September 2024 Pickups

[Hendu]

Recent mail days...

[refz]

73 Willie

[JollyElm]

eBay has been a complete dead zone for me, but I decided to take a chance on these two 'stained' (air quotes) cards, because I'm going to break them out, put the panty hose to 'em and include them in my upcoming SGC submission video.

It's only a tiny bit of gum residue on the fronts, so it'll come off lickety split, and the Mantle HR Leaders card was graded very recently, so it is a true 8. Hopefully SGC will agree. The Rose is more of a risk, considering what it cost me, but let's see what happens...

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[Mike D.]

1965 Topps Joe Morgan Rookie Card Guide And How You Can Get One Cheaper Than You May Think

[jchcollins]

I think this all happened 9/1 or later...

I had not intended to do so much with "bigger" cards (for me, anyway) so soon after the National - but sometimes you have to strike when the iron is hot with local opportunity. The '57 Brooks was a longtime want, busted out of an older PSA 6 holder. I now have to decide I suppose if I'm going to make an assault on the entire 1957 Topps set, as I find myself unexpectedly with the two biggest cards in it. The '57 Power Hitters is not one of those, but this PSA 4 was a nice upgrade to my raw G/VG-ish one at a show last weekend.

Nice stuff, everyone.








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[Hendu]

Those are great! Love the Clemente.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Hendu

Those are great! Love the Clemente.

Thanks. Yeah, the '61 Clemente is a sleeper favorite. Love the green in that card. His first batting title season.

[JollyElm]

As always, putting the rest of us to shame, Mr. Collins. Great stuff!!! Alas (I always really wanted a reason to use the word "alas")...

[Mike D.]

1973 Topps Rick Reuschel RC PSA 8

Vintage Spotlight: The Best Rookie And Star Cards From 1973 Topps

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

As always, putting the rest of us to shame, Mr. Collins. Great stuff!!! Alas (I always really wanted a reason to use the word "alas")...

Thank you sir. Do you have stuff at SGC right now? I haven't checked your channel in a while...

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Thank you sir. Do you have stuff at SGC right now? I haven't checked your channel in a while...

Finishing up the 'flip mining' through my stuff to find enough decent candidates for my next submission, so cameras should start rolling pretty soon...with loads of disappointment to follow when the cards come back.

[Eric72]

I went to the Philly Show on Friday and added these three cards to my collection. I’m now two steps closer to a ‘56 Topps set and picked up my seventh different base card of Mantle.

[MikeGarcia]

.There is no such thing as a bad picture of Yogi Berra's face except this out-of-focus grotesquely-registrationed 1957 Topps #407 "Yankees Power Hitters " card. So bad , so bad. ( and to add insult to injury it is soooo hard to find 407 so damned well-centered.)






PS I've always thought Harold Carmichael was movie-star/ male model handsome.

[Eric72]

My Sunday pickups from the Philly Show:

[lrush]

Picked this up last week to go with my Mays and Musial runs.

[obcbeatle]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

.There is no such thing as a bad picture of Yogi Berra's face except this out-of-focus grotesquely-registrationed 1957 Topps #407 "Yankees Power Hitters " card. So bad , so bad. ( and to add insult to injury it is soooo hard to find 407 so damned well-centered.)






PS I've always thought Harold Carmichael was movie-star/ male model handsome.

When I was looking for the Mantle/Berra card to complete my 57T set, I never could find one with both players nicely focused. I finally gave up. Funny how so many key cards in vintage Topps sets are like that

[butchie_t]

I'm taking a bit of poetic licensing here. Only because the Hammer played Pre 1980.

I am happy to have been able to find these commemorative stamps of Hank Aaron.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I'm taking a bit of poetic licensing here. Only because the Hammer played Pre 1980.

I am happy to have been able to find these commemorative stamps of Hank Aaron.

That is cool. Is it an actual book of stamps or the poster from the Post Office?

[butchie_t]

Ben,

It is a sheet of 20 stamps on the plate. There are, or were, rolls of Hammer stamps. But I did not pick any of them up.

