June Pickups Thread
 

Starting it this month because I'm so excited this morning

Wow, I don’t blame you for being excited. Congrats!

Agreed and Congrats

Congrats on the E107 Delahanty. What a great looking card!
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Congrats on a great card! The Brockleman Auction was fun last night, although I was swimming at a different end of the pool than were you. Great selection of offerings.


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Phenomenal card! Congrats!

Love that card and that one is a looker!
Congratulations n a real monster,
Bob

That's solid! Congratulations :)

I also got a good start this month.

Memory Lane pickup

1 of 2 known.

Not exactly your typical Ruth

Fortunate to add this to my collection

Butch Schmidt completes the Subset
 

I have been chasing this card for quite some time. Old Butch Schmidt was the last card I needed to complete the 14 member Boston Braves Cracker Jack subset. Looking on eBay and there he was. Was able to buy direct from seller, the colors on this one are great …nice deep red!

Wow, Jeff! Apparently you really wanted that one.

Awesome Ruth Jeff!
Will look great in your collection!

That's awesome! Congrats on a very "cool" pickup, sir!

Pickups from the Detroit Sports Spectacular this weekend.

Nice haul Elliot. Those display great for their grades. Well done.

Thank you, Dean. I actually just recently re-slabbed the T206 Christy Mathewson you sold me and am very happy with how it looks its new case.

Looks great Elliot. I definitely need to get some re-slabbed as well.

Great pickups everyone. Love the Ruth, Delahanty, Cobb and Mathewson. Here is a Pathe Freres Babe Ruth I recently picked up from Heritage. Appreciate everyone's research on this one, which has made this card less and less affordable. :)

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Wow, congrats on that one! I was watching that and had a few bids in on the earlier stages. I think it's one of the most interesting and best looking Ruth pieces out there.

Congrats on that beautiful card
Sadly I was the underbidder but glad you got it

Nice postcard. The flip says circa 1920's but it's most likely from 1922. All of the ads that I've seen that include Ruth are from August-September 1922 except one ad in an Hawaii newspaper from February 17 1923.


Here's one from a September 30 1922 El Paso newspaper
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That is very cool Patrick.
Thanks for sharing

And yet another.

I wondering if there are any hard copies of those.
Would be great to put them together and match them up with my card

I wonder what the value of a hard-copy example of those ads would be. $5,000? $10,000?

What a monster my friend! 😮 wow

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First time, I’ve added a card in this type condition to my collection. It however very rarely comes up and one of the rarest of the set I’m collecting. I’m ecstatic to have it!

Some amazing pickups already this month. The e107 Delahanty is amazing, and Jeff, your Ruth is perfect for your collection. Congrats all

Josh- nice bread!
I was stoked when I got my -portrait last month
Greg Morris had a bunch end the other night

Always enjoy the monthly pick up threads but June (only 3 days in) has been particularly awesome. Great E107 Jackie Bond and beautiful Ruth items. Congrats to all, Ruth Freres my favorite image of the Babe.

More pickups
 

Here are 3 CJ’s and a 1906 Hooks Wiltse Fan Craze.
I have several images of Hooks I have collected over the years, in many, he has this “haunting gaze”( see last two photos to compare to new Fan Craze card).

The advertisement I posted above is a hard copy available on eBay right now.

Meanwhile, searching Google, I found this actual foil wrapper.

This whole thing is one of the most fascinating Babe Ruth-related things I have ever seen. Jeff, your postcard absolutely amazing!

James you make me obsessed

I saw this and you directed me to eBay and now it is mine to put together with the card

Now I have the card and the paper with the advertisement

Thank you so much

Not mine Jeff but here's another companion piece that is out there....Babe helping out on the production line:D

My pleasure, Jeff. Your postcard and the story around it is incredibly interesting!

Pleased to add another HOF'er to my W514 set effort.
RayB

Thank you, Ben.

Just started collecting tickets. Here are a few initial pickups; one is prewar, so I qualify!

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Haha, like my pops used to say "if you're gonna be a Bear, be a Grizzly".

Strong move out of the gate Ryan, awesome pick ups and best wishes on your new focus.
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It's a shame you haven't been able to pick up any cool ones...

Ryan, outstanding tickets! Really happy you’re starting to collect them. I love tickets, they tell stories and have so much history. The Mantle Debut is a beast.

Congrats on the pickups Ryan

Looked at tickets but have not gotten into them yet

Thanks all.
I agree totally Mike, about the stories/history.

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Happy to pick up a Blue Crofts for the type collection.
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Purchased in May, but didn’t arrive until yesterday
 

May was a good month, picking up four cards and getting the number of missing cards to complete a set down to an even 100. I’ve updated the wish list in the post on the B/S/T thread and posted images of several I know exist but I don’t have.

