April pick up thread

[JollyElm]

Picked up my eighth different graded 1973 Topps #615 Schmidt Rookie Card. (Gee, perhaps it's time to start attending Card Collectors Anonymous meetings. )

It's newly graded, so the PSA 5 is nothing short of silly, as their only tool these days is a hammer. Paid a decent amount to grab it, because this guy looks too seriously great to 'only' be deemed a five...


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Will soon be added to my 'Schmidt Rookies for Trade' thread, if anyone is interested and has nice stuff to trade. (The toning is not on the card, just the result of the camera.)

[Exhibitman]

1949 Hage's Artie Wilson. The back story on this card is interesting. Per Wikipedia:

Wilson played for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League from 1942 to 1948, where he was considered the league's best shortstop, and was named the starting shortstop of the league All-Star team seven times from 1944 to 1948 (missing out only in 1945, when he was beaten out by Jackie Robinson). During Wilson's time with the Black Barons, the team won the league championship in 1943, 1944 and 1948, advancing to, but never winning, the Negro League World Series. In 1948, the New York Yankees purchased Wilson's contract, and he was assigned to their Newark Bears minor league team; but since his salary would have been less than he was making with Birmingham, he negotiated another contract with the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League. The Yankees protested to baseball commissioner Happy Chandler, who voided Wilson's Padres contract. The Yankees then sold Wilson to the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League, where he was the team's first black player and the roommate of Billy Martin. With Oakland, Wilson won the PCL batting title with a .348 average and also led in stolen bases with 47. In 1950, he led the PCL in runs with 168 and hits with 264, helping the Oaks to the 1950 PCL championship.

The card is from the nanosecond Wilson was a Padre.

Here is a snapshot of Wilson in action in 1949:

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

It's newly graded, so the PSA 5 is nothing short of silly, as their only tool these days is a hammer. Paid a decent amount to grab it, because this guy looks too seriously great to 'only' be deemed a five...

Newly graded is quite the joke indeed. I recently picked up a ‘71 Munson in a PSA 5, also newly graded with a 7- serial number. After examining closely, I just busted it. There was nothing preventing it from equaling at least a 6 with PSA, even fairly recently. Their tools apparently are just hammers anymore and numbers they throw at the wall to see what sticks…


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[RayBShotz]

Recent grab!