Thanks Dan. Happy Collecting!

Today a friend and I traveled to a card show at a retirement community. These guys have a collecting club, and host a show three times a year. It was great! And I picked up the last three 1962 Fleer cards to complete my set!
Larry
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Congrats, Larry! That's fantastic.

jeff

Congrats on finishing! Nice cards

I like it because it includes helmet history in pic

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does that mean its an 8 ?

I dont think it would hurt to mention the price you got the cards for.

it might be different than the general google

Rollie, I don't understand your question about my Mexican Hannah. Nice Sonny.

Larry, I love early 60s fleer. Nice cards!

Me too. It's one of my favorite cards in my collection.

The rating for the card is what I'm asking

Yes. You are reading the label correctly.

I like seeing the "POP=1, POP HIGHER=0" in the Hannah collection - nice! So Topps did a Spanish language football set in 77? Was that the only year?

Yeah that was the only year. If the edges look funky to you, it's because they were from a perforated sheet. FWIW, not a pop 1, but still none higher and I'm happy to have it. I have about 50 different Hannah cards, and that's my best one, hands down.

I had to do it. Here are my most recent 1977 Topps Mexican pick-ups. Two key cards in the set; Walter Payton and Steve Largent (Short Print, Rookie).

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Very nice, Ty! Great pickups.

jeff

OSOS! Nice

Thanks Jeff and Shawn. I really like the seemingly arbitrary way they translated some words and not others. No translations for the Seahawks or Raiders but they managed to change Redskins to Pieles Rojas, and some other amusing names such as the VIKINGOS, etc. Seleccion instead of selection, and "1000 Yardas" (I thought they'd use the metric system). Great set, very challenging, takes forever to amass :)

Saw a Payton not long ago on eBay..they're just out of my range on price, or I'd of snatched it. Think I've got a basic set. Maybe thinking of Master.

Sweet Mexis!

A couple of recent autos through the mail:

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Very cool auto's!

trying to finish up 1st and 2nd series for 72's..

Looking good Shawn! How's the progress?

Almost done. Just a handful to go.. I'm basically buying the 3rd series 1:at a time . I have about 3 or 4 high numbers so far.. I'm assuming it'll take me another year .

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Has anyone ever seen these before?

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Great stuff Adam. I almost missed that the 75 Tatum is signed.

I've been on the other coast for thirty-one days on extended "grandkids babysitting" duties. This AM I visited my local USPO to get my mail. First up 1957 Topps Bart Starr RC (yes cut in half) and Paul Horning RC, these two complete my set!
Then a 1962 Topps Ernie Davis RC which completes my '62 set!
Larry
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Next a couple of 1972 Topps high numbered cards #343 Joe Namath and #329 John Niland. I know Shawn will appreciate these:) I need just three more high numbers to complete my '72 Topps set!
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Congrats on finishing that 57 set!! That hornung looks in really good condition.
Yes sir, those 72's are nice pickups..maybe on of these days.

You are a set completing machine, Larry, Congrats!

It's interesting how often you seen the 1957 cards cut in half. They really do look like two nice mini cards when you do that.

jeff

Larry - nice cards. The Hornung is beautiful - I'd grade that one.

I haven't had anything to share lately. My pickups are slowing down temporarily. Saving expendable income for my trip to the 100th Indianapolis 500 in late May. I did pick these up recently. I don't get many "big" pickups but was thrilled to get all of these for $40.

Local Card Show Vintage Football Pickups

Got this in the mail today, very happy! Sorry for pic quality.

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Sweet!

The 76 Payton is one of my all time favorite football cards. Nice copy!

not to take away from you :) but I have one too...but I think mine might just be rated a 6..I would at least hope..I dont know?
I might PSA it at some point

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No way that's a 6 with those corners. Sorry.

I know the corners aren't perfect but you act like they are mutilated lol. I don't see how the body of the card being as good as it is would make it a 5 or less.

Here's a couple of examples of a 3 and 5 i had graded a while back.. The 3 has water damage, and the 5 i think the centering helped with the grade.... i guess.

It was just within the last couple of weeks that I read somewhere that the 1962 Sam Huff is a short print. I've always liked that set because of the black borders and the black and white photos.

