First May Pickup Thread
 

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I like that Yount, I am trying to find a higrade BVG copy myself a 7 or better

Wow, that's a pretty good way to start off the month!!

Happy to have picked up this set of eight 1951 Wheaties premium photos.

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Those are very nice!

1964 Topps Giants Box
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Well, I don't have it yet but I will
 

1952 Dom DiMaggio progressive proof set of 6 from REA:

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=12087

May pickups
 

been looking for some of these for years
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Some mo'!
 

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And a couple mo'!
 

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Wow Chris! You are on a serious roll this month! Great stuff!! How's that T206 HOFer set going btw? I haven't really had a chance to check since I sold mine off.

Thanks. It's going ok. I still need 7 more. I'm watching a couple that I need. They end in the next day or so. Hopefully I can add to that set too.

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This one was not easy to find.

These two are just back from Beckett. The Rochester team includesd a Pre-Major League Earl Weaver............

May Pickups: Willie Mays
 

Hello,

I'm a new member, so I figured the best way to get started was to share a few pickups.

JASON

Just in from the 'bay. Couldn't figure the Beckett 4 grade until I got it in hand-pull marks along the left border, plus the ragged left edge (wonder if that and the marks are related) and the o/c knocked it to VG-EX status, which still makes it one of the nicer Bums in my collection!

Nice card Dave. Did you already free it from the BVG slab? I ask because I just received a 56 Campy in a BVG slab graded 4.5 and want to free it but those holders are like tanks and I would not know where to begin. It is my first BVG slab.

It was surprisingly easy. I used a pair of needlenose plies to clip the top 2 corners with no flying shards or anything (I held it under my desk as I had no goggles). Then I carefully clipped a corner of the very snug baggie and worked a scissor blade sideways into the cut (parallel to the card and lifting up so the pressure from the blade was on the baggie) and slowly sliced one end open (the baggies are like PSA holders, they have rails except at the corners). Not a lot of room for error clipping the baggie but I pulled it off. Patience, patience....

Thank you. I will give it a try.