April Pick Up Thread

[Mikehealer]

Nice Speaker, tbob.

[Browncow75]

My only win in Lipset's auction...eh - its a (re!)start! They are 8 SC350-460 Factory 42s and 3 42 OPs.

[Tim Kindler]

Picked up 7 more E98s towards the Master Set I am building. Lower grades certainly don't bother me! I love the vibrant colors! Thanks to a board member for these. As tbob mentioned in a recent thread, these sure are getting hard to come by....between Heritage and REA, I believe I only saw a measly 3 up for sale from both auction houses, 3 poor examples in a lot of 132 other cards 2 that aren't scanned are a Blue Kling PSA1 and an Orange Mullin PSA 3 that I picked up in the most recent B & L auction.

[3-2-count]

Nice group of E98's Tim.

[Tim Kindler]

Thanks Tony, I appreciatte the compliment on my E98s. My entire collection of E98s are 10s, 20s, 30s,and 40s because those are the ones that I can afford, and that is perfectly alright with me! I don't post much, but the "Pick Up" thread is what I love about this board and our hobby: People getting to show off what they treasure about their collections. You see things on this thread every month that might be worth $10 to $10,000. or more. It is nice to see people passionate about their collections no matter how valuable or high of a grade they are. I really think most true collectors are like me in that they collect what they want and what they can afford. I try not to get caught up in threads that involve people bickering over which cards and collections are better than someone else's, because I feel that everyone's collection is special as long as it is special to the collector themselves. I collect what I know I can afford, making sure I still can afford to support my 4 kids, and I feel that my collection is the coolest in the world because it is mine. I also respect anyone who thinks that theirs is the coolest in the world because it is theirs. That's what collecting is all about to me: collecting what you want and can afford (My passion happens to be E98s) and talking baseball history related to your collection with others. Oh, here are my other 2 E98 pickup this month that exceeded the 5 scan limit of my last post.

[tbob]

Nice cards, Tim. I especially like that green Tenney. Never forget that in the E98s, an SGC 40/PSA 3 is not lower grade, it is a very substantial grade. Good luck on the master set!
tbob

[Kawika]

A few months ago Jim Rivera, T206 back collector extraordinaire, appealed to me to sell him a couple of T211 Red Sun cards that he wanted to complement the Southern League "expanded" set he was building. I had them primarily as type cards and wasn't particularly attached to either one to the point that I wouldn't release them to a higher calling. I sold them to Jim at my cost and was content in the knowledge that I had helped out a fellow collector. That feeling was validated when Jim posted the link to his ImageEvent Southern League display and I could take pleasure in knowing that I had a small part in that spectacular collection. Fast forward to yesterday, the mail arrives with a registered surprise, contained within this beautiful card, one venerable collector helping out a T206 newbie put together a back collection. Thank you very much, Jim. That was a righteous thing you did.