May pickup thread

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by YazFenway08

My first ever "pick-up" post.

These cards were, literally, the ones that got me interested in vintage cards back in 1983. I was visiting a dear family friend with my parents...the adults were doing their adult things and I was sitting on a porch ripping into some '83 topps packs, watching the Braves play on TV. The friend saw what I was doing, and went to retrieve his childhood collection to share...we talked for what seemed like hours about the players, baseball and his fandom of Heine Manush. He was a super cool guy...WW2 vet, Ohio State track guy...just a good dude
I was hooked...

Fast forward almost 40 years. I re-connected with this gentlemen's daughter after finding a birthday card he had sent me years ago with a '33 Goudey Jesse Haines inside. All of our parent's recently passed, we were catching up and baseball came up...and I asked whatever happened to that wonderful collection.

Long story short, I was honored to be able to add these cards to my and my dad's collection.

The Ruth has a couple of creases, but overall pretty nice in hand. Certainly not high grade, but presentable. All of the Diamond Stars are actually very nice...again, not high grade but no creases, just corners and surface wear. The '33 Foxx, Bengough and Grove are pretty rough...but "intact" and look look just like I remember them. I had even saved the piece of paper where I had "catalogued" these back in '83.

sorry for the ramble...I love this site and have enjoyed talking with some of you
hope y'all have a great Memorial Day...I'll be watching baseball, looking at these cards...and I think i have a couple of old '83 topps packs to rip into

Mike

I love that story! So cool

[MikeGarcia]

..Even though there's several days left in the month , I'm gonna go out on a limb here and pronounce your post of that ''pick-up'' as the winner of May 2021......thanks , great story , the stuff from which dreams are made..

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[ASF123]

Man. That's fantastic! My parents' friends were useless.

[Casey2296]

Great story Mike, those cards couldn't have found a better home.

[Eric72]

I realize it's just a common; however, I really like the look of this card. Interesting structure in the background, slight color shift (especially around the cap) and a sky filled with the colors of sunset.

Picked this up from a fellow board member. Thanks, Bill...much appreciated.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I realize it's just a common; however, I really like the look of this card. Interesting structure in the background, slight color shift (especially around the cap) and a sky filled with the colors of sunset.

Picked this up from a fellow board member. Thanks, Bill...much appreciated.

Eric,
I appreciate your ability to recognize baseball cards as small pieces of artwork, especially enjoy your 56 Topps thread.

[Jcosta19]

Cool BST pick up.
Thanks Joey

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[Wanaselja]

Originally Posted by Jcosta19

Cool BST pick up.
Thanks Joey

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Yeah, this is a nice one.

[Wanaselja]

My oddball May mix. The McGann is a PB back.




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[Papa Stephano]

I really like that Lajoie card.

Originally Posted by Wanaselja

My oddball May mix. The McGann is a PB back.




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[BeanTown]

Hard to pass up on baseball currency and one of my white whales of the American Pub Detroit PC which is 1907 and not 1908 as advertised from the AH.

[Leon]

Another type card...

[JCC]

Picked this amazing Dooin w/Nelson Tisdel stamp up from a fellow board member (thanks Scott). Here is a link to all of my Tisdel stamped backs.

https://www.t206miscut.com/nelson-tisdel

Can't wait to keep reassembling the collection!

[ahumes13]

Originally Posted by Leon

Another type card...

Great Evers Leon!

[svtPONY95]

My white whale has finally came in. I have been pursuing this card for over 10 years and now can move on.
Had a well fought battle in the Heritage auction with another Joe Wood fan I presume and had to pay up but I am very happy.

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[Bicem]

Awesome Ruth piece Ryan, been looking for one myself.

[gabrinus]

Nice pickups guys...like the E98 Cobb and the Kotton Bender...Jerry

[Cooper1927]

It was a great mail day! Long time since I did a trade…



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[fkm_bky]

REA Pickup and EBay. Going for a back run, but I "think" the ungraded one is a scrap, so I treated it differently

Bill

[AMBST95]

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by Cooper1927

It was a great mail day! Long time since I did a trade…



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Nice pickups! You can't do much better than that with three 1's.

[ThomasL]

My first card from the 1912 Zeenut Home Run Kisses set. This completes my Win Noyes checklist.