2 more Mantles to my PC! The 64 has quite a few scratches on the case so looked mighty crappy with my scanner, will either send it back for reholdering or try to cross it to a PSA 8. and the 65 is incoming.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-1964-topps-50


http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...1965-topps-350

Mike, WOW! Great cards. Congratulations.

Nice pickups Mike!

Chipping away at my Exhibit collection
Mantle and Koufax stat backs and a Mantle c and k not connected.

It's the same one, Matty. I have rarely seen a '57 Williams that well centered and that clear...

Thanks, Jason! I have been wanting to focus on some of Ted's cards for quite a while. He is one of my very favorites.

Thanks, jb. I have owned two other '57 Teds, and neither was quite this nice. I have been wanting a decent Aaron rookie for a long time!

[QUOTE=mickeymantle24;1380099]2 more Mantles to my PC! The 64 has quite a few scratches on the case so looked mighty crappy with my scanner, will either send it back for reholdering or try to cross it to a PSA 8. and the 65 is incoming.

Hey Mike,
Post a link of the Mantles you have purchased. I would love to see what you have so far. Thanks.

Hey Mike,
Post a link of the Mantles you have purchased. I would love to see what you have so far. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Thanks guys! JB, the link to my Mantles are in my signature. I believe I am at 14 right now, still aways to go and some expensive ones to acquire. So if anyone has any they want to move pm me. I will also consider any upgrades with better centering.

Some pickups over the last few weeks, progress on my 48 Bowman registry, my 38 Goudey set, a 52t upgrade and a hit to my rookie HOF set. Thanks to a few members for some great cards (Roberts and Foxx)

picked up this 57 Mays and some clean, unmarked checklists

Mike, those are some nice Mantles.

Steve, great exhibits.

Great additions for both of you.

Dang.......really great additional for everyone. Some really nice cards being posted this month.

Wanna give a S/O to Matt for selling me this sweet Rose RC. Card arrived today and looks even better in person!

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...1963-topps-537

Beautiful Rose RC, Mike. Congrats!

I was happy to pick this pretty clean card up at a nice price. Perhaps someday I will go for his full career as I have with Hank Aaron and J.R. Richard, but for now I have only the 1957, 1958, 1963 "Power Plus," 1964, and now this 1961.

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1948 Leaf Jackie
 

Sold my PSA 5 and downgraded just a tad to free up some money. Very happy with this replacement and the color is actually better than on my PSA 5.

Some of you know I am working on a 1956 Dodgers team set to commemorate Brooklyn's first and only championship in 1955. My goal, seldom realized, was to find great eye appeal and centering within the VG-EX or EX grades (or more to the point, within those price ranges). What a dream come true this Jim Gilliam was for me. With my aging eyes, I seriously wouldn't be able to distinguish this card from a PSA 10.

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And not technically a card, but this Aaron cover has been my white whale since practically the day I returned to collecting. I wouldn't have even guessed that one this nice looking still existed. I believe it is also Aaron's first solo cover on a national publication, but let me know if I'm forgetting something.

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Picked up the 1969 Banks as well to replace the 1956 Banks JET I donated to the Ernie Banks memorial.

An upgrade to my Clemente run.
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Upgrade for a 1964 Topps Set. Had trouble deciding between one perfectly centered but with faded color, or this one with vibrant color with pretty good centering. Decided on the popping color.

Rob, nice Eckersley RC. The picture looks super sharp and crisp.

Got this in the mail today. I have always wanted one.

Jason, great looking Gilliam [emoji33] stunning for the grade!

Great looking Clemente, JC...congrats!

Favorite February pickups (so far)
 

This is my first post in the "Look What I Got" thread. Hope I'm doing it right!
A cheap yellow-letter Kaline in OBC condition, plus a pair of slabbed '61's (don't worry, OBC brethren, they won't stay encased for long; I'm going to free them) to get my '61 list down to the final 13 cards.

Tom

Thanks Russ!!

Russ that is a very nice looking PSA 7 Gibson I think you made a good decision on that one.

Every time someone posts an Eckersley rookie I keep saying I have to add one. Congrats Rob on the addition.

