March Pickups

Shoebox · #1 03-13-2015, 04:53 PM

Nice looking cards Jason.

Just my amateur opinion but if Sandy hand Monte's corners I would say you got a steal, but as is I think you paid a fair price for him.

jason.1969 · #2 03-13-2015, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoebox

Nice looking cards Jason.

Just my amateur opinion but if Sandy hand Monte's corners I would say you got a steal, but as is I think you paid a fair price for him.

Yes, I would love to trade corners if I could! I worry there may come a day when I look at my framed 56 Dodgers display and regret these corners. But if that happens, I'm hoping I can recoup most of what I paid.

jchcollins · #3 03-13-2015, 05:26 PM

This was the card that first really sparked my interest in "old" star cards as an 11 year-old back in 1988, in the midst of the Mattingly & Canseco soaked hobby that existed at the time. I found it waiting for me at a wonderful place (which is now long gone) called The Red Lantern Hobby Shop at Cotswold Mall in Charlotte, NC. I think with a little begging and after securing a loan of maybe $20 from my mother, I walked out with this card - worse centered than the example I have here, but sharp nonetheless and a speciman that would still have graded a 7 or at least a 6 today.

Flash forward less than a year - the kid down the street comes off the bus one day and says he has a baseball card I absolutely had to see - it turned out to be an totally destroyed (and waterlogged in its toploader to boot...) '65 Mantle #350. You guessed it...within about an hour I had traded my Sandy for the '65 Mantle. At the time I thought I had stumbled on something which surely should have been on display in Cooperstown (remember I was only 11, and at the time Mantle's status in the hobby and as an icon in the USA in general was only somewhat short of a total God...) I don't regret making the trade because it DID get me my first ever original Mantle card, but still - I have had regrets about giving up that nice '66 Koufax off and on - for nearly 30 years now.

Finally made it right with some birthday cash (I'm 38 now

) a couple of weeks ago. What a card! It may have been Sandy's last year, but do remember - his swan song (27-9, 1.73 ERA, 317 K's, his third and final Cy Young award when there was only one given in all of baseball...) is the single finest in baseball history. The stat line on the back showing the record 382 strikeouts in 1965 really stands out, too. In the years since my trade for the battered '65 Mantle, I have gone through other Koufax cards - including a '57 Topps which I still have - but until just a few days ago I had never had another '66. It feels good!

JollyElm · #4 03-13-2015, 05:58 PM

On a side note, I was struck by how Monte's name was signed "Monty" on that card. So I did a bit of research and found his 1952 Topps card has him as Monty Irvin (Monford Monty Irvin), too. I wonder when/why "Monty" became "Monte"??

Robextend · #5 03-13-2015, 08:14 PM

begsu1013 · #6 03-13-2015, 08:21 PM

thanks matty! I thought I had a 51 mantle locked down the other week. ended up being a scam (search recent sales on ebay). card never showed, still kinda bummed bc I have been looking for a while. there was a 52 psa dna listed a month or so ago, but it was dog ugly and guy wanted $26K I think.

jb, thanks and if it really is a 3.5 I would crack and resubmit in a heartbeat. not much risk as if trying to crack out an 8 to go for a 9. seems like only upside and considering the day, ya never know...it could come back an easy 6-7 on a good day! lemme know if ya do and what the results are....

KingFisk · #7 03-14-2015, 09:50 AM

Recently picked up this lovely '51 for my HOF rookie collection.

jb67 · #8 03-14-2015, 10:25 AM

Nice looking Irvin rookie congrats! My kind of card! Love the centering.

MattyC · #9 03-14-2015, 11:35 AM

I know we say it a ton around here but those early Bowman cards are just effing gorgeous pieces. The colors and the backgrounds are so pleasing to look at.

KingFisk · #10 03-14-2015, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jb67

Nice looking Irvin rookie congrats! My kind of card! Love the centering.

Thanks! Those 51s really are great cards. I have been lucky to get Mays, Ford and Irvin with great centering. Definitely amongst the highlights of my collection! Still don't have the Mick...maybe one of these days.

asoriano · #11 03-14-2015, 02:41 PM

begsu1013 · #12 03-14-2015, 11:55 AM

jb,

thanks for the pm. I've known about the other 52 being in the 57 spot, I just needed a quick kick in the arse to get it changed, so here she is...gave up a lil of my centering ocd to concentrate on the registration. the 57 series is a tough one in that regards. even w. my scanner it appears she is a lil washed out on the registration, but she's not...

disclaimer: this isn't a march pickup, I just couldn't figure out how to display a pic in a pm.

MattyC · #13 03-14-2015, 12:24 PM

I agree when it comes to the 57-- that is one card where one has to weigh image clarity and boldness alongside centering. Both would be ideal but like the 41 Joe D, both problems plague it with the same unfortunate frequency. The two times I have encountered a really nice bold image at a good price point, I pulled the trigger.

begsu1013 · #14 03-14-2015, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MattyC

I agree when it comes to the 57-- that is one card where one has to weigh image clarity and boldness alongside centering. Both would be ideal but like the 41 Joe D, both problems plague it with the same unfortunate frequency. The two times I have encountered a really nice bold image at a good price point, I pulled the trigger.

I think we have may the same father, matty!

jchcollins · #15 03-14-2015, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by begsu1013

jb,

thanks for the pm. I've known about the other 52 being in the 57 spot, I just needed a quick kick in the arse to get it changed, so here she is...gave up a lil of my centering ocd to concentrate on the registration. the 57 series is a tough one in that regards. even w. my scanner it appears she is a lil washed out on the registration, but she's not...

disclaimer: this isn't a march pickup, I just couldn't figure out how to display a pic in a pm.

Very nice. Back in my pseudo-dealer days I had one with just gorgeous registration and that blue-green background hue that is so hard to find, but it was O/C about 75/25 left to right and I eventually got rid of it.

cardsfan73 · #16 03-14-2015, 09:36 PM

I am a little behind on my scanning but I recently picked up some key additions to my Post-War Cardinals collection.

I also picked up some odd ball stuff and a few 1955 Double Headers. The 1961 Topps are both blank backs and the 1960 Miller is a Venezuelan (my first!).

And last I picked up some 1954 Bowmans, I am contemplating putting together a low grade set. This would be my first attempt at any set older than 1973 Topps.

brewing · #17 03-15-2015, 01:36 PM

Won a 1968 Topps set in the BST auction. Here are some key cards. The Ryan graded PSA 5 and the Bench PSA 6(ST).

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