2010 National Pickups,Pics, and Post

[DJR]

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[Jim VB]

Very nice pick up David!

[jmk59]

Well I always suspected Jim was a blow heart. Now I know for sure.

J

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by jmk59

Well I always suspected Jim was a blow heart. Now I know for sure.

J

'Tis true!


(Did you check with Bruce, three times, before making that comment?)

[RichR]

Awesome pickup DJR! Glad it worked out for you and thanks for sharing!

[vintagewhitesox]

Great pick ups guys. Very nice looking cards.

What a great week. Always nice to meet fellow Net54ers, glad I could meet taxman, Trae, Chris B., Leon, Dave R., and just a ton of people. It was a blast!

[scooter729]

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[bcornell]

Very nice, David! Leave it to the non-sports guy to get a vintage haul like that.

This was my 8th straight National... didn't pick up a single baseball card, but I didn't go home empty-handed, luckily. Always great to see my collector buddies.




Bill

[egbeachley]

David, nice pickup. I was wondering if he was going to come back.

Bill, thanks for the N283 scans. I was hoping to see them before they got sold but figured it was you who snagged them and I would see them soon enough.

[Abravefan11]

I had a great time at my first National and enjoyed meeting many Net54 members. I was able to pick up a couple of cards I needed included this E90-1 Richie.

[slantycouch]

Had a really nice time at my first National. I'll have to post pics later but a few of my highlights:

Meeting Josh A., Bill L. Leon,...
Drooling over Scott Levy's cards and chatting with him
Meeting William Peebles and looking at his incredible craftsmanship (www.huntingtonbaseballco.com)
Picking up some great wire photos from the TSN collection
Having a T206 Cobb (bat on) Sovereign 350 come back as an SGC 60 when I was hoping for a 50.
Talking baseball with Dmitri Young. Dude is a genuine guy.
Being able to talk concert posters (my other collecting passion) with one dealer
Seeing the complete set of 1949 Bowman PCL's
Having a chance to fully be a baseball/collecting geek in public, without shame.... haha

[E93]

Very psyched about this one:

Got this one from Leon in a trade.
JimB

[asoriano]

T205's from National.

Shooting for the number one T205 set on the SGC Registry.

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Thanks to everyone who made these cards available at the show. I will say the T205 market was a more active at this show than previous ones.

A big thank you to the SGC guys who crossed many PSA cards as well as raw cards submitted in a very timely manner. I did have one fairly high end PSA card rejected due to color added. It was pretty obvious once Brian pointed it out and I was able to get a refund from the dealer. Thanks again to everyone at SGC.
Overall it was great to meet new and old card friends. Looking forward to Chicago.

[Bicem]

Great pickups Jim!

[E93]

Thanks Jeff.
JimB

[GoSoxBoSox]

Originally Posted by DJR

The lunch box find of close to (300) tobacco cards - (170) T207s including Johnson and (25-30) HOFers, (100) T206s including Cobb, (2) Cy Young, (7-10) SLers, (20 or so HOFers), E93 Cobb (super low grade), a handful of T205s and T210s ranging for Good - VG+ with some higher and some worse. The collection had been untouched for close to 75 years. All the T207s were Recruit so could determine the original preference of the smoker. I call this the lunch box find because Larry carried them into the show in a circa 1960s red lunch box in a few plastic sandwich baggies. Larry told me, before he arrived, the rubber bands were removed because he felt people would not like that...so of course I thanked him! Congrats to the person that managed to score the M131 Newsboy group of 6 or so cards (price withheld to avoid outing the other lucky collector / dealer). Since I did not initially accurately value the M131s (I am mainly a vintage non sports collector / dealer), having them not included actually really helped me secure the remainder of the collection. I lucked out having the 2nd table as you entered the National. My buying sign and/or inventory must have resonated. After playing things straight and cool on Sat, the collector walked away to shop them around, despite my best attempts so stopped raising my offers. I was beyond bummed out and figured it was the deal that escaped me and nice guys finish last. Larry mentioned he might come back the next day but likely not...rrrgghhh. I only asked for the final opportunity to accept or reject the price, when he determined what it would take. Amazingly, he showed up early at 8:00 today and arrived at my table (using the loaned dealer pass) and was willing to sell them for price that made sense to both of us. He purchased the entire collection for $1,000 in a local estate sale. Larry is a nice, gentle, simple but interesting older gentleman that traces his roots back to the early to mid 1700s in Virginia. His family reunions on their original homestead (300+ acres in the Virginia hills) attracts 2,000 family members each year. He told me the oil mining royalties pays all the taxes and some other interesting stories. I just wanted to post some images and share my excitement. To top it off, today is my Birthday and could not have asked for a better gift on the last day of the National. I made other pickups for my collection and inventory but they are not baseball related. Thanks for sharing in my excitement!

I am the collector who now owns the M131 Baltimore Newsboys. There were 9 Newsboys and 5 Briggs cards that I bought from Larry. All are now graded by SGC. I didn't end-up winning the lot you won because I graded and valued the lot much lower than you did here according to Larry who told me what you paid. The T207's were G to VG but the T206 were mostly Poor to Good. That said, I was happy Larry was happy because he was a very nice older gentleman.

Well done DJR. I wish I had a few of those T207s!

Tom

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I was disappointed that I couldn't find a T206 Neal Ball New York in PSA 4, but was able to get the others I wanted.

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[ChiefBenderForever]

My big scores from Charm City !!!!!!!!!!

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[timzcardz]

Most of my bankroll went towards picking up over half of the cards needed to complete my '58 Topps set. I added 82 cards and am down to about 70 to complete it including the variations.

After that I dropped a grand on Ripken autographs for my son and I. Cal never disappoints, and I got autographs with inscirptions on the four printing plates used to produce the cover of the of Feb/March 2007 Beckett Baseball Card Plus cover honoring his election to The Hall of Fame.

My sole prewar purchase was from The Sporting News Collection, because the Red Rolfe image below just seemed too great to pass up. That collection was amazing and thumbing through the photos was a great way to spend some time at The National even if you didn't buy any.

[thegashousegang]

Originally Posted by timzcardz

My sole prewar purchase was from The Sporting News Collection, because the Red Rolfe image below just seemed too great to pass up. That collection was amazing and thumbing through the photos was a great way to spend some time at The National even if you didn't buy any.

Nice choice on the Rolfe photo.