February Pickups
 

Just landed my first Pete Rose rookie card. Pretty happy with this one. Not the best image because I do not have it yet to scan.

Just got this awesome 62 Willie Mays with a green tint. I am guessing it is a Super SSP.;)

Damn JB, where do you find these centered cards?! Another awesome pickup. I need to step my game up.

Great pickups!!

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Found it newly listed on Ebay and immediately made an offer after two declines I finally made the deal.

Ben,did that come with a pair of 3D glasses:D

A few 75 Topps upgrades and 1 Red Man card bought off eBay. Cards have not arrived yet but I'll post pics any way.

I've been looking hard for a well centered 75 Topps Mike Schmidt. This one has a small mark on the bottom left corner but it was priced right. I nearly gave 3X as much for 1 just like it but without the small mark.

The 1952 Red Man is miss-labeled as a 1954.

Just picked up these two this week.................

Woh!! Great cards Phil!!!

Thanks, Rob.

Cool Rice auto rookie as well.

Phil those are two very nice scores for the month. Absolutely love that Campy. What are the plans for your next purchase?

Knocked a handful more off the 58 set.


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Really nice cards, guys!

Russ, I need to get some more of those '75s. Even if I'm not doing much right now, a couple graded '75 stars will scratch that itch I have for a little while longer. So close now to my goal. :D

That's what its all about.........you got-a scratch the itch and the 75's are an easy way to do it while letting you save up for a bigger goal.

Amazing that Red WIlson could sign given that he had no right forearm!

All in the toes.

Here is my latest mail day from SGC. I love the display of the 56's with the black borders. Getting another shipment together as we speak.

This is a weird little lot I picked up on ebay. 1950 Callahan. Bought these on a whim for $150. What surprised me was that the Chandler card was included, which seems to be one of the key cards of the set. Don't know if I got screwed or not, but I actually like these little cards, even though no one else seems to!
And no, that's not my bed. And yes, it does seem a little creepy!

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1966 Jackson
 

just back from the graders.
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february pickups
 

Nice cards so far everyone! Here's a few oddball cards I picked up so far this month

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A couple of the tougher green tints to get…
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This is not exactly a February pickup, but it did just come back graded nicely from PSA.

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A couple of 1969 rookies
 

Nettles is one of the guys that just doesn't get talked about enough... surprising for a Yankee..

I am really pumped over this one. The centering and the absence of damage on the red corner really please my eye. Have two now but no problem hoarding centered Micks!

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February Pickups
 

A nice '63 Fleer and '71 Topps semi-high # just in.

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This was the last card I needed to have every basic Topps issue of HoF'ers with rookie cards from 1952 forward.
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Considering the scarcity vs Topps, this card is a bargain.
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An upgrade of the first card I bought when jumping back into collecting in 2011.
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this one arrived friday.

By far the most I've spent on one card. As I wrote in another thread, I'm still trying to come to grips with that, but I'm very happy to have it! This is the jpeg from the listing. The card in hand is just as bright and colorful as the scan shows.

Nice one Tony. I was eyeballing that one. I'm finding it hard to put aside money for that card when there is so much other stuff I want.

Congratulations!! Wow!! So many of us can only dream of such an addition!

Matt, that 53 Topps Mantle is really sharp looking. Hard to find a copy like that dead centered!

Tony congrats on the 52 Mantle! That card seems to be growing in value day by day. Love the color on it!

Beautiful card Tony! Congrats on checking that one off the list. You don't get much nicer in a 1.

Tony-- outstanding card. Must feel great to admire it. I have that image on my laptop desktop, my desk, my phone, even my coffee table. Top of its grade as well. The central image and near even borders hit the eye so well. Congrats!

Beautiful Mantle Tony, now that's a "poor" example worth spending a little extra cabbage on ;)

When it comes to the 52 Mantle the cleanliness of the image itself is most important. Too many faded and washed out fronts on the market out there. Nice get my friend.

Thanks Everyone!

I was slightly hesitant to pull the trigger, but felt like I was getting a fair price (in the current market anyway).

All of your good words help me justify.....


Happy Collecting :)

Agree on Nettles. He is another guys who's hopes of Cooperstown were shattered by people buying into the steroid era. If only that career BA were .260 rather than .248...........

Steve Garvey RC.

Anything Nettles did with the bat (like lead the league in HRs) was pure bonus. Like Ozzie Smith and Brooks Robinson, the glove was enough. Quite a talent to turn doubles into outs.

Excellent point.

Just like Nettles, another guy who didn't make the Hall (yet) but was a mainstay on all-star teams and in the post-season. Your card is terrific. There is so little discoloration of the border that it practically disappears into the holder.

And also the hardest third of the answer to the trivia question: Which three Los Angeles Dodger personalities played a sport other than baseball for Michigan State?

