February pickups

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Nice card. I am also working on this set and have about 1/4 of it so far. Looks like I need to start riding in the same elevators that you do.

I'm now at 16/55, so right in the same neighborhood as you. In the BST section, I posted two I have for trade, Gibson and Petrocelli.

[GasHouseGang]

Picked up recently.

[scmavl]

I met back up with the older gentleman I got the '49 Paige from and purchased these two beauties. The Gehrig was one he was given from his cousin, but the Mantle is one he pulled from a pack himself as a kid. The gloss on the front of the card is unreal.

[fusorcruiser]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I met back up with the older gentleman I got the '49 Paige from and purchased these two beauties. The Gehrig was one he was given from his cousin, but the Mantle is one he pulled from a pack himself as a kid. The gloss on the front of the card is unreal.

Hi Jarrod, Wow, what a beautiful raw Mick! Great centering. Nice Gehrig too. Solid buys!

[GasHouseGang]

Great looking cards Jarrod! It would be great to find someone with those kind of raw cards to sell.

[ASF123]

All right, that’s it. I know there are definitely old guys who live in my neighborhood. I’ve seen ‘em. Time to go knock on some doors.

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by scmavl

I met back up with the older gentleman I got the '49 Paige from and purchased these two beauties. The Gehrig was one he was given from his cousin, but the Mantle is one he pulled from a pack himself as a kid. The gloss on the front of the card is unreal.

Oh man, those are awesome!


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[Casey2296]

Beautiful cards Jarrod. There's something different about cards that have been hidden in collections for 30+ years. They have an unspoken dignity to them.

[scmavl]

Thanks, all. He was a nice guy that I paid a very fair price to for these. I probably even overpaid for raw cards, but I agree with what you said Casey...These aren’t slabbed cards that have been bought and sold a dozen times just in the past year. These are memories from his childhood that have been in a box for 60 years. He has a couple more Mantles and I educated him on the best way to sell them if he so chooses. I even offered to post them here on his behalf, but I think he’s going another route. A very nice man, and I enjoyed meeting up and talking with him these past couple of times.

[jchcollins]

Jarrod, super nice vintage Yankees. If you "overpaid" for those cards raw, my guess is you will not feel that way for long in this market. Huge score, congrats!