Thanks to everyone on the board for your help in making this all possible.

Joe Massaguer
 

Very happy to have picked this up. It is a 1928 Aguilitas Cuba Deportiva card of sports writer Joe Massaguer. The only known example. Joe was one of Cuba's best sports writers during the first half of the 20th Century. For his contribution to covering and promoting Cuban baseball he was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.

lol, Pete. Congrats, love that card.

Love it. I already told you but have you say / type it again.

Congratulations on the new foray - careful - you'll get hooked!

Great tickets for sure.

Great stuff, everyone.
Happy to pick this one up. Have only seen one other example.

Hey Phorrest!!

Nice pick up. That Knight image is one of my favorites. Love the colors on that one.




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Thanks Andy,
Hope you and the kids are well. I’ve been on the lookout for a decent Blue Crofts for awhile now, they don’t pop up too often anymore.

Nice Pickup Brian Congrats

Thanks, Jeff. Awesome postcard!

Boy oh Boy (as Grandpa Gross used to say), there are some unreal June pick ups ............. :eek:

Big Thanks to Jay for a nice deal that makes me Happy ....... :p

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Makes No. 37 Cycle 460 ........... :) ................. Not sure how many more I can get ...... ;)

Fun, Fun, Scott :rolleyes:

Mathewson Gum Ball box!
 

I was able to pick up this awesome Christy Mathewson “Fadeaway” Gum Ball Box with original gumballs! My Matty collection keeps growing and I love unique items like this!

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Great piece Cody, congrats.
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Impressive. It is amazing that not only did this survive, but many of the gumballs look to be almost mouth ready. What a fun display!

Brian

It's a cool box Cody congrats on the pickup! I've been after one but always roll my eyes when it's advertised as original gumballs. I have yet to see one sold that has gum that actually looks like the balls that are on the box:rolleyes:

? So are them gumballs original ? If they are that’s pretty incredible

Considering
1) You can currently buy identical gumballs(google baseball gumballs)
2) So many of these 100+ years old boxes still contain "original gum". Seriously what are the odds??
3) In my opinion the phrases on the contained gumballs just doesn't fit. The phrases lead me to believe they would have originally been in a machine where it would be a suprise of which ball you would get. If you get "fly out" or "strike out" out of a machine you will keep putting coins in until you get a "home run" ball! Who in their right mind is going to choose anything other than "home run" when you can choose your own gumball?;)

......I vote not original

Thanks mr ruth-gehrig ! Very interesting

Gum Balls
 

This piece was originally part of the Al Tapper collections sold by SCP auctions in 2021 along with several other unique items of his. While we can never be 100% sure of the claims that the gum balls are original to the piece, I’m guessing that some research had gone into them along the way to keep them with the box in such a prestigious collection. While there are modern gum balls sold with the same print, someone would have had to go to painstaking lengths to artificially age and show proper deterioration to them for the sake of display. The boxes sell in similar price ranges with or without the gum balls, so I guess I’m not sure what would be the point as it doesn’t really add to the value that much, if at all. The white has yellowed on them and many show degradation to varying degrees. So the original auction from the original collector lists as original, so I’ll take them on their word and they definitely pass the eye test as I’ve picked through a couple to read what ones were included. I was more excited by the box rather than the candy.

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Only one way to tell Cody, pop one of those old-timey gumballs in your mouth, bite down hard, and see if you lose a tooth.
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Anything is possible - they certainly look old and there’s some messed up print on some of them - irregardless it’s a terrific piece !

Have been looking for a lower grade Goudey Ruth 144 for awhile now, was finally able to pick one up!
I think it presents pretty well for a PSA 2.

Congratulations ! Registration like that is scarce , his face is very clear .. Whenever I’m looking for this card I always check his eyeballs first

Fantastic example.

Thanks guys, appreciate it!
Yes, most 1s and 2s that I was coming across didn't have the registration or had some decent creasing.
Excited to get this one in hand and add it to the collection!

A few more stand-outs for my burgeoning W514 effort.
RayB

Amazing PC!

mmm ... chocolate covered ice cream baseballs ... this product should totally be revived

................. Big thanks to Ben G. for making Donlin, .300 batter available ..... :)

.............. Has to be one of the more "unique" captions out there ...... :p ..... and it goes so nice with the tough NY NL .................. ;)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

I got a couple nice things in the mail today.
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Huge thanks to Rob (robw1959) for this one!
70 down. 4 to go.

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Fun mail day. E94 Member pick ups.
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Does that complete the Crawford’s?!

Yessir, posted the run on the main thread.