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Bestdj777 04-01-2017 09:03 AM

April Pickups
 
In March, I welcomed my first child into this world. When I got home from the hospital with my adorable little boy, I was greeted by a package from Brian Powell with the gift of four of his incredible custom cards. These aren't exactly "vintage", but they are well at home in my safe among my other Mantles.

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8v0fe5he.jpg

Please pardon the picture quality, but I did not want to take/share anything that others could then re-use. Thanks Brian!

irv 04-01-2017 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Bestdj777 (Post 1646541)
In March, I welcomed my first child into this world. When I got home from the hospital with my adorable little boy, I was greeted by a package from Brian Powell with the gift of four of his incredible custom cards. These aren't exactly "vintage", but they are well at home in my safe among my other Mantles.

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8v0fe5he.jpg

Please pardon the picture quality, but I did not want to take/share anything that others could then re-use. Thanks Brian!

Nice gesture from Brian!

Congrats as well on the birth of your baby boy!

Zach Wheat 04-01-2017 09:25 AM

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Some chipping. Won't get it graded but still nice to me...

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Zach Wheat 04-01-2017 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bestdj777 (Post 1646541)
In March, I welcomed my first child into this world. When I got home from the hospital with my adorable little boy, I was greeted by a package from Brian Powell with the gift of four of his incredible custom cards. These aren't exactly "vintage", but they are well at home in my safe among my other Mantles.

Please pardon the picture quality, but I did not want to take/share anything that others could then re-use. Thanks Brian!

Nice custom cards Brian/Chris!

Z

smellthegum 04-01-2017 10:44 AM

Fresh from today's mail...

http://www.vintagecans.com/baseballcards/april.jpg

stlcardsfan 04-01-2017 02:26 PM

Nice TJ. Tough in that condition!

brian1961 04-03-2017 12:14 AM

Chris, you are most welcome, my friend. I am just so happy for you and your wife, and glad to hear everyone's A-OK!. I am so pleased your fantasy 1954 Wilson Franks cards arrived at your home the day you brought your wife and son home!

Just being picky, but is that spot on Jack's forehead in the pinkish-lavender background version just a dust fleck, or did I somehow miss that? Please let me know because I want you to have a "good" one.

Thanks for the compliment, Zach, I worked long and hard with two computer graphic artists on those cards! I am very pleased with how they turned out. Funny, sort of, but I designed them with the precise same borders as the original Wilsons. During the cutting process, the sheets "traveled" just a tsch, but it was a tsch too much, creating the same off-center problem as on the original 1954 Wilson Franks. I had specially-chosen semi-gloss card stock, to replicate the original sheen. When the printing was done, there were no more sheets to do any more to try to get more centered cards!!!!

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I shan't translate, because Leon Luckey would heartily disapprove of my language, which I try not to use those words anyway, but oh was I irritated.)

----Brian Powell

vintagebaseballcardguy 04-03-2017 05:31 PM

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While not earth shattering, these are some solid ex-exmt pick ups and mark some decent progress for my '65 Topps set. I have focus issues, and this set has been on the backburner for a while. For the last month or so, however, I have been starting to think I might actually finish eventually. It will be pretty nice when I am finished. I am also sharing these because they are from Greg Morris Cards, and there was at least one thread asking about his auctions. No problems here.

DBesse27 04-04-2017 08:48 AM

Love the McGraw/swoboda rookie!

Bestdj777 04-04-2017 10:29 AM

Brian, I think that's just the glare. Cards are perfect in hand, and the backs look centered enough for me :) Many thanks!

jason.1969 04-04-2017 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy (Post 1647347)
While not earth shattering, these are some solid ex-exmt pick ups and mark some decent progress for my '65 Topps set. I have focus issues, and this set has been on the backburner for a while. For the last month or so, however, I have been starting to think I might actually finish eventually. It will be pretty nice when I am finished. I am also sharing these because they are from Greg Morris Cards, and there was at least one thread asking about his auctions. No problems here.

Really nice looking 1965s. I will also offer my endorsement of Greg Morris cards. Have never spent big dollars there, but the few cards I got there matched the scans and looked great.

