I'm still quite a ways away. Not counting upgrades, I'm at 56% complete. Still too far away for me to post a wantlist. With my luck, someone will have every card I need....and I won't have any money.:(
|
Well, working on an extreme budget every card I get that fills an empty hole is precious to me. these are the newest additions to my collection.
http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/...psa6d5565d.jpg A couple weeks ago I was 12 cards away from finishing my 1970 set. Since then I acquired 8 from one person in a Facebook group, then I found this Ben Davidson on ebay, leaving me just 3 cards shy. Woohoo! http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/...psc7b1366f.jpg 48 Bowmans I am pretty light on, so any I can pick up is a good day. Also, being a RAMS fan, getting the Waterfield RC is pretty sweet for me. This one actually presents itself better in person than scanned. That's OK though. This is a set I have to make some concessions on. |
Nice pickups! I have a bunch of doubles of the '48 Bowman and '70 Topps set that are lower grade so if you PM me with a list I can probably help.
jeff P.S. You don't need to apologize for the grade of cards you collect! I love hearing that people are still building sets one card at a time, in raw form, and just looking for an example to fill a hole. THAT's the way this hobby started and I still love it! |
Awesome
I couldn't agree more Jeff!
Quote:
|
Thanks jeff! Looking through my 1970 set, I see numerous cards that are now "unsightly" (creased, tape remnants, etc...) compared to the rest of the set and stick out like sore thumbs. So, not only do I need to fill 3 holes, but also will be looking at some upgrades as well. I am going to try and re-evaluate the set this week sometime and see what I really need/want. Will pm you with a list when I get it. Bowmans I am not really ready to shop from a wantlist yet. Still need too many expensive cards and lot's of SP's.
Card by card..........I wouldn't have it any other way. Well, sometimes I do buy small lot's and pick out ones I need. Buying sets wouldn't be that expensive either, in most cases, but would take the fun out of the hunt and trading stories with others at shows and the like. |
It's been a slow month for me as far as adding new cards.
Here are the latest additions to my collections. A trio of 1962 Topps. Nothing earth shattering, but it fills 3 holes and gets me that much closer to my goal. http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5978747c.jpg I've had to reevaluate all of my sets and drop some cards, marked for upgrades, from my lists. My '62 set I dropped 20 cards from my upgrade list, all of them borderline "acceptable/upgradeable". |
2 Attachment(s)
I have a 1950 Bowman set from my boyhood completely graded by SGC. In the past few months I have actually upgraded some of the original cards that I sent in just as they were when I bought & played w/ them. All in all I have upgraded about 25 cards so far.
Here are 2 I recvd last week: |
Quote:
I really like that Bednarik. Classic clean look of those cards is so nice and great eye appeal. I agree with Jeff and Tucker. Collecting is different things to different people, but just collecting the cards in any form is great. I have some pretty rough cards but some of them are my favorites. Good luck finishing your sets. I think I may have tracked down a nice Namath in a SGC holder that i will pick up at the National, so pretty excited about that. Will try to post picture when i get it. |
Gotta agree with iowadoc, them are some nice looking Bowmans. And congrats on hanging on to your boyhood card collection, especially from 1950. I too have most of mine from my childhood, but they are much later (1969/70), and didn't fare nearly as well over the years. But what great times I had, as a kid, collecting them.
Love to see more of your '50 Bowmans. |
My latest pickups
Got these recently. Never posted pics so see how this goes
1958 Jim Brown http://sportscardalbum.com/c/m15f340n.jpg Nagurski. Really like this card. Scratches on case only http://sportscardalbum.com/c/39vy4mla.jpg Hope the links work. Still learning Thanks for the look Eric |
Doc both are really nice. I hate jersey and bat cards but that cut of Bronko is really cool. I just picked up one of Dick Kazmaier.
|
That Jim Brown RC is much better centered than most of the ones I see. Very nice Nags cut too.
|
Doc & Dude--
5 Attachment(s)
--Thanks for the nice comments! Here are a few more of those Bowmans:
|
Bowman cards
Those cards are so impressive in SGC holders in my opinion. By far my favorite holder.
|
Couple more to share
Thought I would share a couple more....
Cut auto... Nice combination Sammy Baugh and some other guy :) http://sportscardalbum.com/c/zw00w6ed.jpg One more cut auto. Mr Grange http://sportscardalbum.com/c/270fwpd7.jpg Jim Thorpe http://sportscardalbum.com/c/n6l1uqmn.jpg Red Grange again http://sportscardalbum.com/c/nkjk6747.jpg Not the best condition but I love the sport kings! Thanks for the look |
Quote:
And nice Grange - that one is on my wantlist. I think the 50 Tittle and 33 Grange would definitely make my all-time aesthetic list. |
1 Attachment(s)
A rough original photo of Thorpe. It's not as nice as some of the other Thorpe pieces I've seen in this thread (and I would prefer a shot from his Carlisle days), but I'm glad to have it.
