July Pickups

[ValKehl]

I finally obtained the N43 card I wanted for my type collection at a price that seems reasonable via eBay. I prefer my type cards to be Washington players, or at least ballplayers who played for Washington at some time during their careers. "Honest" John Morrill (erroneously spelled Morrell on this card) was the player-manager for Washington for part of 1889. Now then, if I could only obtain a 1889 Old Judge card showing Morrill with Washington!
Val

[ValKehl]

Jack, congrats on picking up all those very tough 1924 Diaz cards - I know you are ecstatic! Hope that I will shortly have similar good fortune!
Best,
Val

[h2oya311]

Awesome Jack! What a score! I was tempted to go after more Diaz, but I'm content w/ my two! Good luck with your last four!

[Seiklis]

Thanks Val, thanks Derek. They've always been my favorite set just from how unusual they are compared to most cards of the era and just how they overall present. I've never really understood why they've never been more popular than they are

Still can't believe I own the Coveleski, it's just presents so much better than his other cards. Definitely one of my dream cards to own

[clydepepper]

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[Northviewcats]

Congratulations Jack on your Diaz pickups.

I bought this Diaz Urban Shocker and my first Billiken of Valentin Dreke a week ago from the same vendor. I love the clarity of the Shocker portrait. I thought it was in pretty good shape for a Cuban card from the 1920s.

I also picked up the Diaz Shawkey from her this evening. I wanted to bid on more, but I want to save some funds for the Nationals.

I didn't see the Shocker and Shawkey on the PSA or SGC population reports. Any of the Cuban collectors on the board know of other examples?

Best regards,

Joe

[Seiklis]

Grats on your pickups Joe

Shocker is the first one I've seen. No pop report on him either

Shawkey has a graded pop of 2. He has a really nice SGC example, off the top of my head I think it's a 50. I own the psa 1 example

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by Northviewcats

Congratulations Jack on your Diaz pickups.

I bought this Diaz Urban Shocker and my first Billiken of Valentin Dreke a week ago from the same vendor. I love the clarity of the Shocker portrait. I thought it was in pretty good shape for a Cuban card from the 1920s.

I also picked up the Diaz Shawkey from her this evening. I wanted to bid on more, but I want to save some funds for the Nationals.

I didn't see the Shocker and Shawkey on the PSA or SGC population reports. Any of the Cuban collectors on the board know of other examples?

Best regards,

Joe

The Shocker reminds me of the actor Robert Vaughn.