October pickups

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by Doug

Wow! Great looking card!!

Thanks Doug. I thought it was great for the grade.

[mintacular]

That Ted W is awesome!

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by mintacular

That Ted W is awesome!

Thanks Patrick. That Clemente you picked up is also pretty spectacular.

[Big Six]

Just added this Lasorda rookie to my 1954 Topps Set...

[GasHouseGang]

Matt, since you're collecting this set, maybe you know the answer. Is that 1954 Lasorda the only one in the set where the player goes beyond the border? Notice Tommy's glove goes to the edge of the card. I saw a few others where the player's arm or leg appears to be slightly over the color edge, but nothing as obvious as the Lasorda. That's something I hadn't really noticed before.

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Matt, since you're collecting this set, maybe you know the answer. Is that 1954 Lasorda the only one in the set where the player goes beyond the border? Notice Tommy's glove goes to the edge of the card. I saw a few others where the player's arm or leg appears to be slightly over the color edge, but nothing as obvious as the Lasorda. That's something I hadn't really noticed before.

The Lasorda is probably the most extreme that I've seen...there are a few that bleed over but not to the degree of the Lasorda...these are examples in just the first 20 cards!



Interestingly, the Topps Archives version of the Lasorda card is cropped a bit differently (no bleeding in to the border)...here's a link to one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-1954-TO...item563b9508e1

[ALR-bishop]

GHG--interesting point. Now I am going to have to look through my whole set and see what I find

On a quick check... on cards with white background it is hard to tell, but for instance on the 94 Banks card, his ass looks to be hanging out. Others I noticed :
19 Lipton--bat
25 Kuehn-glove
27 Faris-bat
42 Mueller--ass
44 Garver-sleeve
86 Herman--sleeve
159 Philly--bat
178 Lowry-bat
179 Allie--glove

[GasHouseGang]

Thanks Matt and Al. I didn't mean to hijack this thread, just thought it was interesting. Ok, now back to the October pickups....

[Doug]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Thanks Doug. I thought it was great for the grade.

Your card looks nicer than the PSA 7 I used to have, very impressive!

[jb217676]

Added another future hall of famer to my collection.

[tjlives]

Been lurking here for a bit, figured my first Mantle was worth posting about. I've loved the 53 Topps set and Mantle in particular since I started collected the 99 Gallery Heritage cards in those old days when I collected modern, never pulled the trigger on the big one until this week though. It's a PSA 1, but I like it enough!

[T205]

@tjlives

Very Nice 53 Mantle, I probably stand alone when I say this but I actually like that one better then his 52.

Great cards everyone. I picked up a few along the way as well:









Please enjoy.

[tjlives]

You're not alone, T205. I just love those portraits on the 53s, especially the Mantle, Jackie, and Campanella.

[mintacular]

Nice 56s, picked this up for my '57 set which will work until I can afford a higher grade centered one...

[Volod]

Centered, shmentered -that one is beautiful in its own right.