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vintagebaseballcardguy 04-04-2017 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DBesse27 (Post 1647479)
Love the McGraw/swoboda rookie!

Thanks. That one was surprisingly tough!

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vintagebaseballcardguy 04-04-2017 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jason.1969 (Post 1647522)
Really nice looking 1965s. I will also offer my endorsement of Greg Morris cards. Have never spent big dollars there, but the few cards I got there matched the scans and looked great.

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Appreciate it! I purchased some cards from Greg Morris when I was finishing up my '53 Topps set. Good transaction then, too.

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jason.1969 04-06-2017 05:49 AM

1970 Milton Bradley card. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3d7c71cafa.jpg

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irv 04-06-2017 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jason.1969 (Post 1648115)
1970 Milton Bradley card. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3d7c71cafa.jpg

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Very nice!

vintagebaseballcardguy 04-06-2017 08:49 AM

You can never go wrong with The Hammer!

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judgejules1 04-07-2017 08:08 PM

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Stonepony 04-08-2017 06:37 AM

A big check off your want list. Nice card, Brian

jb67 04-08-2017 08:47 AM

Brian, congrats on adding the Hires Root Beer Mays. Sweet looking card.

Rookiemonster 04-08-2017 10:48 AM

The the root war card ! Great pick up

judgejules1 04-08-2017 12:04 PM

Thanks all.
Yeah, this was a big add to the collection. The card is in amazing condition for it's age and considering how it would have been packaged. I'm told it used to belong to Bill Mastro, actually.

judgejules1 04-08-2017 12:15 PM

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One more that is worth posting. Wasn't on my want list because I didn't know it existed until recently.

savedfrommyspokes 04-08-2017 12:41 PM

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My ebay bucks were plentiful this past quarter, so below are what some of my bonus funds were redeemed on .. I am now about a third of the way through the Hi#s and 2 short on the 1-310 portion of the set.

Bestdj777 04-08-2017 02:53 PM

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One more that is worth posting. Wasn't on my want list because I didn't know it existed until recently.

Terrific piece! It's odd but there are a few OPC tattoos that are insanely tough. For example, I've owned a couple unopened Mantle auto balls but only seen one portrait. You seem to be on fire lately. Congrats!

irv 04-08-2017 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes (Post 1648846)
My ebay bucks were plentiful this past quarter, so below are what some of my bonus funds were redeemed on .. I am now about a third of the way through the Hi#s and 2 short on the 1-310 portion of the set.

Great P/U's, SFMS! Congrats on being so close to completing your set! That must be a great feeling.

These 3 arrived Friday. A big shout out to KCRfan1 (Lou) who not only gave me a great deal, he also absorbed a big hunk of the shipping and threw in this signed Johnny Bench team card for me!

Can't thank you enough, Lou! 2 big cards for me knocked off my want list! :)

savedfrommyspokes 04-08-2017 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by irv (Post 1648986)
Great P/U's, SFMS! Congrats on being so close to completing your set! That must be a great feeling.

These 3 arrived Friday. A big shout out to KCRfan1 (Lou) who not only gave me a great deal, he also absorbed a big hunk of the shipping and threw in this signed Johnny Bench team card for me!

Can't thank you enough, Lou! 2 big cards for me knocked off my want list! :)

Thank you Irv, while statistically the end is near, I have a long, long ways to go in regards to the cards I am still needing.

Beautiful centering on your sharp looking new Rosen, that is one of the toughest low numbers. The RR is pretty sharp looking too.

irv 04-08-2017 08:31 PM

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Thank you Irv, while statistically the end is near, I have a long, long ways to go in regards to the cards I am still needing.

Beautiful centering on your sharp looking new Rosen, that is one of the toughest low numbers. The RR is pretty sharp looking too.

Thanks!

I just noticed, looking at Rosen's left side, the Indian looks different to me and there also seems to be spot/portion of the card in that area that didn't see any ink?
The only other cards I own that show that area somewhat are, Lemon and Garcia, and all 3 look different to me? (Posting all 3 pics for easier comparison)

Any thoughts as to why?