10 Allstars
4 Gold Gloves
1 MVP
1 runner up to MVP
1 NLCS MVP
Played 7 seasons in a row without missing a game.
4 NL Pennants
1 World Series
2,599 hits
.294 Lifetime BA
1308 RBIs

Before the steroid era this was the resume of a HOF player.

And it's even better than that for Mr. Clean. His 1984 WS vs Detroit gave him a second NLCS MVP and a fifth NL pennant.

Pee Wee Reese
 

A recent pickup from a fellow net54'er. Also, a personal favorite card of mine!
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Nice pickup Jason! Always one of my favorites.

Not perfectly centered, but pretty darn good for this tough '72…

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Thanks Steve. It's one of those cards that should be in everyone's collection. The picture is amazing and while the card may be overrated (not in my opinion); is there a better action shot out there???

February Pickups
 

Nice '71 Garvey.

Nice Garvey...I actually just got one last week too. I spent a few years in San Diego as a kid and it was awesome going to see the 84 Padres with Garvey, Nettles and Gossage...it was like seeing legends from eons earlier (i.e., before I was born) walking the earth as a 9 year old...those guys mean a ton to me.

I can't argue with the best action shot ever. The fact that it happen to come in the 1st set that every included color photos is really cool.

A mix of stuff waiting in my office after several days on the road.

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The comic books and Ernie Banks card were from a cartoonist I met at the Ernie Banks statue. Yours for a little more than a stamp at his Etsy site--

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The Rice and Reggie cards are two of my favorites from the 1978 Topps issue. The Reggie captures his greatest moments as Mr. October, and the Rice card was from his MVP year, easily one of the five best offensive seasons of the 1970s.

And the Alston is the ninth of 24 cards I need for my 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers team set. As a math nerd, I love the cartoon on the back.

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Another mid-grade Red Man.

Nice Palmer RC. He is one of the lucky ones, of that era, who did not have to share his RC with other players.

Another 1975 Topps upgrade......off PWCC's auction last night.

Nice looking 75 Winfield for the grade.

Stan "Musical" RC
 

I finally finished my Stan "Musical" (as my wife calls him) display. It took me 2 years to find (and win) a decently centered 48 Bowman.

I'll post the display when I get a chance.

Dan

Nice pick up, Dan.
Yes, please post some shots of the display for the board to admire.

Great Winfield and Stan The Man. Both would look right at home with higher grades, too. Both are really slept on great cards: the Winfield for its amazing colors and the Stan because he was truly one of the very few best to ever play the game-- I always have felt he doesn't get the props he truly deserves from a hobby standpoint.

Congrats on completion of your Stan Musial display. Looking forward to seeing it.

With 3s like that, who needs 10s?

So you were the one running me up on the '48 Musials :) Great looking card.

That Musial is the last one I need for my collection and display. Now that your out of the way I can go ahead and complete mine as well.;)
Drew

No kidding........best freaking 3 I've ever seen.

Great card !

I thought that 75 Winfield was under graded too. The crazy thing is PWCC had 2 other 75 Topps Winfields that were PSA 8's (instead of SGC). The centering of the PSA 8's were not as good and they had some print problems (common with 75 Topps so I don't think it hurt their grade but it does hurt the eye appeal). The PSA 8's sold for 2.5X the price of the SGC 8 even though the card in the SGC holder was plainly superior to the other 2.

I'm just glad there are so many dummies out there who don't even look at the card condition and only look for PSA and a number beside it.

Amen to that. Their willing blindness creates some great finds for the rest of us! That Winfield was a real come up.

Just copped this insane Mays from Sean. The 51 Mays just does not routinely get found with this centering.

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Wow, awesome Mays!!!!!

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Very nice Winfield Auto RC, Rob.

Got these from fellow member hangman62 for nearly free because they are all trimmed....I'm not a stickler for condition lol

thanks!

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Wow! Matty you did it again. Sign me up for a Mays with that centering any day. Well done.

Continued Progress against my '56 set. I was happy to put #135 in the rear view mirror...

Scratched another Mantle off my list, have a few more coming in the next few days. Awesome stuff as always guys!

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Nice looking Mantle. Congrats.

Ted is one of my favorites. The Aaron rookie doesn't display the type of centering I usually go for, but the price was right and I like it.

Thanks, Russ. I always have an itch, but it's even worse right now than usual. I think I'll pick up a few to tide me over.

That '57 Williams is a beauty. Man!!

Wow!! Not sure I have ever seen a better centered 57 Ted Williams. Congrats!! Never go wrong with an Aaron rookie at a good price.

I was THIS close to grabbing that Ted if it's the one that Bruce had for sale on eBay. Fantastic card!