Ty, you had to know I would post that I love your latest pickups ;)

Just got back from vacation. I go to the same place every August and there's a card shop nearby, run by an older guy out of his house. My boys and I always visit and my favorite thing to do is sift through his "M.A.S.H. Box." It's full of beaters, but priced accordingly, with lots of star power. It's a fun escape from graded cards, which are mostly what I collect these days. Was thrilled to pick up the '52 Bowman Large HOF RC below. As I mentioned, it's beat to hell, but that's probably the only condition in which I could afford one, and I think it still has great color. Only $10.

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Nice pick up Dan! That card is on my wantlist too, and $10 is a great bargain!
Larry

Thanks Larry. It's outside my normal wheelhouse (Cappelletti and Hannah cards), but it's a HOF RC and a short print, from an iconic set. Thought it was too good to pass up. Picked up a nice '77 Too Tall Jones for a buck as well.

Great Bednarik card for a very reasonable price. I'd like to have a brick & mortar store nearby for the off-chance of a find like that.

Hey guys, turns out the Bednarik isn't his RC, not even close. A bunch of you guys (Jeff!) must know that. Why didn't anybody correct me? The sticker on the top loader said RC and I took it as fact. Turns out that between Topps Magic, Leaf and Bowman he had 5 earlier cards. I knew about the Leaf and forgot. My bad. It's still an SP, still an iconic card, and still a bargain (to me) at $10. But not an RC.

Any Bednarik is a rookie card to me! :) Nice pickup and congrats.

jeff

Picked up three early 80's football sets (81-82-83) to add to the run. A huge shout-out and thank you to board member Cory (AddieJoss), a pleasure doing business. Exactly as advertised. The top tier HOF's cards were a welcome surprise; many in NM-MT condition with superb centering. An overall, great transaction :)

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Great sets, Ty. Congrats on the pickup!

jeff

Thanks Jeff. Plenty more to do :)

way to go! nice cards/sets

Nothing too exciting:

Good lookin cards. Are you going after the 72 set? Or Steeler cards.

I would love to put the set together, it was one of my favorites as a kid buying packs, but it would be a long term thing. I figured I would start with Steelers, and see how it goes.

I love that Pro Action subset. Those are two nice examples, congrats. I was working on just that subset when I ran across an 80% complete low numbers '72 set for a good price, so filling those in as well as a complete extra Pro Action set. I get that way with stuff I like haha. I might have a few in triplicate if you have a list, just pm me if so. Thanks for showing those.

Thanks Rob. I tried to find copies in good shape, and I wasn't to worried about them being OC, since they aren't going anywhere. I will keep you in mind when I get my checklist together.

Got a unique group of items in the mail today, a group of NFL transparency slides of the New England Patriots. These slides were produced by the NFL for use in television broadcasts. They were issued from 1968-88 and this first group is from 1973, meaning this is a Hannah pre-RC of sorts, produced a year before his Topps RC. The Tippett is a pre-RC as well, from 1982, 2 years before his RC.

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The seller was very knowledgeable about dating these, and this is an excerpt of his email regarding the Tippett being an 82:

1983s had plastic frame & 1984-88 were not numbered but used uniform numbers on the slides. 88 was last year of issue.

Very interesting Dan. Were these issued for every team, or was this a regional, Boston area newspaper collection? Slides are overlooked as collectibles IMO. Another great Hannah ;)

Thanks. These were issued by the league for 21 years, with players from all teams. Each year's "set" includes hundreds of slides. I'm stoked on the Hannah and Tippett pre-RCs

Those are pretty neat Dan.

Here are my most recent 1977 Topps Mexican pick-ups. Up to 147 of 528.

The OJ makes me incredibly uncomfortable, however comparably graded SGC & BVG '77's go for nearly 50% the cost of a PSA in this set. Seems to be some registry envy. Strange, especially considering the other two cards, both PSA graded, were improperly labeled as "1977 Topps", though they are obviously "1977 Topps Mexican". Not sure why PSA is considered the de facto experts on such things when they make bone-headed mistakes such as these. There were actually four incorrectly labeled Mexicans in the recent pick-up, all sequentially graded. Thank you Jeremy for the recent additions :)

Oops, I criticized a TPG without my name in the post, Ty Phelan

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I'm sure I've missed posting some things in my absence, but this is my latest pickup. Second copy, but I wasn't passing it up.

September 3 Card Show Pickup #3 – More of One Before

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7513/2...e5d3d85f_z.jpg1951 Bowman #13 Bulldog Turner by kekinsley, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8227/2...35b64316_z.jpg1951 Bowman #13 Bulldog Turner (back) by kekinsley, on Flickr

As I try to close out my '52 Bowman football sets, pick-ups are slowing way down LOL! But when an eBay Bucks 10X promotion kicked in, I did a little shopping:)

1952 Bowman Large #10 (SP) Chuck Bednarik Standard Catalog values $300 NM this card was $46.50 shipped or 15.5% book.

1952 Bowman Small #142 Tom Landry $325 NM value card cost me $36.50 shipped or 11.2% book.

"chipping away at it"

Larry

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Finally hooked a white whale! A Colored Tinted variety of the Exhibit Football Card these in Pink Tint! :D

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Ricky Y

Love the 3 Bowmans on this page and Ty, keep those Mexis coming!

