April new pickups thread

[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.

[Luke]

Nice cards Ed!

Happy to get my first one of these:

[edjs]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

Nice cards Ed!

Happy to get my first one of these:

Luke,

Congrat's, I was determined to get that one, but I was at work when it closed, and couldn't bid. Fate was conspiring with you on that one! Glad to see it went to such a good guy.

[the 'stache]

Andy, love the Hornsby, especially.

Pete, beautiful A&G.

[ajquigs]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Andy, love the Hornsby, especially.

Thanks Bill.

I got the Hornsby today. It is my highest graded DS HOFer at 4.5. I decided to go a little nicer than the rest (I know the group photo isn't great ... my budget being what it is the others are almost all 2, 2.5, or 3).

It serves double duty as necessary for the DS collection and also as my only Hornsby; someone I definitely want in my collection in contrast to, say, Red Ruffing (whose example in the Quigley collection features the card number written in pencil on the front top right corner). Still, when I display them all together they look better than I hoped.

I won the Hornsby by 66 cents. My snipe v. another snipe. Mine was in about 20 seconds earlier than his. If it were reversed I guess he would have gotten the card because while my bid was higher by $0.66, it wouldn't have been large enough to satisfy the minimum bid increment. I think that's right ... someone please feel free to correct me.

Thanks.

[Jobu]

Wait, I thought you said Luke got it?

Originally Posted by edjs

Luke,

... Glad to see it went to such a good guy.

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Jobu

Wait, I thought you said Luke got it?

lol... thanks guys!

[vintagerookies51]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

Nice cards Ed!

Happy to get my first one of these:

From the underbidder, congrats! E107s are tough!

[Piratedogcardshows]

A few T209 pickups to get to 25% of the set. Thanks to DavidBVintage for these.

[darwinbulldog]

It isn't raining rain you know.