September Pickups

[RayBShotz]

One of my favorite baseball cards of all-time.
And a tremendous childhood memory maker.
Welcome The Koos!
RayB

[Iwantmorecards77]

A minor addition to the rookie collection...

[jason.1969]

It's been a week since I took a look here. I just LOVE what I see.

The Ted Williams cards with the story attached feels like what collecting is all about. Yeah, some guys make money off cardboard also, but what separates cards from gold or pork belly futures are the memories. So many of our cards tell stories, whether of the player's real or embellished feats from our youth, of the quirky way we acquired the card, or--maybe these days--the thrill of getting back a particular grade. Add a 1954 Bowman to those three Teds and you can retire from Williams collecting--what a great grouping!

The Koosman was really a beautiful card as well. Would look nice next to a 1969 Nolan Ryan. I love the color in both. And for that matter, why not throw in a 1968 Ryan/Koosman!

But what really made me happy was seeing the George Foster RC posted above. Whatever the final stat lines and Cooperstown voting were, there were no bigger giants on the diamond when I was a kid than George Foster, Steve Garvey, and Dave Parker. That none of the three made the Hall does little to diminish the memories.

[jason.1969]

I've been in a cardboard drought since nabbing the 1936 Hartnett, but I was thrilled to add this Hank Aaron "rookie" bobblehead to my Hank display. This was released only this past week to Braves "A-List" season ticket holders only, with a total of 1512 produced.

Still hoping to post actual cardboard again soon, but my want list is pretty much down to Ruth/Gehrig, which makes it really tough!

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[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by RayBShotz

One of my favorite baseball cards of all-time.
And a tremendous childhood memory maker.
Welcome The Koos!
RayB

That's so bizarre seeing Koos wearing number 47 and not his renown number 36.

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by RayBShotz

One of my favorite baseball cards of all-time.
And a tremendous childhood memory maker.
Welcome The Koos!
RayB

Nice card... Think mine can land a 9 like yours? It's in my stack to send to PSA.

[mintacular]

No, that Raw Koos is no higher than a 7 due to touched corners and centering

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by mintacular

No, that Raw Koos is no higher than a 7 due to touched corners and centering

Actually the centering qualifies for a 9... it looks off more than it is, but it is basically 60/40. No argument on the corners, though the touches are light and harder to see even with a magnifying glass than on that scan.

[Jenx34]

This might be my favorite pickup from the Sterling Sports Auction.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Jenx34

This might be my favorite pickup from the Sterling Sports Auction.

Nice card! I was looking at the sales and wondered if anyone from here won that card?

Congrats.

[Jenx34]

I had a pretty nice night, I thought. Missed out on a '75 PSA 8 Thurman Munson and '55 PSA 6 Jackie Robinson, but picked up these cards...

1959 Topps #478 Bob Clemente PSA 6
1967 Topps #400 Bob Clemente PSA 7
1968 Topps #247 Johnny Bench PSA 6 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #30 Blyleven PSA 8 & #320 Rose PSA 7, Lot of (2)
1975 Topps #70 Mike Schmidt PSA 8
1975 Topps #223 Robin Yount PSA 7 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #620 Gary Carter PSA 8.5 *Rookie*
1975 Topps #640 Harmon Killebrew PSA 8
1975 Topps #660 Hank Aaron PSA 7

I thought I got good deals on the Clemente's and Bench. May have overpaid for the Schmidt, but I am building a nice '75 set and any PSA 8's can't hurt. I have the full set now and plan to send several cards to PSA (may have a 10 or 2, but should have a fair amount of 9's and lots of 8's. Trying to make it as high grade as I can without getting stupid. I'll sell doubles once I determine which ones to keep. May actually pull the trigger on 2 or 3 "high grade" sets this coming week. Will take a lot of work to meld all into one "master" set, but I love '75's so what the hell.