January Pickups

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by MCoxon

Nice Dan-Dees. The Dan Dee Mantle and the Dan Dee Rosen are two of my favorites within each of those players' runs

Thanks Mike! I was very pleased to add the card to my collection. I wish it had been cut a little better but I've only seen one other Mantle Dan Dee with another player on the back so didn't know when I'd have another opportunity.

[DBesse27]

Love the Mantle matchbook!

[jchcollins]

(Preface to the below, which was drafted before I actually had the card in hand. This may be my greatest example yet of the "buy the card, not the grade" maxim. Card looks even better in person - rich, dark colors and print damage - if it is even there - is not noticeable at all from an arm's length. I've seriously seen worse on PSA 7's of this card !!!):

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I usually collect mid-grade or worse, but have always judged based on eye appeal over and above the technical grade. What this means in practice is that sometimes a "mid-grade" card for me is a PSA 6, other times it only comes out as VG or occasionally even worse than that. I picked this one up on eBay over the weekend after having deliberated over it for a while, and it arrived this afternoon. Best I can tell it's a PSA 2 Good only because of the 2 vertical lines / staining on the back. (I think it may have been in an old magnetic album at one point, and this is residue from that based on the way the lines run?) The front of it is probably PSA 5 quality if not better with no creases or wrinkles, and the corners are easily EX quality if not better. Most importantly, at least for me - the picture is nearly totally devoid of the heavy print defect problem which so frequently plagues this particular card even in the higher grades, often distorting Mick and Hank's face. I can more than live with this in a mid-grade collection...

Another of the vintage cards from my childhood collection that got away in the past. Beyond thrilled to have it back. Nearly 1300 home runs flew off of these two bats in 25 years...not too shabby!

[ALR-bishop]

Very nice card John

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Very nice card John

Thank you. Still can't get over the front of this for a 2. Checkout the PD on this PSA 6 currently for sale on ebay. Lots of fuzz up in the stands...

[Volod]

Finally broke down and picked up one of these to "complete" a set of 1954 Bowman. Since putting it together in the '80's, had always considered it complete with Piersall at #66. But, found this guy, who i've been told was a star of some stature back then, so thought i would vouchsafe to let him in. Priced under four C's, as well, which had something to do with it. Debating whether to liberate him from the slab.

[CW]

A true classic, Steve! Nicely centered, too. Great card!

[MattyC]

Classic baseball card right there. Will another man ever bat .400? They don't make men like that these days!