September Pickups

[mintacular]

No, that Raw Koos is no higher than a 7 due to touched corners and centering

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by mintacular

No, that Raw Koos is no higher than a 7 due to touched corners and centering

Actually the centering qualifies for a 9... it looks off more than it is, but it is basically 60/40. No argument on the corners, though the touches are light and harder to see even with a magnifying glass than on that scan.

[Jenx34]

This might be my favorite pickup from the Sterling Sports Auction.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

This might be my favorite pickup from the Sterling Sports Auction.

Nice card! I was looking at the sales and wondered if anyone from here won that card?

Congrats.

[Jenx34]

I had a pretty nice night, I thought. Missed out on a '75 PSA 8 Thurman Munson and '55 PSA 6 Jackie Robinson, but picked up these cards...

1959 Topps #478 Bob Clemente PSA 6
1967 Topps #400 Bob Clemente PSA 7
1968 Topps #247 Johnny Bench PSA 6 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #30 Blyleven PSA 8 & #320 Rose PSA 7, Lot of (2)
1975 Topps #70 Mike Schmidt PSA 8
1975 Topps #223 Robin Yount PSA 7 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #620 Gary Carter PSA 8.5 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #640 Harmon Killebrew PSA 8
1975 Topps #660 Hank Aaron PSA 7

I thought I got good deals on the Clemente's and Bench. May have overpaid for the Schmidt, but I am building a nice '75 set and any PSA 8's can't hurt. I have the full set now and plan to send several cards to PSA (may have a 10 or 2, but should have a fair amount of 9's and lots of 8's. Trying to make it as high grade as I can without getting stupid. I'll sell doubles once I determine which ones to keep. May actually pull the trigger on 2 or 3 "high grade" sets this coming week. Will take a lot of work to meld all into one "master" set, but I love '75's so what the hell.

[Iwantmorecards77]

Glad the Foster rookie brought a smile to your face, Jason!

Here is an upgrade that arrived today...

[clydepepper]

Cool to get one from Gary Carter's Collection:

1955 Topps #200- Jackie Jensen SGC-84 NM - Gary Carter Collection.jpg