November pickups

jason.1969 · #1 11-12-2014, 05:19 PM

The back of the Sadaharu Oh is a bit underwhelming! The Japanese writing simply says, "OUT!"

I'm assuming the cards doubled as a game, similar to how my friends and I used to play baseball with the Topps 1978 "Play Ball (Played by Two) cardbacks. most memorable to me for the Tony Armas UER featuring the outcome of STRIKE UT. (And ten points to anyone who from memory can name a player with an outcome of HOME RUN! I can't anymore, though Bobby Grich is in my head.)

oh_back.jpg armas.JPG

jason.1969 · #2 11-12-2014, 05:58 PM

This Oh card is a bit more beat up than mine and not as vintage, but it's an awfully cool picture too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sadaharu-Oh-...item27e7e331c9

First off, gotta love the ball just coming off the bat...and then, what's that? Did the sun just explode in the background?

Shoebox · #3 11-12-2014, 07:55 PM

Jason, great looking Oh card.

I found a great ebay seller with these three 58 All-stars listed. Way able to work out a package price for all three. Some diamond cut/tilt to them but the color is just fantastic. I am now 2/3 complete on the subset.

mrmopar · #4 11-13-2014, 10:07 PM

I want to say Warren Brustar was a HR, but I could be wrong. 78 was my first packs and remember them fondly, including the game.

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Originally Posted by jason.1969

(And ten points to anyone who from memory can name a player with an outcome of HOME RUN! I can't anymore, though Bobby Grich is in my head.)

jb67 · #5 11-14-2014, 08:05 AM

AustinMike some nice Mantle pickups. Post Mantle rocks the house! Congrats!

Bill some nice 75's you picked up. Those 8's look very strong and the raw pickups look great as well. How far along are you with this set? I know you recently started it.

Here are some mid-grade Mantles that I was very happy to add this month.

MattyC · #6 11-14-2014, 05:48 PM

Wow -- so much action here don't know where to begin. Let's start with the last. Those Mantles are EXACTLY what I am after these days. I'm floored by those three. They each have the best centering I've ever laid eyes on for those years. If I owned those cards I wouldn't need to buy them in a higher grade ever. Did you find them raw and self sub, in one lot, over years?

Many thanks for the props from you fellas on the new Mick. A centered 52 Mick is simply my favorite card in the world. Stings like hell to be selling cards to make it happen-- but one look at the centered 52 and it makes it okay. Not great, buy okay, LOL.

The 71 Greatest Moments is one of the more interesting (and tough) sets around, and anything having to do with a pack of those is wild.

The Newton has great style and I'd be curious to see the whole set. What a title: LEADERS OF MEN. That's baller, to make that set!

Stache, you are killing it on the selections for your 75 Set. That's the kind of curation that makes the sum much greater than the parts. As someone who spent six years building only a set of 75s (minis), I really appreciate the specimens you are choosing. Bold color, clean surfaces, centered, that set is gonna look insane when it is all together.

jb67 · #7 11-14-2014, 06:02 PM

Matt, thanks for noticing the centering on the Mantles. After seeing a lot of your pickups over this past year of mid-grade cards with great centering it got me looking at cards in a totally different way. I picked all 3 of them off of Ebay as is. I scored the 63 for what I think was a great price of $115. Could not figure out why no one jumped on that one because I hesitated for a few days. The picts were not well taken as it was on an angle and had a reflection that made part of it look like it had a white spot on the bottom near the letter OF. I gambled and when I received it I could not believe the centering and overall condition.

the 'stache · #8 11-14-2014, 11:35 PM

One more in, this really nice Catfish Hunter.

Thank you, jb and Matt.

To answer your question, jb, the 5 other Brewers I have coming in will give me 25 thus far that will be part of the set. I have some Raymond (clydepepper) also sent me, a couple of which I will use as stand ins for the time being. Long way to go, but I'm going to do some more shopping tonight. I'll probably add another 20-25 or so by the month's end. I'm not in any hurry. It's about finding the right cards for me. I've looked at a lot of cards, and finding examples that meet all my requirements is time consuming. I have a few I've bought I know I'm already going to replace, the Winfield most likely. There's one corner that's touched.

I am allowing the very smallest of print imperfections, so long as they're really only obvious upon closer inspection. And some of these the left-right centering is slightly off, but nothing more than 60-40, and eventually, I'll work on getting it to 55-45. The ones i have thus far are all real beauties. Some, like the Gibson, will be sent in for grading.

Being picky is sometimes a little maddening when you're looking for a specific card. But I've just learned to just move on to the next card on my list, and come back to something I can't find now. Once I have a little more freedom in my spending money, I'll start putting some want lists up here on the BST.

I'm having a lot of fun, and that's the most important thing.

the 'stache · #9 11-14-2014, 11:45 PM

Here's my checklist this far

1975 Topps Checklist

29. Dave Parker (PSA 8)
35. Ron Santo
38. Buddy Bell
61. Dave Winfield
74. Mark Belanger (PSA 8)
99. Mike Hegan
123. Johnny Briggs
130. Phil Niekro (PSA 8)
140. Steve Garvey
150. Bob Gibson
175. Don Money
220. Don Sutton
223. Robin Yount
230. Jim Hunter
260. Johnny Bench (PSA 8)
280. Carl Yastrzemski
281. Jim Slaton
325. Tony Oliva
360. George Scott
370. Tom Seaver (PSA 8)
432. Ken Berry
470. Jeff Burroughs
556. Tim Johnson
636. Charlie Moore
640. Harmon Killebrew (PSA 8)

One card at a time.

39special · #10 11-15-2014, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by the 'stache

One more in, this really nice Catfish Hunter.

Thank you, jb and Matt.

To answer your question, jb, the 5 other Brewers I have coming in will give me 25 thus far that will be part of the set. I have some Raymond (clydepepper) also sent me, a couple of which I will use as stand ins for the time being. Long way to go, but I'm going to do some more shopping tonight. I'll probably add another 20-25 or so by the month's end. I'm not in any hurry. It's about finding the right cards for me. I've looked at a lot of cards, and finding examples that meet all my requirements is time consuming. I have a few I've bought I know I'm already going to replace, the Winfield most likely. There's one corner that's touched.

I am allowing the very smallest of print imperfections, so long as they're really only obvious upon closer inspection. And some of these the left-right centering is slightly off, but nothing more than 60-40, and eventually, I'll work on getting it to 55-45. The ones i have thus far are all real beauties. Some, like the Gibson, will be sent in for grading.

Being picky is sometimes a little maddening when you're looking for a specific card. But I've just learned to just move on to the next card on my list, and come back to something I can't find now. Once I have a little more freedom in my spending money, I'll start putting some want lists up here on the BST.

I'm having a lot of fun, and that's the most important thing.

Very nice Catfish Bill! Good luck with the set.Looking good so far!

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