Bulldog and Bednarik - pretty tough guys on the field. I don't get that many cards because much of my interest pre-dates these sets, but I did pick up a trio of programs that are right in my wheel-house.

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Sweet Staten Island Stapletons programs! They played the Giants tough on Thanksgiving Day games (1929-32). I really wish the current NFL would highlight these early rivalries, when pertinent, such as during a Jets v. Giants game.

Rev: Nice programs, I'm in the majority as I don't know much about early pro football.
Larry

Two arrivals today via eBay, as I try to finish my Bowman sets. Ten cards left to complete 1952 Bowman Large set!

Bowman Large #36 John Hancock RC this card is not listed as an SP, yet it "books" for $400 in NM condition? It does not appear that John played in the NFL either. Cost me $67.50 delivered (after eBay Bucks 10X) or 17% book.

Bowman Large #30 Sammy Baugh also "books" for $400 cost me $54 (after eBay Bucks 10X) or 13.5% book.

Tough set!

Larry

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Nice Sammy!

You can't go wrong with any Bowman Sammy Baugh. Sharp 52!

Hancock IS a tough one, Larry! Good snag. The books aren't very accurate in terms of how hard it is to find some of these cards.

jeff

49 Leaf Baugh and 55 Topps AA Thorpe
 

The Baugh is an upgrade from my PSA 4 and I think it cost me the same so no harm there. The Thorpe is the card I've been wanting for awhile. Its a tough one to find centered and not beat to hell. This one is slightly off centered maybe 70/30 but it doesn't have the tilt. It has an indentation as if it had been written on hence the lower grade, other than that its a decent pickup.
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Another sweet Sammy!

I've kick started my 35' Chicle Set. If anyone has any other good looking PSA 2's to sell, let me know...

It's hard to top those two but here is a signed version of one of my favorite Sammy Baugh cards.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=21522

With the arrival of this gorgeous 1961 Fleer #197 Jim Otto RC today, I finished my 1961 Fleer football set. This was an eBay pick-up listed in "lot" form with '74 and '75 Topps Otto cards included. I didn't need (I thought) either of the other two cards so was bidding to win the '61 Fleer. When I pulled out my '74 and '75 Topps sets to check for upgrades, I found my set '74 set was missing #409 Jim Otto LOL!
The Standard Catalog says the '61 Fleer Jim Otto RC is "valued" in NM condition at $45, and I won the three card lot for $16.50. However the seller stung me for $3.99 shipping so I paid 52% book to finish my set. I've been chasing this card for awhile!
Larry
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I love early 60s fleer football and the Otto RC is a great one to finish your set. Congrats!

congrats on finishing your sets.

There are only 4 HOFers deemed by the Football HOF to be "primary contributors" to the Patriots franchise. I collect their RCs as a side project and I added this one today:

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I'm missing the most significant, the 63 Fleer Nick Buoniconti - not only a HOF RC, but a short print too. Here are the rest:

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Obviously Brady will eventually be added to the list. Other future possibilities I see are Ty Law and Adam Vinatieri

I've collected plenty of vintage baseball but this is my first dive into vintage football. 1948 Leaf and Bowman Kenny Washingtons.

Rob M

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Nice cards, especially the Leaf. Why Kenny Washington?

Good question Dan. I recently picked up several original photos of Kenny that can be seen in a post I made over in the memorabilia section. I never even knew what historical significance Kenny had until I started researching about him. If you have a dull moment, you can read my post about him.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=230021

Rob M

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Nice article Rob.
Larry

I finished off another set with the arrival of 1951 Bowman #4 Norm Van Brocklin RC. Cost me $35 which is just a touch above the 10% NM "book" price.
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Larry, it seems like every other day you're posting a big pickup! Love it.

Here is my humble addition, a response from a letter (and card) I mailed to Mr. Ferguson:

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I like that. Joe Ferguson was one of my favorite players growing up as I was a huge Bills fan in the 70s even though I lived in the Chicago suburbs.

1950 Bowman Sammy Baugh signed
 

Wow, that Baugh is unreal!!

Thanks and hopefully more to follow.

O-J.rookie
 

1952 Bowman Sammy Baugh signed
 

Nice Sammy.

Great pickups, guys! Love the autographed cards. Somebody should start a thread on football autographs. Would love to see what others have.

jeff

If somebody starts one, I have a lot to contribute.