Jim65 04-08-2017 09:13 PM

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Picked up a lot of Mets Team Issued postcards from 1965, 1966 and 1967, including 3 HOF'ers- Stengel , Seaver and Warren Spahn

savedfrommyspokes 04-09-2017 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by irv (Post 1649032)
Thanks!

I just noticed, looking at Rosen's left side, the Indian looks different to me and there also seems to be spot/portion of the card in that area that didn't see any ink?
The only other cards I own that show that area somewhat are, Lemon and Garcia, and all 3 look different to me? (Posting all 3 pics for easier comparison)

Any thoughts as to why?

The Lemon and Garcia, at least in the scans, look fairly similar. The logo on the Rosen is different ....not sure if it is due to the Lemon and Garcia being from a different series than the Rosen?

irv 04-09-2017 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes (Post 1649096)
The Lemon and Garcia, at least in the scans, look fairly similar. The logo on the Rosen is different ....not sure if it is due to the Lemon and Garcia being from a different series than the Rosen?

That might have something to do with it, or I was thinking home/away jerseys, maybe?

The Lemon Indian logo almost looks like the Indian is wearing a hat with a feather in it, while the Indian on Garcia's sleeve looks like it has combed hair and is wearing a wide yellow sweat band.

Either way, like you say, they are different than the Rosen Indian for some reason so I am going to have to dig into this further to see what I can come up with?

irv 04-09-2017 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by irv (Post 1649100)
That might have something to do with it, or I was thinking home/away jerseys, maybe?

The Lemon Indian logo almost looks like the Indian is wearing a hat with a feather in it, while the Indian on Garcia's sleeve looks like it has combed hair and is wearing a wide yellow sweat band.

Either way, like you say, they are different than the Rosen Indian for some reason so I am going to have to dig into this further to see what I can come up with?

Didn't really have any luck, other than to say, the one on Garcia's sleeve doesn't look like any that I could find.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=cleve...JLEe27mRj-Kw2r
http://toddradom.com/2016-cleveland-...f-wahoo-veeck/

https://indiancountrymedianetwork.co...f-wahoo-logos/

The Rosen logo looks faded or it was imposed later maybe as there is something clearly going on there where that pointed section is clearly, imo, not a part of his jersey. From the looking I did, all his copies have this same error/anomaly.

RobertC 04-09-2017 09:52 AM

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Picked up two more cards for my Aaron run. The first is a really nice 67 Kahns. The second is a 65 OPC #2 Batting Leaders. The OPC was a LOT tougher to find than I thought. This card completes the OPC part of my run.

David W 04-11-2017 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RobertC (Post 1649188)
Picked up two more cards for my Aaron run. The first is a really nice 67 Kahns. The second is a 65 OPC #2 Batting Leaders. The OPC was a LOT tougher to find than I thought. This card completes the OPC part of my run.


some of those OPC's are tough to find.

The hardest in my Lou Brock run was the 67 "Cards Clubbers"

h2oya311 04-11-2017 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim65 (Post 1649047)
Picked up a lot of Mets Team Issued postcards from 1965, 1966 and 1967, including 3 HOF'ers- Stengel , Seaver and Warren Spahn

Nice pick-up. The Seaver is from 1967 and is his earliest "card". In my opinion, it is much more desireable than his '67 Topps rookie. Me likey

Jim65 04-11-2017 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by h2oya311 (Post 1650046)
Nice pick-up. The Seaver is from 1967 and is his earliest "card". In my opinion, it is much more desireable than his '67 Topps rookie. Me likey

Thanks, it is so much rarer than his Topps rookie, took me me a while to find one.