I just picked this nicely centered Mantle to replace a PSA 7 I sold.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...mantle-psa-6.5

Very nice Mantle JB, hard to find any 67 with that good of centering.

February Pickups
 

Two nice '55s in this week:

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black washout appearance on the ryan is from my scanner. just got the Epson v550 and if anyone has any tips, please lemme know. still tweaking it...

begsu1013,
Great looking Berra not to mention the PSA 10 Ryan. Nice pickups.

Beautiful Ryan 10!

It looks like we have another MattyC to bring us top shelf card porn.

Awesome pickups!

That 76 is a true 10. Great pickup for your Ryans, Begsu!

Always liked that card since I was a kid. I remember trying to save up for one at a place called Wonderland on 11th avenue in Brooklyn-- but by the time I had the money it was gone.

thanks guys!
 

love the berra. I know it's a tad off on centering, but that 49 bowman is just a tough card all around. on the ryan, it's my 2nd 10 for the 76 series.

have a few more pick ups that i'm anxiously waiting for the mailman to deliver...well the fedex guy, actually! ; )

Great Yogi ! You can't expect to find centering much better than that for a card from the 40's.

I assume you got the Ryan off the PWCC auction over the weekend. He was auctioning off late 70's sets from a guy who had the entire sets in PSA 10s and PSA 9s. Man, they were gorgeous to gawk at. That set is one of the toughest to find centered from the 70's.

I had fun looking at them but only won 1 auction. I was a Claudell Washington fan when he played for the Braves so I picked this up for the heck of it:

Picked up this raw '75 Rollie Fingers for a set upgrade. Plan on sending it to SGC and think it has a great shot at an 8 or 8.5.

Another mid-grade Red Man.

Hey Mike, nice Rose RC.

Here is my latest acquisition thanks to Taylor on BST....nothing as nice as that Rose though! 453 1974 Topps cards in pretty nice condition....

hammerin...
 

no, this one wasn't the most recent 76 ryan 10. I was pleased to see that one go well over the $5K mark w/o zero help from me. glad I was on the golf course and had a few too many beers to participate in that auction! this was the one that was prior to the one that ended this weekend.

gorgeous washington, btw! alotta folks love the 75 set, but when I think of 70's topps, I like the 72's and the 76's!!

I was very happy to find this Gibson rookie with pretty good centering.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...n-rookie-psa-6

extremely sharp gibson 6! am I missing a surface wrinkle or something because that thing looks extremely under graded...I would crack and resubmit.

Thanks begsu1013. Not sure other than I can see some light browning on the top center border between Bob and Gibson. Hard to see but that is the one thing that stands out. Also the bottom right corner is probably has a little more damaged than the picture shows.

far from the pretties thing in my collection, but the price was right:

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTMxOVgyOD...U1-WN/$_57.JPG

Agree, nice Gibson RC.

Added one more to my Mantle run. 59 Topps has to be one of my top 3 Mantle designs of all time

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-1959-topps-10

I know there are more out there, but it is seriously crazy to me that there would even be one 1959 Mantle out there that's still this nice after almost 60 years! I am always stunned to see cards this gorgeous, and I am baffled to even concoct a story of the card's history other than some collector pulling this from a pack and immediately putting it away somewhere safe. Of course, were it me, I would have carried the card around in my pocket everywhere I went!

Now that is my kind of Mantle. Congrats!!

Nice '54 Bowman Ted Williams, Robert! That card is so tough to find centered like that. Congrats!

And, gorgeous Mantle, Mike!

Thanks guys I really appreciate it! This 59 really caught my eye with the red background and black SGC frame. Just makes the card pop. Still aways to go on my Mantle run, but I'm enjoying every minute of it.

Jason I agree, I remember my grandpa telling me stories about how when he was a kid. Putting the cards in bike spokes, flinging them at walls, and other games. Then the dreaded story of when he went to college and his mom throwing all of them away. Makes you wonder how these higher grade examples were treated from being pulled out the pack, to how they are now preserved in their respective holders.

fedex man came
 

here's some more cardboard porn as someone hysterically wrote!

posted the aaron 6 from huggins and scott, but here's another 7 that was recently picked up for comparison and the mathews that has arrived. pretty decent centering for a 52t. also threw in one of the dumb things I like to collect. it's a panini macgyver card from 84. i tend to like the more sophomoric movies like macgruber, caddyshack and things of that nature, so just threw in for a couple of laughs!

