October Pickups

brian1961 · #1 10-02-2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Bored5000

Being a Phillies fan, any Lummis Peanut Butter card has been on my bucket list for a while now. Realistically, with how rarely they come for sale or auction, I didn't think I would ever own one on my collecting budget. I was an underbidder when the Willie "Puddinhead" Jones Lummis card was included in a lot at Leon's Heritage auction a couple months ago.

I was shocked when the "Puddinhead" Jones card showed up on eBay with a decent BIN. The card just arrived, and I am excited. It is already one of my favorite cards because of how tough they are to find. Thanks to the long-time collector who made the card available.

Eddie, I'm so very happy for you! What a fantastic, meaningful pickup. That's such a swell photo of Puddinhead anyway, and now to own a Lummis; boy, am I impressed. I can sure see why it's already one of your favorites. With the card's strong eye appeal, you have yourself an equally strong conversation piece.

Thanks for sharing your joy with us. ---Brian Powell

Bored5000 · #2 10-02-2015, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by brian1961

Eddie, I'm so very happy for you! What a fantastic, meaningful pickup. That's such a swell photo of Puddinhead anyway, and now to own a Lummis; boy, am I impressed. I can sure see why it's already one of your favorites. With the card's strong eye appeal, you have yourself an equally strong conversation piece.

Thanks for sharing your joy with us. ---Brian Powell

Thanks so much, Brian

I am a very small-time collector compared to some of the five and six-figure cards that are shown on here sometimes. I have a list of about a dozen rare cards on my bucket list that I could realistically own one day -- no pipe dreams like a Baltimore News Ruth or a Wagner T206. But I still didn't really expect to ever come across one of my bucket list cards at a decent price. I have missed a couple of my bucket list cards that have appeared on eBay in recent years.

I am really interested to see where the Richie Ashburn Lummis Peanut Butter card currently in the REA auction closes. Sometimes, it is years between a Lummis Beanut Butter card appearing at auction or for sale anywhere, so I am kinda shocked to see an Ashburn Lummis card in the REA auction.

When I exchanged e-mails with the seller of the Puddinhead Lummis card, he wrote to me that he has been collecting for 40 years and he still needs three Lummis Peanut Butter cards to complete the set.

jb67 · #3 10-02-2015, 03:51 PM

MattyC congrats on landing the 55 Bowman Mantle. That is a great looking card and hard to beat. Was that an Ebay find?

Landed this 69 Mays to add to my Willie collection. I have been looking for a long time to find a nicely centered one that did not break the bank.

MattyC · #4 10-02-2015, 07:19 PM

Another stellar baseball card with that Mays right there. Finding a 69 with that centering and so square is quite the feat for a collector. 69s are pretty impossible because of that issue.

I can really appreciate a super rare piece like that Peanut Butter card; pieces like that really distinguish a collection.

Thanks regarding the kind words on the 55B. It was an eBay auction that I was sweating, due to the more intense than usual scramble going on these days for Mantles. It was a new high price for the grade I believe, but thankfully not by as much as I feared, LOL.

As I try and build the prettiest Mick Run, card for card, that I can, I continue to be amazed by how effectively rare some Mantles are to find if one is seeking certain attributes. The pop numbers really belie the difficulty.

arexcrooke · #5 10-03-2015, 03:51 PM

some awesome and really cool esoteric stuff being posted. Congrats to all!
Here are two recent pickups
Got this one with a $5 discount and a $20 coupon. The coupon was sent to me by ebay. Then I bought $100 gift card for $95 from Paypal. So not bad at all. Wish the centering was better. Ill upgrade eventually. For now am really happy to have it!

And this card has unbelievable eye appeal but has a little wax on the back. Ill take it!

RobertC · #6 10-04-2015, 07:19 AM

Just got a batch of graded coins/pins back from PSA - the 50 day grading specials seem to take forever! The only thing that I did not like was that the labels were to small for "180 back" and "200 back" for the '62 Salada coins. Not quite a complete Aaron run, but getting there. Sorry about the blurry scans. Apparently, my scanner does not like PSA's coin/pin slab. I also need to thank PSA. The coins were shipped back in two of the nice blue plastic PCGS storage boxes.

albrshbr · #7 10-04-2015, 10:35 AM

Just got this in. Took advantage of the $20 discount eBay offered.

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