New FB Acquisitions

[LuckyLarry]

I wasn't even going to post about this additional purchase I made today, but little did I know I was in for a great surprise
After I purchased the 1948 Bowman #99 card, the dealer said he had a stack of off condition 1948 Bowman football cards available. As he handed them over, he said they included some of the SP cards. After I quickly thumbed through them I asked how much for all of them. There were 41 different cards and he said $82 or $2 each.
I thought it was a pretty good deal, and of course I can always use some upgrades, so I bought them. I just now went through them, and there are 11 of the SPs (divisible by 3):

And wouldn't you know it, one of the SPs was the last card I needed to complete my set #108 Buford Ray SP RC and the last card in the set! There is a slight amount of paper loss and a crease around the number so it is difficult to read. This card "books" NM $400 so $2 is 0.5% book, my kind of deal!
Larry

[TanksAndSpartans]

Great story Larry! I haven't been to a dealer/card shop since I was a kid. In the back of SCD, it lists shows in my area, but I assume they will be baseball heavy, maybe someday I will check out. With 48 Bowman done... I saw the 48 Leaf Lujack - are you going to try for that set? Getting deals on those high numbers would be a pretty good chalenge.

[jefferyepayne]

Good stuff, Larry, and congrats on finishing 48 Bowman! That set grows on you over time.

jeff

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by DezHood

Great story Larry! I haven't been to a dealer/card shop since I was a kid. In the back of SCD, it lists shows in my area, but I assume they will be baseball heavy, maybe someday I will check out. With 48 Bowman done... I saw the 48 Leaf Lujack - are you going to try for that set? Getting deals on those high numbers would be a pretty good chalenge.

John Actually it's a 1949 LujackI am now collecting both the '48 and '49 Leaf sets when does it end LOL! I haven't taken the bait on the 1935 National Chicle set yet but I imagine it won't be long.
I get to 12-15 card shows a year and there is always plenty of football. I've been known to drive three or four hours for a card show, and have attended the National the last four years (via air travel). You should give it a shot!
Larry

[revmoran]

Those Bowmans are great and I think the fact that they are b&w helps them not show their age even with some toning.

[dclarkraiders]

Snake

[LuckyLarry]

Today a friend and I traveled to a card show at a retirement community. These guys have a collecting club, and host a show three times a year. It was great! And I picked up the last three 1962 Fleer cards to complete my set!
Larry

[jefferyepayne]

Congrats, Larry! That's fantastic.

jeff

[sockwell123]

Congrats on finishing! Nice cards

[LuckyLarry]

I've been on the other coast for thirty-one days on extended "grandkids babysitting" duties. This AM I visited my local USPO to get my mail. First up 1957 Topps Bart Starr RC (yes cut in half) and Paul Horning RC, these two complete my set!
Then a 1962 Topps Ernie Davis RC which completes my '62 set!
Larry

[LuckyLarry]

Next a couple of 1972 Topps high numbered cards #343 Joe Namath and #329 John Niland. I know Shawn will appreciate these I need just three more high numbers to complete my '72 Topps set!
Larry

[sockwell123]

Congrats on finishing that 57 set!! That hornung looks in really good condition.
Yes sir, those 72's are nice pickups..maybe on of these days.

[jefferyepayne]

You are a set completing machine, Larry, Congrats!

It's interesting how often you seen the 1957 cards cut in half. They really do look like two nice mini cards when you do that.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Larry - nice cards. The Hornung is beautiful - I'd grade that one.

[Beansballcardblog]

I haven't had anything to share lately. My pickups are slowing down temporarily. Saving expendable income for my trip to the 100th Indianapolis 500 in late May. I did pick these up recently. I don't get many "big" pickups but was thrilled to get all of these for $40.

Local Card Show Vintage Football Pickups

[LuckyLarry]

1954 Topps "Scoops" found in the .25c bin at our local show
Larry

[revmoran]

There is a beauty to the beaters - and that's got it! Gotta love the back of that card, since it has a newspaper date of 1923 and they were not given the Four Horsemen moniker until 1924

New York Herald Tribune, 18 October 1924
Grantland Rice
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down on the bewildering panorama spread on the green plain below.

