January pickups
 

Happy new year everyone.

A nice pair of Ruths for Christmas - check out the rare Home Run back on the W502 with CANCEL stamp!!!
Happy New Year folks!!

1953 Topps panel
 

Recent REA score

A couple of tougher N284's. The George Meyers looks a lot like George Meyers, and the Deasley sort of looks like Deasley.

Far from pre-war, but this major purchase (to go with my new set) needed to be on the front page.

Can't keep spending $ like this is 2021....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-88-Fle...-/264991671319

Happy New Year!

thanks to a couple of net54 members, stan & robert!

Very nice pair Mark, congrats.

Big spender
 

:-)
Funny , John!

Technically a December pickup, photo of a young Stan Musial in 1941...

An extravagant front on that CJ. What's the back look like?

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Uploaded, had to trade a little toning to make my centering ocd happy.

Personally, Phil, I like some staining on 1914 CJs. It adds the character that shows it was packaged with the candy. Sweet card.

2021 starting off with a bang! Great pickups all around, gentlemen!

Phil

Great looking CJ Speaker! Looks like the one Jason had in his CJ HOF Collection last year.

Looks way better than a 2...PSA has been tough on CJ Speakers for some reason this past year.

Tony

I am not bothered by CJ stains. What a beauty! Congrats.

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Yes, Phil
 

that is a spectacular speaker and in my opinion, a harsh assessment of it's technical grade!
congrats to you, as well!

It's going to get even worse. Still need an '86 wrapper, and those run about 20 bucks :)

Thanks Andy,
They wouldn't be 14's without a little dirty on em'. Hey, did you get your Clarke? Tracking says packaged delivered.
Phil

Chris- congrats on that Musial photo. That is beautiful!

Pretty Collins!

Not the prettiest Chase Blue Portrait, but it completes my Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 30 subset (52 confirmed subjects in subset).

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hey craig-
 

out of curiosity, what were the toughest examples of this subset to find?

Mark,

My focus is on collecting T206 front/back combinations. I have over 2000 different. Along the way I had picked up most of this subset, so I decided to complete it. (I've also completed SC150F649OP, OMSouthLg, P150 except Plank & Wagner, P350SouthLg, Polar Bear)

I don't think any of this subset are particularly difficult. There are several popular subjects - 3 Chases, Red Cobb, Matty Dark, Chance, Evers, Tinker, and other HOFers. So in trying to pick them up, you are always competing with others who are just interested in the front.

The first steps of recovery is admitting you have a problem. Sitting in the office today getting a jump on next week and these arrived. Is there a Collectors Anonymous support group someone can point me to...

McGraw, Waner, & Cobb all on my checklist. E98 blue Clarke master set upgrade (thanks Aad), and a 1913 National Game Johnson misidentified as a Tom Barker just cuz I thought it was neat.

Bought these from another member today

Also great picks so far everyone. Great start to the year for y'all and it's only the 2nd!

t206s
 

December pickup, January arrival...

Thanks Eric!

Very nice Collins Jay. Congrats on the pick up.

Hey guys,

I recently received a super cool Christmas gift. This is an American Caramel Co. stock certificate no. 111 that is signed over to Frederick G W Breisch on May 28, 1898. The American Caramel Co. was formed in 1889 when the Breisch-Hine Co. of Philadelphia and the P. C. Wiest Co. of York, Pennsylvania, merged according to Wikipedia. :rolleyes: So I wonder if the Frederick G W Breisch on the certificate is the same as the Breisch from Breisch-Hines Co. Anyway, it's a very cool piece that goes great with my E90's.

Now as I said, this was a Christmas gift. It came from Phil (Casey2296) from here on the board. Phil, I am thrilled with this one! I owe you buddy.


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I got some top loaders a penny sleeves, which is tough to come by these days~

Great pickups, Jim! I've never seen a W502 with a cancel stamp before, and the W521 is really rare also.

Thanks Gary - I knew you would appreciate them!!

T3 Collins
 

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Love the Collins T3 Jeff! I really like the ad backs.

Here's a tough one you won't see every day.

Another solid BST transaction. Had this one, but not the back for my HOF Portrait sub-set.

Bill

I Love this Eddie Collins!

I feel like he's vastly undervalued. One of the best hitters ever.

Very nice E94, congratulations on the pick up.

Is the Breisch-Hine Co. the same Breisch as the Breisch Williams E107 set?

yes, a predecessor of the Breisch-Williams company.

Technically not pre-war, but scarce
 

This will ne my one and only Toleteros HOF

Hi Ricky,

I couldn't find the connection between the two. But Scott says it is. There is another signature (of the Secretary) on the certificate of a Mr. Williams and I thought it would be really cool if it were the Breisch and Williams of the E107 fame.

Andy

Love when members give me a heads up...

