December Pick Ups

JollyElm · #1 12-23-2024, 05:07 PM

Airbrushed 'Holtzy' is particularly hard to find decently centered, so that is a very nice addition!!

ChiSoxCardboard · #2 12-29-2024, 05:53 AM

Some really sharp '59s to show off this morning. The Pearson looks like a 9 to me!

Tere1071 · #3 12-30-2024, 11:46 PM

Today I finished my 1968 Topps Baseball�s Card set with the arrival of the Ryan rookie card and # 490 Superstars. Earlier this month I purchased the 68 Bench rookie card as well as the 68 Mantle. I also added an SGC 3 67 Mantle as well as the 69 Fingers rookie card. All I need, other than more money as I emptied the entire budget to get these few cards, are the 67 Clemente and Rose along with the Mantle and Ryan for my 69 set.

Does anyone have the Bob Tolan stamp from the 1969 Topps stamps? I need it to complete my Reds album.

Happy collecting!

Phil aka Tere1071

Still seeking to trade for in lower, but not trashed condition:

1967 Topps Baseball insert posters
1968 Topps Baseball game card inserts
1969 Topps Baseball complete stamp albums Tigers & Twins
1970 & 71 Topps Baseball scratch offs
1971 Topps Baseball Coins

ChiSoxCardboard · #4 12-31-2024, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Tere1071

Today I finished my 1968 Topps Baseball�s Card set with the arrival of the Ryan rookie card and # 490 Superstars. Earlier this month I purchased the 68 Bench rookie card as well as the 68 Mantle.

That�s awesome, Phil, congratulations! What an accomplishment to finish a set with those two rookies. What�s the average condition? Raw or graded or mixed. Show some pics, man!

I�m working on the 65 set in an EX-MT average condition. Got about half the cards, but none of the Mays/Aaron/Mantle or the Carlton rookie yet.

Tere1071 · #5 01-01-2025, 02:04 AM

I wanted to comment that your 59 Pinson brought back memories. I received my first 59 Topps back in 1973 when I was in sixth grade. Another collector at my school had the Pinson and despite offering him the equivalent of my next three upcoming birthdays, he wouldn�t trade it (Pinson was a member of the Angels at the time). Because of that �rejection,� the 59 set is one of my favorite designs.

As for my 68 set, I would rate it in overall good to very good condition. In order to complete the set I had to purchase stars in lesser condition. The Ryan and Bench cards are in poor to fair condition, the Mantle is in fair to good condition. Maybe I�ll post them, but there are better specimens to view. The root of the set was my best friend�s childhood collection. He loved his cards as a fan of baseball, not as a collector, so they were well-worn. Upgrades would have been too costly, but I thought it would be a nice tribute to him to add the missing cards in the way he kept them.

Happy collecting!

Phil aka Tere1071

vintagebaseballcardguy · #6 01-01-2025, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tere1071

I wanted to comment that your 59 Pinson brought back memories. I received my first 59 Topps back in 1973 when I was in sixth grade. Another collector at my school had the Pinson and despite offering him the equivalent of my next three upcoming birthdays, he wouldn�t trade it (Pinson was a member of the Angels at the time). Because of that �rejection,� the 59 set is one of my favorite designs.

As for my 68 set, I would rate it in overall good to very good condition. In order to complete the set I had to purchase stars in lesser condition. The Ryan and Bench cards are in poor to fair condition, the Mantle is in fair to good condition. Maybe I�ll post them, but there are better specimens to view. The root of the set was my best friend�s childhood collection. He loved his cards as a fan of baseball, not as a collector, so they were well-worn. Upgrades would have been too costly, but I thought it would be a nice tribute to him to add the missing cards in the way he kept them.

Happy collecting!

Phil aka Tere1071

Phil, I would love to see the highlights of your completed '68 set. There is absolutely nothing wrong with lower grade cards. The older I get, the more I gravitate in that direction. It sounds like your set has the added bonus of serving as a tribute to your childhood friend. That is very cool.

vintagebaseballcardguy · #7 01-01-2025, 08:55 AM

I actually picked this up a couple of months ago. While not baseball, it is at least postwar.

I definitely plan on picking up postwar baseball again as this new year progresses.

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