November pickups

[AustinMike]

Brian - thanks for the kind words. The '60 Post Mantle was probably one of the first baseball cards I ever had. I followed that up in the summers of '61, '62, and 63 accompanying my mom to the store to advise her on what boxes of cereal to get. So besides the beauty of the card itself, there are the memories attached to it. Now, if I could just afford a nice '52 Topps Mantle before Matty buys them all up.

[jason.1969]

Not baseball but a card I can't believe was only $2...it just came today!



It's a 1924 tobacco card of Sir Isaac Newton, the Babe Ruth of physics...minus the womanizing!

[jason.1969]

Man, I love just looking at the stuff you guys have picked up!

[jason.1969]

Musial entered 1954 at 257 HRs. Notably, two of the three players enjoyed their final Topps card in the 1953 set. The third was a bit more contemporary to Ott.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Musial entered 1954 at 257 HRs. Notably, two of the three players enjoyed their final Topps card in the 1953 set. The third was a bit more contemporary to Ott.

Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize I believe and the 3rd one I am still struggling with but will hopefully figure it out. I think it is Al Simmons.

[jthorst75]

Originally Posted by jb67

Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize I believe and the 3rd one I am still struggling with but will hopefully figure it out. I think it is Al Simmons.

I was going to say Mize also but his card is with the Yankees and the question was with what 3 NL players unless you count Mize when he was with the N.Y. Baseball Giants, but it was his last Topps card. But definitely Kiner, hands down.

Never mind, late to the party.

[dclarkraiders]

Here is one of my recent acquisitions

[dclarkraiders]

Another

[jason.1969]

One of these days I hope to join the club with a high-grade big time card. But in the meantime, I am so excited about the great stuff that came in today's mail--

At long last, and thanks to a kind Net54 member, the Eau Claire Bears Hank Aaron minor league mini-bobble!



And three vintage Jackie Robinson mags (1949, 1950, 1951), three more Isaac Newtons, a '69 Joe Morgan, and a '64 Killebrew!

[jason.1969]

Really well done!! Kiner and Mize are correct. Meanwhile, Simmons was AL, but the right answer is essentially the Al Simmons of the NL.

[jason.1969]

I am counting Mize because 300+ of his HRs were with NL teams (Cards, Giants). Ditto for Kiner even though he played for the Tribe a bit at the end.

[jb67]

That was a great trivia question. Thanks for making me strain (exercise) my brain a little.

[jason.1969]

Just to close the book on the trivia question, the final NL 300 clubber was Chuck Klein...exactly 30 HRs while playing for the Phils, Cubs, and Pirates.

[the 'stache]

I got Kiner within about 10 seconds. It just took thinking about when his rookie year was.

1946. When you think of what he accomplished, playing on that terrible Pittsburgh team all those years, Kiner is easily one of the top five pure home run hitters in the history of the game. He lead the NL in home runs his rookie season with 23 round-trippers. Then he led the Major Leagues in home runs for the next six seasons.

Pretty amazing.

Ok, back to the pickups. Nothing really big, jut a few more Brewers came in. I'll post them because...what the heck.




All I can say is thank God for Robin Yount, because Tim Johnson was awful. He had 1,408 career plate appearances, and a -0.5 WAR for his career.

Tim Johnson never hit a home run.
Tim Johnson was a career .223 hitter.
Tim Johnson's career OPS was .539.

In 1976, Johnson hit a whopping .275 in 306 at bats.
In 1977, Johnson hit .061. He had 2 hits in 33 at bats. His slugging was .091. His OPS + was -23.

Thank God for Robin Yount.

[jason.1969]

Love these 1975s. Do you have a plan to display them? Maybe just the Brewers? Alphabetically, I'm assuming the bookends would be Aaron and Yount.

[Exhibitman]

It is not signed but I do like the look of it and it goes well with my other Dodgers of the era:

[paulcarek]

Slowly chipping away at my 1956 Topps set. This one (a birthday present) is in the mail as I type.

[jb67]

Nice looking Aaron. A very nice birthday gift!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Great looking '56 Aaron!

[jthorst75]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

It is not signed but I do like the look of it and it goes well with my other Dodgers of the era:

I really like that photo also. The picture was used on his 1951 Bowman, 1953 Stahl Meyer cards, and 1952 Berk Ross card. There is an overpriced Type 1 team issue example of this photo on eBay right now.