Went into one of the LCSs over the weekend and saw one in the display case. He came home to join all of the other cards of former Mountaineers.

The Plan was to Spend less than $5 in the Card Shop

I tried posting the pic below, but don't know why it's not showing up. Not sure if Flickr links no longer work or what. They have before. If anyone has suggestions, please let me know!

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Rollie, this is a "New Acquisitions" thread. It's a very nice NM 7 Rookie of one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. Perhaps compliment them on the pick up, and then ask for an opinion on the card in your collection next time, or in a different thread.

You are interpreting something as negative 5hat was never implied by me.
Perhaps you don't need to control something at every turn .
I consider it a new acquisition because I didn't even remember I had it till 2 weeks ago lol

I took it as opportunity to communicate appreciation for a particular card. By implying I knew my card was worth less with a smiley face, means I wasn't trying to upstage him.

I don't just type "cool card dude"

I have to add more substance or subject matter.

Sorry, wasn't looking to do a negative thing

Congratulations on your pick up as well. Great card, enough said.

how many do you have you greedy greedster!:eek:

;-P. ... Only the 2. The 3 I bought as an upgrade from the one I had since 1999. However what was described as a ripple turned out worse than the description stated.

Recently picked this up, a HOF RC and a great upgrade for my Hannah master set.

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Very sharp card -

I'm trying to fill in my 1950 Giants in mid-grade cards, and just added these to the 1951 set

https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.websi...m/1237/2909555

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I also have a small collection of season passes, this one to the official William T. Halloran - he was the field judge in the 1936 NFL Championship and continued as an official into the 1950s. I like that it was signed by Carl Storck.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.websi...m/1237/2909554

That NFL season pass is awesome, Mike. Great pickup.

jeff

1954 Topps "Scoops" found in the .25c bin at our local show:)
Larry
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There is a beauty to the beaters - and that's got it! Gotta love the back of that card, since it has a newspaper date of 1923 and they were not given the Four Horsemen moniker until 1924

New York Herald Tribune, 18 October 1924
Grantland Rice
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down on the bewildering panorama spread on the green plain below.

love that 1940 pass Mike !!! great

I attended another local card show today. One of the dealers (Eddie) who sets up at our regular show opened up a brick and mortar store and of course I want to visit and support. But it's way on the south side of Jacksonville and almost an hour drive for me. But today he had an in store card show, and needing some supplies anyway, it was time. All the guys set up I've seen before so nothing there, but I find Eddie, and compliment him on his great card store. The space is huge, giant screen TVs everywhere. I never buy anything from Eddie he just never has anything I need.

Anyway he says the magic words I haven't heard in years "I've got a couple monster boxes in the back I haven't gone through yet". Of course most is junk wax era stuff but I find over 100 cards to restock my doubles box mostly 1970 1971 Fleer World Series baseball cards. And somehow, stuck in the middle of all those cards was one of the three 1972 Topps football high numbered cards I need for my set #308 Earl Morrall:)

So today I picked up over 100 cards for my dupes box (some 63 Post and Jello baseball cards too), twelve 800 count storage boxes, twelve packs of 100 count soft sleeves, and a needed 1972 Topps hi number Earl Morrall for $48 plus I had to pay tax LOL!

Always fun to thumb through cardboard!

Larry
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Wtg on the score. Would be nice to have local brick and mortar to walk in down here.

Ok, so how could someone have decided to put that in 25 cents bin? ?

25 cents? It's just unfair how lucky LuckyLarry is!

Nice examples of this card eBay BIN $40-$45 so I would place the "full book" price for this card at $2. The dealer probably did not even know what card he was placing in the .25c bin, all he saw was a torn up 1954 scoops card. Plus sometimes I do get "lucky" LOL!
Larry

Nice snag, Larry. Sometimes all of that diligence pays off with a find. And this is one of them.

jeff

A signed program by Don Steinbrunner (April 5, 1932–July 20, 1967) who was one of only two American professional football players to die in the Vietnam War.

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Thanks for posting this Rev, the other player was Bob Kalsu and its appears neither had a regular football card. It was worth taking the time to google search these guys with Memorial Day closely approaching.
Larry

I thought this RPPC was interesting in that it is an integrated college team in 1909:

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Also picked up this 1937 gold foil sticker:

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Great pickups Adam! I especially like the post card. cool stuff.

well,where did you get it and stuff?

any story behind the card about the players or history or anything?

