April Pickup Thread
 

This is a Pickup from the BST section and a special thanks to Vintage Ben for this transaction and

Proudly adding this to my Ruth Family

recent pick up

Great Ruth pick ups Jeff & Jim, congratulations, starting the month strong.

This trimmed beauty completes my T207 set. Although this one came from an auction, many of the final cards I needed were acquired through Net54's B/S/T. Thanks for the help.

Congrats on finishing such a tough set!

Brian

As this 1937 Wheaties Series 9 panel of Bonura shows, fielding can be an uphill battle.

I really do like many of the far out designs seen in Series 9.

Brian

T gang

Was pretty darn excited to pick this one up!

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Congrats on finishing such a substantial set. I'm sure that felt great to cross the last one off the list.

Cheers,
Steve

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Congrats to all, especially completing the t207 set. Jeff, you have had a nice week!

I am not even sure what this is. But it’s old and it’s Wagner, so I’ll take it

Great stuff, Guys! Ryan, love that Wagner piece.

Picked this Proof up, unknown player.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
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Just an uncut 36 card 1952 Topps sheet. Not the greatest shape but rare nonetheless.

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Say it ain't so Joe! Proof positive that it is best to pick up unknown T206's at the beginning of April.

Brian

This is literally insane. Wow

Cool Wags piece Ryan.

Guys, this was an April Fools joke we played here on Net54 10+ years ago…me, Wonka, Joe D, and I think Barry was in on it too.

;)

Haven't posted in a while, but this just arrived this morning.

That's a nice one!
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Thanks Leon, I've been staying off the boards and auction sites for a few months while looking for and buying a new house. This made up for the time away.

Congrats Jesse, buying a house in California and an early Ruth at the same time is quite an accomplishment.

Wow and Wow to Jesse and Ryan

And a Great and Fast Start to the Forum

Really nice acquisitions
 

It's only the 2nd of April, and you guys already have posted a bunch of centerpiece cards. I added one to my Collins McCarthy collection.

Yea housing market has the same problem right now as a lot of these prewar cards in many places, OC included. More buyers than sellers. Very happy to get both done.

Ryan I've never seen or even heard of that particular Wagner before, but it looks great!

Congrats Jesse. I love the card it’s a highlight to any collection. Absolutely stunning example.

Josh

Was able to add one OJ to my KC collection.

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That's a beauty, Rob! Congrats!

Thanks K.C. (pun intended) 😆

Love my pickup today.

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Great looking Wagner my favorite pose of his outside the e90-2. Congratulations!

Great pickup, Jesse! My favorite Ruth image.

Nice cards everyone!

Huge card Jesse, congrats! And good to see you post- don’t wait for the next major Ruth pickup to post again

I’ve been doing some upgrading on my PC796 set over the past few weeks!!!

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Very nice Ben. Congrats.

These are from LOTG last night- great auction!!

Ryan, sick!

Got this in LOTG...(great auction, Al!)...

My dad and I used to go up to Cooperstown every year (we actually liked going in the winter, we had the town to ourselves). One of our trips, we bought a low condition Cobb Bat On at Mickey's Place, but it's long gone...So, I'm glad to pick this example up, as it reminds me of my Dad, and those trips.

Great Pickup as always Ryan. I was the underbidder on that Wagner. Congrats

Nice eye appeal on the Cobb

Here is my pickup from LOTG

Beautiful cards, guys. Ryan is right, LOTG was loaded again.

Here's mine.

I just knew Ryan was on that Thorpe.
Great Speaker Jim.
This is my haul. I got really luck on the E126. Went to bed around midnight the high bidder. Randomly woke up at 2:44am ET, saw I was outbid and got my winning bid in with 0:30 seconds to go.

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Picked these HOF'ers - getting harder to find any of these in higher condition these days

Chantilly pick up
 

Pickup from Chantilly show

Some seriously awesome pick ups so far this month. Congrats everyone! It appears the “hobby” is alive and well

LOTG As Well
 

Also from LOTG

Ryan, I'm not a T206 guy but am curious about your thoughts on the 520 set that sold last night.

In the small fish pool,
I picked up the battery mate for:
my E98 color run catcher, Johnny Kling.

Maybe a "battery-mate" color run is in my collecting future, lol.
(You know, being a silly die-hard Cub fan and all)

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Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

Congrats Ben, nice pick up.

April P/U
 

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Thank you, Phil.
We little fish gotta eat too, lol.
Ben, lol.

Babe's signature has always struck me as a thing of beauty. I love it when someone signs with a real definitive and attractive style.

Finding a gem mint example of his signature on a white ball, highest graded— with ironclad provenance... it was more daydream than actual collecting goal. Can't believe it happened. Still hasn't sunk in.

This piece caused some tectonic shifts in my collection, yet as I am sure we have all encountered in our collecting journeys, we have to sometimes gives up great pieces to get one even greater piece.

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Phil, I was following the T206 set. I think the final price with BP was quite strong ($72k), especially considering only about 30% of it was graded and none of the key cards graded above a 2 (and most graded less than 2). T

Finally completed the T205 Minor League subset with the addition of these two:

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Matt,

That Ruth ball is amazing. Not sure I’ve seen a ball from that era look so white. Looks like at least one other person signed it. Who else signed the ball?

Adam

Won this one at LOTG.

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Nice card. I have seen most of the Leader Novelty cards, but I don't remember seeing the Hornsby before.

Brian

Nice pick-up Mark! I was an under-bidder on this one. Congrats!

Chad

My sole pickup from LOTG (the first card) as I continue to work on the different color variations for this one.

Amazing run thanks for sharing.

That's incredible.

Love that Brunners Chief!

Amazing ball Matt. That's the best looking Ruth signature I remember seeing on a ball, or anything else for that matter. Congrats!

Great color run!

Thanks, guys!

My E98 Color Run of Chief Meyers is complete today;
with the arrival of the Orange background!
Thank you, Phil!

I don't think a battery mate run is in my future tho;
unless I snatch a Red Matty before Phil, lol!
Circulated Only!
Mush!

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Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

This arrived yesterday:

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Oooh, beautiful green Cobb!

Wow...beautiful card! Congrats!

Bill

+1 agree and it has better eye appeal than the grade

#139 Rebel Oakes arrived today (REA pickup)

Thanks guys!


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Distracted from getting t206s. But I love this set!

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Picked this up from LOTG. I decided I could live with it being a little trimmed because I could never afford one that looked this nice otherwise.

Cobby looks really nice regardless of the grade....congrats!

Every time I see a card of the Rifleman I hear that theme song LOL...

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Awesome pick up Leon! Love Chuck's cards.



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Thanks Adam (and Jesse!), the other writing was actually what made it a "must get" for me, as it pertains to the provenance. The writing is from the original owner, specifying the exact date and place of the signing. It was on Babe Ruth Day in Houston, back on July 10, 1947, at the Texas League game between Houston and Fort Worth (which went 11 innings). I was able to track down lots of news media from that day covering Ruth's time there; he was on a tour supporting boys' baseball for the American Legion, sponsored by Ford Motor dealers. Was also able to find a program from a banquet/luncheon the Ford Dealers threw for Ruth on that same day in Houston (replete with the menu, LOL). It really contributed to the history and provenance of the ball, which in conjunction with it being a gem mt auto sealed the deal for me.