August pickups

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by z28jd

My dad turned these three pictures of the 1919-25 St Louis Browns outfield that I posted earlier this month, into the framed photo shown below. Wood frames, some fancy cuts, with paint that has a concrete look/feel. I switched Williams to RF and Tobin to LF because it looked better that way with their poses

Terrific piece, John. I'm holding off on making analogies between the Browns and recent Pirates teams now that you're a perennial wildcard team.

[HRBAKER]

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by bcornell

Terrific piece, John. I'm holding off on making analogies between the Browns and recent Pirates teams now that you're a perennial wildcard team.

You could have compared the current Pirates' outfield to the one in the pictures. Both pretty good groups

[oldjudge]

Chris--That is one of the nicest Radbourn's that I have seen. Fantastic image, and I really like those big borders.

[Spike]

Found on eBay and now tied with N508 for my "earliest" #5 type acquisition:

[the-illini]

Thanks for the kind words everyone - I took a chance on a raw card with a so-so scan off of ebay and it turned out to be a great gamble!

[Thromdog]

Saw this a few moons ago on eBay and couldn't justify the price..... so when it came up as part of a lot, had to have it.

Still paid more than it's worth.

I guess he was born in a Manger.

And if anyone can explain the background going yellow while his head appears ok, I'm all ears. It's the blue, right???

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[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Thromdog

Saw this a few moons ago on eBay and couldn't justify the price..... so when it came up as part of a lot, had to have it.

Still paid more than it's worth.

I guess he was born in a Manger.

And if anyone can explain the background going yellow while his head appears ok, I'm all ears.

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Jeff that card is amazing !!! Congrats !!

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by Thromdog

Saw this a few moons ago on eBay and couldn't justify the price..... so when it came up as part of a lot, had to have it.

Still paid more than it's worth.

I guess he was born in a Manger.

And if anyone can explain the background going yellow while his head appears ok, I'm all ears. It's the blue, right???

if you show the back, I will have an idea...

[bcbgcbrcb]

Lewis Vintage Collectibles:

Be very careful with that Negro League team photo, it might very well be a fake. You should be able to tell by viewing it in person.

[kevlewis]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Lewis Vintage Collectibles:

Be very careful with that Negro League team photo, it might very well be a fake. You should be able to tell by viewing it in person.

Yeah there are too many fakes!!! Yeah i got it in person and its a 40's type 3. Luckily i got for dirt cheap. Im a huge josh gibson fan so i will keep it for myself. Haha