"look at all these wires in this bomb. i'm more of a 3 wire kinda guy"


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Yep that Aaron in the SGC is cardboard porn. I'm wondering why it isn't a higher grade.

It has been a while since I picked up any cards.I am happy with these.

love those 54 topps, steve o!!!! building a set or just picking up hof'ers?

Just picking up hofers.I don't have the patience or the budget to build that set.

+1. Nice pickups.

Very nice Steve. I love the Koufax as well. I remember how tough it was for me to pick one up on my budget. Congrats.
Drew

Just landed the #1 to complete the bookend Teds from the 54 Set. Had been waiting for a centered #1 forever-- talk about a toughy to find decently centered. There's always a ton on eBay and they are all pretty bad.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...s-ted-williams

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...s-ted-williams

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...pps-nolan-ryan

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-dave-winfield

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-don-mattingly

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...berto-clemente

MattyC,
You are absolutely correct about the centering that #1 Ted Williams. I have been looking for one without any luck. Congrats. The search continues.

Just landed this RC Ernie Banks last night
I hope it gots the 'centered' seal of approval????
They are hard to find centered.

http://huntauctions.com/phone/img129/1030.jpg

Gorgeous cards MattyC. Great Winfield rookie and great 54 Topps Ted Williams cards.

Chris, I love that rookie card of Banks. That card is very hard to find centered..........especially the top portion of the card which is normally cut too low.

Hoping to add one to my own collection someday. I've definitely found most have little to no margin above his name. I like yours a lot.

Steve,

Congrats. Those cards look really nice considering the grades given to them by PSA. Nice job.

Duane

Banks rookie has my approval. Very nice!!!

That Banks is money. The exact card I'd be looking for.

JB glad you can feel my excitement on the Ted.

agreed on the banks! very nice. I've been looking for a banks rookie as well and with the same "top border" attribute with a little room above his name.

started looking a few months before he passed, trying to hold off and find "the right one" and then prices jumped a little. hopefully they stabilize...of course how many have us said that about the 52 mantle that we coulda/woulda/shoulda bought back in the day.

ah, the mind consummating of the hobby!

nice 71 ryan, matty. tough to find that one centered and unaltered w/o any recolored corners or borders.

Just picked up this Pee Wee Reese 1951 Bowman.

Okay, so not exactly a card but the perfect dress shirt for a Hank Aaron fan to wear to work!

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Meanwhile, added the 55 WS MVP for my 1956 Dodgers set but will likely return it due to small ink mark on right border.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...8e80381a65.jpg

Just added my 1st TY COBB!!!!
i know its a pre-war card, but got to show my excitement to you guys.
Take a close look, its a double-print oddity, or as Sean says over-sized.

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Ite...0042a_med.jpeg

Great copy of the Georgia Peach

I feel so lucky to have Hank Aaron as my favorite player. I can't even imagine how tough it must be to have Cobb or Ruth as a fave! Wow!

Congrats on the Cobb pickup. I'm still looking for my first Cobb.

Very cool Cobb card-- I like the dual name aspect.

very nice cobb! was the same card above it or was it a "cobb w bat on shoulder" card above it? are there any pics of t206 sheets floating around?

all I got in the mail today. no cardboard porn, but a cool card imo:

red variant and pretty cool he batted .500

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Great Larry Bird card and great story to go with it. Never realized he played baseball. Thanks for sharing.

Picked up one I've wanted for a long time earlier this month. Also first post for me, glad to be on the forum.

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Welcome to the forum crose. You are off to a good start with the Musial. Very nice pickup!!!

Welcome to our little play land. Beautiful card to start off with. It's still the only main issue Musial I'm needing. Very nice indeed!
Drew

Thank you guys for the kind words. I was born and bred a Cardinal fan so that Musial has been on my want list for a really long time. In fact my Dad's name is Stan and was born in 59 so it was in the bloodline.

Here are a couple more recent pickups, the Gibson was probably in December or January but I think its close enough. The Jackson is part of my work in progress 54' set. If you have any raw mid grade 54' commons I would love to give you an offer.

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