That Mack is super nice! Great looking card.

Yes, it was co-wrote. I should have been more clear. Awesome book, as well. It is definitely a treasure trove of information, and beautiful to look at. So you all have my gratitude. :)

Thanks, John!

Thank you Mike C, Joe, Chris & Steven..... I appreciate the props.

A&G
 

Can't beat those A&G's. They are some of the most beautiful cards ever made.

Rick

Totally agree - awesome card.

Pick ups.....
 

Great cards EVeryone....

John, those BL 460 s are SMOKERS! HOLY COW:eek:

Love all the T206 pick ups as well......

Great pieces everyone:)

Koester Breads
 

New cards for the fledgling type set.

thanks Rhys!

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/rppc/RHornsby.jpg

Rajah
 

Very nice Rajah PC Jeff!
Maybe one of a kind.

Nice one, Jeff. Love the Block Bros. inscription as well.

Cool cards, all!

This Baker is a 1914 in a PSA 3 holder.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...CJ%20Baker.jpg


My first Hal Chase card...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...20Fielding.jpg


And picked up earlier this week as a BIN on eBay, for a pretty good price imo...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ltsgall...e%20Latham.jpg

Nice looking CJ Baker, Chuck!

Cabinet card of Mike Simon(circa 1906-1908). States Peoria in pencil at bottom. Assume this is same cabinet mentioned
in thread(back in 2007). Picture of cabinet in that thread gone. I included cracker jack card(not mine) and M116(again,
not mine) for comparison. Simon played for Pitt, St. Louis,Brooklyn, catcher from 1909 to 1915. Assume Peoria was a
minor league team before he went to majors.

It's been quite a while since I've made a pre-war purchase... Hopefully this can help get me out of my modern funk, and back towards vintage..

Last pick up


http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/11/52/54/64/t2ec1610.jpg
http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/11/52/54/64/kgrhqn10.jpg

Nice pickup Nelson, congrats!

Thx Jason !

Nicest-looking card in the CJ set, in my opinion.

Joe, here are two more with Simon

Prize Fight cdv

I posted this over in the memorabilia sub-forum, but it's interesting in that it is an 1865 cdv and looks almost exactly like the mount on the Brooklyn Atlantics cdv. The main difference is that this one only has advertising on one side, which is typical of old cdv's: advertising either on the front or the back, but not both. Not saying it didn't happen, but I haven't seen many (any?) positive-date items from the 1860's that have advertising on both sides. Also notice that the albumen image fits nicely into the space designed for it (a very easy feat to accomplish).

Also note that the albumen image extends right to the point where the front stamp would have been, leaving the bottom open for signatures. We saw a letter recently from the monster Sherman to Sarony, asking that Sarony leave his advertising off the bottom front, so that Sherman could use that space for signatures.

Thanks to Scott B.

Plugging along.

T206 3 Finger with a little guy on the back
 

I picked this up from a fellow board member. Really cool back with two stamps. One that reads "B. H. Rosso" and also a little cartoon guy. Has anyone else seen this stamp before and if so, any info on the back-story? Thanks, Steve

Neat,

I have seen the saluting man before.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6605/scan0010.jpg

Thanks for the other pics Scott.

Simon Certainly has a unique face.

Here's another somewhat similar stamp.

Ah...the "Bobby"
 

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...piedmont-fronthttp://www.collectorfocus.com/images...edmont-reverse

I have a Hal Chase White Cap with the same back stamp...seems so appropriate...

A Couple
 

Haven't picked up much pre-war recently, but here's a couple I liked:

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...psa8fb2039.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps275b1c78.jpg

Slow month but still pluggin away at the T3's

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8...7af19cc3_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8...eed89c41_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...3dc1a1ab_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8...03ea7077_z.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8...c5fe44be_z.jpg

Thank You, Johnny and Thank You, Marc:

A Couple of good weeks for commons
 

Picked these up from board members - thanks guys- and Elberfeld from the bay...

A few goods week - reprise
 

Sorry, terrible at attachments...

Re: the 1914 Cracker Jack Frank Baker

While I might pick one or two others as nicest looking, I can't argue that the Baker is a great looking card. The beauty is subtle. From the peaceful, almost haunting look in Baker's eyes to the way his image is slightly left of center, placed boldly against the Cracker Jack red background.

And, no, I don't write for auction catalogs in my spare time, but I did sleep in a... :p

And, no, I don't write for auction catalogs in my spare time, but I did sleep in a...

No we could tell you didn't write for an AH, your clarity lacked hyperbole and improper syntax. Great Baker card!

Nice Frisch!

Signed,

Underbidder

Jeff,

In all sincerity, Thank You and sorry about that.

Thank you timn1 via the B/S/T:


http://www.huntington-rogers.com/img...stahl_1909.jpg

:) Thanks. I'm learning Frank has a lot of cool cards. But you probably already knew that. ;)

I will have to practice on the auctionspeak....

Even corner wear consistent with a VG-EX example and reasonably clean surfaces contribute to the fine aesthetics, and, unbeknownst to the casual observer, the uncompromising demeanor of this cardboard specimen's resolve harkens back to an era of effervescent....

:cool:

Have picked up quite a few Series 8 T210s lately in auctions, here's one I won tonight plus a Series 1 won tonight.

Love this because of centering, not the usual OJ, and relatively strong image. Not sure why "A"--if you want to hazard a guess, please do. Paper loss on back seems minor...

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1361975880

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1361974943

144 down - getting closer. Thanks Steve!

Attachment 89517

Nice image but I suspect Foutz is the recipient of a new back. Looks like the albumen print (photo) falls short of reaching the back on more than one border. So I suspect it is graded "A" due to being re-backed. Perhaps you can tell me otherwise with the card in hand.

Could be, but doesn't SGC usually put "re-backed" or "skinned" at the top?

A couple blockbuster deals lately have brought in around 200 HOFers, but I won't bore you with 200 pics! Here's just a few that I've recently picked up that I liked. Sorry for the large pics.

I am collecting the earliest HOF card I can possibly get of each player. In my mind all 300 cards I have (one card per player) is available for trade or sale as long as I'm getting something I can replace it with.

Thanks Joe.

Jason - You're tearing through the T210s; congrats!

I agree with Joe, rebacked and possibly trimmed a little bit on the bottom and left side. It's still a beautiful example, many of the Browns Champ cards have a weak photo.