Two hits arrived today via eBay purchase.
1952 Bowman Small #14 Paul Brown. I know so little pro football history but the Wiki entry for Paul Brown is long, and I'll need to go back and read it again. He was the Cleveland Browns first coach, and the team was named for him. The Cincinnati Bengals stadium is named for him too. Just those two facts are incredible to me. Pro football HOF 1967. The "book" price on this card NM is $170 and this beat up example cost me $25.25 or around 14% this card isn't cheap.
Next hit 1952 Bowman Large #28 SP Kyle Rote RC. The card "books" for $200 NM and I got it for 13.5% book $26.81. Kyle was the number one pick in the 1951 NFL Draft. Also was the NFLPA 1st President, and fought hard for equal opportunity for players.
I like to keep my purchases at 10% of "book", but the smaller my wantlist gets, it gets tougher to hold the line!
Larry
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Second day in a row with an arriving hit to my list:D 1952 Bowman Small #29 Hugh Mcelhenny is one of the few cards left to complete my set. The Standard Catalog book price NM is $175 for Mcelhenny, and I paid $15.24 (shipped) which included these three cards, and also three different 1951 Bowman football cards I already have. So Mcelhenny goes into my set, the other five will first be checked for upgrades, and then mailed out for trades.
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Wow....great centering


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OK, got a recent purchase of obscure cards for my player collections, at a great price. But there's a bit of a mystery. Don't know if anybody here can help, but I know we have some oddball kings and some Pats fans, so I figured I'd try. First, here are scans of the cards:

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I know these are both from Frito Lay Patriots sets (obviously) but I don't know what year(s) and neither did the seller. The Frito Pats sets are blank backed, so no help there. Hannah's and Tippett's careers only overlapped from 1982-86. According to the Beckett big book, this is the breakdown by year.

1982: Hannah only and this isn't that one, which I already have.
1983: no set
1984: no set
1985: neither player
1986: Tippett only

So it appears there are 3 possibilities:
1. These are from the same year and checklists are incorrect
2. There really were Frito sets in 1983 & 84
3. They are from different years

If #3 and the checklists are correct/complete, then the Tippett is from the 86 set and Hannah is from a different year. The Beckett checklists include him in 1976, 79 and 81. Probably boring to most of you, but I'm hoping to get to the bottom of this. I've emailed Mike Mosier at Columbia City Collectibles and hoping he'll chime in.

These just back from Newport Beach:

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Love the Blanda!

It may not look like a big pick-up, but it finished out my SGC run of Topps/Philly/Fleer Unitas from '58 thru '74. I retain my RC in its ungraded splendor.

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The full run can be seen here, with a few extra PSA/BVG thrown in. Thanks for the look.

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Congrats on finishing your run. Have had similar ideas about other players.

Thanks, I enjoyed it. He was my first hero as a kid, and I had always wanted to do it, but the RC was tough financially. But when my wife gifted me the beautiful RC, I just had to. Glad I did. You ought to go for one, I enjoyed doing it.

Player collecting is the best. I completed Gino Cappelletti's basic run and am working on John Hannah's.

Ray Guy '74 Topps

I have see some of your Hannah items in this thread. Amazing stuff, I love the oddball, hard to find stuff. I have around a thousand different Jari Kurri items, and my favorites are always the unique, non-mainstream things.

Definitely, Rob. I did the run of Jim Brown cards but my favorite Jim Brown items are his team issues.

1958:
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1960:
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1961:
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1962:
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1963:
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Wow, those Browns are stellar!

I'll second that! Beautiful, unique items.

1978 and 1983 Topps Football Complete Wax Boxes. These are also for sale if anyone is interested.

I've been on the west coast for several weeks babysitting grandkids:) Was able to pick up one needed card while at a show there. 1952 Bowman Small Art Donovan RC, books for $225 in NM shape.
Pro Football HOF 1968. WWII vet ammo-loader on a 40MM gun on an aircraft carrier and saw action at Iwo Jima and the Battle of Luzon. Can you imagine?
Five cards left to complete my set. Great to be home. Still having fun with this cardboard.
Larry
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I collect Football from 1974-1986. Here's a bunch of RCs from that period that I picked up recently:

Gotta love those '75s especially!

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Another Frito Hannah. He's in 5 Frito sets and I now have his single from 3 of those years. This is the earliest of the bunch, 1976:

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It came in a lot with these:

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#77 is Tom Neville, 1976. The Grogan might be from the 76 set, or the 1977-78 set.

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#86 is 4x Pro Bowler Stanley Morgan, 1977-78 set. Number 81 is TE Russ Francis, 1976

Frito Lay
 

My understanding is that the 1976 Set is 5x7, while the 1977 Set is 4x6. Like you, I've been trying to figure out these Frito Lay cards.

I was the underbidder on that lot. Was only interested in the Morgan. Any chance you would be willing to sell it?

Email sent.

1950s Bread for Health labels are some of my favorites....these are the 3 for the Browns

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got this in today.. been wanting.. but still in pack is pretty cool to me.