National 2016 pickups

[ZiggerZagger]

I got into AC right before the preview on Wednesday afternoon and didn't really buy anything that night. Took a while for the wheels to start turning, but was beyond pleased with these pickups.
Was back home by late Friday evening, which was probably a good thing for my sanity and wallet.

The beauty of the T-227 Cobb really caught my interest at a show a few years back and got me back into collecting again. It's been my personal white whale ever since. Finding this one was incredibly satisfying.

A few other odds and ends -- '67 Venezuelan Cobb, '40 PB Williams, a few T206's, and worked on finishing up a '56 Topps set, but these Pre-War Cobbs were the highlights by far.
Wasn't sure how AC would go, but sounds like the Dealers and Collectors were both pleasantly surprised from what I overheard.

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[Stonepony]

Great pickups Jason

[ajquigs]

Jason, that T227 is a beauty. I love that image of Cobb. Congratulations.

[T206Collector]

Finally got my signed Peckinpaugh OBAK out of that awful Beckett holder - which is intolerable to look at cards through - and into a beautiful SGC holder, which looks and scans so beautifully. Also, got a pretty sweet deal on this PSA 5 Brown portrait, which I've always adored. Finally, I also picked up 34 other T206s to bring my Monster number to 487 and climbing! Really great show - but maybe I'm biased because it's my first National!

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

Finally got my signed Peckinpaugh OBAK out of that awful Beckett holder - which is intolerable to look at cards through - and into a beautiful SGC holder, which looks and scans so beautifully.

And when I quickly looked at your scan, I was thinking "What SGC holder, they're both red?" Had to do a double take to see that one is indeed an SGC holder. Why would they go red when PSA has been red all along? Don't see the business logic of this, unless they want people to think what they are grading by PSA, in which case, why not just go to PSA?

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

And when I quickly looked at your scan, I was thinking "What SGC holder, they're both red?" Had to do a double take to see that one is indeed an SGC holder. Why would they go red when PSA has been red all along? Don't see the business logic of this, unless they want people to think what they are grading by PSA, in which case, why not just go to PSA?

SGC autograph authenticated cases have always been red. There is no conspiracy.

It simply means they have authenticated the signature and it is not just a card grade.

Its extremely important to have the separate colors as people were scamming buyers with PSA authentic grades with fake sigs for years. They would put a fake sig on a real card and ask for an auth grade. Unknowledgable buyers would think the auth grade meant the sig was real, when it really just meant it was a real card with a fake sig. Anyone buying an auth card without a flip designating the sig as well is a rube.

PSA is also notorious for slabbing cards with grades with fake sigs. They will tell you that they only were paid to grade the card and not the sig so the guarantee for the sig falls on the manufacturer. Here is an example of a fake sig
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1VCLTHnDzS...zs/s1600/1.JPG

The best part of that excuse is that it's a fake card as well, but that's psa for you. The only thing real about this is the mistake psa made putting it in a case.

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Jason great pick up on the T227 Cobb. Such a great card!

I ended up finding some upgrades to my CJ set and some cool type I and II photos.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by JustinD

SGC autograph authenticated cases have always been red. There is no conspiracy.

SGC authenticated signed cards featured the same style flip as the normal grading service for almost a decade and the red flip has barely been around two years. They began authenticating w/JSA in 2004-2005 and used the top two styles during that time frame. The partnership dissolved in 2012 and JSA aligned with Beckett. In 2013 SGC announced their own authentication service and in 2014 rebranded with the red auto flip (when they changed the regular flip style and collectors rioted.)

Personally I hate the Red the flips... A fair chunk of my signed 58 set is in old green flips and I'd love to be able to collect it that way. I love SGC but the red with the gaskets looks ugly IMO.

Time-frame for SGC auto flips clockwise from top left:

Zernial - 2005 to 2009/2010
Astroth - 2010 to 2012
Bench - 2013/Early 2014
Alston - Mid 2014 to Present Day

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

SGC authenticated signed cards featured the same style flip as the normal grading service for almost a decade and the red flip has barely been around two years. They began authenticating w/JSA in 2004-2005 and used the top two styles during that time frame. The partnership dissolved in 2012 and JSA aligned with Beckett. In 2013 SGC announced their own authentication service and in 2014 rebranded with the red auto flip (when they changed the regular flip style and collectors rioted.)

Personally I hate the Red the flips... A fair chunk of my signed 58 set is in old green flips and I'd love to be able to collect it that way. I love SGC but the red with the gaskets looks ugly IMO.

Thank you for the correct information, it is appreciated.

I more recently leaned toward autos due to my sons influence so the red sgcs and blue psas stick out to me. I really love the different colors as they show at a glance the certification. I think it is necessary to help fight scammers.

I will admit though those redesigned sgc flips looked terrible and so bad I would almost walk away from a card with one. An absolute disaster. I did have two cards with those redesigned flips and I broke them out as they looked so cheap and fake it seemed like they were in a PRO Grading case in my collection.

[irv]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

SGC authenticated signed cards featured the same style flip as the normal grading service for almost a decade and the red flip has barely been around two years. They began authenticating w/JSA in 2004-2005 and used the top two styles during that time frame. The partnership dissolved in 2012 and JSA aligned with Beckett. In 2013 SGC announced their own authentication service and in 2014 rebranded with the red auto flip (when they changed the regular flip style and collectors rioted.)

Personally I hate the Red the flips... A fair chunk of my signed 58 set is in old green flips and I'd love to be able to collect it that way. I love SGC but the red with the gaskets looks ugly IMO.

Time-frame for SGC auto flips clockwise from top left:

Zernial - 2005 to 2009/2010
Astroth - 2010 to 2012
Bench - 2013/Early 2014
Alston - Mid 2014 to Present Day

Interesting!

Thanks for the info.

[david_l]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

I got into AC right before the preview on Wednesday afternoon and didn't really buy anything that night. Took a while for the wheels to start turning, but was beyond pleased with these pickups.
Was back home by late Friday evening, which was probably a good thing for my sanity and wallet.

The beauty of the T-227 Cobb really caught my interest at a show a few years back and got me back into collecting again. It's been my personal white whale ever since. Finding this one was incredibly satisfying.

A few other odds and ends -- '67 Venezuelan Cobb, '40 PB Williams, a few T206's, and worked on finishing up a '56 Topps set, but these Pre-War Cobbs were the highlights by far.
Wasn't sure how AC would go, but sounds like the Dealers and Collectors were both pleasantly surprised from what I overheard.

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Nice. I love that Cobb. I think the T227 is right up there with the greatest T sets ever. Such a beautiful card.

I know what you mean about T227 white whales. The T227 Jack Johnson is mine.

Awesome scores everyone!