New Acquisitions Thread

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's too big, 8 by 10, but I was drawn to it. The Bucks went from 27 wins to 56 in his first year.

[Neal]

sweet Lew!

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Nice start...

thanks Adam

addicted ....

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[kid4hof03]

Great pickups Neal! The 81 Bird and Magic are two great cards to start a collection with.

[kid4hof03]

Picked this up last week, only one more Magic rookie to go

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Nice cards, Neal! The '70 Oscar was one of my first vintage basketball cards too. Oddly enough, in a PSA 7 as well.

Arthur

[Neal]

Thanks Arthur

Nice pickup Abe!

[Exhibitman]

Snagged a couple of raw cards the other night:

[Kurri17]

Wow, very nice. And gee whiz, those corners are great. Love those award winner subset cards. Great pick ups.

[Arazi4442]

Been travelling for work a lot lately, but finally made it to the post office.....

(don't know why my pics always get uploaded sideways)

[irv]

Originally Posted by Arazi4442

Been travelling for work a lot lately, but finally made it to the post office.....

(don't know why my pics always get uploaded sideways)

I have found no logical answer why some do and some don't. In my documents, where I store my uploaded photos, they can be perfect/straight, but once I upload them they go sideways/upside down like yours do.

What I do now is edit all my photos, only slightly, but something, then resave it/them before uploading to here or other sites.

Works for me so maybe it will work for you and others as well?

[ramram]

Rppc of one of the greatest teams in early pro basketball. It is the 1907-08 Gloversville (NY) team with HOF'er Ed Wachter (Ed is depicted in the 1933 Sport Kings cards). The team also included his brother Lew. Several of these players later became the nucleus of the great Troy Trojans team. This card is partially signed by Ed and was sent to a family member.

Rob M

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[Stampsfan]

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My first PWCC purchase. A couple of nice HOF additions for the set I'm building.


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Picked this OPC version up a couple of months ago. It was too nice to pass up.

[jb217676]

Here's a C. 1905 Ottawa "Silver Seven" Postcard. Includes Billy Gilmour, "One-Eyed" Frank McGee, Harvey Pulford, Alf Smith & Harry Westwick. This is the tougher to find black & white version of this postcard. Thanks Jim!

[Exhibitman]

Sometimes a raw purchase pays off:

[Peter_Spaeth]

Adam, congratulations and good eye.

[Exhibitman]

Thanks; I had that card when I was a kid, and now I get to have one all over again!

Man, I love this set:

[Peter_Spaeth]

A recent pickup of a guy who ended up a decent player.

[Exhibitman]

Nice, the poor man's Gretzky RC.

I also picked up a few Mikitas for less than the cost of submitting a pair of raw cards to PSA. Didn't take three months to get them, either:

[Stampsfan]

Posted this elsewhere, but... Picked this up last night, to close in on completing my WWG Ice Kings set.

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[irv]

Nice P/U's guys.

The more I see hockey cards the more I want to venture away from my 52 Topps and start collecting those again.

[jb217676]

Here's a real cool postcard! A 1935-36 Birmingham Maple Leafs RPPC signed by Sid Bissett. Team played in the English League - Birmingham, England.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Picked these up yesterday. 1970 Montreal Canadien pins.

Bought a shiny Lebron card today

[Peter_Spaeth]

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

[aro13]

Wow! That Russell is sweet - first one I have ever seen.

[kid4hof03]

That Russell is incredible!

[jad22]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

I think having one is quite ideal, in any condition. Really, how many are out there?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

[Peter_Spaeth]

Looked a long time for this one.

[Exhibitman]

First one I've seen. You're really killing it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

First one I've seen. You're really killing it.

And it was all of $30 on ebay (international).

[Kurri17]

OK, now this might not look like much, as this card probably books for $2 raw, but this is a big one for me. This card completes my '80s Topps and OPC PSA graded run of Jari Kurri. The rest of the run has been complete for probably six years, but I had never seen this Topps 86/87 version in graded form. After looking for years, a friend of mine offered to submit one of my raw ones to PSA to complete my run. This was the result, and if you check the pop report you will see it is the only "9" recorded. Of course, very few of this Topps version have been graded. I might be the only one to get excited about a single like this, but I'm really excited to finally add this, and grateful to my good friend for getting it graded for me.