This was my sole pick-up from the June RMY auction. I stayed up until about 1 AM on sniper watch. When I woke up the next morning at 7:45, I went to check on what I thought would be the final results. In actuality the auction didn't even end until 8 AM. This is madness people, we need a truce on this late night/early morning bidding! btw, The painted photo-art on the 1950 Bowman cards is awesome. They look great in high grade. |
Nice
Those are some great looking cards!!!!
I think my next set after the 1935 Chicles is going to be the Sports Kings?? Nice pick ups Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Sport Kings
I agree with the challenge of the Sport Kings set. The Ruth cards go for a lot even in rough shape, as well as Ty Cobb. It would look nice, but I would find it monotonous to find a lot of the non-football and baseball athletes. The set would like quite nice when done.
|
My first pick up from a board member.
On my limited budget I usually have to be happy with getting a few cards at a time, here and there. Rarely do I get the opportunity to buy in "larger" quantities. But board member Mikehealer helped me out with doing just that. From him I acquired 26 1955 Bowman's, all in one shot. It doesn't get me close to finishing the set, but it does almost double the number of cards I now have. I'm stoked!:D:D http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5b5961c9.jpg |
Great pickup! I'm about halfway through the set through little odd purchases here and there. Mine is maybe Vg-Ex/Ex though. Yours look great! Good luck!!!
|
Thanks Sam! Good luck on your as well. I had a small stack of duplicates that I accumulated after upgrading some of mine, but they all got stolen out of my antique mall showcase over a year ago. I was NOT happy that day.
|
I can't believe I've never really poked my nose into the football card forum. Some great stuff in here, guys. I have to pop in here more often, especially once I am able to start buying cards again in about another month or so. I have a nice checklist of cards I want to acquire, foremost among them the Joe Montana and Dan Marino rookie cards. I had them as a kid, and got rid of them because I was a dummy.
I look forward to posting in here soon, guys ;) I have lots of vintage Packers to buy, too. Keep up the great pickups, everybody! |
1 Attachment(s)
I've been thinking about starting the 1964 Kahn's set for some time now. I couldn't pass up the chance to start it off strong with the quarterback from my hometown team.
--Tim |
Recent Pickup
2 Attachment(s)
Nice looking Tarkenton and love the looks of the 55 Bowman lot.
Just picked these two cards up from a local card show. Plan to send them in to get graded. The backs are very clean on both cards. Hope to get at least a 5 or better. Funny how you can go looking for baseball cards and end up with football cards. |
Football
Those are very nice, especially the Baugh. Good luck with grading!
|
The centering is what sold me. There were a couple of other cards in the about the same condition but the centering was off so I passed. Hopefully they will not come back as being altered. They don't appear to be but then again I am not an expert and this is the first time buying a raw grade bowman from the 50's. No matter how it turns out they both still look good to me and that is why I made the purchase.
|
Both of those cards present themselves very nicely. Congrats on scoring those!
|
2 Attachment(s)
This is one of those rare cases where I put in a bid on an auction thinking for sure I would lose and I actually won. I can't decide if I like the card... I looked at the black spots under magnification and it didn't tell me much - still don't know what they are - marker/paint? I bid on it because I thought the surface was relatively nice. Even some of the scratches that show in the scan are on the case (the case is well loved for sure - I think they may have played catch with it... while drinking). I guess the card is growing on me... I like the concept of picking up low grade cards that present decently, but then once I have them my OCD starts to pick them apart. Here it is:
|
Not quite new but a recent pickup
|
Sweet, Tim! I love the Shotwell sets.
jeff |
Sid
John
I like the Luckman. That set is a great one. If your OCD decides you can't keep it, let me know. Haha |
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/...pse7a249f9.jpg
Haven't had much time or money to buy anything lately, but I did recently make a decision to start dismantling my stamp collection to make some extra $$ to help me with my card collection. Got a couple small packages on the way and just got this in the mail today. Not a very significant card, at least within the set, but is is significant to me because it's the last card I needed to complete my basic 1970 Topps set. I do still need a Calvin Hill black letter variation. And of course, like most of my sets, I also have a secondary list of cards I would like to upgrade at some time if the opportunity comes my way. |
Here's a recent addition....low grade but the premiums are tough since you needed 5 of the same player I think not too mention eating 5 bags of chips!!! I get thirsty just thinking about it
http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...dc9d27e933.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:10 AM. |