[RollieFingers]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

1954 Topps "Scoops" found in the .25c bin at our local show
Larry

Ok, so how could someone have decided to put that in 25 cents bin? ?

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by RollieFingers

Ok, so how could someone have decided to put that in 25 cents bin? ?

Nice examples of this card eBay BIN $40-$45 so I would place the "full book" price for this card at $2. The dealer probably did not even know what card he was placing in the .25c bin, all he saw was a torn up 1954 scoops card. Plus sometimes I do get "lucky" LOL!
Larry

[jefferyepayne]

Nice snag, Larry. Sometimes all of that diligence pays off with a find. And this is one of them.

jeff

[revmoran]

A signed program by Don Steinbrunner (April 5, 1932–July 20, 1967) who was one of only two American professional football players to die in the Vietnam War.

[Beansballcardblog]

25 cents? It's just unfair how lucky LuckyLarry is!

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

1954 Topps "Scoops" found in the .25c bin at our local show
Larry

[LuckyLarry]

I attended another local card show today. One of the dealers (Eddie) who sets up at our regular show opened up a brick and mortar store and of course I want to visit and support. But it's way on the south side of Jacksonville and almost an hour drive for me. But today he had an in store card show, and needing some supplies anyway, it was time. All the guys set up I've seen before so nothing there, but I find Eddie, and compliment him on his great card store. The space is huge, giant screen TVs everywhere. I never buy anything from Eddie he just never has anything I need.

Anyway he says the magic words I haven't heard in years "I've got a couple monster boxes in the back I haven't gone through yet". Of course most is junk wax era stuff but I find over 100 cards to restock my doubles box mostly 1970 1971 Fleer World Series baseball cards. And somehow, stuck in the middle of all those cards was one of the three 1972 Topps football high numbered cards I need for my set #308 Earl Morrall

So today I picked up over 100 cards for my dupes box (some 63 Post and Jello baseball cards too), twelve 800 count storage boxes, twelve packs of 100 count soft sleeves, and a needed 1972 Topps hi number Earl Morrall for $48 plus I had to pay tax LOL!

Always fun to thumb through cardboard!

Larry

[sockwell123]

Wtg on the score. Would be nice to have local brick and mortar to walk in down here.

[LuckyLarry]

One of my OBC trading buddies sent me this card today. I need just one more (#4 Babe Parilli RC) to complete my 1951 Topps Magic set!

#70 Ed Dobrowolski is listed in the Standard Catalog as a "common" but I have been unable to find a card priced as such LOL. I guess all the Syracuse collectors keep the price bumped up? It appears that Ed played three years of college ball but didn't play with the pros.
Larry

[S_GERACE]

Holy crap Larry! Do you have every set ever made? Every time I'm on here you're on the new acquisitions thread completing a set. It must be awesome to get cards everyday in the mail!

That 1951 Topps magic is tough in general isn't it? Congratulations and I'll look for your next pickup tomorrow.

Take care,
Scott

[S_GERACE]

These arrived today. I'm especially glad to have acquired the Lansford from the May Huggins & Scott auction.

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by S_GERACE

These arrived today. I'm especially glad to have acquired the Lansford from the May Huggins & Scott auction.

Super tough card!
Larry

[DBesse27]

Just got this back from PSA. One of the cornerstones of my Hannah player collection:

[LuckyLarry]

In todays mailbox, two 1952 Bowman Large hits via eBay purchase. I am still plugging away at my set, holding 128 of the 144 cards in the set or 88% complete.
#117 Short Print Pat O'donahue according to the Standard Catalog NM $225 shipping fees pushed the price over my 10% threshold and cost me $25 total. Pat was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin don't we have a board participant who collects everything Eau Claire?
#127 Short Print Ollie Matson Rookie Card NM $400 shipped free and at the 10% goal, cost me $40. I think I wrote about Ollie before? Summer of 1952 he won two medals in the Olypmics, then won co-ROY NFL 1952. NFL HOF 1972. Later in life Ollie suffered from dementia due to CTE.
Larry

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice Larry. Great Matson. I've always ranked that card high on the "most aesthetic" list of football cards and you got a nice example.

