October Pickups
 

Admittedly, I got this in late September, but I wanted to start October off with a BANG! This will probably get trumped by some amazing REA winnings later this month (by others), but I couldn't be more pleased w/ my pick-up, which came from a fellow board member (thanks Bruce G)!!

This is my new favorite card in my collection (by a long shot):

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Very nice, Derek. Congrats! I thought that was the card you were after, especially given the hint that you gave me.

Well worthy of that designation. Awesome pickup!

Nicely done!

Four tough upgrades to my 1933 Goudey set. :D:D:D

Dykes and Manush are from the more difficult low series, and just happen to be the two cards in the entire set that have variations. Malone is one of the hardest commons to get in high grade. Herman is a tough Hall of Famer.


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Wow!!! Those look too good to be true! ;)

another October pick-up
 

Thanks for the nice words on the O'Rourke CDV. Ironically, this morning I got my second-favorite card in the mail today. I like that this cabinet uses the same image as the one-of-a-kind 1894 Alpha Photo Engraving card. Now you all can see why I've been selling so much stuff lately:

1890's Perkins Studio Cabinet - Hugh Jennings:
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Derek,

Wow! Wonderful pickups.

Amazing pickups, Derek. Congrats!

WOW, another beauty, Derek. Congrats!

Agree Derek

sick pickups Derek.

I'm working on a Lajoie Port back run - glad to have acquired this tough front/back combo!

Derek-Great pick-up. I have never seen O'Rourke on a Warren CdV. What's interesting to me is the "O'Rourke" notation on the front and the Warren identifier on the reverse. The Barnes CdV that I have from this photo shoot is also identified in script on the front and has the same distinctive Warren identifier on the reverse. Most of these CdVs had "Warren" printed on the front below the image. Given the similarity of the player's names written on the front, it would seem the same person (player) owned both of these CdVs.

Thanks all.

Gary - this O'Rourke was originally part of the 1991 Sotheby's "Copeland Auction". I believe other Warren Studio CDV's from that collection had similar hand-written notation on the front. Unfortunately, I don't have that Auction Catalog (although I would love one for my records!!). Perhaps another board member can enlighten us.

P.S. nice avatar :D

warren cdv's
 

The Copeland sale had 3 Warren cdv's and all had the same writing on the front---McVey, George Wright, and Derek's O'Rourke. There was a Barnes illustrated in the catalogue, but it was not a Warren and it is not actually Barnes. I have no idea who wrote the names, but it would be fun to find out. As Derek knows I can't scan to the forum but could send a scan to anyone who is interested, but it would come from a local library. There is an older net 54 thread on the Warren's and does seem to be minor differences in the poses and bigger differences in the mounts. The photographs seem to be uniformly spectacular.

Great cards Derek. Those 33 Goudeys are real sharp! Incredible that they lasted so long in such immaculate condition.

Very happy to have finally landed this for my Greenberg vintage master set.

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This King Kelly now goes with my Anson. All these are rare and this is top-graded.

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Nothing too crazy yet. I won this beauty from Joe's Vintage Sports Cards a few nights ago. I am looking forward to getting it in.

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so i haven't purchased anything lately but just got these. I am happy with both cards and puts me 1 closer to the top of the mountain then its all down hill from there.

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I was amazed at how nice these Hindus were when I got them. They have the new holder, so they were freshly graded. As a buyer, I love getting under-graded cards, but it kind of scares me as a submitter. Got the EPDG in a fun trade with a fellow member (thanks!).

Cabinet Photo
 

Just got this cabinet. Livingston Baseball Club. Not sure who the player is. 19th century African American baseball player.

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Nice stuff guys...Derek - great, great stuff!!! :eek:

Cheers,
Blair

My 1st October Purchase:
 

Glad to get my EBucks so quickly. Made for a Great Deal!

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I saw that Cabinet in the Weiss Auction a couple days ago, it looked like it didn't sell in the auction itself though. I tried to do a little research on the player, couldn't find anything either... Very nice pickup!

