! I'm even debating cracking that Thorpe out and sending to SGC.

-kin

[Beansballcardblog]

I know it's in poor shape, but I found it on COMC for less than $25. I didn't have one from this set yet, so I picked it up.

My Newest Oldest Football Card

1935 National Chicle #7 Ken Strong by kekinsley, on Flickr

1935 National Chicle #7 Ken Strong (back) by kekinsley, on Flickr

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice pick up! My first one was Ben Ciccone. Amazing to think they used to drop kick FGs and PATs (no holder). I think Dutch Clark was the last of the drop kickers although Strong himself kicked as late as 47! I'm guessing he abandoned the drop kick when the shape of the ball changed..... And too bad Chicle couldn't have squeezed in some mention of the Sneakers game - guy was basically the MVP of the previous season's championship game and they couldn't manage to make some mention of it on his football card

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Nice pick up! My first one was Ben Ciccone. Amazing to think they used to drop kick FGs and PATs (no holder). I think Dutch Clark was the last of the drop kickers although Strong himself kicked as late as 47! I'm guessing he abandoned the drop kick when the shape of the ball changed..... And too bad Chicle couldn't have squeezed in some mention of the Sneakers game - guy was basically the MVP of the previous season's championship game and they couldn't manage to make some mention of it on his football card

Drop kicks are cool. Apparently Doug Flutie had been bugging Bill Belichick forever to let him do one. Here's the result:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3EaLfpZjaw

jeff

P.S. Still have a stack of Chicle doubles for those interested in working on this set.

[LuckyLarry]

Nice load of eBay purchases in my mailbox this afternoon Still "chipping" away at my early Bowman sets, and finally completed 1970 Topps Supers with this Butkus. I had viewed the Butkus listing earlier in the week, and then eBay sent me a message that the price had been cut in half to $3.75 plus .79c to ship. So I bought it!
Larry

[sockwell123]

Nice group of cards there Larry. and thanks for showing the back of the super.. ne'er seen the backs before.

[Beansballcardblog]

It's been awhile since I've posted, so I thought I'd share. I don't have all of them uploaded onto Flickr, so I will just post the blog links for anyone interested to have a look. I'll try to do a better job of keeping up to date going forward!

Love all the recent posts from everyone!

Low Grade Vintage Pickups from COMC

More COMC 1955 Topps All American Pickups

Doak Walker Pickup from Net54

Mailday from the Other Side of the Pond

Yes, a Non-Baseball “T” Card Addition

More 1948 & 1949 Leaf cards!

Hope everyone has a great week and happy collecting!

-kin

[Blcmmh]

Picked up this beauty. Only know of one other.

[LuckyLarry]

I was thumbing through my 1951 Topps cards the other day, re-checking my wantlist. Discovered that instead of needing just one card to complete my set, I was missing four! Of course this is almost always better than buying a card and discovering you already had it. So I picked up two of the '51 Topps I needed along with a '52 Bowman Small hit.

I couldn't find out much about Elmer Costa. It looks like he might have been drafted by the Browns in 1952.

On September 23, 1951 Arnold Burwitz, along with three other players, stole chickens from the school’s farm. In response the school suspended him immediately from the team and two days later expelled him from school.

Billy Howton had a pretty good NFL career playing 12 years with the Packers, Browms, and Cowboys.