May pickups

[Rhotchkiss]

Steve, two total awesome cards. Congrats. I can’t believe Val would part with a t214 Wajo- you must have worked very hard on that one!

[T206Collector]

Can't believe I was able to pull this absolute stunner down from Heritage last night. Although not identified by Heritage in its description, this signed supplement comes from the Doc Steen collection, which made its way to auction on May 16, 2015. I now have 18 of the possible 53 from that collection.

From the original auction in 2015:
Dr. Clarence G. "Doc" Steen, began collecting baseball autographs in 1910 and he collected his entire life passing away in 1965. Doc Steen sent players photos to sign, most in the form of these premiums, storing them carefully and out of the light. After his passing these signed photos were placed in a safety deposit box where they remained for decades. As a result of this careful handling and storage the majority of his collection are signatures that rate 8-10 on a scale of 1-10.

[iowadoc77]

Absolutely stunning Nap item! The signature is amazing on that one. And so is the provenance!

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Absolutely stunning Nap item! The signature is amazing on that one. And so is the provenance!

Thanks so much! I am still shocked I was able to get it.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Steve, two total awesome cards. Congrats. I can’t believe Val would part with a t214 Wajo- you must have worked very hard on that one!

Ryan, I had that T214 Victory in my WaJo collection for roughly 25 years. But, being a lover of the advertising on the backs of cards, the amount of paper loss on the back "bothered" me for all those years. Had the paper loss been much less, I would not have parted with it. Upon learning how much progress Steve had made with his back run of the WaJo pitching pose, I felt this card belonged in his collection moreso than it did mine.

Another factor in my decision is that I am a much bigger fan of real-photo, black-and-white cards than I am of the colorful, artist-created cards (except for the T206 WaJo portrait, the best looking pre-War card ever made). So, I'm happily working on back runs of WaJo's 1916, 1917, and 1921-22 real-photo issues.