October Pick-Ups...

pete zouras · #1 10-13-2020, 07:31 AM

On my way to a quartet of 1956 set building.

JollyElm · #2 10-14-2020, 04:04 PM

This is the type of card I like to refer to as 'the reality of the wax pack.' Sure, according to the grading standards PSA established for themselves, the card is technically off-centered. No argument there, but this is undoubtedly what 99.9% of the cards coming out of Topps packs looked like in the summer of '64...imperfectly centered. However, the snow-white corners are sharp and beautiful, and I would never look at this quartet of sluggers and immediately think, "Hey, that card is off-center!!" No frickin' way!!

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Eric72 · #3 10-14-2020, 07:48 PM

Considering the other cards in this thread, the one I picked up isn't much. It's rather the equivalent of "bringing a knife to a gunfight" or something similar.

Still, as a lifelong Phillies fan, I really like this card. Ruthven was a key pitcher on the 1980 staff that finally won a World Series...the first one in the team's then-97-year history.

It was on my eBay watch list for a while. After looking at it for the umpteenth time, I decided to just buy it. At less than $16 shipped, the card was well worth it to me.

danx · #4 10-15-2020, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric72

Considering the other cards in this thread, the one I picked up isn't much. It's rather the equivalent of "bringing a knife to a gunfight" or something similar.

Still, as a lifelong Phillies fan, I really like this card. Ruthven was a key pitcher on the 1980 staff that finally won a World Series...the first one in the team's then-97-year history.

It was on my eBay watch list for a while. After looking at it for the umpteenth time, I decided to just buy it. At less than $16 shipped, the card was well worth it to me.

Beautiful Ruthven, Eric - great cards in this thread, overall, but yours is what it's all about...

Eric72 · #5 10-17-2020, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by danx

Beautiful Ruthven, Eric - great cards in this thread, overall, but yours is what it's all about...

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.

Eric72 · #6 10-17-2020, 02:00 PM

I picked up another 1970's Topps card of a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher last week. This '72 issue focuses on the trade which brought Carlton to Philly. It would mark the beginning of spectacular run. "Lefty" would win the Cy Young Award that year, his first of four in eleven seasons.

gustomania · #7 10-17-2020, 02:15 PM

Added this to my Koufax thread but pretty excited about this one....

jchcollins · #8 10-27-2020, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric72

I picked up another 1970's Topps card of a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher last week. This '72 issue focuses on the trade which brought Carlton to Philly. It would mark the beginning of spectacular run. "Lefty" would win the Cy Young Award that year, his first of four in eleven seasons.

Beautiful, congrats. To me this card is ridiculously underrated - for the points you make. It's his first card with the Phillies, the team he is best remembered on. Moreover, '72 for Carlton was one of the best seasons any pitcher ever had in the history of the game. If that was a Nolan Ryan card, it would be worth 4 or 5 times what Lefty is. Makes no sense. He's underrated everywhere, but that fact has always struck me about the '72 Traded.

cgriffith · #9 10-18-2020, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

This is the type of card I like to refer to as 'the reality of the wax pack.' Sure, according to the grading standards PSA established for themselves, the card is technically off-centered. No argument there, but this is undoubtedly what 99.9% of the cards coming out of Topps packs looked like in the summer of '64...imperfectly centered. However, the snow-white corners are sharp and beautiful, and I would never look at this quartet of sluggers and immediately think, "Hey, that card is off-center!!" No frickin' way!!

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Beautiful card, even if it�s technically (OC) it�s imperfectly perfect.

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