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01-30-2016, 09:33 PM
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Landed a white whale on the BST!
A few days ago, my phone started buzzing. I checked it and saw I had two new PMs from Net54. I thought it was odd since I wasn't bidding on or selling anything. I logged on to the site and saw that both messages had the word Coakley in the title. My heart skipped a beat.
Andy Coakley was a pitcher winding up his career with the Cubs and was a member of the 1908 World Series winners. He was the only player on the roster who had a card issued that I didn't have a copy of. The only thing that I could find for him that wasn't a postcard was from the T204 set. Not exactly a plentiful issue. Each day I searched for a Coakley, never making a connection. I opened the messages to see that two board members had seen the card on the BST and remembered from my signature that I was looking for a copy. They graciously alerted me to its presence within a half hour of the posting and within hours a bargain was struck. It arrived today, and it's my new favorite card! Behold the glory that is Andy Coakley! Long live this community! 
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01-30-2016, 09:45 PM
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Awesome, congrats! And TTT to boot!
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01-30-2016, 09:50 PM
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That is so awesome. Thanks for posting!
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01-30-2016, 10:30 PM
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Congrats! It's the best feeling getting that one card to complete your set. Way to go and now it's on to the next white whale. :-)
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01-30-2016, 10:40 PM
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Congratulations on an outstanding pick up. It's great how so many of the board members here look out for one another!
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01-30-2016, 10:57 PM
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That's awesome, and what this site should be all about. With all the negativity in our hobby with these Mastro revelations it's nice to see something positive.
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Successful transactions with peter spaeth, don's cards, vwtdi, wolf441, 111gecko, Clydewally, Jim, SPMIDD, MattyC, jmb, botn, E107collector, begsu1013, and a few others.
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01-30-2016, 11:31 PM
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Congrats and enjoy your treasure. Thanks for sharing
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01-31-2016, 08:49 AM
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When I saw the card was on the BST but sold already I hoped you had been the one to pick it up. Congrats on the search coming to a end!
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01-31-2016, 11:04 AM
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Nice!!!
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