Got this in December:

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About 65% complete now on the set in SGC holders :)

That's a great example of the Thorpe card and it presents so nicely in the SGC holder.

Thank you - I had been searching for quite a while to find a decent example in my budget range.

I love that Thorpe, it's a beauty. I love the SGC holders and am thinking of doing a set registry for my 1955 All Americans as well. It will never be a top graded set, but just something to do for fun. I live in Fort Worth and for about a year, Beckett was setting up at shows. We could drop cards for grading and they'd bring them back to the next show. For that reason, I had them grade my Thorpe.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/603/2...baf3e847_b.jpgimg357 by kekinsley, on Flickr

Now that they've stopped, I will be sending in my first SGC submission in the next few months. I'm going to start a thread at some point hoping to get opinions, ideas and tips on anything that I might want to do. The folks on here have been so good to chat with! I'm even debating cracking that Thorpe out and sending to SGC.

-kin

I know it's in poor shape, but I found it on COMC for less than $25. I didn't have one from this set yet, so I picked it up.

My Newest Oldest Football Card

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1441/...91955d25_z.jpg1935 National Chicle #7 Ken Strong by kekinsley, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1640/...477584dd_z.jpg1935 National Chicle #7 Ken Strong (back) by kekinsley, on Flickr

Nice pick up! My first one was Ben Ciccone. Amazing to think they used to drop kick FGs and PATs (no holder). I think Dutch Clark was the last of the drop kickers although Strong himself kicked as late as 47! I'm guessing he abandoned the drop kick when the shape of the ball changed..... And too bad Chicle couldn't have squeezed in some mention of the Sneakers game - guy was basically the MVP of the previous season's championship game and they couldn't manage to make some mention of it on his football card :mad:

Drop kicks are cool. Apparently Doug Flutie had been bugging Bill Belichick forever to let him do one. Here's the result:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3EaLfpZjaw

jeff

P.S. Still have a stack of Chicle doubles for those interested in working on this set.

A friend of mine wrote an article about Giants kickers
http://www.bigblueinteractive.com/20...ts-sidewinder/

The funny thing is this guy and I were corresponding for probably a year about NY Giants history when we realized we lived in the same town - and now he's my yoga teacher too - he's a research scientist by day, yoga teacher by night, Giants fan full time.

Flutie drop kick, it's soooooo GOOD! Look at that score too, down by 6 in the 4th quarter. It wasn't a blowout, but if memory serves it was the last game of the regular season. Love it, thanks Jeff.

What they don't show in this clip is Belichick jumping around with a big smile on his face. He obviously enjoyed the moment too.

jeff

Nice pick ups Mike! Great condition. With Blood having no cards, a matchbook is on my want list too. Is the Hinkle a bobtail? Does that bother you? Seems like they can be more affordable that way.

+1

Love those Johnny B and Hinkle items, Mike!

Another Johnny B item you might want to go after is his Walkers Cleaners, John.

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jeff

Thanks Jeff - that would definitely be a nice type addition and MSB still has one for sale - the matchbook is more in my price range though :)

Hinkle is a bobtail, not that there is anything wrong with that.

Happy to add Mr. Brown to the 1962 set. Thanks Wilkiebaby11 :)

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Great Jimmy! And wilkiebaby is my favorite seller, bar none.

Very nice. WTG!

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

AN ULTRA RARE CABINET CARD OF THE GREAT Charles Winfred "Fred Savage". Only known card to exist of this legendary Oberlin College football star! Wow, what a melon ball-!!!

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Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

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John Heisman (middle row) far left. "Fred" Savage (bottom row) 2nd from left

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

Charles Winfred " Fred" Savage c1891 Cabinet Card (Oberlin College)
 

AN ULTRA RARE CABINET CARD OF THE GREAT Charles Winfred "Fred Savage". Only known card to exist of this legendary Oberlin College football star! Wow, what a melon ball-!!!

