New FB Acquisitions

[blackandgold]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

I love that Pro Action subset. Those are two nice examples, congrats. I was working on just that subset when I ran across an 80% complete low numbers '72 set for a good price, so filling those in as well as a complete extra Pro Action set. I get that way with stuff I like haha. I might have a few in triplicate if you have a list, just pm me if so. Thanks for showing those.

Thanks Rob. I tried to find copies in good shape, and I wasn't to worried about them being OC, since they aren't going anywhere. I will keep you in mind when I get my checklist together.

[DBesse27]

Got a unique group of items in the mail today, a group of NFL transparency slides of the New England Patriots. These slides were produced by the NFL for use in television broadcasts. They were issued from 1968-88 and this first group is from 1973, meaning this is a Hannah pre-RC of sorts, produced a year before his Topps RC. The Tippett is a pre-RC as well, from 1982, 2 years before his RC.




The seller was very knowledgeable about dating these, and this is an excerpt of his email regarding the Tippett being an 82:

1983s had plastic frame & 1984-88 were not numbered but used uniform numbers on the slides. 88 was last year of issue.

Very interesting Dan. Were these issued for every team, or was this a regional, Boston area newspaper collection? Slides are overlooked as collectibles IMO. Another great Hannah

[DBesse27]

Thanks. These were issued by the league for 21 years, with players from all teams. Each year's "set" includes hundreds of slides. I'm stoked on the Hannah and Tippett pre-RCs

[LuckyLarry]

Those are pretty neat Dan.

Here are my most recent 1977 Topps Mexican pick-ups. Up to 147 of 528.

The OJ makes me incredibly uncomfortable, however comparably graded SGC & BVG '77's go for nearly 50% the cost of a PSA in this set. Seems to be some registry envy. Strange, especially considering the other two cards, both PSA graded, were improperly labeled as "1977 Topps", though they are obviously "1977 Topps Mexican". Not sure why PSA is considered the de facto experts on such things when they make bone-headed mistakes such as these. There were actually four incorrectly labeled Mexicans in the recent pick-up, all sequentially graded. Thank you Jeremy for the recent additions

Oops, I criticized a TPG without my name in the post, Ty Phelan

[Beansballcardblog]

I'm sure I've missed posting some things in my absence, but this is my latest pickup. Second copy, but I wasn't passing it up.

September 3 Card Show Pickup #3 – More of One Before

1951 Bowman #13 Bulldog Turner by kekinsley, on Flickr

1951 Bowman #13 Bulldog Turner (back) by kekinsley, on Flickr