Best Pick-Up of 2012

[Rickyy]

Great stuff everyone... here goes some of mine...









Ricky Y

[RCMcKenzie]

Great year. lots of fun stuff from board members and auction houses. here are a few...

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Esterbrook upgrade..
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[Vintagecatcher]

Picked up my best item, Claude Berry T4 Obak Cabinet last week.

Other highlights included:

1909 Hap Hogan horizontal Obak
1912 Berry HRK
D310 Mitze

Happy New Year

Patrick

[t206blogcom]

The card that got me to 518/518

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by t206blogcom

The card that got me to 518/518

Looks familiar! Congrats again on 518!

[peterb69]

T205 Wilhelm "Suffered". Might have overpayed a bit, but this leaves me with just the Hoblitzell "no stats" to complete my T205 master set.

[Leon]

No one is going to match Joe G's cutest little baby on earth pick up. But in the collecting arena I was happy to pick up this Ferguson's Bakery Pillow top premium with Wagner, Mathewson, Johnson, Cobb, Alexander, Evers, Maranville etc.....One of two I have ever seen and the only one I have seen with Honus on it. it is approximately 21" x 23".

[brookdodger55]

My Zack Wheat Conlon Photo with Authentic Note to his close friend Paul Schreiber with Signature

[dog*dirt]

I was glad to check this one off my list

[h2oya311]

Nice stuff everyone!! It's hard to pick just one for me, so I grabbd my five best "HOF Rookie" pick-ups of 2012. What a year!! Thanks to the many Net54 board members who have helped me w/ my impossible collection dream (but I'm getting closer)...

1905 Cobb, 1908 Marquard, 1909 Bancroft, 1912 Southworth, 1937 T. Williams

[EGreenwood]

This would have to be mine:

[ValKehl]

Fantastic cards everyone! My co-best pickups of 2012 are:

(1) This E222 A.W. H. Caramel blew my collecting budget for 2012, but I just can't resist scarce/rare cards of Virginia League players!

(2) This easy-on-my-budget T210-1 Old Mill card of "Oyster Joe" Martina thrilled me because I didn't know it existed until I stumbled across it in a Huggins & Scott Auction. One of my (far too many) collecting focuses is cards of the players of the 1924 Washington Senators World Series Champs, and I am striving to obtain at least one card of every player on this team; until I saw this card, I had thought that the only existing card of Martina is his 1924 Diaz Cigarettes (a scarce Cuban issue) card, which I've never seem and probably never will see!

Joe Martina was fortunate in that, at age 34, he was part of a championship team for his only year in the majors - he had a 6-8 won-loss record for the Senators during the regular season, and he appeared in one 1924 W. S. game, pitching one scoreless inning. But, amazingly, Martina pitched for 21 years in the minors, between 1910 and 1931, during which time he won a total of 349 games against 277 losses.
Val

[atx840]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

(1) This E222 A.W. H. Caramel blew my collecting budget for 2012, but I just can't resist scarce/rare cards of Virginia League players!

Now that's a pickup.

[mrvster]

been a great year

[abothebear]

Cool cards, everybody.

It has been a light year for me, but I was able to get a Speedway Kell I had been searching for. I also picked up some low grade pre-war HOFs via trade with Brian M.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by mrvster

been a great year

Nice front on the T206 McIntyre...too bad the back is so messed up.

Brian

[ullmandds]

Great cards guys...love the freaks guys...and the Wheat photo...and the E222...great stuff!!!!!

Here's mine...I think?!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great Ruth card, Peter!

[glchen]

This beater E121-80 partial sheet or store display is my favorite pickup this year.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by mrvster

been a great year

Wow that back is awesome. Looks like I'm reading the back of a normal card after a few drinks.

[x2drich2000]

Great cards everyone,

While my two favorites are definitely not going to win any awards for most valuable, I was very happy to pick up this E93 Mathewson with a blank back and W554 Cochrane with Bonemery back.




DJ

[paul]

For me, it has to be these two Zeenuts, along with a very nice S81 Alexander (sorry no scan of Alexander). I don't know why these two cards are not to scale.

[joeadcock]

Joe:best pick up belongs to you.
Derek:Wow!!!
Leon:nice
Val:When I grow up hope I get an A.W.H.

[ZernialFan]

For me it's these 3 since I'm kind of spread out over the years.................

[Jacklitsch]

Nice Claxton Paul!

[mrvster]

Great cards everyone jamies my favorite so far...

[joeadcock]

2012 favorites for me:

[Brian Van Horn]

Some:

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great American Caramel sheet, Gary!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I never thought in my wildest dreams I would own a Gehrig autograph, let alone on a card as scarce, because of his short signing window.

And the Foxx I took a gamble and bought raw, looks like that turned out fine

Love this Wheat too

[glchen]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Great American Caramel sheet, Gary!

Thanks, Phil!

[JohnP0621]

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[jthorst75]

Finally got my X-mas present in. It will go nicely
with the other three T206 Cobbs from the set.

[ullmandds]

Sweet greeny! He goes well with red cobby for xmas!

[CMIZ5290]

T206 Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn) PSA 8. I have been hunting for this card for almost 10 years!! Best X-mas present ever! Thanks for the scan below Chris......

[atx840]

Amazing card Kevin!!

[CMIZ5290]

Bill- thanks for not talking me into your SGC 84! I owe you!

[Mikehealer]

Pete- Great Ruth.

Jason- Nice Cobb.

[jthorst75]

Thanks Mike; just grateful to have a wife who knows what I am looking for.

[CW]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Sweet greeny! He goes well with red cobby for xmas!

Yes, he does. And, yes, that's a sweet Cobb.

[tlwise12]

I was fortunate enough to pick up some good cards and memorabilia including a circa 1920s Cuban Stars photo with Eustaquio Pedroso pictured, but I was VERY fortunate to receive another blessing... My daughter McKinlee was born on December 17, 2012 at 4:44am.

[Jaybird]

congrats, Travis. Nice pickup and certainly one you'll remember

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tlwise12

I was fortunate enough to pick up some good cards and memorabilia including a circa 1920s Cuban Stars photo with Eustaquio Pedroso pictured, but I was VERY fortunate to receive another blessing... My daughter McKinlee was born on December 17, 2012 at 4:44am.

Congrats Travis!! There goes your card budget though .

[Brian Van Horn]

One more, admittedly O/T:

[Joe_G.]

Congrats Travis, look at all that hair! You'll probably find yourself, like me, more likely to scan Net54 in the middle of the night than daytime. The twins keep us busy pretty much around the clock.

[piedmont150]

All received from board members and I have an even better one on the way. Thanks To Andy G., and Mike H. and Kevin M. for the ones on the way..

[JohnP0621]

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Just picked up the Green Cobb to go along with the other 3.

[CW]

That's a nice looking quartet!

[jthorst75]

Originally Posted by JohnP0621

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Just picked up the Green Cobb to go along with the other 3.

I did the same with recently picking up my Green Cobb! It has been the toughest and spendiest Cobb of the 4. Although mine aren't 4s, they do however do well for there assigned grades.

[ynnek4]

Originally Posted by jthorst75

I did the same with recently picking up my Green Cobb! It has been the toughest and spendiest Cobb of the 4. Although mine aren't 4s, they do however do well for there assigned grades.

How does that "bat on" get a 2?!?