November pickups

[mrmopar]

I want to say Warren Brustar was a HR, but I could be wrong. 78 was my first packs and remember them fondly, including the game.

Originally Posted by jason.1969

(And ten points to anyone who from memory can name a player with an outcome of HOME RUN! I can't anymore, though Bobby Grich is in my head.)

[jb67]

AustinMike some nice Mantle pickups. Post Mantle rocks the house! Congrats!

Bill some nice 75's you picked up. Those 8's look very strong and the raw pickups look great as well. How far along are you with this set? I know you recently started it.

Here are some mid-grade Mantles that I was very happy to add this month.

[MattyC]

Wow -- so much action here don't know where to begin. Let's start with the last. Those Mantles are EXACTLY what I am after these days. I'm floored by those three. They each have the best centering I've ever laid eyes on for those years. If I owned those cards I wouldn't need to buy them in a higher grade ever. Did you find them raw and self sub, in one lot, over years?

Many thanks for the props from you fellas on the new Mick. A centered 52 Mick is simply my favorite card in the world. Stings like hell to be selling cards to make it happen-- but one look at the centered 52 and it makes it okay. Not great, buy okay, LOL.

The 71 Greatest Moments is one of the more interesting (and tough) sets around, and anything having to do with a pack of those is wild.

The Newton has great style and I'd be curious to see the whole set. What a title: LEADERS OF MEN. That's baller, to make that set!

Stache, you are killing it on the selections for your 75 Set. That's the kind of curation that makes the sum much greater than the parts. As someone who spent six years building only a set of 75s (minis), I really appreciate the specimens you are choosing. Bold color, clean surfaces, centered, that set is gonna look insane when it is all together.

[jb67]

Matt, thanks for noticing the centering on the Mantles. After seeing a lot of your pickups over this past year of mid-grade cards with great centering it got me looking at cards in a totally different way. I picked all 3 of them off of Ebay as is. I scored the 63 for what I think was a great price of $115. Could not figure out why no one jumped on that one because I hesitated for a few days. The picts were not well taken as it was on an angle and had a reflection that made part of it look like it had a white spot on the bottom near the letter OF. I gambled and when I received it I could not believe the centering and overall condition.

[the 'stache]

One more in, this really nice Catfish Hunter.



Thank you, jb and Matt.

To answer your question, jb, the 5 other Brewers I have coming in will give me 25 thus far that will be part of the set. I have some Raymond (clydepepper) also sent me, a couple of which I will use as stand ins for the time being. Long way to go, but I'm going to do some more shopping tonight. I'll probably add another 20-25 or so by the month's end. I'm not in any hurry. It's about finding the right cards for me. I've looked at a lot of cards, and finding examples that meet all my requirements is time consuming. I have a few I've bought I know I'm already going to replace, the Winfield most likely. There's one corner that's touched.

I am allowing the very smallest of print imperfections, so long as they're really only obvious upon closer inspection. And some of these the left-right centering is slightly off, but nothing more than 60-40, and eventually, I'll work on getting it to 55-45. The ones i have thus far are all real beauties. Some, like the Gibson, will be sent in for grading.

Being picky is sometimes a little maddening when you're looking for a specific card. But I've just learned to just move on to the next card on my list, and come back to something I can't find now. Once I have a little more freedom in my spending money, I'll start putting some want lists up here on the BST.

I'm having a lot of fun, and that's the most important thing.

[the 'stache]

Here's my checklist this far

1975 Topps Checklist

29. Dave Parker (PSA 8)
35. Ron Santo
38. Buddy Bell
61. Dave Winfield
74. Mark Belanger (PSA 8)
99. Mike Hegan
123. Johnny Briggs
130. Phil Niekro (PSA 8)
140. Steve Garvey
150. Bob Gibson
175. Don Money
220. Don Sutton
223. Robin Yount
230. Jim Hunter
260. Johnny Bench (PSA 8)
280. Carl Yastrzemski
281. Jim Slaton
325. Tony Oliva
360. George Scott
370. Tom Seaver (PSA 8)
432. Ken Berry
470. Jeff Burroughs
556. Tim Johnson
636. Charlie Moore
640. Harmon Killebrew (PSA 8)

One card at a time.

[39special]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

One more in, this really nice Catfish Hunter.



Thank you, jb and Matt.

To answer your question, jb, the 5 other Brewers I have coming in will give me 25 thus far that will be part of the set. I have some Raymond (clydepepper) also sent me, a couple of which I will use as stand ins for the time being. Long way to go, but I'm going to do some more shopping tonight. I'll probably add another 20-25 or so by the month's end. I'm not in any hurry. It's about finding the right cards for me. I've looked at a lot of cards, and finding examples that meet all my requirements is time consuming. I have a few I've bought I know I'm already going to replace, the Winfield most likely. There's one corner that's touched.

I am allowing the very smallest of print imperfections, so long as they're really only obvious upon closer inspection. And some of these the left-right centering is slightly off, but nothing more than 60-40, and eventually, I'll work on getting it to 55-45. The ones i have thus far are all real beauties. Some, like the Gibson, will be sent in for grading.

Being picky is sometimes a little maddening when you're looking for a specific card. But I've just learned to just move on to the next card on my list, and come back to something I can't find now. Once I have a little more freedom in my spending money, I'll start putting some want lists up here on the BST.

I'm having a lot of fun, and that's the most important thing.

Very nice Catfish Bill! Good luck with the set.Looking good so far!

[the 'stache]

Thank you, Steve. The '75 set is perfect for me right now. I have the money to buy more expensive cards if I wanted, but I'm like the prize fighter that's abstaining from sex before the title fight. I'm resisting the urge to reach my goal. So, instead of spending $100 on a common T206, or $500 on a Hall of Famer, I spend $15-20 on a Hall of Famer, and a couple bucks on a common. There will, of course, be some more expensive cards. The Yount will be replaced by a PSA 8.5 or a 9. The Brett will be costly, Misters Ryan, Schmidt, Aaron, etc can cost a pretty penny, as can the other rookies. But I'll just keep chugging along, having fun, and when I hit my goal, the next check will be spent on a big pickup or two.

Doing what I am, and seeing these beauties you guys are bringing in, keeps me going. The attaboys are much appreciated, gang. I'm not doing anything that hasn't been done before, but it's fun for me because it's the first time I've really done it. It's like popping a girl's bra the first time. Until you do it, you can hear the stories, but that rush can only come when you do it the first time.

Of course, it's pretty darned cool every time after that, too, because a good time usually follows.

I enjoy this board, and the pre-war board over der, much like I would enjoy sitting at a bar with you guys, tossing down a couple of beers, watching the Sawx and damned Yankees playing at Fenway on a Saturday afternoon. It's all the greater because right now, getting out and going to the real sports bar right now is a little tough on the back. So this is the next best thing.

I am really having fun, everybody, and I thank you all!