Very nice, Raymond! I take it baseball card purchases are qualified purchases towards eBay bucks? If so, I might have to sign up.

Ronald and Jesse-really nice Goudey additions. I love those cards. The first two years are my favorites.

Derek-that's a beautiful pic. Do you find these cdvs on eBay, or somewhere else? I'd love to add a couple of those to my collection when I begin to branch out.

Tony, congrats on adding the Old Mill. That's one of my favorite cards in the entire set. All three of Lajoie's cards are excellent. I can't wait to own them, but the portrait most of all.

Luke-you've got a great eye. While you're adding these tougher backs, you're not sacrificing anything. These cards might be lower on the technical grading scale, but they hav fabulous eye appeal. And that to me matters more than anything.

Great start to the month, guys.

Don't have this one in hand yet (hence the poor quality pic) but its on the way. George "Grin" Bradley (Sioux City) 1889 Uhlman Cabinet with the same pose as his N172. I don't own the N172 in the scan, just added it to show the pose. This is my first cabinet, hopefully more to come!

I haven't posted here in awhile, but here are some newer ones recently:

I know it looks rough, but that is a 1913 Oakland Oaks team issue Mitze, hard to find in any condition. I also added a 1911 Obak Sutor to my Sutor run, and my first Briggs. One very happy PCL collector (and the Briggs). Thanks to a board member for the awesome PCL cards.

Jimi - nice lookin' Yogi rookie!

Bill - the CDV was from a private sale. These particular ones from Warren Studios are very tough to find (near impossible might be more like it). The cabinet came from Legendary Auctions.

Luke - I'm not a t206 guy, but those Hindu's look awesome!

Yup! Wonder where I got that?! ;) Looks like I'm back at work on my HOF Collections!!

Wow, really nice stuff this month so far. Derek - I'm speechless. Those look like they belong in a museum, congrats!

Being part of this forum for over a year and a half now and seeing all the different "cards", I've starting expanding my collection to include Cabinets, Postcards, Exhibits, Premiums, etc. My latest purchase can't compete with what has been posted here so far, but I think it's neat. I like when the players are identified even if it can't be verified:

Jason,

Not sure if you have researched the names, they are all from Hancock, Wayne county, Nebraska men circa 1910-11 based on the little girl and her age.

sb1....Thanks so much for that info, I really appreciate it! The ebay description just said "rural baseball team circa 1920".

1905 Nap Lajoie / American League Publishing Co.
 

This 1905 American League Publishing Co. envelope pictures Hall of Famer Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie. Its enclosures - a letter he initialed and a promotional order form for a baseball guide he was in the process of publishing for the 1906 season - are shown in the American League Publishing Company gallery, http://www.sportingoregon.com/p799838731 . Click on any image for a better look and description. (My apologies for the less than stellar cell phone pictures of the inserts.) The same image of Lajoie is used on baseball postcards that the American League Publishing Company published in 1907 showing the Cleveland team, and in 1908 depicting just Lajoie, both of which can be viewed in that gallery.

For more, visit http://www.sportingoregon.com/. . Always buying! Please contact me with any postcards or related material you have to sell.

Trey

Nice looking Uhlman. Great way to start on Cabinets.

Bill-

Well, I spent too much - again - last quarter - $500 is the most you can earn and it's mostly @ 2%, but they had double, triple, and quadruple point days periodically - and if you have the good luck to have something you want come up during that time, all the better...certainly better than nothing.

When I saw that I had reached $500 in EBucks, I curtailed my spending, until late last night when those became available.

Now, here's an "error card" before there where "error cards."

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I'm with you, Jason. Being a member of Net 54 has not only exposed me to more cards I want to buy-cards that I might not have ever seen-but it's caused me to redefine what I call a card. A card has always been 2.5" x 3.5". I've known there were other card out there in different sizes, but it's wonderful thinking that cabinets, and post cards, etc can fall into the same definition.

