February 2012 Pickup Thread

[mrvster]

Chris,

very kewl bro

[John V]

tbob,
That's a fine looking Martin. Looks better than a VG.

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by John V

tbob,
That's a fine looking Martin. Looks better than a VG.

John - I concur... T210's are one of the most inconsistently graded cards by PSA and SGC. They just don't know how to deal with the red border chipping.... I have seen cards like John's get a 5, 4, 3, and 2. All over the board. When a superb one comes along with maybe a spec of red missing, they tend to undergrade those as well even if all 4 corners are sharp. Bottom line - too many grader's with different opinions. I put no stock in the number from grading companies. I am not even disappointed with it either... It's just an expectation. I look at the slabs as protection and a nice way to display, but that is it. (Prefer em raw)

BTW - Nice Martin !

[Brian Van Horn]

Thank You, Barry:

[Jason Carota]

Nice pickup, Brian! The Morehouse backs are my favorite. The old Morehouse Building is about 20 minutes from my house (image courtesy of showcase.com):

[Brian Van Horn]

Jason,

Wow! I love old buildings. Part of it comes from growing up in a suburb of Pittsburgh. There are a lot of old beautiful houses and buildings in and around the 'burgh.

[t206hound]

Added the following eight including a new SL and three Cubbies

[jp1216]

A good month so far. Many new SLs and a beautiful Johnson!

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by jp1216

A good month so far. Many new SLs and a beautiful Johnson!

That Johnson is a beaut. And nice haul of Southern Leaguers... another one is on the way as of this morning.

[jp1216]

^^^ And many thanks to Erick for either his deals or pointing me in the direction of about 6 of my last 12 cards.