Cheers,

B.T.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

Ben,

It is a sheet of 20 stamps on the plate. There are, or were, rolls of Hammer stamps.

Cheers,

B.T.

Nice, at our PO they sometimes have posters up to advertise commemorative stamps they have for sale. I have been going to ask about getting one when it is baseball related but always forget while there.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Nice, at our PO they sometimes have posters up to advertise commemorative stamps they have for sale. I have been going to ask about getting one when it is baseball related but always forget while there.

That happened to me with these stamps. I was checking at our PO frequently to see if they had them. Well, one day they did, but I was too early to buy them. So, I made a note to come back.... Never did, and then when I did, of course, they were out of them.

Couple weeks later we are on a road trop to Ely, NV. As we are driving through all the small towns, I'm scoping out post offices, we stop at a couple and on the third attempt SCORE!!

So I got two. That was much more fun to attach to the stamp buy then if I had just gotten them in town.

Nice road trip, Hammer Stamps, and a nice little vacation in Ely. Nv.

Nothing but net....

B.T.

[GasHouseGang]

Maybe it's just me, since I've been collecting for so long, but I keep seeing these cards graded PSA/SGC 5's and 6's, that back in the day would have been sold as Nm/Mt all day long. It makes these cards seem like the obvious type of card to purchase if you want a reasonably priced card with great eye appeal.

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Maybe it's just me, since I've been collecting for so long, but I keep seeing these cards graded PSA/SGC 5's and 6's, that back in the day would have been sold as Nm/Mt all day long. It makes these cards seem like the obvious type of card to purchase if you want a reasonably priced card with great eye appeal.

Agree - whenever I start looking for key cards as I build older vintage sets, I begin by looking for SGCs 4-6...I will get those all day long. The prices are generally very good, and the conditions, even sometimes at a 4, are generally what I would consider EXMT.

[butchie_t]

Maybe not all that rare, but certainly elusive.

I finally ran across a 1973 Topps Frank Howard signed card. To me, this seems rather scarce. The later inserts are plentiful but not, seemingly, the actual 73 card and Franks autograph.

But, now I have one and he shall be set free to join his other cards in my Frank Howard binder.

Cheers,

Butch

[wdwfan]

Grabbed these today to add to the ole trade box.

[Mike D.]

Not particularly expensive, and he's far from a Hall of Famer, but he did pitch in parts of 25 seasons, throw over 3,800 innings (just outside the top 50 all time) and throw one mean knuckleball!

He also finished his career with exactly 216 wins and 216 losses, which I found interesting.



Vintage Spotlight: The Best Rookie And Star Cards From 1973 Topps

[wdwfan]

Man, he pitched for my Rangers for years. Loved watching him throw. Not overly fast speed on his pitches, but I'm glad I didn't have to catch that. You know it's a good knuckler when you can see the seams when the pitch is in the air.

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Not particularly expensive, and he's far from a Hall of Famer, but he did pitch in parts of 25 seasons, throw over 3,800 innings (just outside the top 50 all time) and throw one mean knuckleball!

He also finished his career with exactly 216 wins and 216 losses, which I found interesting.



Vintage Spotlight: The Best Rookie And Star Cards From 1973 Topps

[Mike D.]

1976 O-Pee-Chee Ron Guidry #599 PSA 7

Another guy who wasn't a Hall of Famer, but has an argument. Guidry was 170-91 with a 3.29 ERA and was worth 47.8 WAR in his career. The OPC has only been graded 43 times by PSA (the Topps has been graded 1,651).

Vintage Spotlight: The Best Rookie And Star 1976 Topps Baseball Cards

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

You know it's a good knuckler when you can see the seams when the pitch is in the air.

You know it's a good knuckler when you're sitting behind home plate and you look the catcher in the eyes.

[Balticfox]

1963-64 CHEX Cereal



These I actually refused to collect as a kid because only Toronto Maple Leaf and Montréal Canadien players were available. Now though I consider these pictures to be very cool nonetheless.