April New Pick Ups Thread!

[B O'Brien]

One P42 Young in waiting when I got back from vacation and this one just got dropped off now! When it rains it pours. I may use one for trading stock, or maybe one for the backs line and one for the P42 group.

Happy mail day, two days in a row!

Enjoy,
Bob

[yanksfandboll20]

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

Wow that is a blazer, nice centering and clarity. Congrats! You hit it out of the park.

[yanksfan09]

Great looking Goudey Ruth! Congrats!

[Leon]

Congrats. Great looking card!
My fave from the set.

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

I’ll add to the praise: terrific eye appeal for the grade. Congrats!

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

Grail piece for sure! Congrats!

[Yoda]

Much loved and beautiful.

[parkplace33]

I see why a 1, but a beautiful example!

[Beercan collector]

Beautiful card , hard to find one where his face is in focus like that

[Kevlo17]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

Glad it made it and happy it went to a good home!

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

As other have said what a beauty of a pick up

Congrats

[charlietheexterminator]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Big thanks to Sonny T!

Mikey, concrats on the Solly BL, I know you were hunting for one.

[mybuddyinc]

.......................... an eclectic group ................

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................ hat's off to Billy Purtell -- only played in 26 games for 1914 Detroit -- but got his Coupon ...............

Fun, fun, Scott

[Brian Van Horn]

Who says there aren't inexpensive playing day cards of Ruth. So, there's an uneven top border. So, I'm going to baseball collectors anonymous soon.

[bandrus1]

E106 speaker

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bandrus1

E106 speaker

Great, colorful looking E106 Speaker. The glossiness seen on the E106 cards really can intensify its look.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Even non-superstars can have great looking cards. Here is a R314 Goudey Wide Pen card of Gee Walker, who also wasn't too big of a schlub...almost .300 career lifetime hitter, almost 2000 hits, almost 1000 RBI's...

Brian

[bandrus1]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Great, colorful looking E106 Speaker. The glossiness seen on the E106 cards really can intensify its look.

Brian

I have owned a beat one in the past

I'm extremely excited to see it in person

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bandrus1

I have owned a beat one in the past

I'm extremely excited to see it in person

I think you will like its look.

Here is my beat one...it serves as a great, colorful looking filler for the E90-1 Speaker I will never own.


Brian

[bandrus1]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I think you will like its look.

Here is my beat one...it serves as a great, colorful looking filler for the E90-1 Speaker I will never own.


Brian

That looks exactly like the one I owned at one time

[JJ McGraw]

Just got this back from the eBay Authenticator on Friday…..yes…..it’s authentic.
1914 Ray Fisher Cracker Jack Card #102. Seems like this one came in a box with a little caramel stain . And Edmond , whoever he was , signed on the back above the line. All Cracker Jack prices are crazy these days, but the 1914’s are insane. Probably paid a little too much( esp with all the tax and fee heaped on) , but glad to have gotten it.
You especially don’t see as many Cracker Jack cards for sale here on the forum as one used to.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bandrus1

That looks exactly like the one I owned at one time

I believe I have had my Speaker for about 20 years. If you got rid of your beater somewhere in that time range, I might just have your former card. If I remember correctly, there was a seller on Ebay that was selling a bunch of similar, well-creased (a lot of vertical creases) E106 cards around that time...perhaps that was you? If so, cool for me, and congrats on getting a nice belated upgraded replacement.

Brian

[bandrus1]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I believe I have had my Speaker for about 20 years. If you got rid of your beater somewhere in that time range, I might just have your former card. If I remember correctly, there was a seller on Ebay that was selling a bunch of similar, well-creased (a lot of vertical creases) E106 cards around that time...perhaps that was you? If so, cool for me, and congrats on getting a nice belated upgraded replacement.

Brian

Nah Brian it was about 2 years ago I sold mine. Just very similar condition

[Rhotchkiss]

I picked this up from a fellow board member. If/when PSA ever slabs these, look out on value (see recent explosion of M101-2)

[molenick]

LOTG pickup arrived today.

[sacentaur]

@molenick that O’Hara is one beautiful card! I believe the Dockman & Sons is the smallest subset with just 40 cards.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by sacentaur

@molenick that O’Hara is one beautiful card! I believe the Dockman & Sons is the smallest subset with just 40 cards.

And also by far the most common...without looking at the pop reports I have a feeling that the total existing cards in the other three E92 sets combined (Croft's Candy, Croft's Cocoa, Nadja) don't come close to the total of Dockman cards available.

Brian

[molenick]

Thank you. FWIW, I have 8 Dockman, 5 Nadja, and 1 Crofts Candy.