[porkchops]

Past week arrivals
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Courtney

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Lenhardt

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Stuart

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Wertz

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Ken

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Love these 1975s. Do you have a plan to display them? Maybe just the Brewers? Alphabetically, I'm assuming the bookends would be Aaron and Yount.

Jason, yes. They will all eventually be displayed. Not just the Brewers, but the entire 1975 set will be displayed. My T206 set will be displayed as I build it, ditto for my 1953 Bowman Color set, any other sets, and my master sets of Roberto Clemente and Robin Yount. Once I decide upon, and purchase my new scanner, my entire collection will be displayed, baseball and football, and once I have branched out, vintage basketball and hockey. That's part of the reason why eye appeal is so important to me.

Besides my job real job, which was working as a stockbroker, I also did web development. I'm completely self taught, having learned HTML and CSS; I am also conversant in XML. I am very old school. I have always used notepad to write my websites from scratch, though now it's notepad ++. Now that I can no longer work anymore, my main focus will be on developing my website. I'll be blogging about baseball-both the history of the games, the current seasons as they unfold, focusing on the Brewers and the history of the Milwaukee Braves, and also hosting the cards from my collection. Depending on the amount of work that maintaining the blog ultimately demands, I might also blog about football. I love the game, and my Packers, and the Packers certainly have a much richer history than the Brewers. I also plan on providing a good deal of information I've picked up over time to help new collectors avoid things that could get them in trouble (ie avoiding fakes, how to assess which people to buy from, etc). I'm not sure exactly what different applications I'll be implementing.

The majority of the site will likely be hand coded, though I am considering Joomla, as one CMS would be really nice from an organizational standpoint. I expect I'll use a custom Wordpress template for blogging. Now that HTML 5 is becoming the web standard, and there should be no more cross browser hacks needed, it should go quite smoothly. My ultimate goal is to build a baseball site unlike any that's ever been attempted before, one that combines together the modern game, the game's history, and our hobby. I am interested in collecting autographs, and if I can do so safely, I'll expand my site to include that. Really, there will be room for baseball cards, autographs, and memorabilia. if it's successful, I could generate a little bit of income from advertising to supplement my disability income.

I'm in the planning and development phase right now, which always takes me a long time.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Jason, yes. They will all eventually be displayed. Not just the Brewers, but the entire 1975 set will be displayed. My T206 set will be displayed as I build it, ditto for my 1953 Bowman Color set, any other sets, and my master sets of Roberto Clemente and Robin Yount. Once I decide upon, and purchase my new scanner, my entire collection will be displayed, baseball and football, and once I have branched out, vintage basketball and hockey. That's part of the reason why eye appeal is so important to me.

Besides my job real job, which was working as a stockbroker, I also did web development. I'm completely self taught, having learned HTML and CSS; I am also conversant in XML. I am very old school. I have always used notepad to write my websites from scratch, though now it's notepad ++. Now that I can no longer work anymore, my main focus will be on developing my website. I'll be blogging about baseball-both the history of the games, the current seasons as they unfold, focusing on the Brewers and the history of the Milwaukee Braves, and also hosting the cards from my collection. Depending on the amount of work that maintaining the blog ultimately demands, I might also blog about football. I love the game, and my Packers, and the Packers certainly have a much richer history than the Brewers. I also plan on providing a good deal of information I've picked up over time to help new collectors avoid things that could get them in trouble (ie avoiding fakes, how to assess which people to buy from, etc). I'm not sure exactly what different applications I'll be implementing.

The majority of the site will likely be hand coded, though I am considering Joomla, as one CMS would be really nice from an organizational standpoint. I expect I'll use a custom Wordpress template for blogging. Now that HTML 5 is becoming the web standard, and there should be no more cross browser hacks needed, it should go quite smoothly. My ultimate goal is to build a baseball site unlike any that's ever been attempted before, one that combines together the modern game, the game's history, and our hobby. I am interested in collecting autographs, and if I can do so safely, I'll expand my site to include that. Really, there will be room for baseball cards, autographs, and memorabilia. if it's successful, I could generate a little bit of income from advertising to supplement my disability income.

I'm in the planning and development phase right now, which always takes me a long time.

