April Pickups

[MattyC]

Aaron has some great cards. The 62 is one I haven't admired nearly enough. The 67 is pretty sweet, too. Also love the 75 HL card and the 64 HR card, off the cuff. Been cruising eBay a lot this month. The 56 is astounding and among the best centering I've seen on the card.







Also snagged these two guys who went for way cheap. I think the 54B will be insane in hand with that anomalous centering. I had already bought the other 51B Berra the other day, but it's so infrequent that nice lower grade ones surface and I love the charming portrait, so went for it.

[Tom S.]

Fantastic stuff as usual Matt!

I had a good day at the local card show today. These were among the purchases that I made...

[begsu1013]

where's the Jefferies card over here, matty? i loved watching that guy as a kid.


and nice scores tom! that ryan is dead centered and appears to not have any tilt. love me some 71's and that clemente is sharp. always tough to find nice rawies w/o black sharpied edges...

[MetsBaseball1973]

What show had those two gorgeous cards?!! Outstanding raw pickups. Always prefer that and at a show to boot. Nothing like raw pickups at a show.

On phone now but will post my own Gregg when back at the laptop. I remember certain cards so vividly from childhood, especially the "hot" cards like those Jefferies rookies, and even Rickey Jordan's!

[begsu1013]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

What show had those two gorgeous cards?!! Outstanding raw pickups. Always prefer that and at a show to boot. Nothing like raw pickups at a show.

On phone now but will post the Gregg when back at the laptop. I remember certain cards so vividly from childhood, especially the "hot" cards like those Jefferies rookies, and even Rickey Jordan's!

don't forget jerome walton!

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by MetsBaseball1973

What show had those two gorgeous cards?!! Outstanding raw pickups. Always prefer that and at a show to boot. Nothing like raw pickups at a show.

Got 'em at the monthly Twin Cities (Mpls./St. Paul) area show.

The '71 Clemente (along with a '71 Lyle and '71 Powell and '69 Ted Williams that are just as nice) were brought by one dealer when I mentioned to him last month about how close I was to finishing those sets. He took down the card numbers that I needed, and he had them set aside for me when I got there today.

The '68 Ryan does have a couple of surface scratches on the front (one next to the R in Rookie and one going into the purple ball), but it's all about the centering on that card. It will look nice in my raw 1968 set binder though.

[MattyC]

Was watching this one tick down by the second, very nervously! Just saw my snipe prevail. Never saw one below 8s and 9s that had centering I could live with, until this bad boy...

[MetsBaseball1973]

I also had the Gregg Fever back in the day...