February Pickup Thread

[mannybb24]

Wow, awesome card Travis!! What a tough find, Congrats!!!

Steve

[tlwise12]

Thanks Steve...It was a pretty tough find and even tougher to get someone to part with one of these!!!

[ChiefBenderForever]

I was pretty happy to see the fedex truck pull up today.

[Leon]

Congrats on the E286 Johnny....those are so tough....

[greenmonster66]

Another for my horizontal collection!

[ChiefBenderForever]

Originally Posted by Leon

Congrats on the E286 Johnny....those are so tough....

Thanks man ! I feel like I have some lost treasure and can't believe it's in my collection !

[mannybb24]

A big thank you to Phil Garry for this beauty.
I can finally cross this one off my list, Yea!!!!

[docpatlv]

Johnny....nice pick-up on the JuJu Bender. As Leon said, very tough type card. Probably only a handful of any player out there. Congrats.

[Robextend]

Awesome pickup Johnny, congrats!

[tbob]

Who says it doesn't pay to read this Board? In reading the thread about the 1909 Obak Gandil, I checked the seller's auctions and found he had some cards which did not sell, probably because of the insufficient listing. I bought a nice 1910 T212 Briggs which not only has the rare 150 Subjects backs but has a ghost player image on the back, all for less than $50. Not too shabby.

[DanP]

Originally Posted by mannybb24

A big thank you to Phil Garry for this beauty.
I can finally cross this one off my list, Yea!!!!

Steve, nice pickup! I blinked and missed this one. Bad for me but good for you. Congrats!

Dan

[mannybb24]

Thanks Dan!! A few board members contacted me before I saw it or else I probably would have lost out as well........a big thanks to those who helped me out!!
I have only seen 3 of these up for public sale in the past 5 years or so, I believe, so I'm definitely happy to add this one to my collection.

Steve

[BBT206]

Just received this Doyle in a trade.


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[t206hound]

Bought this raw in a lot last month and received back from SGC this month. The back has tape and some paper loss, but I think it's a beautiful card:

[Tim Kindler]

Thanks Rob D. for another flawless transaction on the BST! This is my best Lajoie yet. My blue background and my red background Lajoies are SGC 10s.
I just need the green background now. Anyone have one to sell?

[Mikehealer]

Very nice Hindu, Bill. A toughie to boot.

[Robextend]

Great pickups guys!

[Michael Peich]

Thanks to Steve Murray for this elusive little beauty. Only need Armstrong, Booles, and Martin to complete my set. Email if you have any/all of these three--I have trade material in 209-1s: mpeich@comcast.net.

Cheers, Mike

[Jason Carota]

Rob:

The image quality on that Goudey is unreal. Congrats!

[margoaepi]

I think my collecting is finding some focus:

[jimivintage]

Originally Posted by greenmonster66

Another for my horizontal collection!

Dang it, Neal! I was the under bidder!!!

[GrayGhost]

My first ever Sporting life card..

[jimivintage]

Picked up quite a few from my fellow HOF RC collector/helper, Dan. Here are a few of the cards from the 20+ card lot I just picked up.

[jimivintage]

oops, sorry about the Harris being upside down. Also, sorry about the large scans. Here is one more of the lot from Dan. Thanks, buddy!

[DanP]

Originally Posted by jimivintage

oops, sorry about the Harris being upside down. Also, sorry about the large scans. Here is one more of the lot from Dan. Thanks, buddy!

Jim, I always loved that Ross Young card! I'm going to miss him. Luckily he has the same pose on the Koester Bread!! Dan

[DixieBaseball]

2nd pick up of the year... Former Nashville Vol Mgr, George Stallings :

[Michael Peich]

Jeremy--You are such a devoted Nashville fan. It's inspiring!

Cheers, Mike

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Jeremy--You are such a devoted Nashville fan. It's inspiring!

Cheers, Mike

-- Mike - I appreciate the kind words.... I have been through many collecting themes over my lifetime, and this indigenous theme of collecting my hometown seems to have stuck the longest and gives me the most satisfaction.

Thanks ! JJ

[mybuddyinc]

" Bases on balls, you idiot, bases on balls is the the cause of all of this." -- George Stallings

[vintagetoppsguy]

Bought these on eBay this morining taking advantage of the double eBay bucks:










Bought these 2 earlier in the week:

[Ease]

Nice haul David!!

[jimivintage]

Just got this one in the mail today. One more off the HOF RC list! Presents well for a 30. Very happy!

[joeadcock]

Hello to all Net54 members.

[Kawika]

Tip Top pick-up, JA!

[mybuddyinc]

A BIG net54 THANK YOU to Ed W.

Although I don't collect T212's, I've always thought Wiggs and his wisp of clouds was a vintage classic. Add a “Buck Baker Back” and this became one of those random must-have cards !!!!!

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Deciphering the back:

James A. LR (indication he was a switch hitter ?)
Salt L – Cinn – SF 04 (Salt Lake – Cincinnati – San Francisco, 1904)
SL + NO 5 (Salt Lake and New Orleans, 1905)
BAK [BRK?] Det 6 (???????????* - Detroit, 1906)
Denver – Tol (Denver** - Toledo, 1907)
Altoona 8 (Altoona, 1908)
Oak 9 (Oakland, 1909)
Mont 10 (Montreal, 1910)
Oak 11 (Oakland, 1911)
Sea S/11 (Seattle, 1911)

B79 (who knows ?!?)

Long Jim in pencil

* Bak/Brk – Any ideas ???
** Can't find reference to him playing in Denver

[Vintagecatcher]

I have always thought the Wiggs T212 was a classic card as well.

According to The Baseball Reference, Big Jim Wiggs was born on "September 1, 1876 in Trondhjem, Norway." My guess is that B79 was meant to be a notation for date of birth, although there seems to be a 3 year difference from the data on The Baseball Reference page.


Patrick

[joeadcock]

Thanks to Matt Goebel(fellow net 54 member).

Egan cards are great.

[Exhibitman]

I'll bet Egan used to say "duh" a lot...

[BlueDevil89]

This one arrived in the mail today (coincidentally, today is Old Pete's birthday)...

[Vintagecatcher]

Picked this S74 silk up earlier tonight.

Not the best condition, but, nevertheless, a cool color combination.


Patrick

[brass_rat]

Got this one off eBay this month. I'm playing around with taking photos of cards rather than scanning, but I'm finding that I'm definitely no expert when it comes to finding the right lighting or settings.
Steve

[T206.org]

[Clutch-Hitter]

Three tough ones for my W517 set from the BST, thanks to FKW

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[Mikehealer]

Nice Demmitt.

[Mikehealer]

Always wanted one of these.

[quinnsryche]

Wow Mike, that Joss is a real beauty. Congrats!

[jb217676]

Picked up the '48 Bowman Feller from forum member yankeeno7. Also came with a bonus card... a 2001 Bowman Heritage signed by Feller! You rock Barry!

[brass_rat]

Originally Posted by Mikehealer

Nice Demmitt.

Thanks, Mike!

...and nice Joss you picked up!

Steve