February Pickup Thread

[mybuddyinc]

" Bases on balls, you idiot, bases on balls is the the cause of all of this." -- George Stallings

[vintagetoppsguy]

Bought these on eBay this morining taking advantage of the double eBay bucks:










Bought these 2 earlier in the week:

[Ease]

Nice haul David!!

[jimivintage]

Just got this one in the mail today. One more off the HOF RC list! Presents well for a 30. Very happy!

[joeadcock]

Hello to all Net54 members.

[Kawika]

Tip Top pick-up, JA!

[mybuddyinc]

A BIG net54 THANK YOU to Ed W.

Although I don't collect T212's, I've always thought Wiggs and his wisp of clouds was a vintage classic. Add a “Buck Baker Back” and this became one of those random must-have cards !!!!!

wiggs.jpg

Deciphering the back:

James A. LR (indication he was a switch hitter ?)
Salt L – Cinn – SF 04 (Salt Lake – Cincinnati – San Francisco, 1904)
SL + NO 5 (Salt Lake and New Orleans, 1905)
BAK [BRK?] Det 6 (???????????* - Detroit, 1906)
Denver – Tol (Denver** - Toledo, 1907)
Altoona 8 (Altoona, 1908)
Oak 9 (Oakland, 1909)
Mont 10 (Montreal, 1910)
Oak 11 (Oakland, 1911)
Sea S/11 (Seattle, 1911)

B79 (who knows ?!?)

Long Jim in pencil

* Bak/Brk – Any ideas ???
** Can't find reference to him playing in Denver

[Vintagecatcher]

I have always thought the Wiggs T212 was a classic card as well.

According to The Baseball Reference, Big Jim Wiggs was born on "September 1, 1876 in Trondhjem, Norway." My guess is that B79 was meant to be a notation for date of birth, although there seems to be a 3 year difference from the data on The Baseball Reference page.


Patrick

[joeadcock]

Thanks to Matt Goebel(fellow net 54 member).

Egan cards are great.