April Pickups

[AustinMike]

Two more Mantles in the mail today.

A '53 Bowman and a Manny Baseball Land 8 X 10 photo of unknown date, probably from the late '50s or early '60s. Kind of disappointed in the '53. The white marks to the right of his head are on the card, the rest are from the photo. Should have looked at it on the 'puter screen and not the phone. Might have noticed it then.

[Bestdj777]

Nice pickups Mike. The Manny's photo isn't one I've seen before and the 53 Bowman looks great. If you are concerned with the white spots, you can always go over them with a ball point pen like the previous owners of many of my cards have done. They are hard to see though and it looks very sharp.

[MattyC]

That 53B Mick is real sharp and those white/cream dots are not uncommon for the card. Worthy of the grade no doubt and presents really nicely.

Found this money looking Raines hiding out on eBay.

Also, just got these other ones delivered today and was able to do some proper clear scans at the office, so please do excuse the double images!
Always happy when cards in hand surpass expectations from the listing scans.

I am really becoming a huge fan of what I guess could be called "phantom" creases, and by that to say creases or wrinkles that appear only in certain, harsh light. This #144 Ruth, for example, loses almost all its creases when viewed in normal light in hand! It's really wild. Then under harsh light of course all its blemishes come out, but I always view my cards under normal light conditions. Can save bundles. My 1933 Goudey Gehrig has the same phenomenon; under harsh light, a vertical wrinkle/crease right down his torso; but in hand in normal light, the crease/wrinkle is completely gone!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

If you are concerned with the white spots, you can always go over them with a ball point pen ...

LOL!!! I hadn't thought of that.

[MattyC]

This bad boy was listed for all of about 4 seconds last night, LOL! Talk about a card found brutally centered 99% of the time.