1915 Red Sox w/ Ruth RPPC
 

Glad to add another Ruth. One of only two with the postmark.:)

Incredible postcard... congrats!

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Acquired in a three party trade from long time member Kevin Struss. Such a great reminder of what I really enjoy about this hobby, helping other members with their goals while meeting mine too, dealing with great people, and having fun doing it. A really enjoyable experience, this is quite a special place and I'm grateful for the people here.

Excited to add a Type 1 Texas Tommy to my collection.

Very nice PC Pete, congrats on the pick up.

Wow, congrats! That card is beautiful.

Great postcard Pete! I really like the postmark showing it was used as intended.

Thanks everybody!


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Outstanding Ruth rookie postcard Pete!

(there are more than two postmarked examples known, the Copeland and Carrigan's wife copies for example)

Great postcard Pete. That was in my collection at one time. So cool that it is postmarked from the 3rd game of the World Series - a 2-1 Red Sox win!

Here is another part of the deal that Phil referenced above. So cool to be able to do an old fashioned trade for something that you really want. I knew that Wiltse existed in the Rose Co. postcard set, but adding one to my collection had always eluded me. When I saw that Phil had picked one up, I contacted him and he went out of his way to make a deal with me. Really happy to have been able to add this one to my collection.

Somebody colored in the corners along the way, but it is still a very nice looking card.

Thanks for letting me know Jeff, didn’t realize there were others postmarked. Kevin, didn’t know it was in your collection or the history on the day it was mailed, cool stuff!


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Thanks Chad, Texas Tommys have such a great west coast story.

1936 Jimmy Foxx - Spencer Shoes
 

Phenomenal month for our members so far.

Always a fan of the premiums...

just arrived
 

Happy to have these

Wow! J=K's galore, including a Mathewson. Very nice pick ups!

J=K
 

Awesome Aaron!!...Jerry

Awesome J=K's!!!

Nice J=K cards Aaron!
 

Nice J=K cards Aaron!

Another example of where Roy Thomas is misidentified as Ira Thomas.

Patrick

What can I say ..... I like Hindu ................ :)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

E92 Dockman "Handsome" Harry Bemis, member pick up, thanks Dan.
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Missed out on a CJ in Scott's last pre-war auction, so of course I go and spend even more on this one. But anyway, glad to have a CJ hall of famer in the collection.

Ball and Bodie
 

Another great Board member transaction. Nice T204 Ball and an E122 Bodie (none graded by PSA or SCG) Thanks Ed
These cards went from Buffalo to Memphis to Long Island NY - but never quite lost!

Thrilled to find a Tesreau D381 to start the year and very happy the M101-6's arrived safely after a nearly 30 day priority mail shipping trip. Photo is Minneapolis team in 1938 with Ted Williams.

These should have been in the December pick-ups, but the post office had other ideas. :)

Thrilled to find a Tesreau D381

Not sure I'd ever charge the mound with that grizzled veteran staring me down.

Nice pick up Erick.

Thanks. Agreed, I don't think I'd mess with many of the players from back in that era! There certainly weren't any coddled and pampered athletes back then!

My 1st Obaks picked up from a member. Thanks Turner.

And my 2nd M131. He's a little beat up but he's a Newsboy. Thanks Mac.

So I was the winner of the Collection of nearly 500 Zeenut cards in the most recent Heritage Auction. I don't remember being more excited about getting a collection in the mail than I was to get this one. The description was so vague and there were so few pictures that there could literally be anything in there.

I made a video on my YOUTUBE channel going through the collection for the first time. I was hoping for a few gems hidden in there BUT I WAS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR JUST HOW AMAZING THE COLLECTION ACTUALLY WAS!!!

Please check out the video a the link below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6BSp5rwoI



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Awesome book Rhett!
 

Thank you for filming your newly acquired Zeenut (and Tin Tops) book. So cool! I really enjoyed going through the book with you and congrats on the checklist! I hope you can get it uncovered without too much damage.

Congrats Rhett!
 

Awesome video!

Amazing zeenuts and Tin Tops!

Patrick

Every collector has to see Rhett's video...it made my heart pitter-patter as he got overwhelmed discovering just about everything you could want from the 1915-21 Zeenut sets, plus Colgan's Tin Tops. It has to be one of the top hidden auction finds. Shame on Heritage not spending a little more time detailing this scrapbook (poor consigner!), but one heck of a score, and a big congrats to someone (Rhett) who appreciates and collects the Zeenut sets.

The 1919 ad listing available Zeenuts is quite the score too, and I absolutely love the photo of the original collector with his fellow baseball buddies...a priceless gem.

Dang...

Brian

That's a nice album and a fun video to watch. Thank you.

Thank you, Buzz. You left out the Sioux Falls, South Dakota stop.

Nice
 

Nice Zeenuts and Baltimore Newsboy guys...Jerry