New FB Acquisitions

[S_GERACE]

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Not truly "pickups" unless you count sitting in a forgotten box for 25 years a pick up. Happy with all except the Brown. Sent in two of them. Both received a grade of 4. The cards are night and day. This is the better looking one.

Great cards! If the Brown doesn't have any hairline creases and the back isn't rubbed I'd crack it out & re-submit it. "Nice finds".

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

I am on page 14 of this thread, and I must say how impressed and amazed I am! You guys are doing a great job! Thanks for posting and sharing. I have never really considered vintage football before (I am a post war baseball card collector), but this thread is motivating me to investigate vintage football. Just from what I have seen, the Philadelphia sets (especially '64) really catch my eye as do many Fleer and Topps sets. I am going to finish looking at this thread later, but I am going to buy a Football Beckett to give me an idea of what sets I could handle. The only one I know that I will probably avoid is the '65 Topps with the Namath. It is amazing how affordable most of it is in the middle 1950s to the 1960s.

Finished off my 1959 Topps Football set with this Art Donovan, alright, all night!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by pariah1107

Finished off my 1959 Topps Football set with this Art Donovan, alright, all night!

Congrats, that is quite an accomplishment! That is a nice looking set.

Now I just need to figure out where I might get started in vintage football...there's a lot to like.

[jefferyepayne]

Great snag, Ty! Have always liked the "ransom note" set

Congrats on finishing it!

jeff

[S_GERACE]

Love the card of "Fatso" Ty! Is the rest of your set in similar condition? Congrats.

[Jim65]

1967 Royal Castle Maxie Williams

Originally Posted by S_GERACE

Love the card of "Fatso" Ty! Is the rest of your set in similar condition? Congrats.

Thanks guys.

I'd estimate the rest of the set ranges VG - NM, with most VG/EX. I'm not really a set registry pursuer, just a casual set builder. Only five favorites are graded; Brown, Unitas, Huff, Starr, and Donovan. There were only four favorites but I wanted to put the set to bed, and tired of looking for a sharp, raw Donovan.

[LuckyLarry]

Originally Posted by pariah1107

Finished off my 1959 Topps Football set with this Art Donovan, alright, all night!

Congrats Ty!
Larry

[sockwell123]

got this '57 Raymond Berry today. 4.5 Becket. Gets me a little further along the set.

Sharp Berry Shawn!

[Laxcat]

I count these as pick ups. Didn't know they existed until yesterday. The Hutson is an upgrade to my set, so that was an unexpected surprise. The '61 LtoL Adderly takes the place of the '64 in my rookie collection. And I didn't have a Gabriel or Hadl rookie. Found a bunch more stuff but don't want to overload the thread.

Shameless plug: I recently joined Twitter. Yikes! I think I might be too old If you want to see all the stuff I've been pulling out of storage(and will continue to do so) follow me. @mcharlton81