December 2023 Pickup Thread

[butchie_t]

.... And that is progressive proofs. Especially progressive proofs, they just looks cool to me and are fun to collect and add to each year of Topps Set I have. When I can find them anyway.

I have been watching this series of 72 Tim Cullen PPs on eBay for a very long time. They came into a good range for me to pull the trigger on a couple of weeks ago and now I have them in my PC. WooT!!!

These were part of the Guernsey's Topps Archive Auction a long time ago. It is interesting to me that the SGC flip is in silver and not the normal green. Not sure if that means anything to anyone, I just thought it interesting. Anyway, thanks to Jeff W. I have these now.

And they will be removed from their encapsulation and added to the binder. That is how I roll........

And I forgot to mention, Tim Cullen, Senator, so score on that part too. I only wish Topps would not have airbrushed his hat for these PP's.

Butch

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

It is interesting to me that the SGC flip is in silver and not the normal green. Not sure if that means anything to anyone, I just thought it interesting. Anyway, thanks to Jeff W. I have these now.

SGC ditched the remaining green with the last major branding overhaul on the flips, which if memory serves was in 2018. The new regular labels where yours are silver are just black.

Very cool proofs! I'm just trying to put together the base '72 Topps set, and not even halfway through that.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

SGC ditched the remaining green with the last major branding overhaul on the flips, which if memory serves was in 2018. The new regular labels where yours are silver are just black.

Very cool proofs! I'm just trying to put together the base '72 Topps set, and not even halfway through that.

I had a fun time putting that set together. Thankfully, I drug about half the set with me everywhere I moved. The half I did have I actually bought way back in 72. I finally finished it a couple of years ago. Just took a bit over 40 years to complete it. Damn, I’m old.

Enjoy the quest. And thanks for the post.

Butch.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I had a fun time putting that set together. Thankfully, I drug about half the set with me everywhere I moved. The half I did have I actually bought way back in 72. I finally finished it a couple of years ago. Just took a bit over 40 years to complete it. Damn, I’m old.

Enjoy the quest. And thanks for the post.

Butch.

I was born in 1977, so when I was a kid in this hobby, roughly 1986 to '93 - I always thought of cards like '72 as the gaudy, recent past. (As opposed to the cool, vintage past which for me at the time meant the 1950's). I wanted about as much to do with those cards as I did the green appliances and orange carpet they no doubt originally shared households with. It wasn't until I got back into cards as an adult in my late 30's that something different clicked in my head and I found '72 Topps desirable. Today, I think it's the most unique design of the decade - and it's easily my favorite. Er, well not including the anomaly that is 1971 Topps and all things related to those ridiculous black-bordered cards. I love those as well...

[Eric72]

I just picked up the last "key" card (Jackie/Mantle/Mays/Clemente/Koufax/Aaron/Williams) for my 1956 Topps set.



Next up for me will be the checklists and guys like Ernie Banks, Pee Wee Reese, and Whitey Ford.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

.... And that is progressive proofs. Especially progressive proofs, they just looks cool to me and are fun to collect and add to each year of Topps Set I have. When I can find them anyway.

I have been watching this series of 72 Tim Cullen PPs on eBay for a very long time. They came into a good range for me to pull the trigger on a couple of weeks ago and now I have them in my PC. WooT!!!

These were part of the Guernsey's Topps Archive Auction a long time ago. It is interesting to me that the SGC flip is in silver and not the normal green. Not sure if that means anything to anyone, I just thought it interesting. Anyway, thanks to Jeff W. I have these now.

And they will be removed from their encapsulation and added to the binder. That is how I roll........

And I forgot to mention, Tim Cullen, Senator, so score on that part too. I only wish Topps would not have airbrushed his hat for these PP's.

Butch

Really like the progressive proofs. Jeff W., on eBay, had some ‘75 Topps Brooks proofs, but I just couldn’t afford and someone else picked them up. I collect Brooks so I try to pick up things related and proofs fit the bill; they just hardly ever show up and when they do it’s typically out of my price range.

What gets me is that currently SGC will not put “progressive proof”. Why? Who knows.

[Harliduck]

Nice Banks John!!! Beats my 1.5...

And yes...I too have a house keeper, but highly doubt she knows or cares...but...frankly the sheet they took over everything else either shows they have no idea...or smart cause they took something that may not be noticed. Anyhow...almost have now received the page back...they are now trickling in...

[luciobar1980]

Sweet '56 Clemente. One of the coolest cards out there IMO.