What is your best card you added to your collection in 2013?

[Spike]

Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

[7nohitter]

[QUOTE=Spike;1216715]Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

Matt-
This is a great story! I love stuff like this. Any idea where Bucky was from?

[Spike]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

Matt-
This is a great story! I love stuff like this. Any idea where Bucky was from?

Assume that Bucky was a Boston or New York collector, as a number of what I've found came from auctions near Cape Cod. Hope they're still mostly in the area, so I don't have to travel very far to keep looking. :-)

[insccollectibles]

Hard to narrow it down but I love these three.

[honus94566]

Definitely my favorite pickup of the year.

[midwaylandscaping]

well, it's not pre war and it's not graded. but still a nifty LT card for LT collectors like myself.

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[xcgrammer]

Been wanting a t206 Cobb portrait for about four years really badly and I finally got this one from B&L in the spring. Great year though highlighted by the National dinner and show on saturday.

[CW]

Originally Posted by Spike

Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.

A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.

1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

This is very cool. This is what I would call pure collecting, and one of many examples found on this forum. Good luck with the quest. If you add more down the road, or eventually get the inclination, this set might be worthy of its own thread.

Killer thread, all!

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Spike

By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.

If you ever decide to work on his 1934 set, let me know. I have number 59/298 and could probably let it go for ANY other card in the 1934 set (as long as it isn't moldy and doesn't have bed bugs).

[Spike]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

If you ever decide to work on his 1934 set, let me know. I have number 59/298 and could probably let it go for ANY other card in the 1934 set (as long as it isn't moldy and doesn't have bed bugs).

OK, DM sent! I've got a handful of Buckys from 1934, but not many yet.

[brian1961]

The best card I added to my collection was a 1967 Coca-Cola baseball premium (produced by Dexter Press) of Mickey Mantle, graded 7.5 by PSA. I'll get to see it on Christmas!

Kind regards. --Brian Powell

[CW]

Grabbed some nice ones this year, including the much wanted T3 Turkey Red Tris Speaker.

[MattyC]

CW,

As always, love your taste in cardboard! That Joe D auto is so bold and sweetly positioned on that image. I think he is one player poised to see an increase in collectibles value down the line, between his lofty place in American pop culture history and his hallowed streak. All it takes is someone to even weakly challenge 56 and his name returns to the forefront.

Same with Williams and .400. That's one of my favorite cards, the Franks. Just a classic card.