February pickups

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

We are on quite a run of Pre-War! Please, someone, bring us back with a Mantle

The Dude abides...

[Jdoggs]

Mattyc great looking mantles!

[jmb]

Quite the Mantle Trifecta there.

[jmb]

Ironically, just delivered. Not as nice at MattyC's but is a lot nicer in person than the image provided.

[Canofcorn]

Originally Posted by MattyC

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The Dude abides...

Ummmmmmmmm..............

How does one even begin? Centering on all three is in league with your famous 1952 Topps.

[pawpawdiv9]

[GregC]

Serious cardboard. Matt, that 53T is absolutely gorgeous. I love when you upgrade because then I get to post in the pick up thread too! Here are a few recent additions

[Canofcorn]

^^^VERY nice, especially that 56...

[jmb]

Originally Posted by GregC

Really sharp 6. The 62 ain't shabby either.

[begsu1013]

cheese n crackers, fellas!

very nice start for each and every one of you!!!

[Exhibitman]

This card went on quite an odyssey before getting to me. I bought it on eBay and the replacement mailman we had during the holidays delivered a bunch of my mail [and the mail from the rest of our office building] to various addresses all over Burbank. The universe being what it is, the five dollar cards made it to me but this one was shown as delivered when it wasn't. I figured it went elsewhere and was stolen so I posted theft notices on the chat boards and asked local dealers (there are still a few) to be on the lookout for it. I was really ticked off, not so much about the money as the fact that I really wanted this card in my collection and they aren't all that easy to find in the price range where I wanted to be with it. Thankfully, the person who received it was honest enough to put it back into the mail and it finally made it to my collection:

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by MattyC

The Dude abides...

Awesome. All gorgeous, but tbat '65 is perfection.

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by KingFisk

Awesome. All gorgeous, but tbat '65 is perfection.

I once tried to assemble a 1965 Set, last year. I looked at a few PSA 9's of the number 350 Mantle card..........and that PSA 8 sincerely looks better than all the 9's which I saw. They uniformly exhibited Tower Of Pisa tilt and white spots within the pink. Wonder if they would grade out 9 today if submitted raw. Probably not.

Added.........RESUBMIT THAT BAD BOY. AT LEAST REVIEW.

[Stonepony]

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[MattyC]

Yeah, Dave! Glad you reeled that one in, I know you had the cross hairs on it at the auction. There's two great 8s people can in effect cross out of the pop report, LOL!

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Yeah, Dave! Glad you reeled that one in, I know you had the cross hairs on it at the auction. There's two great 8s people can in effect cross out of the pop report, LOL!

Thanks! I just got back to this thread and have finally seen your new 53T.
All I can say is WOW!!!!! You will never ever regret paying your record price. I guarantee!!

[MattyC]

Thanks, brother. One hard lesson I have learned over the years— and learned the hard way— is that sometimes to grab a dream piece, you have to pony up.

Twice I decided to remain firm at what I thought was a good price to pay; both times I did not get the card, failed to find another as nice, and while seeking, also got a front row seat to watch the price rise beyond what I could have paid then. Basically, a perfect storm of suckage, LOL. Both instances taught me that another as nice does not surface for cheaper later on. And that it's better to have great cards than regrets. So when a centered PSA 7 of the 53 surfaced, I was not haggling or hesitating. And boy am I happy, happiness being what it's all about.