Quick OT: Leach Cross fought under that assumed name so his family and friends didn't know he was engaged in such a sport. Also interesting is the Bio. on the back of T218, were most of his fights were 5-15 rounds. On the East Coast (mainly NY and PA), fights had round limits, probably to appease the "anti-fighting" crowd. California (Colma), however, was wide open, no limits (but, I believe, around this time, set a limit of 45). There is a classic (imo) photo of "Fighting" Dick Hyland standing over the downed Cross. Cross looks exactly like he does in the cards shown above (even down to the perfect hair part), except he is horizontal !!!

Gott'a love that they misspelled Pugilist on the T226 !!!!!!!!!

Knight miscut in hand...Scans don't do it justice.

It's one of the best quality miscuts out there. Glad to have it back.

pickups
 

a few more t206s - a couple different backs

I have to stop looking at it, I'm afraid I might drool on it. Sweet!

Beauty Michael.

Congrats! Cleveland is a much tougher version than Washington and that's a very nice example

Finally able to find a Cobb Bat on Shoulder. :)

Ireland
 

Finally, my first and likely my last E123 Curtis Ireland...tough cards to capture a HOF player in...Max Carey representing!:p

Some great looking cards Luke! My eye is drawn to the Tom Jones EPDG!

I love that Jap Barbeau Cycle back! The American Beauty back is amazing!

Scott

Congrats on the Cobb!

Purchased the card from a board member knowing it was trimmed, the overall eye appeal won me over. This card is one of my favorites in the T206 set.

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Great pickups everyone!
 

It's always great seeing (drooling over) everyone's monthly pickups. This month did not disappoint. I had a month of firsts and very happy about it!

I finally got a Demmitt I could afford :)

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psdvn7h3iy.jpg
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My first Ruth

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psvdcxi0h1.jpg

My first Gehrig

http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/...psgcwszxbv.jpg

I've fallen for the Kashin set, love that many of the photos were from Conlon. I think they are underrated and so many legends in the set. Time to add another set to my list...

Thanks!

Thanks Eric and Epps really happy to get another card checked off the run, especially one I passed on a few years ago

Nice pick up on that Demmitt! Alas I am afraid that Demmitt & Ohara are two cards I won't be able to obtain to complete my T206 Cardinals & Browns team sets.

J.J. Ward
 

J.J. Ward led quite a checkered life..........worth checking out.

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thank you

picked all up on BST

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T207 Ward Miller Broadleaf

Thanks Scott, it is always exciting to land one of the big cards, no matter the condition. Never say never, you just have to get creative. PayPal Credit allowed me to grab the Demmit. 6 months no interest, I pay just a little over a $125 a month and it makes it much easier. I picked up my O'hara from a board member who was incredibly generous in setting up a payment plan. You never know, be patient and something might just fall in your lap.

Thanks Matt...Companion for my Knight Miscut.

Yeah, there's staining, but the price was right:

Justin,

Just an update. I hope your winning lot was undergraded. I was happy to find that when the McGraw arrived there wasn't a little white spot on the left side of the card on his face, so I photoshopped the card to reflect what the card is that I received. I was too lazy to try with my supposed "smart" phone. Before and after:

A couple of upgrades
 

Thrilled to add another Lionel Carter Collection card to my collection, a really nice Ivey Wingo T207, and I also upgraded my Mickey LaLonge 1909 Obak. This example is my 2nd "no frame" back.

Patrick

Hindu Backs
 

So nice, thanks for sharing!!

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A few Series 5 pickups to end the month

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http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/...svutjn9ea.jpeg

Brian, nice pickup on the Mall Theatre. My $307.77 eBay bid with about 7 seconds remaining didn't register, as higher bids were placed a second or two earlier (I don't use a sniping service). Oh well, just another card you have that I covet! :)
Val

Thank you, Val.

Cobb
 

Happy to add another affordable Cobb to my sons collection...boy I hope he likes baseball memorabilia when he gets older!😁

Thank you, Scott:

The death of my scanner has left me heartbroken as I look for something decent that scans graded cards. I am now left with an annoying HP that makes my graded cards look like I scanned through a tub of Vaseline. So anything graded gets the Iphone treatment...sorry guys.

Here's 3 T206 I could not live without this month.

One off my big dogs list (which really looks great...not even a micro-crease I can find. This one is getting broke out in hopes of a slight upgrade) and 2 for my printing collection (both Pied if you are wondering). I wish I could get a nice scan of the Hoffman because the color shift looks like a purposeful artist shadow. It's darn pretty...

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...leeve/cobb.jpg

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...ve/hoffman.jpg

http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/w...wing%20001.jpg

Kind of an eclectic mix.