January pickups

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Boom! That is a hell of a Mantle, Russ.
Congrats on a great pick up.

Thank you sir ! I went into the weekend saying all I would do is make fairly inexpensive purchases to upgrade the 1975 Topps set and get some inexpensive mid-low grade Red Mans.

Well, then an opportunity came along I could not pass on.

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[Shoebox]

Sweet Mays card!

[gregr2]

Originally Posted by Shoebox

Sweet Mays card!

Thanks!

[MattyC]

That's a heavy duty, Mick, Hank! But let's single out that 75 Jackson-- that's my type of card. Would come back a 9 several times out of 10 submissions. Great job on that one. Sweet card.

I've been sleeping on the 55 Mays; that action scene is awesome.

[jb67]

Originally Posted by MattyC

That's a heavy duty, Mick, Hank! But let's single out that 75 Jackson-- that's my type of card. Would come back a 9 several times out of 10 submissions. Great job on that one. Sweet card.

I've been sleeping on the 55 Mays; that action scene is awesome.

+1 on the 75's and 52 Mantle!

[JollyElm]

A pair of really tough variations - 1959 Hanebrink without the trade statement on back and a 1966 Landrum with the 'partially airbrushed' button.

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[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

A pair of really tough variations - 1959 Hanebrink without the trade statement on back and a 1966 Landrum with the 'partially airbrushed' button.

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Looks like Landrum was going all Claude Raymond for a that pic, huh?

[Hammerin'Hank]

Thanks MattyC.

Speaking of 1975 Topps PSA 8's that are close to 9's.................Did anyone on here pick up this 75 Topps Mike Schmidt last night off ebay ?
Man, I wanted this one bad but lost the bidding war.

Congrats to whoever got this gem.

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Thanks MattyC.

Speaking of 1975 Topps PSA 8's that are close to 9's.................Did anyone on here pick up this 75 Topps Mike Schmidt last night off ebay ?
Man, I wanted this one bad but lost the bidding war.

Congrats to whoever got this gem.

I was the underbidder. I do not like losing auctions Hats off to the winner.
I was so salty at missing that one that I treated myself to this as a consolation:





And got a new Epson scanner with which I was finally able to take a proper scan of the new Mick. Idiot that I am, though, I put a long vertical scratch in the beautiful SGC holder. It barely shows up in the scan but I will have to get it reholdered down the line.

[Hammerin'Hank]

Wow ! Those are some gorgeous cards Matty C.

That Mick is a thing of beauty.

[rsdill2]

Picked up the Rose last month and this month picked up the Stargell. Making some major progress on my '63 set. Scratches are on the holder.

[MattyC]

Speakin' of 63 Rose...

Saw the centering and already had one but could not resist.

[Cobra Kai]

Matt,

What kind of Epson scanner did you get?

[pawpawdiv9]

You guys are on FIRE!!! Takes me a bit longer, Always enjoying the hunt. May have a show & tell by the end of the month.

MattyC: Love the Rose RC..been looking at getting one of those for my RC collection. Prices are outragious on them and the centering issues i seen on them.

[jimtigers65]

Today has to be one of the best for me in regards to collecting. My co-worker who last month gave me a 1968 Bench presented another gift to me; a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan! This was the last card I needed to complete my 1968 set. I was speechless! When he gave me the Bench card he wanted to post a photo of the exchange. So we took a photo of the Bench card and he posted it with the caption "Now only needs the Ryan". His uncle saw the post and sent him the Ryan card to give to me.

After seven years my 1968 set is now complete!

[Exhibitman]

Well given the abundance of great stuff this post is a tad embarrassing but I got some OPC cards for my Aaron player set and my everything 1971 Topps collection:





Also a few 1972 OPCs that caught my eye:





Billy Martin with a special message to all the kids:

[CW]

Originally Posted by jimtigers65

Today has to be one of the best for me in regards to collecting. My co-worker who last month gave me a 1968 Bench presented another gift to me; a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan! This was the last card I needed to complete my 1968 set. I was speechless! When he gave me the Bench card he wanted to post a photo of the exchange. So we took a photo of the Bench card and he posted it with the caption "Now only needs the Ryan". His uncle saw the post and sent him the Ryan card to give to me.

After seven years my 1968 set is now complete!

Cool story! Congrats!