September Pickups

[CW]

Sweet pickups this month, guys!

[jb67]

Originally Posted by CW

Sweet pickups this month, guys!

I don't think Clemente has an unattractive card in the hobby, and your '58 is a classic, Jon.

Here's a few that arrived in the past few weeks...

Great looking Campanella. The first time I have seen a Wilson Frank Campy. That 71 Clemente is hard to beat! Congrats on some nice pickups.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by jb67

Great looking Campanella. The first time I have seen a Wilson Frank Campy. That 71 Clemente is hard to beat! Congrats on some nice pickups.

Forgot to mention the Fidrych! That is a high-end 9++ for sure. That card brings back memories of seeing all my friends imitating him when we would play pickup games back in the seventies.

[bnorth]

Just picked up this nice 1954 Topps Phil Rizzuto thanks to the Net54 group break.

[MattyC]

Super strong month by the crew here.

CW, you always impress with your eye. The Fidrych looks like a 10. The 71 Clemente looks like an 8.5. And the Campy Franks is not a card in every collection. Major props.

I am hoarding centered 53B Micks...actually all centered Micks, but especially this one...

[jb67]

MattyC I must have beat you to this one. I was very happy to find this one available. Your PSA 2.5 has got to be higher than that! Is something on the back bringing the grade way down? That 2.5 beats most graded cards of the 53 Bowman Mick. Recently sold a raw 53 Bowman Mantle that was just not very appealing to the eye and figured I would wait to find a suitable replacement. Just found this one on Ebay a couple of days ago.

[MattyC]

Here's the crazy deal with that 2.5-- the reverse has literally two letters among the bio text that are faded. That's it. That knocked it all the way down. A strong resub or crack-resub candidate for sure. The front beats every 8 I have handled.

I liked that 3 very much and came very close to pulling the trigger, actually

One thing I have noticed with The Mick's cards is that so few of the existing pop are beautifully centered. On some issues it is on the order of 1/100 or worse it seems. I think that rarity is very cool and can be something collectors seek over time.