June Pickups

[IgnatiusJReilly]

So I went a little crazy on 1952 Bowman recently, but am very happy with the results:

1952_Bowman_Mays2_1

1952_Bowman_Musial_1

Also picked up this Minoso that I have been chasing for a while. I have no idea why it's a 5. Great eye appeal.

1956_Minoso_1

[irv]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

Got a couple more 52 Topps in the mail today for my set:

Nice looking 52's, Tom.

[ASF123]

These gems arrived this week. Just out of curiosity, and to help me calibrate my eye, if I were to send these in for grading (which I won't), what do you think they might get?

The backs are clean and sharp, and no hidden creases that don't show up in the photos. Ted has a couple of very small (1/8") indentation lines visible on the front surface if you angle it to the light, and Stan has some fraying on the bottom right corner. Back is similarly O/C. Thoughts?

Thanks!

**By the way, I tried to edit this post literally 10 times to get the images right side up. If I save the jpgs vertically, they rotate 90 degrees to the right. If I save them rotated 90 degrees to the left...they rotate 180 degrees when uploaded. What is the upload issue causing that?? It's incredibly annoying.

[stlcardsfan]

Andrew those are both great cards. I would guesstimate 3-3.5 for both. And I’m as much at a loss on posting pictures on this site as you.

Originally Posted by ASF123

These gems arrived this week. Just out of curiosity, and to help me calibrate my eye, if I were to send these in for grading (which I won't), what do you think they might get?

The backs are clean and sharp, and no hidden creases that don't show up in the photos. Ted has a couple of very small (1/8") indentation lines visible on the front surface if you angle it to the light, and Stan has some fraying on the bottom right corner. Back is similarly O/C. Thoughts?

Thanks!

**By the way, I tried to edit this post literally 10 times to get the images right side up. If I save the jpgs vertically, they rotate 90 degrees to the right. If I save them rotated 90 degrees to the left...they rotate 180 degrees when uploaded. What is the upload issue causing that?? It's incredibly annoying.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by ASF123

**By the way, I tried to edit this post literally 10 times to get the images right side up. If I save the jpgs vertically, they rotate 90 degrees to the right. If I save them rotated 90 degrees to the left...they rotate 180 degrees when uploaded. What is the upload issue causing that?? It's incredibly annoying.

I'm stumped. Do you (whatever image editing program you use) have the capability of combining the images into one larger image? Perhaps that would avoid the 90 and 180 degree reorientation problem? I have always used a PC based photo editor for uploading at this site and have never run into the issue you describe, so it puzzles me.

[scmavl]

Andrew, I've found that if I crop the photo just the tiniest bit, the image will stay upright when I upload it. If I don't (even if I rotate it on my phone's editing software), it often flips.

And Matthew, man... you're KILLING IT with the 52s!

[IgnatiusJReilly]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Andrew, I've found that if I crop the photo just the tiniest bit, the image will stay upright when I upload it. If I don't (even if I rotate it on my phone's editing software), it often flips.

And Matthew, man... you're KILLING IT with the 52s!

Thanks Jarrod. I've received some very helpful advice along the way!

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

I LOVE seeing the 1952 Bowmans....still an undervalued (relatively speaking) and very collectable set. I only have eight cards to go to complete my mid grade set (and I have all the BIG ones) but I'm taking my time because I don't want the "chase" to be over. I did recently add this to complement it. As with most things, I wish I would have picked this up a couple years ago when the wrappers were cheaper and easier to find:

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by ASF123

**By the way, I tried to edit this post literally 10 times to get the images right side up. If I save the jpgs vertically, they rotate 90 degrees to the right. If I save them rotated 90 degrees to the left...they rotate 180 degrees when uploaded. What is the upload issue causing that?? It's incredibly annoying.

If you upload pics via a cell phone (or iPad) through the Tapatalk app, the pics don't seem to have rotation problems. They will take multiple attempts to upload though, as the format of this message board I'm guessing is a bit antiquated. Most modern cell phone pics are way larger by default than what N54 seems to want to accommodate. If you keep trying though they will eventually upload - weird.

[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by IgnatiusJReilly

So I went a little crazy on 1952 Bowman recently, but am very happy with the results:

1952_Bowman_Mays2_1

1952_Bowman_Musial_1

Also picked up this Minoso that I have been chasing for a while. I have no idea why it's a 5. Great eye appeal.

1956_Minoso_1

Those 52’s make me very envious.