And

Cobb

when i saw that centering...

That is a hell of a Cobb, Orlando!

Wow Orlando, I think you did a great job of picking cards that look particularly good for their technical grade. Those are the beautiful.

Thanks for the compliment. You have encapsulated my collecting mantra in that sentence. Low grade cards with great centering that present well-above grade is what I buy. And while i am thrilled with my cj cobb, Erik's looks like it just came out of a box !!!

Orlando, GREAT cards! I can't wait for your October encore!

Some really great pick-ups so far.

Very nice!

Wish I had of seen that one, but likely couldn't afford it anyways? :(

I love opening the mail...
 

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..there must have been a document dump somewhere earlier this year because I've never been able to pair up so many of my cards with their original photos ;
...I just received the "Underwood & Underwood" 5 x 7 'Oral Hildebrand P.-Cleveland' which was used to create the 1933 Worch Cigar Premium "O. Hildebrand Cleveland A.L.". The Worch measures 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. I love the pose and the intense look on his face.

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September pickups
 

Really happy to pick up these 4 over the weekend. Especially the Colgan's Tin Tops they have been hard to come by lately.

Great looking Cobby, and actually, all of them!! They are the exact type many of us try to acquire. They look fantastic but aren't technically high grade. Perfecto combination.

It never ceases to amaze me the condition some of these cards are in after all these years!

Some definitely loved their cards, even way back then.

I'm head over heels for centered T206 HOFers.

Been a busy September, FINALLY (2 years later) picked up a Matty. Now I'm only a Bresnahan, Grover Alexander and Dick Hoblitzell away from having a card to match everyone in my tobacco ad. Have Cobb, Mathewson, and Huggins.

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I'd be head over heals for those as well! Very nice. Centering is fantastic!

Number 293 Rejoins the Others
 

Thanks to Bryan (Jobu) who spotted this one early on in the auction/BIN process and let me know about it. Couple of hours later, I think we may have a new board member and I've got another HoFer in the rebuilt collection. Thanks for the help, Bryan.

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Finally landed a really tough common with this Big Bull Durham. Many thanks to Beck6 for striking a very fair deal with me.

What a coincidence! Another of Howe's cards right after the Speaker. NJ, do you know about Ed's McCormick collection? Seems like you have a card to trade him!

T213-2 and T216-1
 

I think they call this T216-1, it's on the thin paper and a t213-2 Baker...

Found these downunder with another half dozen cards of other sports from the N162 set.

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+1

I hope this Durham can make it's way to Ed's collection. Nice Howes guys!

Was pretty happy to add another Cobb.

Hmm... I now feel that Mr. Durham doesn't quite belong around these parts! I have reached out to Mr. McCollum and we are in discussion for the card. Thank you for the observations, everyone :]
NJ

Picked up this Jimmy Archer M116 Sporting Life. Still need a Russ Ford :)

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I've wanted a nice looking copy of this card for a while.

Great card Gary, congratulations!!

I've always liked that set and especially that card.

Nice pickup!

Thanks!

M116 Wagner
 

Have always wanted a Wagner portrait. Never thought I'd actually own one. Thanks Richard!

M116 Crawford
 

Almost forgot...again, thanks Richard!

Growing up and attending local card shows there was always a dealer who sat up and brought along what looked like a higher grade 1953 Topps Mantle. I remember it being displayed in one of those 1 inch screw down holders and what a beautiful card it was. I'm happy to own a copy of the card I alway remember admiring as a kid. Thank you Andy for another smooth transaction :)

WOW!!! Congrats Dan, that's a beauty. Love Gary's DeLong Gehrig too.

This entire Sept thread has been amazing from the get go.

I picked up this trade card at the Valley Forge show yesterday. It's a stock card that printed the advertiser's information in the blank space between the bat and catcher's mask/bats. The card measures 4 3/8" X 7 3/8" and is printed on heavier stock. It was produced in 1886 by Ketterlinus Lithographers, one of Philadelphia's premier printers/lithographers of the late 19th/early 20th century. The baseball scene on this card was a stock depiction for Ketterlinus and is identified by the number 2217 beneath the ball.

Enjoy, Mike

'tis a beauty...great pickup

I'm getting better at buying the card and not the grade on these CJs. I'm really happy with this one.

............... I can quit anytime I want :)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

C. 1930's George Burke / George Brace Original Black & White Hand Tinted Photo of Luke Appling (From the George Brace Estate)

cool!

Thanks Dave! Here are a couple of cards just back from PSA.

This piece is signed by Lou Boudreau, Larry Doby, and Bob Feller. Got it for a steal.
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1934 Goudey Charlie Gehringer. Card looks better than the grade in my opinion.
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Jim Thome lot, including my first ever 1/1 in my collection.
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1927 W560 Waite Hoyt, with a strong grade might I add for a Hand Cut card.
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And I will now go back into my hole of shame while posts of Cobbs, Ruths, etc. surround this post...

Photo Used For Card Firpo "Fred" Marberry
 

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..Taken while with Detroit 1933-1935----a great time to be a Tiger...International News Photo,Inc..."Marberry" written in pencil on the back , can't find a date and the slug is gone , just a residual amber strip of flimsy..
..The 1934 Gold Medal Flour (Wheaties Cereal Premium R313A) has his name as " Marlurry " : M A R L U R R Y "..honest..

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My first Zeenut with a coupon:

The Writing At The Bottom ?
 

..can you make out the writing at the bottom ? It looks like a name , followed by "Reading , Pa" ??

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I wonder if that coupon was valid, or an April Fool's joke when they tried to use it...

Looks like the first word could be "Colliery"? Which is basically a coal mine and would make sense coming from PA.

I don't have the card in-hand yet. I'll post more details if I can make out the writing when I receive the card.

Finally a Pre-War pick-up...
 

Nice little pick-up...

It is or should be Collins-McCarthy the maker of Zeenuts...although that second word first letter looks like an H...

Appears to read Collins Hershey Reading, Pa. the site of one of one of Hershey's plants some time ago.