November Pick Ups

[BabyRuth]

Picked up this Century Theater's photo premium of Ruth and Gehrig

[pherbener]

Very happy to have finally picked up a copy of this guy!

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Very happy to have finally picked up a copy of this guy!

Beauty!!! Looks super nice for the grade as well!

[Brian]

Lower East Side, 1910s-20s. Note the Helmar Cigarettes sign in the background

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by Brian

Lower East Side, 1910s-20s. Note the Helmar Cigarettes sign in the background

I love the photo Brian!

[JimC]

Couldn't resist this one.

[Brian]

Thanks, Lou!

Brian

[glchen]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

Picked up this Century Theater's photo premium of Ruth and Gehrig

Hi Jim, nice pickup! I've never seen that premium before. It reminds me of the 1948 RKO Theatre Babe Ruth premium.

[RayBShotz]

Two recent additions to my M101-4 Sporting News Backs effort.

[BabyRuth]

Originally Posted by glchen

Hi Jim, nice pickup! I've never seen that premium before. It reminds me of the 1948 RKO Theatre Babe Ruth premium.

Gary,
Well spotted!!! I've never seen this premium either!!! It has a similar back to the RKO and Allied Artist premiums I have!!! Here's a back pic

[Howe’s Hunter]

It has been since August 2023 that a Howe-stamped card needed to get to a “complete” set of 522 has shown up (since the McCormick Howe Mercantile didn’t sell Polar Bear, there is no Demmitt or O’Hare). Jeff contacted me last week, saying he had found this in a lot he recently purchased and was checking to see if it was one I still needed. Indeed it was. Of the 114 needed to get to a complete set, it was one of the 85 I hadn’t seen show up in any auction or anyone’s collection.

Thanks, Jeff, now down to 113.

[cliffyb]

My first (and given the current market, likely my only) Wagner. Super excited.

[Brent G.]

I was able to check another set off in my quest for early Indianapolis baseball — Denny was the last MLB position player to play his entire career without a glove.

It's been amazing to learn about so many issues through this site since I joined 3 months ago.

Always on the lookout for an 1888 WG1 and 1950 Sawyer Biscuit 8x10 ...

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Howe’s Hunter

It has been since August 2023 that a Howe-stamped card needed to get to a “complete” set of 522 has shown up (since the McCormick Howe Mercantile didn’t sell Polar Bear, there is no Demmitt or O’Hare). Jeff contacted me last week, saying he had found this in a lot he recently purchased and was checking to see if it was one I still needed. Indeed it was. Of the 114 needed to get to a complete set, it was one of the 85 I hadn’t seen show up in any auction or anyone’s collection.

Thanks, Jeff, now down to 113.

I've observed you here on N54 from a distance making these pick ups for years. I think it's probably the neatest thing I've seen. It is inspiring. I would love to do something just like this somehow. Good luck to you as you track down the rest.

[gabrinus]

Sam, that's a great condition for a rare back...Jerry

[glchen]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

Gary,
Well spotted!!! I've never seen this premium either!!! It has a similar back to the RKO and Allied Artist premiums I have!!! Here's a back pic

Sweet! I wonder if these all came out at the same time. Can you show your Allied Artist premium front and back? I'm not sure if I've seen that one either. Thanks!

[RayBShotz]

Arrived within days of each other.
Sporting News and Green-Joyce Griffiths.
RayB

[mordecaibrown1]

Steve again fantastic VA Wagner, may never see another! Besides the Wagner I was also able to pick up a Type 3 Young.

[cliffyb]

Love that Wagner. Great colors!