Football Pickup Thread

[tuckr1]

I couldn't agree more Jeff!

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Nice pickups! I have a bunch of doubles of the '48 Bowman and '70 Topps set that are lower grade so if you PM me with a list I can probably help.

jeff

P.S. You don't need to apologize for the grade of cards you collect! I love hearing that people are still building sets one card at a time, in raw form, and just looking for an example to fill a hole. THAT's the way this hobby started and I still love it!

[Footballdude]

Thanks jeff! Looking through my 1970 set, I see numerous cards that are now "unsightly" (creased, tape remnants, etc...) compared to the rest of the set and stick out like sore thumbs. So, not only do I need to fill 3 holes, but also will be looking at some upgrades as well. I am going to try and re-evaluate the set this week sometime and see what I really need/want. Will pm you with a list when I get it. Bowmans I am not really ready to shop from a wantlist yet. Still need too many expensive cards and lot's of SP's.

Card by card..........I wouldn't have it any other way. Well, sometimes I do buy small lot's and pick out ones I need. Buying sets wouldn't be that expensive either, in most cases, but would take the fun out of the hunt and trading stories with others at shows and the like.

[Footballdude]

It's been a slow month for me as far as adding new cards.
Here are the latest additions to my collections. A trio of 1962 Topps. Nothing earth shattering, but it fills 3 holes and gets me that much closer to my goal.



I've had to reevaluate all of my sets and drop some cards, marked for upgrades, from my lists. My '62 set I dropped 20 cards from my upgrade list, all of them borderline "acceptable/upgradeable".

[GoldenAge50s]

I have a 1950 Bowman set from my boyhood completely graded by SGC. In the past few months I have actually upgraded some of the original cards that I sent in just as they were when I bought & played w/ them. All in all I have upgraded about 25 cards so far.

Here are 2 I recvd last week:

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I have a 1950 Bowman set from my boyhood completely graded by SGC. In the past few months I have actually upgraded some of the original cards that I sent in just as they were when I bought & played w/ them. All in all I have upgraded about 25 cards so far.

Here are 2 I recvd last week:

I really like that Bednarik. Classic clean look of those cards is so nice and great eye appeal. I agree with Jeff and Tucker. Collecting is different things to different people, but just collecting the cards in any form is great. I have some pretty rough cards but some of them are my favorites. Good luck finishing your sets. I think I may have tracked down a nice Namath in a SGC holder that i will pick up at the National, so pretty excited about that. Will try to post picture when i get it.

[Footballdude]

Gotta agree with iowadoc, them are some nice looking Bowmans. And congrats on hanging on to your boyhood card collection, especially from 1950. I too have most of mine from my childhood, but they are much later (1969/70), and didn't fare nearly as well over the years. But what great times I had, as a kid, collecting them.

Love to see more of your '50 Bowmans.

[iowadoc77]

Got these recently. Never posted pics so see how this goes
1958 Jim Brown

Nagurski. Really like this card. Scratches on case only

Hope the links work. Still learning
Thanks for the look
Eric