Football Pickup Thread

[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.

[Footballdude]

My first pick up from a board member.

On my limited budget I usually have to be happy with getting a few cards at a time, here and there. Rarely do I get the opportunity to buy in "larger" quantities. But board member Mikehealer helped me out with doing just that. From him I acquired 26 1955 Bowman's, all in one shot. It doesn't get me close to finishing the set, but it does almost double the number of cards I now have.
I'm stoked!

[PowderedH2O]

Great pickup! I'm about halfway through the set through little odd purchases here and there. Mine is maybe Vg-Ex/Ex though. Yours look great! Good luck!!!

[Footballdude]

Thanks Sam! Good luck on your as well. I had a small stack of duplicates that I accumulated after upgrading some of mine, but they all got stolen out of my antique mall showcase over a year ago. I was NOT happy that day.

[the 'stache]

I can't believe I've never really poked my nose into the football card forum. Some great stuff in here, guys. I have to pop in here more often, especially once I am able to start buying cards again in about another month or so. I have a nice checklist of cards I want to acquire, foremost among them the Joe Montana and Dan Marino rookie cards. I had them as a kid, and got rid of them because I was a dummy.

I look forward to posting in here soon, guys I have lots of vintage Packers to buy, too.

Keep up the great pickups, everybody!

[tim]

I've been thinking about starting the 1964 Kahn's set for some time now. I couldn't pass up the chance to start it off strong with the quarterback from my hometown team.
--Tim

[jb67]

Nice looking Tarkenton and love the looks of the 55 Bowman lot.

Just picked these two cards up from a local card show. Plan to send them in to get graded. The backs are very clean on both cards. Hope to get at least a 5 or better. Funny how you can go looking for baseball cards and end up with football cards.

[iowadoc77]

Those are very nice, especially the Baugh. Good luck with grading!

[jb67]

The centering is what sold me. There were a couple of other cards in the about the same condition but the centering was off so I passed. Hopefully they will not come back as being altered. They don't appear to be but then again I am not an expert and this is the first time buying a raw grade bowman from the 50's. No matter how it turns out they both still look good to me and that is why I made the purchase.

[oddball]

Both of those cards present themselves very nicely. Congrats on scoring those!

[TanksAndSpartans]

This is one of those rare cases where I put in a bid on an auction thinking for sure I would lose and I actually won. I can't decide if I like the card... I looked at the black spots under magnification and it didn't tell me much - still don't know what they are - marker/paint? I bid on it because I thought the surface was relatively nice. Even some of the scratches that show in the scan are on the case (the case is well loved for sure - I think they may have played catch with it... while drinking). I guess the card is growing on me... I like the concept of picking up low grade cards that present decently, but then once I have them my OCD starts to pick them apart. Here it is: