April new pickups thread

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

After watching the new documentary Fastball and getting a new appreciation for how badass Nolan Ryan was I had to buy his 68 Topps card to replace the one I had as a kid. Huge price disparity between a psa 7 and 8+. Does anyone else think PSA 7's are many times the best value for the card quality?

[scooter729]

Bought this one in March, but it showed up today, so that counts...

[brass_rat]

That's a really nice Ryan, A.J.!

Here's a pitcher I picked up this month, although he had a much shorter career.

Cheers,
Steve

[Jobu]

Nice Ryan AJ, he was my childhood favorite (80s - 90s). It would be fun to get one of those eventually.

Steve - great Loudermilk, and a Louisiana card to boot!

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

After watching the new documentary Fastball and getting a new appreciation for how badass Nolan Ryan was I had to buy his 68 Topps card to replace the one I had as a kid. Huge price disparity between a psa 7 and 8+. Does anyone else think PSA 7's are many times the best value for the card quality?

Considering there's often a 200-400% jump in price from a 7 to an 8 on key RCs like Ryan, Aaron, Clemente, Mantle, Mays, pretty much all of them actually, I tend to agree. Nice card.

I own a PSA 7 Ryan RC for the same reason.

[oldphil]

Just got this in. T205s are still my favorites.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Considering there's often a 200-400% jump in price from a 7 to an 8 on key RCs like Ryan, Aaron, Clemente, Mantle, Mays, pretty much all of them actually, I tend to agree. Nice card.

I own a PSA 7 Ryan RC for the same reason.

I like 7s but think 6s might be the best bang for the buck, always have thought that too. (as my avatar is a 7 and highest graded )

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Considering there's often a 200-400% jump in price from a 7 to an 8 on key RCs like Ryan, Aaron, Clemente, Mantle, Mays, pretty much all of them actually, I tend to agree. Nice card.

I own a PSA 7 Ryan RC for the same reason.

On some cards I'd rather spend even less and "settle" for a nice 6 or even 5.5.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

On some cards I'd rather spend even less and "settle" for a nice 6 or even 5.5.

Beautiful cards, Peter!

[Jobu]

Great cards Peter, that Clemente is awesome for a 6!

[kdixon]

Picked up this nice B-18 Wheat.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

On some cards I'd rather spend even less and "settle" for a nice 6 or even 5.5.

Great cards Peter. Great examples of eye appeal trumping the technical grade.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

On some cards I'd rather spend even less and "settle" for a nice 6 or even 5.5.

Hard to argue with that or those cards. Often the jump from a 6 to a 7 is much less than from a 7 to an 8. But you can't go wrong either way, especially when you focus on finding a card that looks great for the grade.

Awesome looking cards Peter.

[mybuddyinc]

Rhett,

3.) Some Boxing Cards (anyone know these? )

E211 -- York Caramels -- they're worthless and supposedly 60 in set

UNREAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great, Scott

[Enfuego]

Some nice pick ups for April!

[ajquigs]

My April pickups of Diamond Stars HOFers, including eight from PWCC this past weekend and a couple through B/S/T here.

Nine more to go.

[ullmandds]

i finally pulled the trigger on ewing...to complete my n43 set.

[53Browns]

That Ewing is amazing Pete! Congrats!

[nsaddict]

(R87)

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by nsaddict

(R87)

You may not get the recognition over here as you should but that is an awesome pickup! The Ruth image on the super rare R87 trio is great! You just need the other 3 cards to make the set of 6 to see who the other ballplayers are, MUCH easier said than done!

[clydepepper]

Thanks to Greg Mitchell on BST for my one and only Old Judge Cabinet:

Denny Lyons played on the very first professional Base Ball team from my hometown, the 1885 Columbus (GA) Stars.

1888-9 N173 OLD JUDGE CABINET DENNY LYONS SGC-50.jpg

[Howe’s Hunter]

and a great surprise with number 289.

John Taylor at TnT Collectibles near Pittsburgh has been the source of quite a few cards over the years. A couple of weeks ago, we had a miscommunication over a card, and after a series of emails, he just went through his current inventory and found all the cards he had that Howe had stamped, made an offer and sold in a group rather than go through the auction process on eBay.

When the package arrived today, there was a great surprise with the Jordan card, as it has Howe's "other" stamp, using his first name Urich, and listing him as an agent for the Saturday Evening Post, but still with the home/grocery address listed. Like the other two I've seen and been able to acquire, the stamp is in green, which doesn't seem to hold up as well over time (the others are quite faint also) but really is a wonderful surprise to have arrive.

John had told me the Myers stamp was really strong, and he wasn't kidding on that, either.







Again, thanks to everyone on the board for keeping an eye out for these. I really appreciate it.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i finally pulled the trigger on ewing...to complete my n43 set.

Nice Pete!