March Pick-Ups
some 1968's for my yankees team set and a casey stengel
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Picked up my first Johnston Cookies panel, freed it from it's prison.
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Yankees
Great cards Jake. Peterson looks lonely without Kekich :) Iguess he has to wait until 69
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picked up[ this little beauty
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Geez Larry-quite the pedestrian Mantle item you have there!
My two pickups so far: http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...dbackpanel.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...46/twobums.jpg |
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Nice pick up Fleenor. I won this upgrade from the same seller's auction.
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great stuff guys and girls
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Mantle Placq/Mask
Larry--what is your best judgement as to whether these were really Topps send away premiums. When I bought mine in a recent auction they noted it was thought to be a Topps item, and Bob Lemke has it listed that way in the SCD Standard Catalog, but I still have not seen a Topps pack/wrapper that offers it..
It's nice you have the tab. ( You have it on the other one you have too, right ?) Mine is in good shape but the tab is gone. |
mask
hi al
yes my other one has the tab also if i remember correctly lemke said he remembers that someone showed him something that said what it was and thats how it got in the book...also i believe one of the auction houses told me that he once had a stack of the wrappers advertising the piece...so who knows...you would think it would show up somewhere....bazooka joe comic....comic book...magazine ad larry |
Somewhat out of character...
Just picked up the first of the "Big 3" rookies for my 1954 Topps set...my set consists of cards PSA 7 or better and this card will likely earn a technical grade of only a 4 due to a small surface wrinkle on the back lower corner (not visible on front). But the price was right and I'm thrilled to add it to my collection! While I could always upgrade in the future, I'm not so sure I NEED to...you raw card collectors may be on to something!!! Big thanks to Leerob538 on this one...
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Some more all time Cardinals..... Habla Espanol????
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1954 Topps Grey Back harpooned and soon off to PSA for grading and inclusion into my Jackie Robinson master set...
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Cardinals HOF
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I had been waiting and searching for a LONG time for a nice copy of this card. This card fit the bill perfectly. Let's just say I was not going to lose this eBay auction... :D
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I'm currently collecting the top 15 position players and the top 50 starting pitchers for the Cardinals since 1900..... |
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I really hope you get bored with this card and resell at it on eBay, would love a shot at it. But I don't think that will happen :( Great "5"
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Thanks, Patrick. :) Heck, if I can remember this thread I will offer it to you privately before putting it up on eBay, although that could be a few years from now. :o
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Love this card for my raw set.
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Jethro
That is a great card Michael
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No disrespect to Ernie
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Where would the Cubs be...
...still behind the Cardinals as usual and as it should be :)
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But with Santo, Banks, Williams, Jenkins to go with Hundley, Beckert, Kessinger, Hands, Holtzman, Pappas, Monday, Abernathy, you would think they blunder into something in that time frame. |
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That was actually the point
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Brock
Agree he may have been the tipping point in 64, 67 and 68. Getting Cepeda was also a factor
The Brock deal helped make up for the Cardinals later trading Carlton for Rick Wise :( |
Growing up in Central Ill in the 70's, it was half and half Cubs vs Cards.
My most painful summer was 78 going 3 and 15 vs the Cubs, and having to hear it from my Cub fan friends all year. |
The Cubs desperately were looking for a solution to their only weakness, CF, throughout the '69 season. They traded Brock because they felt the only position he could play was LF, manned by sweet swinging Billy Williams.
Typical shortsighted Cubbie thinking. As Bill James would later show, Brock's offensive contributions, as one of the games greatest leadoff hitters, in that stacked lineup would have more than made up for his notoriously weak arm, while playing CF. Besides Williams could have moved to 1B with Brock sliding over to LF after Banks retired. Yet, the '69 season is still looked upon with fondness for Cubs fans despite the August collapse. Growing up in suburban Chicago, that season is my first sports memory. I've managed to collect a insane hoard of memorabilia from that season since then-- the Jewel picture set, mugs, 8x10 autos........everything except for those cheesy facsimile autograghed balls they sold at Wrigley Field. I bought several on Ebay being sold as 1969 balls that ended up being 1967, 1970, 1971:mad: |
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1964 Giants and Cubs
Rob---great Aaron. I love that set
David...forget the 70s and 90s...concentrate on 64/67/68/82/85/87/04/06 and 11...and let Cubs fans contemplate 1908 :) |
Cubs - Cards
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To quote - Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. The Cub version - Listen my children and appreciate, Of the Cubs winning in 19 hundred and eight. In that legendary pennant drive, Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Go Redbirds..... |
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Brock
Cliff---I was unaware Brock had hard feelings towards the Cubs. How has that been demonstrated ? Given his subsequent successes it would seem petty for him to carry some grudge against the Cubs....other than the feeling any Cardinal fan harbors about them :)
Some of my favorite baseball games over the years were Cub/Cardinals games. I attended games in all 3 "Bush" stadiums.. And despite the rivalry I don't recall any real ugly incidents such as occurred in the LA/SF game not long back. And, before Harry went over to the dark side we once had both he and Jack Buck doing games |
Thanks Al!
