January Pickups

[Baseballcrazy62]

Trying to complete my Glendale set. Think this one is really under graded.A2E1B106-56BA-47DE-A1DF-B37781C09512.jpg

[jason.1969]

Upgraded one of my favorite cards ever!

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[jchcollins]

Merry New Year!




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[Baseballcrazy62]

I have started to pick up a few of the Bazooka panels. I really like this Gibson.422A5607-12ED-4880-8966-D0B23B209BD8.jpg

[mintacular]

I like that '66 Perry short print, very nice! Great centering on '57 TEDDY

[thecomebacker]

Nice Ted!!

[JollyElm]

Picked up a couple of long-forgotten centerfielders...

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[RCMcKenzie]

Nice cards so far this month, folks...Keep 'em comin'...

Here're a couple Leaf's and a Bowman. Great, great sets to work on slowly...Rob

[G1911]

Picked up Mickey to finish off my 1954 Bowman Basic Set. Just need Ted Williams variation and one of the Billy Martin statistical variants to complete the master set now. Avert your eyes, high grade collectors! This one is going into the shoebox of Peasant Collector Bowmans.

1954 and 1955 complete, 1950, 1952 and 1953 are just 1 card away from completion.

[whiteymet]

Just got this in a trade!

1962 Post Cereal Alpha Bits individual serving box with a Roberto Clemente card on the back.

[samosa4u]

Finally picked this baby up. It doesn't have the nasty print lines often found on the front and the wax stains on the back are very faint.

Borders do show some toning, and this is consistent with the other commons I have from this set. I didn't want one with borders as white as the snow on my driveway because I don't think paper from 1951 should look like it was printed yesterday!

The other thing I did was measure it and it appears fine to me. I do have a few others sitting inside PSA cases and they all lined up fine.

And the last thing I did was the UV test and it passed that one too. I understand that most forms of restoration can't be seen under the UV light, however, sometimes it can pick up weird sh*t!

[Phil68]

Clean Mantle! Some really nice cards so far, guys! How about that Ted Williams and those Leaf beauties!!

[Phil68]

Here's my first addition for 2020...It's been elusive for me with this kind of centering and surface combo

[phikappapsi]

always wanted a Robinson rookie

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

I already posted this in another thread, but any time I pick up a "big" card (which, for me is anything over $100) I want to show it off

Been looking to add this Berra to my set for awhile. This is actually a fairly tough card to find in grades above VG-EX for a reasonable price. I guess being card #1 means it was more likely to suffer from creases and such as it was typically on top of the pile, under the rubber band, or whatever.

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[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Finally picked this baby up. It doesn't have the nasty print lines often found on the front and the wax stains on the back are very faint.

Borders do show some toning, and this is consistent with the other commons I have from this set. I didn't want one with borders as white as the snow on my driveway because I don't think paper from 1951 should look like it was printed yesterday!

The other thing I did was measure it and it appears fine to me. I do have a few others sitting inside PSA cases and they all lined up fine.

And the last thing I did was the UV test and it passed that one too. I understand that most forms of restoration can't be seen under the UV light, however, sometimes it can pick up weird sh*t!

Amazing Mantle! I hear a lot of talk about how that is a very underrated card....and I completely agree. His true rookie. And that's a GREAT looking copy. Very good pickup, thanks for posting.

Also, the price of that card is the one reason I decided not to chase the 1951 Bowman set and went after the 1952 instead.

[geosluggo]

Two key cards in my pursuit of the 1953 Topps set arrived in Friday's mail. I still need 82 cards, including Mantle and Jackie Robinson.

[jchcollins]

I’ve added a few ‘57 stars recently - this one today:




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[G1911]

Originally Posted by geosluggo

Two key cards in my pursuit of the 1953 Topps set arrived in Friday's mail. I still need 82 cards, including Mantle and Jackie Robinson.

That Satchel remains my all time favorite Topps card. Very nice pickup!

[Mike D.]

Arrived today:

[irv]

Just a couple of recent upgrades. My previous 2 copies are OC quite a bit so I decided to grabbed these 2. The new to me Zernial is a black back, which really shows by the darker color on the front. I've noticed this with all the Black back cards that are in my possession.

[JollyElm]

A couple of odds and ends. The sharp-cornered, second-year 1968 Seaver is a bit further/farther (reader's choice) off center than what I usually like to grab, but the price was right and it doesn't come close to hurting my eyes. The 1973 Kellogg's Joe Rudi error is the first blank back I've run across from that set...

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[jchcollins]

Rainy Friday = Hey, lets go to the LCS!





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[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Just got this in a trade!

1962 Post Cereal Alpha Bits individual serving box with a Roberto Clemente card on the back.

Wow Fred, great pickup. I think REA just recently sold a Koufax like this -$11,000.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Rainy Friday = Hey, lets go to the LCS!





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Nice cards, John!

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[smrtn240]

I still cant believe I found this one at a local show. Tough one to add to my collection

[kailes2872]

I already had the card. It was a duplicate. A guy that works for me is an auto collector. He gave me the cost and the process and I sent it off. Seven days later, it came with Mr. Kaline’s signature!

[Phil68]

Two upgrades this month. These are as clean and centered as I could find to date--in any TP grade or raw. Deceptively tough cards!

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by smrtn240

I still cant believe I found this one at a local show. Tough one to add to my collection

Jimminy cricketts! You could go quite awhile before picking up another one of those!

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by geosluggo

Two key cards in my pursuit of the 1953 Topps set arrived in Friday's mail. I still need 82 cards, including Mantle and Jackie Robinson.

George,
Those are nice! Glossy! I like the '53 set raw about as much as any. Gentle, even, authentic corner wear with those gorgeous portraits were a main inspiration for my Banty Red creations. Are you waiting for obtaining the Robinson until the end? I'm a psycho like that, Lol.
Phil

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[RCMcKenzie]

Semi-star for under $65 taxed and shipped...

Nice 56 Koufax and 61 Mantle. I really need to pick up more post war star cards. My brother always picked up 50's stars at shows, while I was buying Goudey commons.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by lowpopper

That's beautiful! I'm collecting the 1961 set. I'm jealous and excited for you.

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[luciobar1980]

This is in the mail!

[luciobar1980]

And just got this...

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Phil68

Two upgrades this month. These are as clean and centered as I could find to date--in any TP grade or raw. Deceptively tough cards!

Very nice. That Mays without any type of issue on the blue background is a rare find indeed.


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[ZiggerZagger]

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[luciobar1980]

Sweet card.

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