January Pickups

[KCRfan1]

Looking good Robert! Nice Aaron to start us off with a new month and new year! !

[stlcardsfan]

Went to the hardware store today for something and came out empty handed. Not by the time I got home, however!

[ALR-bishop]

What is the building in the background ?

[KCRfan1]

Without snooping, it looks like a hospital to me.

[KCRfan1]

Nice cards, Cardsfan!

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

What is the building in the background ?

The buildings are the ones that loomed over right/centerfield in Yankee Stadium. Back in the 'early days' there wasn't much there to block them out…

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Looks like Bobby was standing somewhere around the front of the Yankees dugout (definitely on the right side of the field) when the picture was taken (if, of course, the photograph isn't some sort of composite).

[JollyElm]

Edited to add:
In this photo the building has more of that same reddish hue that the Richardson card displays…
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[almostdone]

Just recieved this card yesterday. It was a huge condition upgrade for me from my written on and creased in half one. Love it.
Drew

[ALR-bishop]

Thanks, Daren. That sort of conjures up the image of that icon, Mickey Mantle

Drew-- nice example of on of my favorite cards. Thanks for sharing

[Bestdj777]

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

Went to the hardware store today for something and came out empty handed. Not by the time I got home, however!

The '57 Topps Richardson has got to be one of the best portrait pictures of all time. Too bad they couldn't have stood the Mick in that exact same spot and gotten the same results...

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

The '57 Topps Richardson has got to be one of the best portrait pictures of all time. Too bad they couldn't have stood the Mick in that exact same spot and gotten the same results...

Yes. That would be iconic! just kidding Darren.
Drew

[jb67]

RobertC, that is a nice pickup to start the new year. When I got back into collecting about 2 years ago I was amazed at the price of some of the Aaron cards. Are you working on a particular set of Aaron cards or did you just like that card individually?

Anyway the start to my year could not have been any better. Added this 52 Mays and a 39 Ted Williams rookie to my collection. Very pleased with the eye-appeal of both of these cards. I have been looking for close to two years trying to find the perfect 52 Topps Mays card for my Willie run and this one was it.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by jb67

RobertC, that is a nice pickup to start the new year. When I got back into collecting about 2 years ago I was amazed at the price of some of the Aaron cards. Are you working on a particular set of Aaron cards or did you just like that card individually?

Anyway the start to my year could not have been any better. Added this 52 Mays and a 39 Ted Williams rookie to my collection. Very pleased with the eye-appeal of both of these cards. I have been looking for close to two years trying to find the perfect 52 Topps Mays card for my Willie run and this one was it.

So jealous on both these cards! Really, really beautiful!

Jason

[KCRfan1]

JB67,

That is a really nice 52 Mays as a graded 3.5! Fun finding cards that have nice eye appeal and hopefully a 3.5 price to boot!