A couple Sterling Sports pickups: http://photos.imageevent.com/vanslyk...ps%20Santo.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/vanslyk...urcer%20RC.jpg |
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Nice cards Rob! Here's a Boggs RC.
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Good point about Holland...
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Brock
Thanks for posting that Cliff
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Yes, great reading - the old rotating coach system, what an innovative stroke of genius. Can't recall who those guys were - was Charlie Grimm on that staff?
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Grimm
He sure was a imposing figure on his 1960 Topps card :)
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^^^ Wow, great March pickups, guys! :rolleyes:
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Bunch of stuff recently. I'll only post the interesting stuff though.
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Nice Vlad RC, David.
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Here's a few budget-friendly hall of famers...
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Nice pick-up on the Sol White card, that's a tough one to find even though it is a modern piece. |
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Some more all time Cardinals - The 68 Bazooka Brock is TUFF!!! It's the first one I've seen in several years.
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McCarver
Nice McCarver David. I may have mentioned this but my favorite story about him, one he told, was him going out as a new Cardinals catcher to "settle" Gibson down after he walked a guy, and Gibson telling him, "Get back behind the plate. The only thing you know about pitching is that you can't hit it" The only thing better would have been if it was Uecker
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A few recent pickups.
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1948 Magic Photos
David---I have the complete baseball subset of the Topps Magic Photos ( 19), plus I added the William Bendix as Babe Ruth Movie Star card. I also have a wrapper, instruction card and piece of developing paper from that issue. While many consider the 5 1951 sets or even the 1952 set to be the first Topps set, the 48 "set" starts my run
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2 new packs
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I just picked these 2 up. The 67 is a 2nd series pack/Mantle series.
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Dumb question but how difficult is it for you to not want to open the packs? Erik |
Some 54's...
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...-morrie-martinhttp://www.collectorfocus.com/images...ckey-micelottahttp://www.collectorfocus.com/images...218-fred-marsh
You can see the progress I'm making by clicking the link below...still have quite a few cards to scan and post, though... |
1954
Nice ones, Matt
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Hey guys........nooby here. I just discovered Net54 yesterday, and look forward to taking part in these forums.
In addition to the excitement of my Net54 account being approved, I also today received in the mail the last card I needed for my 1961 Topps set - #531 Jim Coates. Its taken me about 12 years to complete this set, so I'm a pretty happy guy! As you can see from the scan, condition isn't all that big a consideration for me. If the eye appeal is decent, and it fills an empty spot in the binder, it'll do for me! Glenn Glasgow, Scotland https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...ates.jpg?gl=GB |
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It's been awhile. . .
Picked up these two beautiful cards recently. I have to only get 22 more cards and then the 1956 Topps Series 2 will be complete. Another small milestone.
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1956 and 1961
Ed--two nice cards of two great players
Scott---Glasgow---Welcome and wow ! How did you end up a baseball collector in Scotland ? If you want to add some oddities for your 1961 set you can look for these: CL 1 ...with names even with or below the boxes # 7 White Sox...with yellow or white wing on the front sock # 47 Pitching Leaders... with or without a line after 19 on Burdette CL 2... with red or yellow checklist on front and white or black circle on back CL 3 ...player on front with # 4 visible or not # 203.. Bressoud with or without blue streak near hat # 208.. Osborne with a black line between name and team either touching or not touching the box borders # 256...Hoeft with or without broken border in upper fron left # 271 Landis...bat is within or extends beyond top border CL 4...copyright starts at 336 or 339 on back CL 5... grass shows at umps feet or does not CL 6...440 is Louis or Luis # 447 Bright..with or without blue arc over shoulder Then there are the Stamps and Rub off inserts :) |
Glenn -- welcome to the forums and congrats on completing the set!
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Thanks for the kind welcome messages, guys! I've posted an intro in the new members forum. You can find it here.
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1968
You seem like a decent guy Scott, so I am not going to hold the Tigers and 1968 against you...much ;)
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Glenn-welcome!
All-not only is Glenn top notch in my book, I have actually visited him in Glasgow.....there may have been some drinks involved too! |
Hey Dave!! Yes, that was quite a night.
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Excited
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Wow, not sure how that's only a "6" grade. Very nice!
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Long before juice
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