June pickups

[Brian Van Horn]

Jerry,

Great pickup! I also have to admit that Ritchey looks a lot like Graham Chapman from Monty Python.

[pcoz]

My June pickup was my May pickup but with a better grade. Got this in the REA auction & took it to SGC Fri. They popped it out for me & I removed the slight pencil on the back with a Mars eraser(thanks Leon!). They then regraded it and it went from a SGC 20 to a SGC 40!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by pcoz

My June pickup was my May pickup but with a better grade. Got this in the REA auction & took it to SGC Fri. They popped it out for me & I removed the slight pencil on the back with a Mars eraser(thanks Leon!). They then regraded it and it went from a SGC 20 to a SGC 40!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I highly recommend a Mars Plastic eraser for removing errant marks from cards. I don't consider it altering when you take something off that wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Glad it worked. I have done it many times too. That being said I do leave some marks as they can add to the provenance and history (and even aesthetics) of the card, sometimes. I might start a thread about this topic.

[pcoz]

Originally Posted by Leon

I highly recommend a Mars Plastic eraser for removing errant marks from cards. I don't consider it altering when you take something off that wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Glad it worked. I have done it many times too. That being said I do leave some marks as they can add to the provenance and history (and even aesthetics) of the card, sometimes. I might start a thread about this topic.

This was the second time I used that eraser and it worked well both times. I spoke with Scott & Earl at SGC regarding the pencil removal, and Leon they echoed your thoughts. They said the pencil wasn't on the card originally, and to extract it back off was not altering the card. I did it right in front of them. Also, I agree that leaving marks can add to the provenance and history. Aesthetically with the mark on the back and in faint pencil, it didn't take away from the card and was easy to remove. It's a really sharp card, and in my opinion(and now SGC) deserved a higher grade. Important for the provenance of this specific card is they kept the same serial # of the Mack, and updated the grade in their system. They are now starting to catalog the Old Put Cigars now in their database upon their request of me providing scans of the ones in existence. Leon, I hope it's ok I included yours in the email so they can start accounting for them. They are adding them as a subset to the E98's. The million dollar question which has been debated previously is are they a caramel or a tobacco issue. If they were never in caramels and just stamped by Old Put, the argument can be made of them being a tobacco issue. From their perspective, they're going in as caramels under E98's.

[TheBig6]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Jerry,

Great pickup! I also have to admit that Ritchey looks a lot like Graham Chapman from Monty Python.

Thanks Brian,
He does favor Chapman a bit, I liked the Flying Circus, it was always good for some laughs,

[jupin11]

Very happy to get this one off the Bay recently. I was the underbidder on the last 2-3 auctioned.

[jthorst75]

Congrats, very nice Chief! I love the T227s and wouldn't mind getting the Cobb.

[toppszl1]

1935 4 in 1 Greenberg card

[phikappapsi]

Evers T206.jpg

First Evers in my collection

[marktheshark83]

very nice evers

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Just picked up this Kelly E121, not the best condition, but a tough card to be signed by this questionable HOF'er.

[GregMitch34]

Just picked up this beauty, my first Babe (stupidly sold a nice strip card a couple years back) at a seemingly fair price.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1338917791

[Michael Peich]

Happy to have this important T209-II card for my collection. Thanks, Jay.

Looking to add other T209-II cards if anyone has any. Thanks.

Cheers, Mike