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12-01-2021, 07:27 PM
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December Pickup Thread
This was delivered today. I picked it up to begin the expansion of my Steve Carlton run. It goes nicely with the 1972-80 base cards, plus the 1965.
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12-01-2021, 08:03 PM
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With this pickup, I've coined a new phrase, "Slab Blind." I was so enthralled with this beautiful, sharp-cornered Willie Mays card and its epic centering that I completely, utterly missed the fact that the case was actually cracked and missing a piece at the bottom. Oy vey!! There was no mention of it in the listing, so it just passed under my radar. Perhaps the fact it's at the bottom of the slab made it easy to miss? Who knows, but very foolish. Lesson learned.
1968Mays50PSA8ST.jpg The seller is an upstanding guy, so I accepted a small, partial refund to pay (or approach paying) for a reholdering, if PSA is even still doing that these days. Thankfully, there is no evidence the card was switched out, and since the 'stain' is non-existent, if there's ever a new group sub, I will definitely be breaking it out one way or another to get it righted.
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Elm's Adventures in Cardboard Land  https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyElm Looking to trade? Here's my bucket: https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396...57685904801706 “I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.” Casey Stengel Spelling "Yastrzemski" correctly without needing to look it up since the 1980s. Overpaying yesterday is simply underpaying tomorrow.  Last edited by JollyElm; 12-01-2021 at 08:04 PM.
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12-02-2021, 08:49 AM
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12-02-2021, 09:22 AM
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Been lurking here a while and mainly post on Blowout forums. Think I would much prefer it here. I get caught up in the grading arguments and NFT's there and think this would be a better place for me. Focus on collecting what I want and none of the other nonsense that goes on in the hobby. I just started to put together the base run of Hank Aaron cards and I am focusing on making it as cheap as possible with cards which I consider have great eye appeal. Here is my fourth graded Aaron that arrived in the mail yesterday. It is a beautiful PSA 3 IMO.
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12-02-2021, 09:47 AM
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 Filling in some holes in the Hank Aaron collection with this 1974 Laughlin and one of his Leaders cards I didn’t have yet. 
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12-04-2021, 06:34 AM
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November purchase December arrival.
Just an upgrade to my other Karl Olsen black back card, which is a tough card to find centered and in decent shape. I'm a bit disappointed with this one in hand but that is nobody's fault but mine.
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12-05-2021, 10:10 AM
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On their way back from Florida.
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12-06-2021, 11:59 AM
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A card I’ve wanted for quite some time. Good color and image focus (which can be problematic on this card...) trump other condition issues for me at this point.
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12-06-2021, 06:37 PM
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I continue to chip away at my 1972 Topps baseball set. I received 49 cards towards that quest today. Some from COMC some really nice high number cards from mintacular on this site. The Frank Howard was also received from a net 54 member, 73toppsmann.
Thanks to both gentlemen on the card additions. Cheers, Butch
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“Man proposes and God disposes.” U.S. Grant, July 1, 1885 Completed: 1969 - 2000 Topps Baseball Sets and Traded Sets. Senators and Frank Howard fan. I collect Topps baseball variations -- I can quit anytime I want to.....I DON'T WANT TO. Last edited by butchie_t; 12-06-2021 at 06:48 PM.
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12-06-2021, 07:26 PM
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12-07-2021, 10:01 AM
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12-07-2021, 04:56 PM
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Arrived this week!
 
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Bought from: orioles93, JK, Chstrite, lug-nut, Bartholomew_Bump_Bailey, IgnatiusJReilly, jb67, dbfirstman, DeanH3, wrm, Beck6 Sold to: Sean1125, sayitaintso, IgnatiusJReilly, hockeyhockey, mocean, wondo, Casey2296, Belfast1933, Yoda, Peter_Spaeth, hxcmilkshake, kaddyshack, OhioCardCollector, Gorditadogg, Jay Wolt, ClementeFanOh, JollyElm, EddieZ, 4reals, uyu906
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12-07-2021, 05:22 PM
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That Brooks Robinson reminds me that it's cold and flu season.
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12-07-2021, 06:43 PM
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I'm loving the Campy's ya'll are posting....keep 'em coming!
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12-07-2021, 06:58 PM
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12-08-2021, 04:13 AM
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Neal, that 63 Koufax is beautiful.
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12-08-2021, 08:24 AM
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12-08-2021, 05:43 PM
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Gave up looking for a graded version of this card for my PC. I am not going to pay $50 plus for a PSA/SGC 7 version when I can get a nice raw version for under $12. If grading ever becomes reasonable again I will send it in to match my PC, but until then I will be introducing a lot more cards into my PC in a one touch.
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12-08-2021, 06:33 PM
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Nice Sutter and love the thought process….my OCD side says “come on, pay up” but my brain says this makes a lot of sense!!
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12-08-2021, 06:35 PM
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That’s a beauty, aside from the 56 I think this one is my next favorite!!
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Sheesh, SGC is tough anymore. But I will take cards that look like this all day long:
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I mostly lurk, but I am over the moon to have landed this card
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Thanks fellas! My goal was a low grade copy with great registration. This card is perfect to me
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12-11-2021, 10:37 AM
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Well done! Want to trade?
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Forgive my ignorance, fellas, but what is meant by registration? Is that meant in reference to the PSA barcode number?
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12-11-2021, 12:42 PM
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registration refers to how the inks align with each other. Poor registration can create a fuzzy out-of-focus image, inks that overlap each other where they shouldn’t, white gaps where there should be none, etc. The better the registration, the sharper the image.
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Ungraded Topps sets in progress ------------------------ 1971 562/752 - 75% - NM+ 1975 297/660 - 45% - NMMT 1968 261/598 - 44% - NM+ 1969 231/664 - 35% - NM+ 1974 216/728 - 30% - NM+ 1957 100/411 - 24% - NM ------------------------ All 6 1667/3813 - 44% Also looking to buy (non-sport) pre-1970 beer cans and pre-1950 beer advertising
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Here an example of a card with poor registration. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though. I LOVE cards like this.
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Ha! Thanks, guys. I've always known what that looks like, just didn't realize it was called registration. I'd say something like, the lines are so sharp and crisp, and the colors are vivid, et cetera.
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