March Pickups...

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by packs

Picked up this Japanese menko card featuring Ruth and Gehrig. The photo is from a 1929 barnstorming tour so I'm guessing the card is from close to the same time. I don't know how many other cards feature both Ruth and Gehrig together so I had to have it:

Nice find! The text on the back says "...he hit 60 home runs the year before last..." so that would definitely date the card to 1929.

[dstudeba]

Holy Smokes Ed, incredible card. I did not expect to see that in the pickups.

packs the image on your Cuban card is spectacular, thanks for sharing.

[glchen]

Very happy to win this w529-8 ifs sheet to match the second "yellow tint" version that I already have.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by glchen

Very happy to win this w529-8 ifs sheet to match the second "yellow tint" version that I already have.

Gary - I saw that one but didn't really know what it was. If I recall, the item description said W516-2 or something to that effect.

Very neat strip card sheet! Congrats on the pick-up!

[glchen]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Gary - I saw that one but didn't really know what it was. If I recall, the item description said W516-2 or something to that effect.

Very neat strip card sheet! Congrats on the pick-up!

Thanks, Derek! Yep, Heritage incorrectly described the item as a W516-2 sheet, which is funny because they also auctioned the other one as part of Leon's auction in 2015 with the correct set name.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

Holy Smokes Ed, incredible card. I did not expect to see that in the pickups.

packs the image on your Cuban card is spectacular, thanks for sharing.

Thanks Dan, I never expected to see it on e-bay!

[packs]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Nice find! The text on the back says "...he hit 60 home runs the year before last..." so that would definitely date the card to 1929.

Thanks for the info! I figured it was too esoteric to pass up. It's hard to find a Ruth or Gehrig card that you haven't seen before.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Nice find! The text on the back says "...he hit 60 home runs the year before last..." so that would definitely date the card to 1929.

Beautiful card. Whoa.