June Pickups

[Casey2296]

Picked up a nice Brooksie.
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[irv]

One May pick up/June delivery and 2 June pick ups June deliveries.
Down to 6 remaining to complete my 52 Topps set.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by irv

One May pick up/June delivery and 2 June pick ups June deliveries.
Down to 6 remaining to complete my 52 Topps set.

Great looking pickups Dale. Quite strong eye appeal on all three of those cards.

Congrats on getting your magic number down to just SIX!!!

[irv]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Great looking pickups Dale. Quite strong eye appeal on all three of those cards.

Congrats on getting your magic number down to just SIX!!!

Thanks, Larry.
I appreciate that.
Edit: Just realized the mark on Russ's cap was on the saver and not the card.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by irv

One May pick up/June delivery and 2 June pick ups June deliveries.
Down to 6 remaining to complete my 52 Topps set.

Nice pick-ups, Dale. Glad to see you keep making progress on the set.

[irv]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Nice pick-ups, Dale. Glad to see you keep making progress on the set.

Thanks, Jay.
Slowly but surely I'm getting there.

[JollyElm]

This card(?) may not be everyone's cup of tea due to its centering, but it is semi-interesting. There are no 1967 Topps Pin-Ups #23 Harmon Killebrew cards graded PSA 10 and no straight PSA 9s, either...just two with qualifiers - this OC one and another nearly identical one. That's it. So, depending on your pop definition, it could be said that there are "none higher."

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It's funny how just like virtually all of his 1972 Topps 'In Action' cards, this guy (and the other OC one) has that same leftward tilt happening.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by irv

One May pick up/June delivery and 2 June pick ups June deliveries.
Down to 6 remaining to complete my 52 Topps set.

Dale, congrats on snagging a few more nice looking '52 Topps high numbers! The finish line is getting a little closer for you.

[Tom S.]

I was able to add a few more cards to my 1952 Topps set this month. Still have miles to go though...

[rugbymarine]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Picked up a nice Brooksie.
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Oooh! Nice 61 Brooks, Phil!

This should count since its Jackie Robinson , I picked this up today at a Mooresville NC Food Lion, which a portion of the puchase is being donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by rgpete

This should count since its Jackie Robinson , I picked this up today at a Mooresville NC Food Lion, which a portion of the puchase is being donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation

Great pick up Ron, I think that particular issue has a lot of upside potential. And if I'm wrong, hey, at least you got a can o' nuts.

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Great pick up Ron, I think that particular issue has a lot of upside potential. And if I'm wrong, hey, at least you got a can o' nuts.

My wife thinks Im nuts

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by rgpete

This should count since its Jackie Robinson , I picked this up today at a Mooresville NC Food Lion, which a portion of the puchase is being donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation

A heavenly coffee.

[JollyElm]

Very elated to have found this epic card from my youth, 1974 Topps #1 Hank Aaron - All-Time HR King, at a very decent price (not eBay), and decided it was time to grab it before the prices continued to climb...

1974Aaron1PSA8OChor.jpg

And the centering is actually better than it appears, as the shadow cast by the plastic thing on the left obscures some of the white there.

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Very elated to have found this epic card from my youth, 1974 Topps #1 Hank Aaron - All-Time HR King, at a very decent price (not eBay), and decided it was time to grab it before the prices continued to climb...

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And the centering is actually better than it appears, as the shadow cast by the plastic thing on the left obscures some of the white there.

Nice Aaron! That card brings back tons of memories for me. 1974 was the first set I collected and the Hank #1, along with the Aaron Specials cards, are super memorable since I grew up near Atlanta and enjoyed following the home run record chase.


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[irv]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

Dale, congrats on snagging a few more nice looking '52 Topps high numbers! The finish line is getting a little closer for you.

Originally Posted by Tom S.

I was able to add a few more cards to my 1952 Topps set this month. Still have miles to go though...

Thanks, Tom.

Those are great looking cards you've picked up, and if that is the standard you're after, you're going to have a great looking set come completion.

Good luck the rest of the way!

[JollyElm]

1974Aaron1PSA8OChor.jpg

I meant to ask, what stadium was the 1974 Topps #1 Hank Aaron taken in? The 1973 All Star game was held in Kansas City, and the scoreboard has the same trademark shape, but no crown appears atop it (which would've added that much more pop to the card had it appeared looming over Aaron's head, but I digress)...unless Topps airbrushed it out for some reason, although it doesn't really look like they did. There seems to be a couple of Reds(?) warming up in the background. Searching for footage of the game didn't really provide any help or answers.

Any idea if it was definitely KC?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Any idea if it was definitely KC?

I think the crown is there and maybe just difficult to see? That would definitely appear to be the base of the KC scoreboard and the green structure underneath that supported it.

[rugbymarine]

Another Kaline! (14 down, 8 to go)

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by rugbymarine

Another Kaline! (14 down, 8 to go)

Sweet, one of my favorite Kaline cards.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by rgpete

This should count since its Jackie Robinson , I picked this up today at a Mooresville NC Food Lion, which a portion of the puchase is being donated to the Jackie Robinson Foundation

very cool collectible

[bnorth]

This awesome 1969 Topps blank back Hank Aaron arrived today.