January pickups

[almostdone]

Bob, great Rizzuto for the grade. Such deep color red on it. Great card. Congrats!
Drew

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by almostdone

Bob, great Rizzuto for the grade. Such deep color red on it. Great card. Congrats!
Drew

Thanks Drew!

[MattyC]

Cannot resist nice Micks. Just simply cannot stay away. A nice clean image of The Mick with good centering, color, and focus...it just makes my day sunny.

[Yossarian]

Matt - as always, great pick ups.
I am usually not much on the 'floating heads' league leader cards, but I am a fan of the '62 HR leaders card for what it represents from a historical/significance perspective. I picked one up last month. Tough one to find with good centering and absence of print flaws.

No one remembers, but Jim Gentile had a hell of a season in '61 as well. Those other 2 guys completely overshadowed him, however

[Shoebox]

Very nice Mantles!

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by Yossarian

Matt - as always, great pick ups.
I am usually not much on the 'floating heads' league leader cards, but I am a fan of the '62 HR leaders card for what it represents from a historical/significance perspective. I picked one up last month. Tough one to find with good centering and absence of print flaws.

No one remembers, but Jim Gentile had a hell of a season in '61 as well. Those other 2 guys completely overshadowed him, however

Thank you and I share your exact same logic behind the 62 HR leader card. I felt the card represents a special moment historically in the game and it just charmed me based on that. And I also love how it shines a light on Gentile's "lost" season, as well. Completely agree.

I was also impressed by how tough the card is to find with centering and decent image quality; I love cards like that and this one had nice centering.

I also liked how Mantle seems to be looking at Gentile, as if to say, "What the hell is this guy doing here?"

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I also liked how Mantle seems to be looking at Gentile, as if to say, "What the hell is this guy doing here?"

I'm thinking I'd either never seen this card or hadn't really paid attention before. Yes, the history captured is priceless! This must be the best Leaders card ever, and I'm not even a big Mantle or Yankees guy. With all due respect to Messrs. Killebrew and Gentile, imagine how cool this card would be if they only put the top two guys on it.

Thanks for sharing the pickup!

[MattyC]

I have to admit I slept on the card for the longest time, until my buddy who works with a card dealer told me to take note of it due to the historic aspect and the centering issue. Lots of overlooked leader cards out there that have huge star power. Would probably make for a great scan thread of leader cards...

[jason.1969]

Having gained 40 pounds and made too many impulse buys (though none for big $$) in the months following my divorce, I decided to focus 2015 on the 1956 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers team set, of which I already owned a total of 0 cards. I can only buy with money I "earn" by taking care of my health, as detailed here.

So here is what I earned so far this year, along with doing some great things for my health and enjoying the immediate gratification structure that normally is missing from dieting and exercise:

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[Exhibitman]

I had a 1974 Seaver OPC but sold it. Nice card too.

That Mantle exhibit is probably not from a poster. If it is on slick thin paper and machine cut it is more than likely made for attaching to the machine headers. The company printed cards on that kind of paper, probably because it was cheaper and lighter than card stock for the advertising pieces, which were offered to vendors as freebies. Many times more difficult to find than a regular card. If it is on thicker cardboard but not like a typical card and is handcut or of a dimension different than a standard card, it may be some kind of interim production item. I have a few of them from the early 1950s.

[robsbessette]

Just picked this up from a fellow board member. I think this looks way better than a 4. Not perfect centering, but not too shabby either.

The Ryan rookie holds a special place in my heart. When I was 10 or 11 years old my best friend and I used to play "tag" with his younger sister. "Tag" consisted of, try to catch us, but you'll never be able to since you're five years younger than us. We used to say "if you can catch us, we'll give you a Nolan Ryan rookie card". Of course, which we didn't have. Now I do.

[39special]

Originally Posted by robsbessette

Just picked this up from a fellow board member. I think this looks way better than a 4. Not perfect centering, but not too shabby either.

The Ryan rookie holds a special place in my heart. When I was 10 or 11 years old my best friend and I used to play "tag" with his younger sister. "Tag" consisted of, try to catch us, but you'll never be able to since you're five years younger than us. We used to say "if you can catch us, we'll give you a Nolan Ryan rookie card". Of course, which we didn't have. Now I do.

Great looking Ryan rc.Your on a roll Rob!

[WillBBC]

Killer Mantles and a beautiful Ryan rookie, congrats on the pick ups!

I love nice '59 Mantles, just a beautiful set.

[almostdone]

Great pick up Rob on the Ryan rookie. I remember when I first got mine. It was one of these cards I never thought I would own but now I do.
Drew