December 2023 Pick Up Thread
 

After all these years, not sure I've ever started a pick-up thread ...

This arrived in today's mail, there should be another waiting in my office on Monday morning, but we'll see. Guessing these will be the last for the year.
Schlafly was another of those unknown, meaning I hadn't seen an example with Howe's stamp on the back in the almost 20 years of collecting. Isaac saw my post on another thread, thought he might have a couple with the stamp, and there was one I needed. Thanks, Isaac.

First T207’s
 

Here’s my first T207 pickups since returning to the hobby last month. The Wallace is pretty good minus the spot of paper loss in the front field

super tough W511 Ruth with AMER LEAGUE caption and a few Ruth items along with a Cobbie to round things out

Hi Jim, great pickup on the W511. I wonder if the font for yours is different than the one that I have or whether your card was stamped a bit lighter? Regardless, as you said, the caption variation is really tough to find.

Thanks Gary!!! - I think mine is just stamped a bit lighter

Nice cards! I like the w511 Ruth's. An overlooked thing about these is many have the U&U Underwood & Underwood stamp on the bottom left. Resembles the larger/clearer exhibit style U&U Ruth from the 1920s.

Ruths
 

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Its my first playing era ruth as he was never a focus for me unfortunately.

James G

Starting over after a 7+ year hiatus.

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Picked up this nice C56 #12 Art Ross rookie. One card away from completing the set!

I made two pickups at the Philly Show yesterday. The first was a '56 Topps card I posted in a pickup thread over there.

I still had some money left after that purchase, so I grabbed a T206 card to add to my collection.

I like the really light "B" on this one. I know, faint or missing red ink is usually not a factory error/variation. Still, it looks cool to me.

Some very nice cards
Good start to month
Will be interesting to see what will be picked up this month with many good auctions from REA, Mile High, Memory Lane, LOTG etc

Some ways feels like auction and product fatigue never ending flow of auctions in an never ending cycle

From tonight's REA auction. I never thought I'd own a card from either one of these sets.

Sold one earlier this year. Happy to have another even with spots of paper loss.

Originally posted in the post-war thread, because I'm a dingleberry. December pickups:

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Another Johnson to play with ;)

Guessing this will be the last pick-up of 2023
 

Jonathan purchased this card from Scott last year and told me early on he would be willing to trade. Almost a year later we finally made that happen. Thanks to everyone for the heads-up when you see one of Howe’s stamps out there. Only 116 more for a complete set.

Foxx card is stunning

Added my 10th portrait for my back-run. Member pick-up.

Thanks
Chad

My first signed card. Thrilled to have one of Eddie

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December 2023 Pick Up Thread
 

My two Matty pickups this week. The Matty portrait was purchased from a Net54 member.

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One of a few Horners...

My form of OCD involves sideway images on Net54. And both Donlin and McCormick deserve to be viewed as upstanding men (except Howe didn't seem to mind stamping upside down, perhaps as the result of partying down).

Brian

Nice T206 card by the way. It is my idea of an ideal T206 card, a great pose artistically accomplished, excellent color and big borders with corner rounding that thumbs its nose at narrow sides and sharp pointy corners, shouting out "I look good for my age, without having any cosmetic work done".

Brian

Brian, thanks for straightening me, Howe, and Mike out
 

Always appreciate any help in those categories.

Nice little run on some Old Mills.
 

Purchases & Trades 👍

Really excited to have won this yesterday in the Christies auction - not a lot of Lajoie photos out there...

It’s no Steve Evans but it’ll do

Awesome pickup! I had my eye on those cabinets, yours is a beauty. Congrats!

Nice pickup from Christie’s Chris.

These were my 2 Postcard pickups. I really like the Joe Jackson PC as it is from 1909 and he is wearing his Savannah Indians Uniform (from the South Atlantic League) and the image has provenance from Joe Jackson’s personal collection

Cool
 

Cool pickups this month everybody...nice postcards Jeff...Jerry

I have a little collection I call Project.25 -
I'm collecting all the Sweet Caporal factory 25s in the set (minus Wags/Plank).

There are 613 in all - Currently I'm at 586 - with 27 to go.

Latest pick up - #586 - believe it or not, it was a tough one!

Amazing Joe Jackson postcard Jeff, but doesn't it look like the woman is examining a Madame Tussaud wax figure of Joe Jackson? Such a stiff stance and eerie vacant gaze.

Brian

Thanks Brian
For clarification
That is how most men look when they are talking to their wives

I though the pic captured the wisdom of keeping his mouth shut and listening attentively…

My first pick up thread post since Dec 6, 2022, 366 days ago! After a year of selling cards and saving my pennies to recover from my fortuitous W600 purchase last November, I went and did the same thing again, another W600 in the LOTG Fall Auction! Thanks to Al for another great auction.

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Great pick ups Jeff (amazing PC) and Chad (I was after that W600 as well). And some great T206s!

Grabbed this in Huggins last night.

Nice T204 Johnson! and well bought!

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Glad to have you back Chad, nice pick up.

Ryan, congrats on the Ramley, awesome card.

Was able to pick up this E94 Chance last night in H&S.
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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Great card Phil. Congrats on winning that one.