Lucked into a Hinkle myself!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DQ...H=w406-h687-no

jeff

I've been gone the past 3.5 weeks on a great adventure. Helping my oldest son (in picture) move his wife and three kids (7, 5, 3 months) from Vail Colorado to Napa California. Think 26 foot U-Haul towing one vehicle, and me at the wheel of the "family truckster" with the grandkids:o

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I enjoyed keeping up with all the activities here on Net54, and am REALLY looking forward to Tuesday when I can pick up all the mail the USPO is holding for me:)
I flew into Denver, and my son picked me up at the airport. Before heading into the mountains leading to Vail, we made one last stop at what I consider the best "brick and mortar" baseball card shop in America. Bill's Sports Collectibles on S. Broadway.
I picked up three SP (divisible by three) hits 1948 Bowman, and if you can overlook the little bit of vintage tape, these are really nice! They were priced at $10 each (10% NM "book") before discounts.
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I took this photo on my morning "power walk" in their new neighborhood in Napa California. Using my iPhone and it is not photoshopped it is SO beautiful there!

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Larry

Whoa, very nice Larry. Talking about the picture from your son's neighborhood. :)

The cards are not bad either.

I was going to say I was "chomping at the bit" to get to the Post Office this morning, but the Urban Dictionary says the correct usage is "champing at the bit"?
The USPO has been holding my mail for nearly a month, and here are the football cards that were waiting for me.
The most "expensive" in this group are two of the 1948 Bowmans #26 Bob Waterfield (RC) and #36 Bulldog Turner (RC SP) each "valued" in NM at $275.
Only two more cards remain until I complete my 1948 Bowman set #99 Harry Gilmer (RC SP), and #108 Buford Ray (RC SP and the last card in the set).
Larry
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And after the long "Presidents Day" holiday, this is what my mail carrier had for me today. A pair of hits 1950 Bowman, three hits 1952 Bowman small, 1972 Topps hi number Ron Yary, and finally 1962 Topps #17 Mike Ditka (RC). Only one card left to complete my 1962 Topps set, I still need #36 Ernie Davis (RC).
Looks like I get to spend my day playing with cardboard:D
Larry
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Tough to keep up with Larry, great pick-ups! Really like the Ditka :)

Here's a Washington State Normal School Football Program between WWU("B") and CWU ("E"). It was the dedication game of Bellingham's Waldo Field, November 16, 1923.

The players pictured are team captains Richard Bruland (WWU) and Gerald Brunson (CWU). Not much to report on these two, Brunson was killed in a workplace accident as an electrician in 1926.

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nice one. that's probably what the ball looked like that they played with i'm assuming.

The cover and back of the program are such heavy bond paper that it almost feels like the leather of a football. It's a very odd program. The 12,000 fans that reportedly went to this game, would be more than years of attendance for either of these colleges. If I found another pre-Depression era program from CWU I'd be amazed.

The card posted by SilverBall67 and the program posted by Ty really do show the odd shape of the old footballs. Does this style of ball have a name? I can't imagine throwing that thing!

One eBay purchase arrived today. 1952 Bowman large #39 Emlen Tunnell. Of course I enjoy putting these sets together, but I know nothing about the players pictured including Emlen until I read about him on the internet. Card "books" for $125 in NM shape and I won this one for $13.33 delivered.
1. First African American to play for the NY Giants (1948)
2. Pro Football HOF 1967 the first African American inducted
3. Suffered a broken neck playing in college, so severe that he was rejected by both the Army and Navy during WWII (he did serve in the Coast Guard)
4. Undrafted out of college, he hitchhiked to New York to ask for a try out.
5. Died of a heart attack in 1975 on the football field while acting as an assistant coach with the Giants.
Larry
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Great Pickup - Larry - really appreciate when you add the bio. Here is some video of Tunnell to go with it:

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos...nnell-s-legacy

John I tried to watch that video but after viewing the commercial it said the video wasn't available. Do I have to be a member of NFL.com?
Larry

takes me straight in after the commercial. i'm not signed in at nfl.com... maybe you're missing a video codec or some'n? not sure

Nice Video

I don't have an NFL Videos account. Try to enter from a Google search rather than my link. You can search: "Emlen Tunnell Films Encore". There's a really similar short on my NFL Top 100 DVD - they did a nice job considering its only about 3 minutes or so.

OK the video played fine on my desktop, it wouldn't play using my phone. Thanks for the link I enjoyed it!
Larry

couple of additions to my '57 set.. other than a few rookies in '57..I believe the '72 set is going to be tougher to put together as far as cost.. and a lot of people seem to be jumping all over these auctions.

