January Pickup Thread

[Eric72]

Starting the New Year off with a ‘56 Killebrew and friends. Picked them up from a board member. Thank you, Frank. You’re a gentleman, through and through.

[Gorditadogg]

I picked up a couple nice Steve Carlton cards in the mail this week.

[BigRedMachine1969]

[Balticfox]

These just arrived from another boardie earlier today:









Now my collection of 1954 Topps Baseball cards is of decent size!

[Mike D.]

Very excited to add this one:



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[aldridgemj214]

Excited to add this in the recent ML auction.

[jchcollins]

1/18 Salisbury, NC show pickups:










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[JollyElm]

Sweet grouping!!! Looks awesome!!!!

[aldridgemj214]

Great card show pickups John. I was happy to find one card I needed at the Dallas card show last night.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by aldridgemj214

Great card show pickups John. I was happy to find one card I needed at the Dallas card show last night.

Thanks. That's a very nice Johnston's. Back like 25 years ago or more when it was maybe a $500 card raw, I briefly had the Aaron. Getting rid of it is a regret, I suppose, but a passive one - I was young and dumb back then and probably couldn't afford whatever I had paid for it anyway... :-)

[DeanH3]

Found this at a LCS today. If this is the new PSA 3 then it's a great time to buy freshly graded cards.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Found this at a LCS today. If this is the new PSA 3 then it's a great time to buy freshly graded cards.

Here's the guy who submitted that Berra...

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[DeanH3]

lol! I thought the same thing.

[Balticfox]

Another boardie gave me a fabulous deal on these:

[jchcollins]

1/25 Hickory, NC show pickups.

Maybe just a local thing, but has anyone else noticed the dearth of Jackie Robinson cards? I saw two Jackie cards on the entire 500 table show floor today. One was a ‘56 Topps in an SGC 1.5; the other was a ‘49 Leaf in I think an SGC 4 for 20 grand.

What gives? This is the second show in as many weeks where I found NO Jackies. I’m looking to add him as the last big name for my 56 Topps set in a little bit better than Fair condition, so resorted to buying one later today on eBay…

Anyhow, here’s what I spent my Jackie money on at the show:










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[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Found this at a LCS today. If this is the new PSA 3 then it's a great time to buy freshly graded cards.

Uh, yeah. Yours looks better than mine…




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[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Found this at a LCS today. If this is the new PSA 3 then it's a great time to buy freshly graded cards.

Nice looking card. What's that brown spot on Yogi's back?

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[JollyElm]

Had a great time going to a show and chatting people up for the first time in forever!!!

Upgraded my 1962 Topps #200 Mickey Mantle a tad with an SGC 5, and scored the PSA 9 1966 Topps #543 Roger Craig high number for a seriously beautiful price...

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Grabbed a gorgeous 1970 Topps #630 Ernie Banks, a 1969 Topps #99 Graig Nettles RC variation (really tough to find even remotely centered), and upgraded a bunch of cards from my sets, including some exceptional 1971s (with a Simmons RC and a nicely centered Wilhelm), and also added a trio of really sweet (if you ignore the big-headedness) and quite overlooked 1962 high numbers...
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An awesome day!!!

[jchcollins]

Great cards Jolly!

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Had a great time going to a show and chatting people up for the first time in forever!!!

Upgraded my 1962 Topps #200 Mickey Mantle a tad with an SGC 5, and scored the PSA 9 1966 Topps #543 Roger Craig high number for a seriously beautiful price...

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Grabbed a gorgeous 1970 Topps #630 Ernie Banks, a 1969 Topps #99 Graig Nettles RC variation (really tough to find even remotely centered), and upgraded a bunch of cards from my sets, including some exceptional 1971s (with a Simmons RC and a nicely centered Wilhelm), and also added a trio of really sweet (if you ignore the big-headedness) and quite overlooked 1962 high numbers...
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An awesome day!!!

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

1/25 Hickory, NC show pickups.

Maybe just a local thing, but has anyone else noticed the dearth of Jackie Robinson cards? I saw two Jackie cards on the entire 500 table show floor today. One was a ‘56 Topps in an SGC 1.5; the other was a ‘49 Leaf in I think an SGC 4 for 20 grand.

What gives? This is the second show in as many weeks where I found NO Jackies. I’m looking to add him as the last big name for my 56 Topps set in a little bit better than Fair condition, so resorted to buying one later today on eBay…

Anyhow, here’s what I spent my Jackie money on at the show:










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That's a great group of cards. Not bad as a consolation prize. Well done.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Nice looking card. What's that brown spot on Yogi's back?

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It looks to be a printing flaw. I've noticed it on many other examples.

I've scoured this card, tilted under lighting, and I "think" I see a few micro, and I mean micro, wrinkles on the back. Still an incredibly harsh grade. Best kind of card to buy.

[aldridgemj214]

Wrapped up the 1964 Wheaties Stamps for my guys with this pickup. Unfortunately, no Mathews in the set.