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Thanks Phil & Ryan.
Ryan, beautiful Big Train! RE the Brown, thanks for turning your focus elsewhere ;)

A couple of type cards from REA. There were a lot of E106's and Uncle Jacks to choose from. I was trying to balance condition/subject/price and ended up with these two (scans on the REA site are better than mine).

That's a really nice E106 Michael.

Great WaJo, Ryan :)

Thanks...I would have been happy with the Bender, Collins, McGraw, or Tinker portrait...the bidding just worked out that I got this one, and it is very nice in-hand.

1922 Wm. Paterson Zack Wheat
 

Thank you to Matt (ghostmarcelle) for working with me on this earlier this year. Realized I never got around to posting it and a thank you to him!

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Gorgeous V89, Greg! Those are really tough to find in nice condition. Congrats!

New Pick-up
 

I haven't bought a card to keep in my collection for a long time, but I have always wanted a Wagner from his playing days. Not pretty, but affordable.

Congrats Joe on the Wagner pickup.
And love the look

Grabbed these over the last few months. I currently have 14 of them, now I suppose I need to decide if I am collecting the Sample back set or not.

To me, all Wagner cards are pretty. Congrats

This one was in November, but just getting around to it.

Everything is very nice but Gary, your 1871 Boston composite is my favorite. Aside from the obvious I like the reference to 10th and 11th man.

R328 Cobb
 

Just picked this up.

December pickup
 

My first Cobb…

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Been waiting a while for this to arrive, and he’s rough but beautiful at the same time.

1888 Duke’s Cigarettes N154 Presidential BB Club, Benjamin Harrison card.

This will be headed to SGC. . Hoping for a 1 rather than an A.

Down to 3 for a 521 set. Everything is 4+ except: Magie a 1, Demmitt and O'Hair StL are 3's

Thrilled to get this 1917 Sporting News record book with Joe Jackson on the cover. I had one 25 years ago and sold it for more than I paid for this one.

Wow monster Cobb pick up!

Thanks Joe! So excited!

Great Pick up Aaron

Anything Joe Jackson Related

Amazing pick-up, Gary. Three HOFers and one who should be. Too bad you had to pay for those other guys to get Barnes!

Thanks, Bruce.

Michael- Spalding and the Wrights have cost me a bundle through the years.

Thanks Jeff! And I agree.

Just grabbed this mislabeled Dolph Camilli (rookie? do we call Zeenuts rookies?) off COMC for what I'd consider to be a steal!

I get it, there's some minor "foxing" to the corners, but a 2?!

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Nice finish for the year for me. Thrilled to add the Ted Williams premium RC and upgraded my M101-6 Mendelsohn Walter Johnson!

And this Ruth photo has to be one of the coolest images out there!
1916 type 1 rookie era Ruth in a fur coat with a shotgun hunting in the woods while visiting the Draper-Maynard factory. in the middle is Hoblitzell with a pistol and another teammate (I believe...?) with a shotgun and in the vintage Red Sox team sweater. I know he looks familiar but am not sure who it is if anyone can identify?

Another RPPC catcher
 

Added another RPPC catcher believed to be a Lancaster player 1911.

Patrick

Thanks to Dan again for helping me on my
1916-20 UNC Big Head set:
(Still need 3 left: P.Bodie, G.Sisler, S.Rice)

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Some 25+ years ago I was set up at the Chicago Sun Times show in Rosemont, IL (now called the Donald Stevens Convention Center). The Sun Times show was 3 or 4 times a year and I always set up in the mid to late 90s. I dealt in strictly pre WW2 cards, photos, etc. At one of the shows a dealer approached my booth and asked if I’d like to see some vintage cards he acquired in a large deal for modern cards. He said he had no use for them since he only dealt in modern. I checked out what he had and was shocked - he had 20 or 25 S74 White Silks and most (or all) had the ultra rare Red Sun backs! And a lot of them did not have the horizontal creases through the middle! The highlight was a gorgeous Ty Cobb with the Red Sun back and no crease! It was absolutely beautiful and the front shined like new. I held on to them for a couple years then sold them in a Mastro auction. They were not graded and I always regretted letting the Cobb go!
Well, I’m absolutely overjoyed to get the Cobb back! So grateful and excited to get this card back (even though it cost 10x what I paid for the whole group).

Congrats Erik, Chris and Aaron

some great pickups

Off the charts gorgeous! Great story, too.

+1. Agreed. That is one of the best looking silks in the hobby. Congrats Aaron!
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Rookie sigs
 

Rookie sigz pickups

Great pick ups this month. Grabbed this

Thank you Jeff, Hank, and Leon. Thank you kindly

................. oh, those funny little Factory numbers ......... ;)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Great photo Ryan

Got my LOTG lots today. It includes possibly the least known AL MVP.

Wow! What an incredible December for the Net54 clan! I particularly love the JA Pierce CDV and W600 Brown.

I was fortunate to have picked up some incredibly difficult Pritchard stamps to join Chief Meyers, who was previously my lone example. Always looking to add more! :D

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Always wanted a Mack with this design....and had a Plank in my last collection too...

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