November Pickup Thread

[Natswin2019]

Picked up my third ever Willie Mays card with this 1958 Topps. Lower grade but was a deal imo and looks great.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Natswin2019

Picked up my third ever Willie Mays card with this 1958 Topps. Lower grade but was a deal imo and looks great.

Congrats on the Mays. One of my favorites of all-time. The first non-Phillies player to pique my interest.

[RayBShotz]

First vintage card in a while. Impulse bid. The color and centering are off the charts. RayB.

[oldeboo]

Don't normally cross over to post war much, but picked up a few interesting ones. A pair of 51B double overprints, a 52T offset scrap and 53T wrong back.

[JollyElm]

The significance of this may be lost on many collectors, but if you're among my errors and variations brethren, you might understand how excited I am to SCORE this southpaw (get it?)!! Sure, Herb Score is in all of our hearts due to his majestic appearance on the cover of (some versions of) "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum" book, but talk about low POP...

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There are only three total PSA 9 1962 Topps #116 Herb Score Green Tints in existence. Two are straight 9's, and then this one with the qualifier. That's it. (It's important to note that PSA didn't always put 'Green Tint' on the labels, so the POP is often off because GT's are hidden among the 'regular' graded cards. However, with Mr. Score, there are only three conventional 9's listed - two straight 9's and one with a qualifier - so that doesn't come into play.) Coming from New York, I don't give a darn about a tiny bit of snow on my cards (And come on, PSA. Print defect??? Where??!!), especially if I can get a beautiful, sharp cornered card at a fraction of the cost!!

[Seven]

Never got around to posting this here. I just love looking at this card. Red Heart is such a beautiful issue

[Natswin2019]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Congrats on the Mays. One of my favorites of all-time. The first non-Phillies player to pique my interest.

Thanks! I think the 72 Topps will always be my favorite because it was my first ever Mays but both this one and my 56 Topps are in my top favorite cards for sure!

[luciobar1980]

Thrilled to pick up this gorgeous 2nd year Aaron! :

[JollyElm]

The 1965 Topps #335 Mickey Lolich in my set binder is autographed, so a replacement was always a necessity. In looking to find an example in pretty nice shape on ebay, I realized that it was probably a better bet to just buy a graded one...and ran across this guy. It cost less than 1/10 of what straight PSA 9's have sold for recently, so I grabbed it. The centering on front is pretty fine by me, and the 'miscut' refers to the back bottom touching the border, which is also not a problem whatsoever...

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[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

The 1965 Topps #335 Mickey Lolich in my set binder is autographed, so a replacement was always a necessity. In looking to find an example in pretty nice shape on ebay, I realized that it was probably a better bet to just buy a graded one...and ran across this guy. It cost less than 1/10 of what straight PSA 9's have sold for recently, so I grabbed it. The centering on front is pretty fine by me, and the 'miscut' refers to the back bottom touching the border, which is also not a problem whatsoever...

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Why does Mickey look like he's had 3 tequila shots right before his Topps photo shoot?

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

Thrilled to pick up this gorgeous 2nd year Aaron! :

Awesome Aaron! Very undervalued IMO.

[DeanH3]

Mail day! Always liked this pose and the simplicity of the design.

[Casey2296]

Nice pick ups everyone.
That 57t Mays is not easy to find clean and centered, they have notorious snow issues. Picked up along my travels, this Banks is mesmerizing and goes well with that 63 Brock. 63 Fleer cards are undervalued right now so I just pick them up when they come along. Also, my centering OCD is getting worse...

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Awesome Aaron! Very undervalued IMO.

Thanks! I think so too. It can only go up.

[wdwfan]

Finally can post again on this thread. First vintage pickups in a while. I've never been into the graded thing and never owned anything graded (have never subbed either). But decided as I get older that vintage graded is kind of more stable than newer, modern stuff. So diving into it.

Bought 3 PSA cards off Facebook earlier this week, and they should be here tomorrow. Will post those when I get them.

But I also visited Bankston's in Waco yesterday. Great store and great owner. Brent told me he had some graded boxes in the back, so he went and grabbed them to let me look through them. Glad I did.

Decided to buy these 2 cards.

The new cornerstone of my entire PC. My most expensive card.



Also a nice RC of a non-HOFer, although this guy has a good case to be in there.



Also picked up a raw copy of one of my all time favorite cards (it was the first vintage card I ever saw back in 1992)