November Pickups

[JollyElm]

Somebody roll in a wheelbarrow full of crispy bacon, because I am ready to party!!! After seemingly 100 years, my 1967 Topps set is now complete. Sure, I need a ton of upgrades, but it's officially done!!!!!!

I finally pick up a wickedly HTF Rocky Colavito #580 high number. And the centering is pretty frickin' exceptional for this card, too...

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To quote Marv Albert (when he's not doing any egregiously bizarre stuff), "Yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[stlcardsfan]

Congrats Darren! My all time favorite set. I can smell the bacon frying!

[clydepepper]

Cherry-Picking for 8% EBucks:

1968 Topps- MICKEY MANTLE PSA-8.jpg1968 Topps- SUPER STARS PSA-9.jpg

1973 Topps- ROBERTO CELEMENTE PSA-9.jpg1964 Topps- KOUFAX Strikes Out 15 PSA.DNA.jpg

[irv]

Great cards guys, and congrats on finishing your set, JollyElm.

[jason.1969]

The most I ever spent on a card I absolutely don't need for any of my hobby goals. Still, it was calling my name pretty hard when I ran across it.

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[JollyElm]

Geez, in starting this thread I feel like I'm the opening act for The Rollings Stones. I come out and play my minor hit and BOOM!!!!!!!! Mick and Keith take the stage and bring the house down. Damn, sweet cards, guys.

[clydepepper]

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[Peter_Spaeth]

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[jb67]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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Wow! Peter that is a very nice looking Jackie. Looks to be under-graded. Congrats.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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Nice Jackie Robinson Rookie. That is an older holder. I would send that in for review. It looks like it should at least get a half grade bump, if not a full grade (although PSA probably wouldn't bump to a 5 for us "normal" guys).

[Mishu2nite]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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Beautiful

[Mishu2nite]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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Beautiful

[Baseballcrazy62]

Happy to get this back from PSA.872DBD00-D61C-46F2-A314-0AEAAFE82CA8.jpg

[Jim65]

Finally found a 1967 Venezuelan Ron Swoboda to complete my team set.

[KCRfan1]

Nice card Mike! Tough set to find high quality cards, those things chip easily.

[MarcosCards]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Somebody roll in a wheelbarrow full of crispy bacon, because I am ready to party!!! After seemingly 100 years, my 1967 Topps set is now complete. Sure, I need a ton of upgrades, but it's officially done!!!!!!

Used ebay bucks and that 10% off discount to finally pick up a wickedly HTF Rocky Colavito #580 high number. And the centering is pretty frickin' exceptional for this card, too...

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To quote Marv Albert (when he's not doing any egregiously bizarre stuff), "Yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Congrats Darren on picking up that very nice Colavito to complete your 1967 Topps set! As we used to say at old Tiger Stadium in the early 60s — “Don’t knock the Rock!”

[quitcrab]

Love the 67 Swoboda. I was lucky enough to drive Ron to and from Laguardia Airport in August. He is a NICE guy. Really enjoyed talking baseball with him. Funny.. I am a Brooks Robinson collector and Ron made that amazing catch in 69 WS to put Brooks out !

I also found out we grew up about 10 miles apart in Baltimore.

[BLongley]

Tech trouble... disregard until I can get the pic loaded... grabbed a 1960 Yaz though, nicely centered and one of those cards I just always liked and wanted... even as a Yankees fan!

[JollyElm]

And I've officially become just like my sainted grandmother searching for serious bargains, picking up this very high grade 1961 'Say Hey Kid' with incredible centering but a touch of snow, giving it a 'PD' designation, at a fraction of the cost...

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[jason.1969]

Am preparing myself for the possibility of disappointment when I head to the grading booth at the Chicago show in a couple weeks. Still, I decided to roll the dice with a refund being my worst case scenario. Front looks great to me. Back makes me a bit uneasy. Happy to hear your thoughts.

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[clydepepper]

Nice pickup on BST - Thanks Mark


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[Neal]

Jason, the Williams looks okay to me. What are your concerns?

Nice pickups guys!

Oddball Joe D for me

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and a couple of cards I once traded for on a playground way back in the day

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Neal

Jason, the Williams looks okay to me. What are your concerns?

Nice pickups guys!

Oddball Joe D for me

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and a couple of cards I once traded for on a playground way back in the day

Thanks, Neal. I worried the bio portion on Ted's achievements looked a slightly different color (bluer?) than the rest of the text. Would love to be wrong!

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Somebody roll in a wheelbarrow full of crispy bacon, because I am ready to party!!! After seemingly 100 years, my 1967 Topps set is now complete. Sure, I need a ton of upgrades, but it's officially done!!!!!!

