This one just arrived.

December pick up thread
 

Merry LCS-mas. Yes it’s lower grade, and I already had one… But hard to resist your favorite Mantle card!

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Try finding a Remar Wilson now...I was lucky enough to grab a 1949. I bought a 2nd one too but the seller claims it went missing and canceled. Sure it did; got a bridge to sell me too?

Picked up a couple of heavy hitters (at least for my budget). Nice eye appeal and great registration on both, just some roller marks on the Mick but not too bad. Centering is always tough on these, so I can live with it.

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WOW! Closing out 2020 with a bang, Jarrod!

Haha, I guess so. It wasn’t planned, and I had to give up some nice cards I really wanted to keep, but I’ve always wanted to own both of these together. I remember pulling the replica inserts from 1989 Bowman packs when I was a kid and thought they looked so cool. I had a slightly nicer 51 Mantle years ago but let it go for a guitar. So I had to get over that regret, I guess.

interesting little "cards"
 

I was fortunate to pick up a pile of these little guys at an auction for next to nothing. I guess no one knew what they were. They are new to me as well - from what I can tell they are 1955 or '56 Topps and these are the larger versions of these smaller picture cards.

Kluszewski is the cleanest of the baseball players. Haddix is the roughest. I was certainly excited to see the Williams in the pile - it's nice overall but has a small piece of the emulsion paper missing on his chin and along side. The Jean Beliveau hockey is missing a chip from the bottom of his skates but still very cool. There is something about vintage hockey that appeals to me (even though I don't collect it). If only the Sports series in the pile were as clean as the Rolls Royce, Bat Masterson, and Empire State Building ;)

Sorry for the King Kong images. I gotta work on managing those pic files better. Any way to manage their size/appearance from inside the post? Thanks for all of the Hocus Focus discussion that has been posted on this site over the years & Merry Christmas !

Fantastic score! Those are really tough. For more info:

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Nice pickups this month guys, keep them coming !

Please tell me the guitar was a nice vintage Strat or Les Paul or something.

Well, it ended up being a piece in the puzzle that resulted in a 50s Strat. And I do still have that, at least.

At least?? You have a 50s Strat and 51B Mays and Mantle. I aspire to be you someday. Right now I’m at a 52 reissue Tele, 56T Mays and 64T Mantle. So I’ve got a...ways to go :D.

I got a 1952 Topps Mantle

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Well, OK, it is a 1995 Hamilton Collection porcelain Mantle, but it is as close as I am going to get...this month.

Another raw Mantle (and Hammer) card to be stowed away and graded at a better time:

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and finally, my two cents:

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I picked up that Bench in November. It's a beautiful card.

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Classy. I like your style. I've got that too!

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It's been a slow year overall for card buying. I did pick up this 72 Brooks a few weeks ago. It hasn't arrived yet, but I purchased the 62 Brooks last night.

That brings me to 17 of 24 on my Brooks set
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I thought Josh Gibson was the last to hit .400

I though Josh Gibson was the last to hit .400

No, he was dead by the time Wilson did it.

A few More Pickups
 

I also picked these up recently.

I thought Josh Gibson was the last player to hit .400?
Scott

Very NICE!!

A little Xmas gift to myself, always wanted one

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Very nice Tompkins rookie. Too bad he never panned out.

Lights-out Bench RC and great printing quality on that WS Batting Foes card posted earlier above.

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Wow! Solid black edges!

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Wow, that’s a unicorn right there, zero 10s and a POP 31..........amazing!!!!

By the time Wilson did it in 1948 Gibson was dead.

Cheap, but cool looking restaurant promo:

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1967 postcard:

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That '71 Ryan is outstanding. What a card!

I got this one in this week. As a lifelong Dale Murphy fan, I'm thrilled to have this card of the HOF human being (and hopefully HOF ballplayer one day).

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Random LCS purchase today when I stopped in on the way to the post office. Last pick up of the year!

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REA Auction Fall 2020
 

1952 Topps #146 Frank House Canadian Gray Back

Very nice card!

Congrats. :)

Thanks Dale.

I'm still looking for the 1952 Topps #181 Bob Swift Canadian Gray Back.

Great card!

Lifelong fan as well. Great great card!