Jim65 04-12-2017 06:37 PM

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Landed today, 1968 Bazooka Tom Seaver

vintagebaseballcardguy 04-12-2017 07:00 PM

Jim, sweet card!!

swarmee 04-12-2017 07:41 PM

Cashed in some COMC store credits to buy all these cool cards:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1958...6d41&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1984...ffc8&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1966...6aee&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/MultiSport/19...&size=original
1900-Present Authenticated Cut Signatures/Photographs - [Base] #CAHU - Carl Hubbell [SGC*AUTHENTIC*AUTO]
Courtesy of COMC.com
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1959...8d19&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1959...b205&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2014...f3e9&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1988...&size=original
1988 Perez-Steele Great Moments - [Base] #34 - Ray Dandridge /5000 [PSA/DNA*Certified*Auto]
Courtesy of COMC.com
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1963...1333&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1968...10b7&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1948...d350&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2014...2f63&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1996...20d9&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1974...cd&size=thumb2
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1980...e988&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1994...9b4a&size=zoom
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1963...0aac&size=zoom

Some other cool cards; lucked into finding the 1959 Mail-In today for $50, and that will probably go to eBay to pay for my entries into Burl's 1952 Set Break.

DBesse27 04-13-2017 08:13 PM

Great cards John! You know I love the 59 Williams!

the 'stache 04-14-2017 02:00 AM

Congratulations, Chris. You win the thread with the best new "pickup" of the month. And those are nice custom cards, too. Very nice of Brian.

jason.1969 04-14-2017 04:50 AM

A great month for Tom Terrific so far! For my money, the best pitcher of hos generation.

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Zach Wheat 04-14-2017 09:02 AM

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Landed today, 1968 Bazooka Tom Seaver

Nice Bazooka Seaver, Jim.

Z

Zach Wheat 04-14-2017 09:05 AM

Yellow House Pickup
 
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It still amazes me how many variations there are in the 1952 Topps set. The Campos card seems to have the most variations. How many will be recognized as a commonly accepted variation is anyone's guess.....

Z

irv 04-14-2017 01:02 PM

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It still amazes me how many variations there are in the 1952 Topps set. The Campos card seems to have the most variations. How many will be recognized as a commonly accepted variation is anyone's guess.....

Z

Was that a recent purchase, Zach? I was following one on E-Bay not that long ago but missed the closing.:mad:

I agree with you, and although I am not familiar with a lot of other sets, I'd say this set likely has the most?

Curious, what's your take on that Rosen card I posted? To me it looks like something was added to the pick (a layover?) before they decided on the final one they'd go with?

Zach Wheat 04-15-2017 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by irv (Post 1650826)
Was that a recent purchase, Zach? I was following one on E-Bay not that long ago but missed the closing.:mad:

I agree with you, and although I am not familiar with a lot of other sets, I'd say this set likely has the most?

Curious, what's your take on that Rosen card I posted? To me it looks like something was added to the pick (a layover?) before they decided on the final one they'd go with?

Nice card Irv. Yes, this was a recent purchase......I don't know if the '52 Topps set has the most variations - there are certainly a number of other sets with quite a few variations. Maybe others with more experience in the set like Patrick or Ted can chime in.

Re: Campos, there are more variations than collectors realize....

Z

irv 04-16-2017 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat (Post 1651078)
Nice card Irv. Yes, this was a recent purchase......I don't know if the '52 Topps set has the most variations - there are certainly a number of other sets with quite a few variations. Maybe others with more experience in the set like Patrick or Ted can chime in.

Re: Campos, there are more variations than collectors realize....

Z

I was going to add, but I seen you edited your post, Zach, and that is, all the Rosen cards seem to be the same.
It looks like something is odd not only above the Indian on Rosen's left arm/sleeve, but it also looks like something else, like another jersey, below it too?
Either way, it is something we'll likely never be able find out definitively? :confused:
http://www.vintagecardprices.com/car...lue-Prices.htm

TheBig6 04-16-2017 08:34 PM

Sterling Pickups
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...rhartland1.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...hartland11.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...hhartland1.jpg

ZiggerZagger 04-17-2017 06:12 PM

'59 Gibson RC
 
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Been looking for a reasonably well-centered one for a while now. Was very pleased with the eye appeal in-person when it showed up today as well :cool:

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jb67 04-17-2017 06:23 PM

Nice looking Gibson. Congrats.

irv 04-18-2017 05:52 PM

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Nice looking Gibson. Congrats.

X2!

A couple recent P/U's. One more to add to my small multiplayer collection I have going, and my first Koufax card.


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