I finally figured out how to shrink these images...

Great pickups, everybody.

Love the '57 Topps set. Did anyone pick up the original art for one of these cards that came up for auction recently? Always wanted to snag one of those.

Emlen Tunnell was awesome! His rookie card was the first HOF rookie card I bought as a kid. Nice card, Larry.

Love all the other Bowman's too.

jeff

Here's a 53 Bowman of Doak Walker. I've noticed that most of his cards are good looking cards.
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ho...n%20Walker.jpg

Bought a nice collection of Baseball cards and these 110 !959 Topps were in the deal.

Wow! Those are great stuff. Super sweet as just an added extra. Would love to run into a group like that.

Nice 59's w/ Sam Huff rookie card.

More 57's added: A little snow, some corner wear, off center.. roughly mid grade.. right in my wheelhouse..

Nice pick up on the 1959 Topps Football cards. A nice set that won't break the bank.

Nice group of '57's Shawn! Sweet Gifford.

Thanks. I think i'm downhill on the '57 set.. But still working my way uphill on the 72's.

1957 Topps is probably my favorite football set of all time.

Nice load of eBay purchases in my mailbox this afternoon:D Still "chipping" away at my early Bowman sets, and finally completed 1970 Topps Supers with this Butkus. I had viewed the Butkus listing earlier in the week, and then eBay sent me a message that the price had been cut in half to $3.75 plus .79c to ship. So I bought it!
Larry
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Nice group of cards there Larry. and thanks for showing the back of the super.. ne'er seen the backs before.

It's been awhile since I've posted, so I thought I'd share. I don't have all of them uploaded onto Flickr, so I will just post the blog links for anyone interested to have a look. I'll try to do a better job of keeping up to date going forward!

Love all the recent posts from everyone!

Low Grade Vintage Pickups from COMC

More COMC 1955 Topps All American Pickups

Doak Walker Pickup from Net54

Mailday from the Other Side of the Pond

Yes, a Non-Baseball “T” Card Addition

More 1948 & 1949 Leaf cards!

Hope everyone has a great week and happy collecting!

-kin

Bears pass
 

Picked up this beauty. Only know of one other.

Wow, Jeff - a 1925 Bears season ticket - nice!

Kin, great blogging - I really liked the 48 Leaf Doak Walker - everything was really nice except the corners which is the least important condition factor to me and on 48 Leaf is sometimes preferabble.

Picked up this one in a Vintage Football Cards group on Facebook.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1459/...3765c6a1_b.jpgimg117 by kekinsley, on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1647/...69c39878_b.jpgimg118 by kekinsley, on Flickr

Blog post: Facebook Group Mailday

These were a couple different pick-ups, I had to put them under glass. The WSNS of Ellensburg Pennant and School Newspaper article came from a 1923 scrap album, and the WSNS of Ellensburg "E" Football Program all refer to the same game; November 16, 1923 Dedication Game for Bellingham's Waldo Field. Though not in the greatest condition, an amazing coincidence, and happy addition to the local sports collection.

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Thanks John !!!!

Does anyone know if you can set Net 54 up so that when you post and some one responds to that post that you will get notified via email ??? Just wondering

Thanks

At the top of each Thread is a menu called "Thread Tools". I believe under there you can subscribe to the thread and then every time someone posts to it you will get an email. Haven't used it myself but think it works that way.

jeff

great Jeff thanks for the info !!!!

I picked up these two cards at our local show today. The 1948 Bowman #99 Harry Gilmer SP RC "books" NM $200 purchase price was $18. I only need one card to complete my 1948 Bowman set!
Larry

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I wasn't even going to post about this additional purchase I made today, but little did I know I was in for a great surprise:D
After I purchased the 1948 Bowman #99 card, the dealer said he had a stack of off condition 1948 Bowman football cards available. As he handed them over, he said they included some of the SP cards. After I quickly thumbed through them I asked how much for all of them. There were 41 different cards and he said $82 or $2 each.
I thought it was a pretty good deal, and of course I can always use some upgrades, so I bought them. I just now went through them, and there are 11 of the SPs (divisible by 3):
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/IMG_3152.jpg
And wouldn't you know it, one of the SPs was the last card I needed to complete my set #108 Buford Ray SP RC and the last card in the set! There is a slight amount of paper loss and a crease around the number so it is difficult to read. This card "books" NM $400 so $2 is 0.5% book, my kind of deal!
Larry
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Great story Larry! I haven't been to a dealer/card shop since I was a kid. In the back of SCD, it lists shows in my area, but I assume they will be baseball heavy, maybe someday I will check out. With 48 Bowman done... I saw the 48 Leaf Lujack - are you going to try for that set? Getting deals on those high numbers would be a pretty good chalenge.