I think it's a truly wonderful example of what can happen, not just in the hobby, but in life, when you educate yourself, and open your mind. I think it's a good thing when we open our mind, and reexamine some of our preconceived notions.

Raymond, that's cool. Considering how much I spend on eBay, and how much I will be spending, 2% will add up fast. Even if it's just within a 3 month period, I can time my card buying to fall within a three month period, and end up with something nice. If nothing else, it would serve as a substantial discount on one of the T206 cards I want to buy, and that's always welcomed.

I know this is slightly post war and apologize. But very excited to have won this 1948-49 Toleteros card of Francisco Coimbre. He was a great hitter and 2 time Negro League All Star. After his career he became a scout for the Pirates and is credited with convincing them to take a chance on Roberto Clemente.

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Thanks!! I've always admired cabinets, glad I finally pulled the trigger.

I wish I had the money to focus on Old Judge proof cabinets. Such a cool history behind how the Old Judge pictures were assembled.

Nice card! If I had the collecting budget I dream of I would turn into a Negro League hoarder!

Thanks. I know he might not be a household name but Coimbre is a legend in Puerto Rico. They named a museum after him in Ponce. Here's a quote from Satchel Paige on what it was like to pitch to him:

Satchel Paige stated “Coimbre could not be pitched to. No one gave me more trouble than anyone I ever faced, including Josh Gibson and Ted Williams.”

Puerto Rican baseball
 

On the subject of Puerto Rican baseball... Here's Josh Gibson and the owner of the Santurce Crabbers team he played for there, Pedrin Zorrilla, together in about 1939. For more, visit http://www.sportingoregon.com

Thanks PACKS for the scan of Mr. Coimbre's Toleteros card, and the brief history of his enormous contribution to the Pirates. I learned something from you! Also, I appreciated the quote you provided from Satchel Paige on pitching to this gentleman. That puts his significance in a much brighter light. I don't know how you display your cards, but a small "museum type" of paragraph consisting of the words you just shared with us would be very beneficial to anyone who cast a glance at your beautiful card of Francisco, then read what you wrote. No one with an ounce of baseball history appreciation would fail to be immensely impressed by the man and a rare baseball card of him.

Your one card carries a great deal of weight and significance, mated with your knowledge of its importance. ;)

A shout out of appreciation to you, bro. Have a peaceful weekend. --Brian Powell

'21 Herp
 

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great buys so far for the month of October. I really do enjoy these threads. Seeing the monthly pickups. Its amazing some of the beautiful pieces that has survived this long.

Here are 4 cards that I bought at a local show today - thanks Tony for the Monster Cards! I saw a Bresnahan earlier in this thread. I forgot (did I ever know?) that he finished his career with the Cubs (player manager in 1915). Not to turn this into one of those HOF threads, but if not for the shin guards would he have been elected (in 1945 by the Veterans Committee)? I like the McGraw pose in his sweater.

Still quiet for me havent found something yet but Im eying some cards but dont know if i should pull the trigger

Good luck keep us posted. ;)

Keep at it! You almost won some caramels in my BST auction. Patience...

Been all about the Post War lately and just realized this is Pre War. I think Greenberg is tragically underappreciated; the guy's performance was amazing and he lost prime years to the war. Was otherwise a lock for 500+ HRs. Love the error factor on this classic card, too.

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Nice card. Greenberg was a total beast. Think there's a pretty solid collecting niche for him, as evidenced by multiple people ordering his signed '34 Goudey soon after it popped up on eBay as well as JV's sight. Too bad for me, two sales doesn't make two cards!

He was out almost an entire season at age 25, lost 4 seasons to the war, essentially had only 2 full seasons after age 29, and was gone at 36. With any semblance of a normal career, he would have retired close to or ahead of Foxx.

Does anyone know why he retired? I wouldn't if I lead the league in RBI at age 36. Also, that is a sick OPS for his career :eek:

Don't know circumstances behind the trade to the Pirates, but wonder if that was a factor. Gonna have to check it out.

