August Pick-ups.

[ISURedbird]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

After looking for quite some time, I was able to score a '54 Kaline last night in the Memory Lane auction. I got it for $532 + BP = $638. While it is not the $450-$500 card that it was 6-8 months ago, based upon recent trends, I was pleasantly surprised to have landed it. What was more surprising was that it was only 4 bids and I placed the winning bid over a week ago.

There was one on Ebay (a 6) that sold on Thursday for $720 and one that will end soon that is heading in that direction.

My upgrades are now down to just a couple and Kaline was a big hurdle. PWCC sold one for $1400+ last month and it might have been a PWCC exception/higher end example, so happy that I got it where I got it and maybe a sign that things are starting to settle?

Love the Al Kaline rookie. My dream card. I'm a low budget collector, so reprint is the best I'll do, but I love when fellow collectors let us see when they pick up great cards. I've got a beat up '55 Topps and '55 Bowman Kaline, so maybe I'll come across a '54 that fits my budget one day. Thanks for sharing. Great looking card!

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by ISURedbird

Love the Al Kaline rookie. My dream card. I'm a low budget collector, so reprint is the best I'll do, but I love when fellow collectors let us see when they pick up great cards. I've got a beat up '55 Topps and '55 Bowman Kaline, so maybe I'll come across a '54 that fits my budget one day. Thanks for sharing. Great looking card!

I guess it is all relative because I consider myself a low budget collector when I look at the Cobb's and Ruth's and Mantles that abound with the collectors on this site. (Not to mention collections like Al's and Ted Z's...)

Keep at it, collect what you love and don't get discouraged. I keep reminding myself what the pastor teaches (and it is a hard lesson). Comparison triggers one of two feelings - pride - when you feel a bit better than your comparison, or shame when when you feel a bit worse. It is a marathon, not a sprint (another message that I have to remind myself). Good luck! and happy collecting!

[Stonepony]

Very happy to have found the 69 Ive wanted
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[DeanH3]

Awesome Mantle Dave! One of the first vintage cards I bought when I was a young lad was a '69 Mantle. Sure wish I still had it. Congrats!

[Stonepony]

Thanks Dean, I'm almost certain 1969 was my first year of buying cards ( I was 7). Alas, none survived. The earliest childhood cards which made it all the way thru to today are 1970- and most of those are football

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

Very happy to have found the 69 Ive wanted
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That is a great looking card.

[Harliduck]

Hit a cool milestone yesterday with the day's mail...got this 69 Topps Fergie that completes my 3rd 1969 Topps set. In my quest to upgrade my first set I was able to put together another VGEX set, and then the quest to upgrade that set let to another VG set.. This Fergie (after I freed it from the PSA bondage) replaces the card in my 2nd set which dropped that card to my 3rd set which is now COMPLETE.






My only question now is do I upgrade my 2nd set to EXNM and create a 4th set? My wife thinks I'm crazy but I have to believe I have folks here that quite understand...

[irv]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Hit a cool milestone yesterday with the day's mail...got this 69 Topps Fergie that completes my 3rd 1969 Topps set. In my quest to upgrade my first set I was able to put together another VGEX set, and then the quest to upgrade that set let to another VG set.. This Fergie (after I freed it from the PSA bondage) replaces the card in my 2nd set which dropped that card to my 3rd set which is now COMPLETE.



My only question now is do I upgrade my 2nd set to EXNM and create a 4th set? My wife thinks I'm crazy but I have to believe I have folks here that quite understand...

Everyone is different, but I think it might not be a bad idea to maybe listen to her once in a while. Harliduck.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Starting back to work on my '65 Topps set. I have some commons on the way, but I like these two rookies...

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

I guess it is all relative because I consider myself a low budget collector when I look at the Cobb's and Ruth's and Mantles that abound with the collectors on this site. (Not to mention collections like Al's and Ted Z's...)

Keep at it, collect what you love and don't get discouraged. I keep reminding myself what the pastor teaches (and it is a hard lesson). Comparison triggers one of two feelings - pride - when you feel a bit better than your comparison, or shame when when you feel a bit worse. It is a marathon, not a sprint (another message that I have to remind myself). Good luck! and happy collecting!

Sober, succinct, and right on. As a fellow minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I needed to hear that. I have come to realize what I do still have is a blessing from God, and what I "gave away" of my collection by selling to support some missionaries and ministries 30 years ago is a reflection of the famous words of martyred missionary Jim Elliot, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."

God bless and be with you, brother. ---Brian Powell