New here--first post with intro and some scans.

[Piratesfan1418]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

Brad,

1909.

Nice! I was actually in Pittsburgh last year for the Tigers-Pirates series and for Sunday's game they wore the throwbacks from the 1909 series. It was a great experience and the Pirates won!

[Brian Van Horn]

Brad,

Thank You and here are some cards you may like to view. They are not done to scale (the Maranville is much smaller):

[peterose4hof]

Hi Brad,

Welcome! I am relatively new here myself. This is an unbelievably mature and sophisticated forum, most of the time

I have a quickie suggestion for you concerning scanning. When you scan cards that have a white border put a dark colored (black) piece of paper behind the cards and the scanner will crop/autocrop the cards to include all of the white border.

Good luck building your vintage Pirates collection!

[Jewish-collector]

Welcome Brad. I love Pittsburgh & especially Squirrel Hill

[Leon]

Welcome Brad.

If I can ever help you in any way just let me know.

[oldjudge]

Good luck Brad. Remember that collecting is a marathon, not a sprint. BTW, if you were a catcher you might appreciate this book about the origins of the position:

Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero by Peter Morris (It is available on Amazon)

[glynparson]

Welcome to the boards.

[uffda51]

[smtjoy]

Welcome aboard and glad to see another pirate fan-