on the 'bay...as great as the fronts look, the backs are dirty and I paid too much...'but they're Mantles' is the mantra I keep whispering to myself.


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Down to 2 for the Topps/Bowman run.

That’s a fantastic Mantle! Nicely done.


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Thanks! I was really excited to find one with decent centering in my price range.


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Very happy to finally pick this one up after years of searching.

More 60s.

Nice 1967s.. Colorful brooksy and awesome Mantle.

Going 'commando' again...my 5,000th post:

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One from the Strongsville show -- technically the last days of March, but just now got around to scanning it. Been surprisingly tough to find a nice one...

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Some more nice, centered pickups from a fellow board member -- this time Post-War.
Thanks again Jared!

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All great cards! That Spahn's green background really pops, as does that Braves uniform.

Down to one for the complete run.

Awesome grab!

I bought a small collection and was thrilled to end up with a pretty clean one of these. (Curious what you think it would grade as.)

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The last Hall-of-Famers I needed for this set:

I wonder if there will ever be another HOF umpire...

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Not an easy find so I'll live with the centering. Amazing color in hand.

Yeah it happens, don't feel bad. I have a '61 #578 All Star that I got a few months ago that in retrospect I paid a bit too much for. It's a PSA 5, but is centered perfectly. "A perfectly centered Mantle" I keep telling myself. Most of the time that works...

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Peter, love it! What is meant by the Fan Club reference?

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Private label for a comprehensive Mays collection that was auctioned recently.

Peter,

Nice Mays card. I like the colors on the OPC version.

Starting my Mathews run.

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Impulse buy from Moeller show in Cincy yesterday
 

DAMN that's a nice Aaron!

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Here are cards I picked up this month. Most are additions or upgrades for sets I'm working on.
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I finally managed to snag a 1958 World Series ticket to go with the picture of my Uncle Sam with Mickey Mantle and Dizzy Trout photo.

Straight PSA 9 1974 Topps Dave Winfield rookie cards (too bad there wasn't a 'Washington Nat'l Lea.' version) regularly go for over $500, but I grabbed this one up for less than a tenth of that, and the centering isn't too crazy at all...

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And holy heck!!!!!!!!!! Most people don't realize how hard (read impossible!) it is to find a centered 1972 Killer In Action card (I started a thread about it some time back, so I'll go back and resuscitate it). 99.99999% of them are found way off centered and/or tilted. This one could very well be the best centered version of the card I have ever seen, and I jumped on it quicker than a puppy on a pork chop!!!!!!!!!! No tilt, no tilt, no tilt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Love the photo of your Uncle Sam Dale! What a neat piece.

The inspiration for the movie, 'The Natural':

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April pick-up thread
 

Recent LCS pickups. Please excuse the card that is one year out of the thread date range...

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Could not resist the centering and image quality on this one to fill a big hole in my 1-310 run. Down to 18 now.

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Doesn't this belong with Mays pickups? [emoji3]

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Nice cards guys. Hopefully someday for me as well. :)

Great card! I have been shopping for the same card myself. Looking for a mid grade black back, but hard to come by lately.