[sacentaur]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

And also by far the most common...without looking at the pop reports I have a feeling that the total existing cards in the other three E92 sets combined (Croft's Candy, Croft's Cocoa, Nadja) don't come close to the total of Dockman cards available.

Brian

Good to know, thanks Brian.

[rdwyer]

26-1941 Play Ball cards. Here are a few:

[Jstottlemire1]

Recent add to my set.

[Brian Van Horn]

Been a good month.

[glchen]

Great pickups for everyone for this month. I'm continuing to work on the 1936 sport stamp run for Gehrig. Happy to get the Washington Herald one this month.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I picked this up from a fellow board member. If/when PSA ever slabs these, look out on value (see recent explosion of M101-2)

Fantastic Pickup very historical and great eye appeal

Congrats

[The Detroit Collector]

Originally Posted by glchen

Great pickups for everyone for this month. I'm continuing to work on the 1936 sport stamp run for Gehrig. Happy to get the Washington Herald one this month.

adding a few more stamps to the month

[mordecaibrown1]

Picked up a couple T215's. Although the Doyle is not labeled correctly, I will probably just leave it in the holder as is.

[calvindog]

Agree, Sam. No way I’d send that back to PSA for the year wait.

[Casey2296]

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Great pick ups Sam, congrats.

[mordecaibrown1]

Correct Jeff no way! And thanks Phill

Sam

[Howe’s Hunter]

This should be sitting at my desk when I return to work, so now down to missing 104 cards if Howe had a complete set at any time.

Taking a hard turn here, guys, at any age you need to have your PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level checked.

Just about a year ago, I started not feeling well. Move forward seven months and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. While it won’t kill you, it does spread to other tissues and organs and can kill you there.

I was lucky that after many PET, CAT, and MRI scans, it was determined it was still located only in the prostate gland, and last Friday, I had a robotic radical prostatectomy. It’s kicked my ass (I’ve never really had a surgery before, so that was a long nine hours for my wife to sit through). But I’m lucky that when I finally do heal, there isn't a chance of it spreading. It’s gone.

Guys, do what you can to prevent it, catch it, or stop it from spreading. For yourself and your family.

[Leon]

Coongrats Sam. Those are wonderful looking T215s!

Originally Posted by mordecaibrown1

Picked up a couple T215's. Although the Doyle is not labeled correctly, I will probably just leave it in the holder as is.

[JJ McGraw]

More April additions…….look at that Strunk card…..who says 1915’s aren’t stained……love that caramel!

[z28jd]

I’ve been doing genealogy research with my mom for months, mostly because there is a lot available for her mother’s family tree and not much available for the families of my other three grandparents. Anyway, I talked to my aunt (mom’s sister) on Sunday about all of the stuff I found. She asked about her dad’s side. I said I had very little, and then she just drops “My dad’s cousin was boxer Mickey Walker. Supposedly he was pretty good.”

I asked my mom about it and she said “We called him uncle Mickey!” then tells me stories I’m hearing for the first time in my life about a guy who has been ranked as high as the 11th best boxer ever. How did that not come up during three months of research talk? Crazy. So I had to buy a card. I’ll get more in the future

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Been a good month.

You really have! I love the Middy’s had a type example on my someday list for a while.

[Ionnaeus]

And my first post
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[mordecaibrown1]

Thanks Leon!

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Howe’s Hunter

This should be sitting at my desk when I return to work, so now down to missing 104 cards if Howe had a complete set at any time.

Taking a hard turn here, guys, at any age you need to have your PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level checked.

Just about a year ago, I started not feeling well. Move forward seven months and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. While it won’t kill you, it does spread to other tissues and organs and can kill you there.

I was lucky that after many PET, CAT, and MRI scans, it was determined it was still located only in the prostate gland, and last Friday, I had a robotic radical prostatectomy. It’s kicked my ass (I’ve never really had a surgery before, so that was a long nine hours for my wife to sit through). But I’m lucky that when I finally do heal, there isn't a chance of it spreading. It’s gone.

Guys, do what you can to prevent it, catch it, or stop it from spreading. For yourself and your family.

The importance of health issues like this can't be understated. Whether it's you, your significant other or another close family member, by all means, take it seriously. Supporting loved ones with serious long-term chronic issues is life-changing.

Thank you, Ed, for this reminder, and I am glad you got diagnosed and treated, and I hope your continued recovery is uneventful and you return to full health and spirit quickly.

--
Mike

[Ionnaeus]

Working on my Yankee Captains collection!

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by yanksfandboll20

My biggest pickup of my life, have dreamed of owning this. Thanks to Kevlo17 on here for making it a reality!

Untitled by Dylan Boll, on Flickr

That's a beauty for the given grade. Congrats!