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[jb217676]

Here's some pick-ups from the Toronto Expo last weekend:

• 1952 Juniors Blue Tint #139 Henri Richard (Pre-Rookie)
• 1970 OPC Bobby Orr Sticker Stamps PSA 8
• 1970-71 Post Cereal Hockey Mini Stick Decal Bobby Orr (Tough!)
• 1970-71 Bobby Orr Team Issue (Includes "Saskatoon Motor Products Ltd." stamp on reverse)
• 1987-88 Hull Olympiques Police Safety Issue Wayne Gretzky (Signed) This card is one of the tougher Gretzky Police cards to locate!

[irv]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Here's some pick-ups from the Toronto Expo last weekend:

• 1952 Juniors Blue Tint #139 Henri Richard (Pre-Rookie)
• 1970 OPC Bobby Orr Sticker Stamps PSA 8
• 1970-71 Post Cereal Hockey Mini Stick Decal Bobby Orr (Tough!)
• 1970-71 Bobby Orr Team Issue (Includes "Saskatoon Motor Products Ltd." stamp on reverse)
• 1987-88 Hull Olympiques Police Safety Issue Wayne Gretzky (Signed) This card is one of the tougher Gretzky Police cards to locate!

Well done, Jeff.

How was the Expo? I wasn't able to make it to this one either!

[jb217676]

It was great Dale!

[Anish]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

Wow, incredible!

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

Very nice, my friend. There was a low-grade Wilt Chamberlain that recently sold on eBay - did you see that one?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Very nice, my friend. There was a low-grade Wilt Chamberlain that recently sold on eBay - did you see that one?

No I must have missed that one. I did see the PSA 6 Jerry West in REA that sold for almost 10K though. Yikes.

[Exhibitman]

After all the great stuff posted recently (a Topps Test Russell, are you kidding?), these are almost embarrassing to post but I had a nice visit to my LCS and pulled these from a $0.50 cent box and had a great time doing it:

[Peter_Spaeth]

I loved 70s basketball. Seeing McGinnis there reminds me of what a great player I, and lots of others, thought he would be. I remember years later reading an article to the same effect, with a title, and I think I remember it, "Oh, What Might Have Been." Yes, he made the HOF eventually for his ABA years, but he had all-time great potential IMO.

I suppose you could say something similar about Thompson, although he had somewhat more success than McGinnis and didn't IMO fall as far short of his potential. I saw him live as a sophomore. He went for something like 40 against a great Maryland team. He could leap out of the building.

And here it is.

http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3057

[FourStrikes]

don't see a ton of tennis items on here, but picked this up a few weeks ago

approx. 2 7/8 x 3 1/12 Japanese advertising label

[Peter_Spaeth]

Delighted to post some tennis rookie cards.

[jb217676]

Signed copies of this card are real tough to find, happy to get one!

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Not a new pickup but Peter's cards made me think of it and I suspect most have never seen it. Plus I'll probably never have an opportunity to post a tennis card again. From a 1980 Argentinean multisport set called Deportistas. I love that they called him Joan by accident.



Arthur

[Exhibitman]

[Peter_Spaeth]

It seems SGC is available for much lower prices than PSA, glad to pick this one up.

[irv]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Signed copies of this card are real tough to find, happy to get one!

I guess so!

Nice P/U, Jeff!

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It seems SGC is available for much lower prices than PSA, glad to pick this one up.

Another great looking card!

I recently gave this Orr card (top left) to my buddy's 10 yr old son. He brought some cards to our trailer for me to look at last year so this year I thought I'd return the favor.
He says he still collects when he can, but playing Rep Lacrosse doesn't afford him a lot of time.

After talking with him and showing him some cards I collected when I was around his age, plus my John Tavares RC, I gave him this Orr card.
The exuberant smile he gave me then the huge bear hug right after brought a tear to my eye.
Needless to say, I think I made his day and may have converted him to a life long collector?

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Nice work, Dale! We need to keep growing the cult!

Arthur

[Peter_Spaeth]

My third Star Jordan (no 101 lol), all before the supposed "rookie."

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Nice card, Peter. Weird to think that if that were centered lower BGS would have given it a 9.5. Looks so much better the way it is there. A "perfectly" centered Star card gets an 8.5 from BGS. Really makes you think.

I love the Star Supers. The two best looking Star Jordans are his '84 and '85 Supers.

Arthur