September Pickups

[MattyC]

It has been a few years now; been seeking one of these centered to pair up with the freak Carew I found last year. Not a pair you see centered every day...

[brob28]

Originally Posted by MattyC

It has been a few years now; been seeking one of these centered to pair up with the freak Carew I found last year. Not a pair you see centered every day...

Nice card Matt, that's one great looking 5!

[jb67]

MattyC, Nice pickup on the the Seaver rookie. I think I remember seeing you post the Carew rookie. If I recall the centering on that card was near perfect if not perfect especially for the grade.

[MattyC]

Word up-- here's the Rod...

[Yossarian]

Matty C - I have looked/flipped through hundreds of '67s. That Carew is ridiculously centered. Very well done. Did you just happen upon it on E-Bay?

[MattyC]

Yoss--

Me, too; I must have had a search for "1967 Topps Carew" every day for years, hoping to find a centered one--- and then one day saw that card. It was an SGC 88 from a longtime SGC set builder. He had it listed on eBay as he'd recently upgraded to a 9. I could not buy it fast enough. Crossed it for uniformity at the time and was a bit shocked-- the grade does not match the eye appeal by a longshot. Looks like an 8.5 or even a 9 on a good day. Would be among the last cards I'd ever sell if I had to, due to the rarity of the centering.

In the right light at the right angle, a small wax stain is barely visible along the bottom center border; perhaps that takes it from a 9 to a 7.

[KingFisk]

Nice cards, Matt.....I can't see what's wrong with that Seaver...looks like at least an 8 all day long. I am expecting some cards back from PSA today that I'll post, but in the meantime here's one I picked up for my "Should be in the Hall of Fame" Rookie Collection...

[Davino]

Originally Posted by MattyC

It has been a few years now; been seeking one of these centered to pair up with the freak Carew I found last year. Not a pair you see centered every day...

I would love to have this card! Good job!

[itjclarke]

MattyC- that Seaver is amazing for a 5.

Picked up this Mantle in an eBay side deal. Great looking card and clean sig. I'm absolutely re-addicted to signed cards (first binge was while getting them signed as a kid... still have all those)
1964 Topps Mickey Mantle signed.jpg

Also snagged this Oh as BIN, couldn't resist adding it to my small, but growing Oh collection
1959 Menko Marukami Sadaharu Oh raw.jpg

... and a signed Joe D
Leaf Joe Dimaggio signed.jpg

[savedfrommyspokes]

I continue to pick up variations, however, one tough variation from the 60s has eluded me for years, unitl now. I finally came across a sharp looking 68 Mike McCormick WL embedded(but pictured) in a lot I ended up bidding on and winning. The lot was a 200 +/- card lot that I bid (knowing this card was included) on Sunday right after the great ebay outage of Sept '14 ended, so I wonder if the outage caused other prospective bidders to miss seeing this card as part of the offered lot?

[jb67]

Just picked up this Mick from Ebay! Could not believe this one was available for a reasonable price. Listed as BIN or Best Offer. I had no problem clicking on the BIN. I did not want someone else to grab this why I was waiting on a Best Offer response.

[MattyC]

If I saw that a second before you it would have been gone!

[jb67]

Originally Posted by MattyC

If I saw that a second before you it would have been gone!

I knew you would have snatched that one up in a heartbeat! I just happened to do search of newly listed Mantles and it was one of the first to show up. I got lucky on that one.