March pick up thread

[irv]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Congrats Ben on not only picking up that 52 Mathews but FINALLY finishing your 55 Bowman set.

Nice p/u's Irv....each p/u inches us both closer to the completion of this 52 set.

Added this 52 SMOKY to my set...down to 21 Hi#s to go for completion.

Great P/U, SFMS's. Glad to read you are almost there!

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Here's another beautiful card that is technically/mathematically off-centered (the back is centered nearly perfectly), but if I was around in the summer of '62, chewing a huge wad of gum, and broke this 'Stan the Man' out of a pack, it never would've entered my mind that it was 'flawed.' And I got it for a fraction of the cost of a straight 9...

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I'd take OC cards like that any day of the week! Nice P/U.

[71buc]

I'm in Arizona for Spring Training. Currently at the Dogers Rangers game. I picked up these autographs a moment ago. The stub is from Jenkins Career High 14 K game. Browne debuted 9/9/1965 in Koufax's perfect game. He told me it was a hell of an introduction to MLB Baseball. He talked to me a bit about the game to include the sound of Koufax's curve and the difficulty picking up his fast ball due to the haze caused by the smoke from Watts Riots fascinating conversation

[Bagwell-1994]

Another day, another Mantle

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[jason.1969]

My first 1955 Topps Doubleheader. Hoskins was one of the most dangerous hitters in a Homestead Grays lineup that included Josh Gibsob, integrated the Texas League as the league's top pitcher and third leading hitter, and pitched for the Cleveland Indians for two years.

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[JoeDfan]

Super excited to add this one to my Joe Torre collection. I have been waiting on this one for a long time.

Slowly whittling away at the Joe Torre master set...

[Bagwell-1994]

First auto I've ever bought

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[Bagwell-1994]

Newest pick up

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[invest]

I was thrilled to pick this up at REA

Troy

[jchcollins]

It’s not often I can swing a multiple-card mailday anymore, but that’s what happened today with the arrival of these three from evilBay. Bonus: what I thought was a white print mark there below Ernie’s chin must have been a scanner issue, was not there on the card when I opened it, and it is gorgeous. The Carlton I have always thought is a super undervalued card - issued in his greatest season, and commemorative of one of the most famous lopsided trades in the history of the game. I’d assert it’s his most important card other than his rookie. Sorry the Ripken does not technically fit our timeframe, but it’s an upgrade to another copy I had recently bought before I noticed that it had edge wear. Also on this one, I learned to look for no annoying yellow print marks in the grass. 8’s can still have them...but this one doesn’t.





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[todeen]

Nice '61 Banks, I am trying to put that set together.

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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by todeen

Nice '61 Banks, I am trying to put that set together.

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Thanks. I'm doing just the subset of AS cards. They are actually very affordable for high numbers and HOF'ers considering the era. There seems to be a weird price discrepancy too between mid-grade and super high grade with those cards that does not exist for other vintage cards. For example to get a nice Mantle #578, even like a PSA 4 sellers want at least $250. But for the highest end, you could get a Mint 9 for only $1250. It doesn't seem to me like pricing for base cards of superstars in other sets works like that...what is a Mint 9 '65 Mantle 350 going to be? Like $15k...

[bnorth]

Added these 2 to my Eddie Mathews collection today.

[jchcollins]

An addition to my “underrated pitchers” collection. ;-) Nicer 5 than I thought in-hand; rough cuts aren’t supposed to discount the grade - but that’s all I see offhand which is keeping this from about a 6.5.




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[Sportscards1086]

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[Peter_Spaeth]

I thought these were both very nice for the grade.

[clydepepper]

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