April pick up thread

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

Finally got the 63 Bouldin rookie card #496 to finish my Senators run from 52 to 71. This last one was hard to get but I finally got a nice one to complete the run.

I also learned about Dalkowski's history while I was looking for Bouldin and I guess that contributed to the trouble getting one.

Regardless the Bouldin Senators Rookie is in the book now!

Cheers,

Butch

Nice card of Dalkowski/Bouldin. That card is on my wanted list for Dalkowski's sake, but I haven't been looking for it with much vigor. His is certainly an interesting and tragic story. What might have been.

If you haven't seen his story, watch this - The Steve Dalkowski Story.

[butchie_t]

It sure made for a hard time to find one within my range. This one fit the bill, the others I have seen are stratospheric for sure.

Thanks for the link,

Butch.

[RayBShotz]

Lots of Expos in the 1977 OPC set.
RayB

[Harliduck]

Not really interested in upgrading my 1953-55 Dormands but I had subbed what I thought would be at minimum a 6 to SGC on Gil Hodges and it came back a 4.5. Now that I am obsessively looking for the remaining 2 cards to complete the set, I did find a Gil SGC 8 that was too good of a deal to pass up. Again, wouldn't care except this card comes with such a cool back story having an 8 is pretty cool.





For those who don't know the story...the quick of it at one time this card was considered one of the rarest post-war cards of them all. These were produced for the players to hand out, and then some were made for sale at Yankee stadium. The old theory was that Gil threw his away and only a few survived. Apparently the card was selling for 5 figures at one time, IF one came available. When the maker of the cards passed away, the family was cleaning out the basement...and found Gil's lot of 500 in untouched condition! They were then sold at auction, all to one bidder, who then proceeded to sell to the hobby. The poor folks that shilled out big bucks to have this card now found their card worth less than pennies on the dollar. Feel bad for those guys, but so it goes. I now have 2! haha....

[quitcrab]

I picked up a nice complete 1963 Salada9EC06231-B4CD-4D37-B3A9-1B2FD94F62A1.jpg coin set.