[S_GERACE]

Nice pickups Larry. I think that most people would rate the 1952 Bowman Large as the most attractive set of Football cards ever made.

[LuckyLarry]

John and Scott thanks for the encouragement the '52 Bowman Large and Small sets are beautiful and challenging to complete. But I am up to the task LOL!
Larry

[S_GERACE]

Picked up a couple of Philadelphia Unitas cards ('64 & '65) and a 1955 Topps Benny Friedman. If you get the chance, read the book Passing Game by Murray Greenberg. It seems a shame but it appears that Friedman's abrasive personality kept him out of the HoF until well after his retirement and death. He was so good during his prime that Tim Mara purchased the Detroit Wolverines franchise just so he could obtain the rights to Friedman and put him on the Giants roster.

[LuckyLarry]

Todays mail included this eBay win 1950 Bowman #100 Sammy Baugh. This leaves me two cards short of the full set (still need #5 Y.A. Title RC and #6 Lou Groza RC).
Boy this is a nice example (for me), and still under 10% NM book even after shipping!
Sammy was a charter member of the NFL HOF class of 1963. After football (according to his son), Baugh derived far more pleasure from ranching than he ever had from football, saying that he enjoyed the game, but if he could live his life over again, he probably wouldn't play sports at all. Sammy lived a long life, and died in 2008 at the age of 94.
Larry

[revmoran]

Classic card - nice pickup

[sockwell123]

Sweet Baugh card Larry! I was looking at some of these last night.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Nice Slingin Sammy!

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Sweet Sammy! Great pick-up, Larry.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

In the mail today...

[S_GERACE]

Nice pickups Larry & Robert!

I love the detail in the Baugh, right down to the gold stitching on his helmet.

To me, all of the Bowman Waterfield's look amazing. In the '51, I think the combination of the leather helmet, the cleats showing on the bottom and the sky coloring really make it a great looking card.

Congratulations guys!

[LuckyLarry]

Todays mail brought this eBay win. 1972 Topps hi number 331 Mercury Morris. I can't tell you how many eBay auctions I have bid on for this card, only to come up short. A tough card hi number AND popular with those that collect Dolphins cards related to their 1972 "Perfect Season" There is NO WAY I am going to get this card at a discount!
The card was described as NRMT+ which seems to be "pushing" it a bit LOL but what do I know, I always look for the low grade cards. The card is way off centered, a dinged corner, and has some print defect in the upper left that I thought was a wax stain but my trusty "panty hose" remover wouldn't do the trick! And all kinds of snow on the card NRMT+ I did leave positive feedback but dinged the seller on his card description LOL! But I am SO glad to get this card and this leaves me with just ONE more hi number to complete my 1972 Topps football set.
I still need #266 Rayfield Wright Cowboys All-Pro, and yes, I have lost many battles on eBay for this card too. But I will prevail (meaning I'll probably overpay to complete my set).
The Mercury Morris card "books" NM $25 in the Standard Catalog and I set my "snipe" for $23.77 and I took it home for "only" $18.50. Seller charged me $3.95 to ship, and I see on the small size bubble mailer that his cost was .94c so I dinged his feedback on that too LOL! So my cost was $22.45 or 90% "book" price.
It might sound like I am bitchen' but I'm not. I knew what the card looked like and I knew what he charged for shipping before I even bid. It's just a little insight into how my pea brain works!
Time to go over-pay for that Rayfield Wright!
Larry

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Another good day in the mailbox...

[DBesse27]

Love that Landry!

[revmoran]

One smart thing I did years ago, and there aren't that many, was write to Coach Landry and ask if he sign a old Giants program for me - he agreed and sent me a signed 8x10 back with the program I sent him

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by revmoran

One smart thing I did years ago, and there aren't that many, was write to Coach Landry and ask if he sign a old Giants program for me - he agreed and sent me a signed 8x10 back with the program I sent him

That is a cool piece!

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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Love that Landry!

Thanks!

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[TheKid41]

Picked up a nice Jim Brown Rookie recently.

[revmoran]

Great pickup on the Jim Brown card - it's a beauty

[DBesse27]

Originally Posted by revmoran

Great pickup on the Jim Brown card - it's a beauty

This!