Watched a cool documentary about him a while back, will need to get/post title.

There is a documentary on him out there entitled "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and I enjoyed picking up this piece on him recently, albeit a bit O/T:

I gotta watch that. Peter puts it well up above. The guy's numbers are just cartoonishly great. That string of .400+ OBP and .600 slugging is bananas. The guy goes to war, comes back, and at age 35 leads the league in bombs again. What a pimp.

I don't care what era he played in, or who his teammates were. Those RBI numbers are ridiculous. I understand that the RBI statistic has lost some of its luster (much like average. I think both are now undervalued metrics). But if you're driving in 150 + runs, you're money. Credit goes to the guys who get on base to make that possible, but you don't luck into a 150 + RBI season. And Greenberg averaged 148 RBI per 162 games for his career.

Look at his RAA total for his best 7 seasons: 365. His average for those 7 seasons is over 52. That's simply spectacular.

Greenberg
 

Akiva Kemper's documentary is great, as are several of the biographies written about Hank (Ira Berkow's stands out for me). While this isn't pre-war, I did buy this today at the local card show. On the back is handwritten "Hank Greenberg Tokyo May 1958". He looks like he still could have hit 58 homeruns.

Yes! This is the movie I saw. I don't remember completely, but seem to think he was upset at being traded to Pittsburg, and that factored into his retiring relatively young.

Regardless, fans should cut players some slack for leaving (better teams, better cities/lifestyle, more money), because teams/owners made plenty of cold hearted trades back in the days prior to free agency.

Yes, he was upset at being traded to Pittsburgh, but I will leave the reason for that vague because it is included in the documentary. The reason he didn't retire before playing a season was that the Galbreaths, who owned the Pirates, were so nice to him.

One reason why the Pirates ownership/management wanted Greenberg was so he could mentor a young slugger named Ralph Kiner. And, unbeknownst to them at the time, by being in the National League Hank was able to play against Jackie Robinson in his first season in the majors. The 2 shared a lot in common, besides their amazing talent; they both had to face taunting and hatred from opposing players/managers/fans (and even teammates).

Greenberg also won the MVP at two different positions, unprecedented at the time, which I just read and is pretty awesome.

Got these from PWCC on the Bay last night:
 

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T207 Red Dooin
 

Picked this one up on eBay. Presents really nice despite a vertical print line above the "i" in Dooin.

Patrick

Couple of tough E90-1s that I picked up on eBay.

Great Mitchell. "The Caramel Wagner"

Thanks! Here are a couple of other tough ones I picked up.

nice luke...that red keeler portrait is sweet!

FINALLY hit the half way point. These I picked up last night on ebay from PWCC. They are graded a lil lower than I wanted but prices seemed fair and I can always up grade these down the road. They are higher numbers which was another reason I jumped on them. Anyway, here are the cards and now it's on to the second half of the set.

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New Arrival Today!
 

Exciting day as my E102 arrived!

That is a sweet Matty. Pre-war and vintage horizontals always seem.to strike a cord with me.

Thanks Pete! It has been a tricky Keeler to pick up. Definitely tougher than the E90-1 throwing in my opinion, especially one with such great coloring.

luke...the keeler throwing is one of my fave cards ever...I was looking for a red portrait as a companion for years and never found a decent...unaltered one in my range. ..they hardly ever come up for sale. you are correct it is a real toughie!

I just picked up this circa 1905-1910 rppc at a local antique shop showing two local teams. The back row features two black ballplayers. The two bats being held by players seated represent the long and short of it. Some of the caps worn by the players scream late 1880s or 1890s. They must be hand me downs.

Tough E90-1 cards
 

Nice job as the Keeler red background is in my opinion one of the toughest E90-1's...but I wouldn't mind any of the other three toughies (Walsh, Duffy and Mitchell) you picked up. What a nice grouping!

Brian

PSA 3 MC
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