Reg: I use one of those nylon eyeglass cleaning rags; works great.

I'll give it a try! Thanks..:)

Couple Postcards
 

Two Negro Leaguers pictured on postcards from Mexico:

Ray Dandridge pictured while playing for Vera Cruz Azules

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And Jesse Williams (shortstop for KC Monarchs) pictured while playing for Tuneros in San Luis Potosi

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...scan0004-1.jpg

Jason:

Great Dandridge postcard, never seen that one before.

Thanks, Phil. Obviously, some pinhole damage but I'd never seen it either. You'd think the owner could have put the pinhole a little to the left or right? Oh, well... still happy to have it and glad it survived at all.

Sweet PC's Jason, congrats!!

Some great pick-ups!
 

Here are some recent pick-ups. The T206 Fred Clarke Sweet Cap 150 and the 1907 Grignon Frank Chance PC are from the BST. The 1913 Pastime Novelty Co. Christy Mathewson PC was my end of a big trade. The Matty is easily by best PC!

Another good month with a few more coming... Down to about 20!
http://i732.photobucket.com/albums/w...t54/201201.jpg

#197 in the quest
 

Thanks to Scott for this BIN purchase... only need three more to get to 200

That must have been one heck of a trade. That PC is one of my favourites!

Regards,

Richard.

1937 r314-4
 

My 3rd Schoolboy Rowe.

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My pleasure. I'll definitely need to replace that one at some point.

Martin Dihigo just back from SGC
 

I was pretty excited to get this one back from SGC. I actually bought and posted the card last summer, and just now got around to having it graded. Graded better than I thought.

Best regards,

Joe

Joe,

Congrats on the grade with your Dihigo. Hope all is well with you.

Best,

Andy

Finishing the month off with a roughy toughy, which will fit fine in my set. Thanks to Chris at Buckler Cards.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...1/photo-10.jpg

another T205...
 

with every new T205 I pick up, the more I fall in love with this set. It amazes me that this set seems to get so much less attention than T206s. While I understand the absence of action shots is a strike against it, everything else about it is amazing. The portraits are incredible, the facsimile autographs on the NL player cards, the full write-ups, the gold borders...these are like T206s on crack AND steroids!!! Anyway, back to enjoying the humble start of my T205 collection...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...rs-piedmont-25

you didnt just say that??:eek::eek::eek:

Patiently awaiting the inevitable slew of death threats... ;)

Thank You, John and Judy:

awesome Voskamp's! Easily one of my favorite sets.

Beautiful card. Yep, lack of action shots and much smaller set. T206 and T205 - my 2 favorite pre-war sets (and I'm talking about the war to end all wars).

Jeff,

Thank You. I like the set as well. It is not the easiest to find, but I am a determined Pirates collector.

Thank You Again,

Brian Van Horn

Hale Missouri postcard
 

Picked this 1907 real photo postcard up today.

It's been said already, but it's worth saying again: Awesome Voskamp!

Regards,

Richard.

A couple to add to my Evers collection.
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...rkey%20Red.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...20-%20Copy.jpg

Nice..........
 

Tony: Really nice looking T206 Rudolf!!

Agreed. 1+

Thanks fella's.......

My first vintage cards in over four years! Thanks Shawn for the E-102! And thanks Jarrod for the Robby!

Richard,

Thank You. I appreciate the compliment.

Brian Van Horn

This showed up for me today.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...gehrigSGC4.jpg

Great card, Dean, congrats!

Old pick-up, but I finally got a photo taken. ml die-cuts Dickey.

Very clean example Dean. Nicely done.

Very clean card Dean. Great pickup!

Thanks guys. I'm very happy with it. It is really clean and the focus is dead on. The first pre-war card I bought was this card, but in a PSA 8, back in 2000. I quickly realized that I would have a very small collection if I kept going after 8's. So I sold it and started going after mid-grade cards and I have no regrets. It's a thrill to find mid-grade cards with great eye appeal. :)

Wow! Just won these on the bay for way less than I thought? Makes me wonder what I'm missing???? An HOF in 60 for less than 200..:) And added another one to my N.Y. Amer. for less than 90..:) Maybe just a little OC?

Great deals for sure.


I will add to the compliments on that '33 Gehrig - that's about as good as you could want for that card.

Thank You, Scott and Thank You Historic Images (O/T) for the reunion picture of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame plus one of their tackles, James Boland.

Gotta love a guy named "Peaches"...
 

This is card #12 on my long road to completing a T205 set in VGish condition...not sure if this qualifies as the black signature or the blue signature or maybe a little bit of both...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-sweet-caporal

Picked up a couple more T210-2's off Ebay last week.

question
 

for those of you that collect T210, i want to know why..

since they are all minor leaguers, you cant be player collectors..is it for the thrill of the chase? have you completed sets of real Major leaguers already?
is it the belief that they are undervalued?

thanks for the response...

I don't collect this set, but I think it's because many people like how the set looks and that the cards are reasonably affordable. Also, there is an iconic card in the set, i.e., the T210 Shoeless Joe Jackson, which is arguably his most valuable card.

I think its one of cleanest looking sets out there, if I decide to move away from the T206s, it is high on my list of potential sets.

Don't forget the T210 Casey Stengel which is also a very popular (and expensive) card as well.

interesting opinion....i bet if they were color lithographs instead of black and white, their popularity would be off the charts...

I collect -2's because they are all Virginia Based teams and the set has 15+ Hometown Richmond Colt Cards to collect.And its alot more challenging than my other collections by far.

Lots of minor league issues are highly collected. Obaks and Zeenuts come to mind. I collect T210's because they offer cards of teams that you can't find with any other set. If it weren't for the T210 set, the T206 Foley White card would be the only pre-war card made of a Houston Buffalo player. On top of that I think they're gorgeous cards.