February pickups

[cincyreds24]

Biggest pickup of my life. Can't believe I finally have this in my collection!





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[jbl79]

Originally Posted by cincyreds24

Biggest pickup of my life. Can't believe I finally have this in my collection!





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Congrats on the '51 Mantle pickup!. Nice image and well-centered. Well done!

[MattyC]

Dude, you must be over the moon with that addition. Watched that one. Its combination of centering and registration is nothing short of anomalous for a 51 Bowman Mantle-- and some serendipitously placed "clutch" damage made it a steal price, too! Congrats on another great card.

[begsu1013]

nice 51 rook, jerry!

i thought this was a place for only earthly cards though?

ha!

[irv]

Originally Posted by cincyreds24

Biggest pickup of my life. Can't believe I finally have this in my collection!





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Nice!

I assume this card rates higher than the one you just purchased?
If so, I guess, despite my best efforts, will I ever figure out this grading thing!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951-Bowman-...-/121864007870

[begsu1013]

hopefully this fits in to the earthly realm, jason...

extremely reasonable (this one was less than $50) however they fairly rare....

1956 macboy mickey mantle decal:

[jb67]

cincyreds24, a sweet pickup with the Mantle. I took a quick look and almost pulled trigger on it but decided not to (much to my regret now) as I was stalking some other pickups at the time. Enjoy your ride on cloud 9!!!

MattyC, That 57 Mantle has some serious pop when you look at it. The centering along with the bright borders and color/focus is crazy good for the grade. The eye-appeal tops a lot of other higher graded examples. A keeper for sure.

Greg, That 56 Mantle is incredible looking for the grade. Not sure I have seen any better looking PSA 6. A great Mantle addition congrats.

Jason, I know it was mentioned already but that 72 Munson and Bench card is not easy to find centered and you landed both at the same time that is well-played.

This has been a great February pickup thread so far. Hope to post a pickup soon.

[MetsBaseball1973]

Originally Posted by jb67

cincyreds24, a sweet pickup with the Mantle. I took a quick look and almost pulled trigger on it but decided not to (much to my regret now) as I was stalking some other pickups at the time. Enjoy your ride on cloud 9!!!

MattyC, That 57 Mantle has some serious pop when you look at it. The centering along with the bright borders and color/focus is crazy good for the grade. The eye-appeal tops a lot of other higher graded examples. A keeper for sure.

Greg, That 56 Mantle is incredible looking for the grade. Not sure I have seen any better looking PSA 6. A great Mantle addition congrats.

Jason, I know it was mentioned already but that 72 Munson and Bench card is not easy to find centered and you landed both at the same time that is well-played.

This has been a great February pickup thread so far. Hope to post a pickup soon.

Agree with all'o'that.

I will also say were I to build a 50's set it would be 1956. Love that string of 1956 cards earlier.

MattyC, while your 1953 Mantle is obviously and clearly a megastar five-digit card, I must repeat the above sentiment on your "lesser" 1957 (I recall your PSA 8 of the 1957 ) That PSA 5 exemplar is a "phreak."

Cincy, I drool for that Bowman Mantle Rookie. I am priced out of mid-grades now I think. Difficult to find a better "one," hahaha.