Nice. I'm also doing the '67 set. My Colavito (raw) was probably in the EX range, but way, wayy OC top to bottom - like 97/3 or something. I eventually sold it figured I'd pickup a better centered one later. You are right it's tough to find that card well-centered at all. I still sold mine for more than I paid for it because '67 highs - and particularly that card - seem to sell like hotcakes.

[jchcollins]

Nice week for my ‘67s:




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[jbl79]

Haven't picked up much vintage recently. Just picked up a couple nice Mantles I liked.

[DBesse27]

Some randoms that were too cheap on Facebook not to snatch up:





Speaking of that Aparicio lot, I have the following for sale or trade if anybody is interested.

1973 Topps PSA 6.5
1974 Topps PSA 8

[Jim65]

Tom Seaver Action Cartridge in the box.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by jbl79

Haven't picked up much vintage recently. Just picked up a couple nice Mantles I liked.

Beautiful cards for the grades. As per usual. Nice Micks, Jerry.

[JollyElm]

For some reason, off centered cards from 1968 don't really bother me nearly as much as cards from other years. Maybe the burlap creates an optical illusion, making it stand out less to the eye? I dunno, perhaps I'm alone in that regard. And what doesn't bother me in any way, shape or form is the fact I grabbed this Mantle (not off of ebay) for much less than what straight 6's sell for...

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

For some reason, off centered cards from 1968 don't really bother me nearly as much as cards from other years. ]

Very nice. I would be super happy with that for the price of a 6. In recent years, I've moved more into the camp of "can live with OC" if other attributes of the card are sharp. The lower the grade card I scope out, I want the centering to be better. But increasingly if I'm looking for a card with nice coloring and registration without creases, I'm more lenient on centering for some reason than I ever used to be. You are right, there are deals to be had like that out there.

[jchcollins]

Picked-up this bucket list card for around $100 under VCP, thanks to last week’s eBay coupon and a seller willing to negotiate. The corners are more like 6 quality; guessing the 5 is due to a very light and hard-to-spot wrinkle on the back only. Very pleased.






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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

VERY nice, John!

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

VERY nice, John!

Thanks. It's been quite a while since I spent this much on a single card regardless, but it was the first time I was able to pull off an eBay coupon for a large (well, large for me...) amount. I didn't start out the day on eBay looking for this card, but after I found it and negotiated with the seller - I knew I'd never have a chance to pick up one this nice for an equivalent low price again. I've wanted this card for decades...always assumed if I ever got it I would have to settle for like a 2 or something. Needless to say, today was a great mailday!

[JollyElm]

Like with John, that 15% off ebay coupon came at just the right time, allowing me to land this sweetly centered Mick at a nice discount. The listing had something like 20 watchers on it, so when the other thread alerted us to the fact the discount was coming, I strategically hit 'buy it now' and waited until the next day (when the coupon went live) to pay for the card. Someone else would have snapped it up immediately.

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Like with John, that 15% off ebay coupon came at just the right time, allowing me to land this sweetly centered Mick at a nice discount. The listing had something like 20 watchers on it...

I know that feeling. I had to send a note to the seller to please decide if he was going to accept my offer before Wednesday evening was over so I could use that coupon...


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[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Picked-up this bucket list card for around $100 under VCP, thanks to last week’s eBay coupon and a seller willing to negotiate. The corners are more like 6 quality; guessing the 5 is due to a very light and hard-to-spot wrinkle on the back only. Very pleased.






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I love that Paige! Nice card!


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[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Picked-up this bucket list card for around $100 under VCP, thanks to last week’s eBay coupon and a seller willing to negotiate. The corners are more like 6 quality; guessing the 5 is due to a very light and hard-to-spot wrinkle on the back only. Very pleased.






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Man, I read the post too fast and thought you got the card for under $100!! But either way, WOW!!

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Man, I read the post too fast and thought you got the card for under $100!! But either way, WOW!!

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LOL, thanks Jason. Nice pickup on the '53 Musial. That one is on my list as well. I had one breifly back during my dealer days and didn't keep it. That is an iconic card as well.

[jfkheat]

These are upgrades for my 1964 Stand-up set. I added the Newcombe to my 1961 MVP subset.
James

[irv]

A few more for my 52 Topps PC.

Was hoping for a better centered copy of the Marv Rickert card but this one has eluded me for a while, as had the Kazak card, so these will have to do, for now.

[jason.1969]

I try to steer clear of the slippery slope of upgrades to cards I already have. Nonetheless, it has nagged at me for a while that one of my favorite cards was creased and significantly off-center.

So here it is, my new 1953 Bowman Stan Musial. Have never worried much about corners so this one was just about perfect for me.



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