Congratulations on the new foray - careful - you'll get hooked!

Great tickets for sure.

Great stuff, everyone.
Happy to pick this one up. Have only seen one other example.

Hey Phorrest!!

Nice pick up. That Knight image is one of my favorites. Love the colors on that one.




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Thanks Andy,
Hope you and the kids are well. I’ve been on the lookout for a decent Blue Crofts for awhile now, they don’t pop up too often anymore.

Nice Pickup Brian Congrats

Thanks, Jeff. Awesome postcard!

Boy oh Boy (as Grandpa Gross used to say), there are some unreal June pick ups ............. :eek:

Big Thanks to Jay for a nice deal that makes me Happy ....... :p

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Makes No. 37 Cycle 460 ........... :) ................. Not sure how many more I can get ...... ;)

Fun, Fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Mathewson Gum Ball box!
 

I was able to pick up this awesome Christy Mathewson “Fadeaway” Gum Ball Box with original gumballs! My Matty collection keeps growing and I love unique items like this!

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Great piece Cody, congrats.
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Impressive. It is amazing that not only did this survive, but many of the gumballs look to be almost mouth ready. What a fun display!

Brian

It's a cool box Cody congrats on the pickup! I've been after one but always roll my eyes when it's advertised as original gumballs. I have yet to see one sold that has gum that actually looks like the balls that are on the box:rolleyes:

? So are them gumballs original ? If they are that’s pretty incredible

Considering
1) You can currently buy identical gumballs(google baseball gumballs)
2) So many of these 100+ years old boxes still contain "original gum". Seriously what are the odds??
3) In my opinion the phrases on the contained gumballs just doesn't fit. The phrases lead me to believe they would have originally been in a machine where it would be a suprise of which ball you would get. If you get "fly out" or "strike out" out of a machine you will keep putting coins in until you get a "home run" ball! Who in their right mind is going to choose anything other than "home run" when you can choose your own gumball?;)

......I vote not original

Thanks mr ruth-gehrig ! Very interesting

Gum Balls
 

This piece was originally part of the Al Tapper collections sold by SCP auctions in 2021 along with several other unique items of his. While we can never be 100% sure of the claims that the gum balls are original to the piece, I’m guessing that some research had gone into them along the way to keep them with the box in such a prestigious collection. While there are modern gum balls sold with the same print, someone would have had to go to painstaking lengths to artificially age and show proper deterioration to them for the sake of display. The boxes sell in similar price ranges with or without the gum balls, so I guess I’m not sure what would be the point as it doesn’t really add to the value that much, if at all. The white has yellowed on them and many show degradation to varying degrees. So the original auction from the original collector lists as original, so I’ll take them on their word and they definitely pass the eye test as I’ve picked through a couple to read what ones were included. I was more excited by the box rather than the candy.

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Only one way to tell Cody, pop one of those old-timey gumballs in your mouth, bite down hard, and see if you lose a tooth.
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Anything is possible - they certainly look old and there’s some messed up print on some of them - irregardless it’s a terrific piece !

Have been looking for a lower grade Goudey Ruth 144 for awhile now, was finally able to pick one up!
I think it presents pretty well for a PSA 2.

Congratulations ! Registration like that is scarce , his face is very clear .. Whenever I’m looking for this card I always check his eyeballs first

Fantastic example.

Thanks guys, appreciate it!
Yes, most 1s and 2s that I was coming across didn't have the registration or had some decent creasing.
Excited to get this one in hand and add it to the collection!

A few more stand-outs for my burgeoning W514 effort.
RayB

Amazing PC!

mmm ... chocolate covered ice cream baseballs ... this product should totally be revived

................. Big thanks to Ben G. for making Donlin, .300 batter available ..... :)

.............. Has to be one of the more "unique" captions out there ...... :p ..... and it goes so nice with the tough NY NL .................. ;)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

I got a couple nice things in the mail today.
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Huge thanks to Rob (robw1959) for this one!
70 down. 4 to go.

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Fun mail day. E94 Member pick ups.
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Does that complete the Crawford’s?!

Yessir, posted the run on the main thread.

Snagged a tough one last night in Hakes

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Wanted to wait until it actually arrived to post.

SUPER excited to add this Wahoo Sam Rarity to my Crawford Collection.

Looks better in person too - than this scan!

Congrats
Very Cool Colgan Chip

Picked up #36 thanks to another great board member that very kindly reached out.

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That's a great looking mello-mint! Congrats!

Nice pickup and congrats on being able to place a bid in the Hake's auction.

Thank you, Daniel.

A couple Hake's wins.
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The Dukes
 

Picked up the George Davis in Clean Sweep to complete the four baseball Dukes N142. Not the largest grouping but they were so attractively designed!

If anyone ever sees the three bicyclist Dukes up for sale, the set collector in me is interested.

Like picking up this card under SUSPICIOUS! circumstances on eBay.

Thrilled to add these E107's and very tough Yankee HOF RC! Thanks Brian

Ah, flea markets.

A few new additions this week. Really pleased to find these.

This card has been on my radar for years, but I had never actually seen one come up for sale. Paid a premium, but thrilled to finally have this one in the collection.

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T209 type card.

I find this interesting because I have always heard that Aaron hated the nickname Hank and here he has a perfect opportunity to sign Henry since that's what the card says. Maybe he just knew that collectors would always want him to sign Hank.

Doc Crandall has arrived
 

This arrived today from the auction house……take the mound Doc Crandall !

Nice pickup!

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I love the Cracker Jack Fred Clarke card and have both the '14 and '15. But I take exception to the folks at CJ who did his bio. The final line states, "Joined Pittsburg in 1900." Joined Pittsburg in 1900! That's all. Nothing about being a player/manager, the WS and looking after players like Wagner, Leach, Gibson and crew. The CJ card was issued in 1914 when Clark's storied career had finished and he was still a big name.
Great card but a lousy write-up.