August Pickup Thread

[dabigyankeeman]

These just came this week (can you tell i am a Yankees collector?):

[joeadcock]

Yep

[Northviewcats]

I was excited to win this card on eBay. My first "El Indio," and it features an interesting player from the Negro Leagues, Hank Thompson. Hank played with the Kansas City Monarchs and was the third black ball player to enter the major leagues. He hit over 130 home runs in eight years, mainly with the Giants. He married a Cuban beauty Queen and seemed to have a great life ahead of him, but he died young after being released from prison for bank robbery. Interesting life story.

Best,

Joe

[Brian Van Horn]

I love flea markets. Thank You, Bob and Thank You, Lou. Also, a special thanks to border member Pat (Mintacular) for giving me the tip on what Bob had to offer at his table:

[willworkforT206]

...I bet there's a portrait of Cobb with a red background on the front of that Piedmont Factory 42. Let's see....thanks.

[Woundedduck]

I can finally cross this one off my most wanted cards list

[rhettyeakley]

1921 Herpolsheimer's John Henry (one of the few fom the set that never made the E121 card set, which isn't surprising since he was out of the major leagues in 1918, and hadn't played with the Washington Senators since 1917! A very strange inclusion in the set that I had been looking for for quite a while.)


And two other random pickups, a 1923 Tomas Gutierrez card of Joe DeBerry, and a Crescent Selkirk card of Hockey trainer Bowman (you tend to see less Bowman's b/c who wanted the trainer?):