I'm guessing Integrated is a loose term. Not by you but the actual views of a few of those guys or maybe just one of them in the pick.
They did make him stand on the edge.
thats a cool thing as an actual post card though?

were 1909 pics instantaneous? because no one is smiling :D

I made a smaller version because I like it to put in other places.

except I think I'll separate the bottom


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One of my OBC trading buddies sent me this card today. I need just one more (#4 Babe Parilli RC) to complete my 1951 Topps Magic set!

#70 Ed Dobrowolski is listed in the Standard Catalog as a "common" but I have been unable to find a card priced as such LOL. I guess all the Syracuse collectors keep the price bumped up? It appears that Ed played three years of college ball but didn't play with the pros.
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Holy crap Larry! Do you have every set ever made? Every time I'm on here you're on the new acquisitions thread completing a set. It must be awesome to get cards everyday in the mail!

That 1951 Topps magic is tough in general isn't it? Congratulations and I'll look for your next pickup tomorrow.:D

Take care,
Scott

These arrived today. I'm especially glad to have acquired the Lansford from the May Huggins & Scott auction.

Super tough card!
Larry

Just got this back from PSA. One of the cornerstones of my Hannah player collection:

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In todays mailbox, two 1952 Bowman Large hits via eBay purchase. I am still plugging away at my set, holding 128 of the 144 cards in the set or 88% complete.
#117 Short Print Pat O'donahue according to the Standard Catalog NM $225 shipping fees pushed the price over my 10% threshold and cost me $25 total. Pat was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin don't we have a board participant who collects everything Eau Claire?
#127 Short Print Ollie Matson Rookie Card NM $400 shipped free and at the 10% goal, cost me $40. I think I wrote about Ollie before? Summer of 1952 he won two medals in the Olypmics, then won co-ROY NFL 1952. NFL HOF 1972. Later in life Ollie suffered from dementia due to CTE.
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Nice Larry. Great Matson. I've always ranked that card high on the "most aesthetic" list of football cards and you got a nice example.

Nice pickups Larry. I think that most people would rate the 1952 Bowman Large as the most attractive set of Football cards ever made.;)

John and Scott thanks for the encouragement the '52 Bowman Large and Small sets are beautiful and challenging to complete. But I am up to the task LOL!
Larry

Picked up a couple of Philadelphia Unitas cards ('64 & '65) and a 1955 Topps Benny Friedman. If you get the chance, read the book Passing Game by Murray Greenberg. It seems a shame but it appears that Friedman's abrasive personality kept him out of the HoF until well after his retirement and death. He was so good during his prime that Tim Mara purchased the Detroit Wolverines franchise just so he could obtain the rights to Friedman and put him on the Giants roster.

Great Friedman, Scott! He was the first great passer in the NFL. His 20 TD passes in 1929 are amazing given the era and shape of the ball back then. His season TD record wouldn't be broken until 1942. For perspective, Billy Kilmer and Joe Namath led the league in TD passes in 1972 with 19.

Great pickup.

jeff

Great cards guys. Speaking of 1972.. finally acquired this Larry Brown IA card i've been wanting for some time.

Sweet Shawn, looks great, another high # down :)

Thanks. How's the 58 set coming along?

Finished the '58 set last month with 3 unremarkable cards, a very reasonable vintage set. The Brown rookie is a beater and needs an upgrade. Concentrating on finishing '62 Post (159/200), and continuing those darn '77 Mexicans (137/528). At my current rate, the '77 set may take 5 more years (minimum), and I'll probably cave on condition just to acquire some cards. Next to those 72 high numbers, it is one of the more challenging sets I have run across. Not impossible with unlimited funds, but not my situation. Best of luck and happy collecting, great to see the progress on your '72's :)

I would love to see some scans of those '58s!

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One of the few sets I've collected completely in the raw. The keyhole cards are not my favorite, but easy on the wallet. My set is G-VG/EX; with the exception of Unitas and Brown which are worse. I scanned these only for a template. Yes the bottoms are missing but I was looking for scuff/off coloring as is common in this issue, comparative decently centered cards, etc :

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