PSA Graded M101-2 Shoeless Joe Jackson & Honus Wagner/Ty Cobb - Lost, then Won!

[VintageBen]

wowsers!!!!

I love those.

I know the feeling of getting outbid on something you need/want and wondering if you will ever see it available again in the near future.

[TUM301]

Those premiums are outstanding Sir, never understood why they weren`t as popular as other issues, that`s changing I believe. Also agree with you in this being one of the best Joe Jackson images out there. I have one, be it a real beater, but I enjoy it. Read the Ruth/Cobb quotes on Joe and thought you might like to see the enclosed note regarding him, also from another All Time Great. Good thread and nice to see your pursuit paid off so well.980AAED2-6A3D-4ABF-A23B-162D0D441ABD by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Those premiums are outstanding Sir, never understood why they weren`t as popular as other issues, that`s changing I believe. Also agree with you in this being one of the best Joe Jackson images out there. I have one, be it a real beater, but I enjoy it. Read the Ruth/Cobb quotes on Joe and thought you might like to see the enclosed note regarding him, also from another All Time Great. Good thread and nice to see your pursuit paid off so well.980AAED2-6A3D-4ABF-A23B-162D0D441ABD by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

I cannot tell you how much I love that! I see Walter Johnson as quite possibly the best pitcher ever. Thank you for sharing!

[sportscomicfantasy]

Love the story as I too have too many times lost out of lots I was interested in. Mostly because I go after things I know are likely to go out of my bidding zone. I don't make a great deal of money when I am working which I am not now.

So glad you were able to get them in the end. I do love those cards as well, but I think I only have one card from the set. I do bid on ones that are not the best looking but I still see the prices go too high for me to bid on or more than I feel they are worth. I do go after sets or near sets of cards, but sets like that I likely couldn't afford to go after. In those cases like your two cards, I just go after the HOFers in the sets. I will try to luck into them by keep trying to big on them as well as win the lottery so I don't have to worry as much about how much they cost.

[mouschi]

I couldn't pass it up! This is quite possibly my favorite Walter Johnson "card" made. The full body shot is perfect. The sepia tone, the background fading from sharp to blurred bottom to top ... everything is excellent.

I had my hesitations because truth be told, I didn't know who the other guy was, and I like my cards with only one player on them. Come to find out, he was Walter Johnson's mentor!

Called “Old Sarge” due to his service in World War I where he was wounded in the Battle of the Argonne, Gabby Street is an interesting player from the Dead Ball era we don’t hear much about.

He set a record for catching a ball from the top of the Washington Monument for 555 feet.

“Gabby had a great arm, and he was pretty proud of it. I’d be tossing to first, and you could hear Gabby chattering all over the park, ‘Let ‘em run; Gabby’ll get ‘em.’ He would too. He’d throw anyone out at second. I’ve seen him make Ty Cobb quit on a steal many a time. What a receiver he was – a perfect target, a great arm, spry as a cat.” –Walter Johnson, speaking of his catcher, Gabby Street.

“All the catchers in those days had their gloves made special. The leather was hard, yet pliable, and once you got the glove broke in and the center pocket deep enough, you could bring off some mighty good noises. I made Walter Johnson’s pitch pop extra loud. I think sometimes the people who sat right back of the plate got scared.” –Gabby Street

Here they are, perhaps the greatest pitcher baseball has ever seen, and his mentor: