Football Pickup Thread

[Footballdude]

That Jim Brown RC is much better centered than most of the ones I see. Very nice Nags cut too.

[GoldenAge50s]

--Thanks for the nice comments! Here are a few more of those Bowmans:

[iowadoc77]

Those cards are so impressive in SGC holders in my opinion. By far my favorite holder.

[iowadoc77]

Thought I would share a couple more....

Cut auto... Nice combination Sammy Baugh and some other guy


One more cut auto. Mr Grange


Jim Thorpe


Red Grange again


Not the best condition but I love the sport kings!
Thanks for the look

[tuckr1]

Those are some great looking cards!!!!

I think my next set after the 1935 Chicles is going to be the Sports Kings??

Nice pick ups

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Thought I would share a couple more....

Cut auto... Nice combination Sammy Baugh and some other guy


One more cut auto. Mr Grange


Jim Thorpe


Red Grange again


Not the best condition but I love the sport kings!
Thanks for the look

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by tuckr1

I think my next set after the 1935 Chicles is going to be the Sports Kings??

The look/artwork of Goudey is definitely competitive with Chicle, but I think Grange, Thorpe, and Rockne are the only football cards. The presence of Babe Ruth alone scares me off on that set.

[iowadoc77]

I agree with the challenge of the Sport Kings set. The Ruth cards go for a lot even in rough shape, as well as Ty Cobb. It would look nice, but I would find it monotonous to find a lot of the non-football and baseball athletes. The set would like quite nice when done.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

--Thanks for the nice comments! Here are a few more of those Bowmans:

Love the 50 Bowmans. This is one of the most underrated sets to me (unfortunately overshadowed by 52 Bowman Large). Really nice aesthetically. The Ted Fritsch is one of my favorite backgrounds. I started picking these up when I first got back into the hobby, but I've sold most of them off as my goals/budget changed. Thanks for sharing - never get tired of seeing these.

And nice Grange - that one is on my wantlist. I think the 50 Tittle and 33 Grange would definitely make my all-time aesthetic list.

[th38larg]

A rough original photo of Thorpe. It's not as nice as some of the other Thorpe pieces I've seen in this thread (and I would prefer a shot from his Carlisle days), but I'm glad to have it.

This was my sole pick-up from the June RMY auction. I stayed up until about 1 AM on sniper watch. When I woke up the next morning at 7:45, I went to check on what I thought would be the final results. In actuality the auction didn't even end until 8 AM. This is madness people, we need a truce on this late night/early morning bidding!

btw, The painted photo-art on the 1950 Bowman cards is awesome. They look great in high grade.