October Pickups

[MattyC]

Another stellar baseball card with that Mays right there. Finding a 69 with that centering and so square is quite the feat for a collector. 69s are pretty impossible because of that issue.

I can really appreciate a super rare piece like that Peanut Butter card; pieces like that really distinguish a collection.

Thanks regarding the kind words on the 55B. It was an eBay auction that I was sweating, due to the more intense than usual scramble going on these days for Mantles. It was a new high price for the grade I believe, but thankfully not by as much as I feared, LOL.

As I try and build the prettiest Mick Run, card for card, that I can, I continue to be amazed by how effectively rare some Mantles are to find if one is seeking certain attributes. The pop numbers really belie the difficulty.

[arexcrooke]

some awesome and really cool esoteric stuff being posted. Congrats to all!
Here are two recent pickups
Got this one with a $5 discount and a $20 coupon. The coupon was sent to me by ebay. Then I bought $100 gift card for $95 from Paypal. So not bad at all. Wish the centering was better. Ill upgrade eventually. For now am really happy to have it!

And this card has unbelievable eye appeal but has a little wax on the back. Ill take it!

[RobertC]

Just got a batch of graded coins/pins back from PSA - the 50 day grading specials seem to take forever! The only thing that I did not like was that the labels were to small for "180 back" and "200 back" for the '62 Salada coins. Not quite a complete Aaron run, but getting there. Sorry about the blurry scans. Apparently, my scanner does not like PSA's coin/pin slab. I also need to thank PSA. The coins were shipped back in two of the nice blue plastic PCGS storage boxes.

[albrshbr]

Just got this in. Took advantage of the $20 discount eBay offered.

[ALR-bishop]

Bruce-- check to see which version you have. In the first line of the back bio the word "the" is either spelled correctly or is spelled "tne". Not sure if it is corrected typo or recurring print defect, but neither version is scarce

[albrshbr]

Al - Mine reads "the". Never heard of that variation. I'll have to keep an eye out for the other one.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by albrshbr

Just got this in. Took advantage of the $20 discount eBay offered.

Very nice JB rookie. Congrats.

[Bestdj777]

I finally managed to add some new stuff to my collection. I traded my Pittsburgh Exhibit 5 of Clubs (1 of 1 graded) for the 8 of Clubs (1 of 2 graded) to help a buddy in completing his set. I then scored these sweet, original Phillies Cigar boxes. The backs contain an image of Mantle and an advertisement for the premium photo give away, so they will make great companion pieces.

[the 'stache]

Love the Clementes, arexcrooke. That '58 is a really beautiful card, probably my favorite of his.

[jason.1969]

Has been a while since I've added to my Hank Aaron collection. In this case, it was a collectible I didn't even know existed.

While I'd known about (and have) the HR 715 "I was there" ballpark certificate, evidently a HR 714 cert was made by the Braves but never distributed (since Aaron hit the home run on the road). Voila!

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[midmo]