Bill I can't wait to read your blogs and check out some of your collection. You have a unique ability to capture the readers interest with your knowledge of history and how you write about it. Good luck with your web delevopment.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

After a bit of a dry spell, this Mantle arrived in the mail today! It really only has a hint of surface wear, the scan REALLY exaggerates it. Great looking card in hand.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by jb67

Bill I can't wait to read your blogs and check out some of your collection. You have a unique ability to capture the readers interest with your knowledge of history and how you write about it. Good luck with your web delevopment.

Thank you I'd love to have it ready by the start of next season.

[1963Topps Set]

On November 3, 2014, I added 1973 Topps # 641 Reds team to my collection, thus finishing the 1973 Topps set...

[the 'stache]

Not sure why that duplicated my post. Oh well.

Here's my latest addition. I won this from Joe's most recent auction. First ungraded '53 Bowman. It should be here tomorrow. My fondness for the Brooklyn Dodgers has been growing, and after landing several T206 Brooklyn Dodgers, I've decided to start working on a collection of them, too.



This is a really nice ex/ex+ Carl Erskine, and I'm looking forward to adding the rest of the Dodgers pretty soon. While I like them all, the Pee Wee Reese and Campanella cards are two of my favorites from the entire set. But once the new year starts, then I can start making some real buys. I'm just tiding myself over in the mean time, and the '75 set helps me stay on my course.

[Jcfowler6]

My latest pick ups.


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[jb217676]

Always wanted to add a nice 1959 Roy Campanella Benefit game ticket stub to my collection!

[jason.1969]

Not sure if you guys are a bad influence on me...finally ended up with what may well be a mid-grade card! Yes, the highly sought after Ron Tompkins rookie!

I was imagining VG when I ordered it. Now I'm wondering if it could even be EX. Price was right too!

[MattyC]

I want that Reggie 6.5 badly. What a card! Add that to those BVG Micks you hauled in and you are on FIRE.

The print quality on the 57 Mays is really crystal clear. Not common for the issue at all.

Sean just laced me with the most beautifully centered 76 Brett I have come across. The 73 Schmidt was too cheap to pass up with nice color and no tilt.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I want that Reggie 6.5 badly. What a card! Add that to those BVG Micks you hauled in and you are on FIRE.

The print quality on the 57 Mays is really crystal clear. Not common for the issue at all.

Sean just laced me with the most beautifully centered 76 Brett I have come across. The 73 Schmidt was too cheap to pass up with nice color and no tilt.

MattyC, thanks for the comments. The Reggie was a raw pickup that I submitted and just got back. I did not realize how good the print was on the Mays until I saw the card in hand.

That Brett is about as good as it gets with centering. A Schmidt rookie is always a safe bet under a 100 with that kind of centering.

[jason.1969]

Here is my Small Business Saturday haul. I am lucky to live near a card shop with cards from last century still! The Feller postcard is fairly beat up, but the other cards are pretty nice relative to most of my stuff.

[39special]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Here is my Small Business Saturday haul. I am lucky to live near a card shop with cards from last century still! The Feller postcard is fairly beat up, but the other cards are pretty nice relative to most of my stuff.

Nice pick ups Jason! The Feller is a 39-46 Salutation.Love the J.R Richards card.He was a hell of a pitcher!

[bobc88]

I received this nice '71 Topps 5th series card today. It's a small milestone for me. My 100th card from this set; all 5th or 6th series; all NM/MT SGC 88s.

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[the 'stache]

This has been a great month.

[Peter_Spaeth]

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[jason.1969]

Wow! What a great DiMaggio card!! Someday I hope to make that same pickup, but I know mine won't be as nice.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Wow! What a great DiMaggio card!! Someday I hope to make that same pickup, but I know mine won't be as nice.

They tend to have registration issues especially noticeable n the face. I searched a long time to find one this focused and otherwise nice.

[brian1961]

Peter, I must join yourself and the others in applauding your Leaf Joe DiMaggio. The clarity of yours is so perfect and in synch. Somehow their printer "messed up" and got this one right on the button, unlike 90+% of the others. Well done. ---Brian Powell

[Peter_Spaeth]

Brian thanks, yeah a lot of them for whatever reason are slightly off, like this one.

[MikeGarcia]