Good stuff, Larry, and congrats on finishing 48 Bowman! That set grows on you over time.

jeff

John Actually it's a 1949 Lujack:DI am now collecting both the '48 and '49 Leaf sets when does it end LOL! I haven't taken the bait on the 1935 National Chicle set yet but I imagine it won't be long.
I get to 12-15 card shows a year and there is always plenty of football. I've been known to drive three or four hours for a card show, and have attended the National the last four years (via air travel). You should give it a shot!
Larry

Those Bowmans are great and I think the fact that they are b&w helps them not show their age even with some toning.

Snake

Snake's go to guy when he wanted to move the chains.

Snake's go to guy when he wanted a quick six. Speed kills.

All great Raiders cards, but that Branch is off the charts!

Very nice lot of Raider cards!

Great lot of Raiders greats.

Wow on the Branch, what a beauty! I thought that was a Topps Mexican for a second, a definite double-take. For those who never saw him play: Branch was a stud, he bypassed the 1972 Olympic Trials to enter the NFL draft. I may be wrong, but think he and Ray Guy were the only Raiders to be on all three Super Bowl Champions (1976?, 1980, and 1983). An awesome weapon from the days when Al Davis could evaluate talent, he'd regularly average 20+ yards a catch per season.

Thanks to everyone regarding the kind words regarding my recent pickups. Cliff Branch was a great player and he and Ray Guy were on all three Raider Super Bowl winning teams. I was very happy to add this Psa 10 '77 Topps to my personal collection.

Duane

I thought so too. I just landed a Mexican PSA 8 (none higher) of my guy, which I'll post as soon as I get it

Very excited about today's arrival! 1977 Topps Mexican is a tough perforated issue, for those who don't know it. I like the fact that it's in Spanish. "Nueva Inglaterra."

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This is one of the 3 most important Hannah cards there are and there are none graded higher than this PSA 8. Given the significance, scarcity and grade, it becomes the cornerstone of my Hannah collection. Here is a link to my registry, for those who are interested:

http://www.psacard.com/PSASetRegistr....aspx?s=199048

I was thumbing through my 1951 Topps cards the other day, re-checking my wantlist. Discovered that instead of needing just one card to complete my set, I was missing four! Of course this is almost always better than buying a card and discovering you already had it. So I picked up two of the '51 Topps I needed along with a '52 Bowman Small hit.

I couldn't find out much about Elmer Costa. It looks like he might have been drafted by the Browns in 1952.

On September 23, 1951 Arnold Burwitz, along with three other players, stole chickens from the school’s farm. In response the school suspended him immediately from the team and two days later expelled him from school.

Billy Howton had a pretty good NFL career playing 12 years with the Packers, Browms, and Cowboys.

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Congrats on adding the Hannah to your collection. Nice card and considering it's scarcity in that grade makes it a great cornerstone to your Hannah collection.

Great Hannah Dan! Very nicely centered with great ink for the issue.

Shhh! I've been quietly accumulating the 1977 Topps Mexican set for a couple years now (30% complete). An incredibly difficult set in EX+ condition with a dozen true shortprints, forty or so more short-prints that are difficult. Condition is a big problem with the set, as most cards have gum stains, roller marks, or are poorly cut. A lot of fun to collect until I need to pony up for the Largent rookie :) Picked up these '77 Topps Mexican this month:

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Thanks Ty, that's a great lot! Love the Mexis! Do you own a Hannah?

I don't have a Hannah, though I have a NM 7 of the man he protected, Steve Grogan. Always liked him, believe he had some rookie touchdown record for awhile, probably from dives over Hannah. Congrats on the pick-up :)

Yours are so cool. Empacadores!