October Pick-Ups...

[Eric72]

Considering the other cards in this thread, the one I picked up isn't much. It's rather the equivalent of "bringing a knife to a gunfight" or something similar.

Still, as a lifelong Phillies fan, I really like this card. Ruthven was a key pitcher on the 1980 staff that finally won a World Series...the first one in the team's then-97-year history.

It was on my eBay watch list for a while. After looking at it for the umpteenth time, I decided to just buy it. At less than $16 shipped, the card was well worth it to me.

[danx]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Considering the other cards in this thread, the one I picked up isn't much. It's rather the equivalent of "bringing a knife to a gunfight" or something similar.

Still, as a lifelong Phillies fan, I really like this card. Ruthven was a key pitcher on the 1980 staff that finally won a World Series...the first one in the team's then-97-year history.

It was on my eBay watch list for a while. After looking at it for the umpteenth time, I decided to just buy it. At less than $16 shipped, the card was well worth it to me.

Beautiful Ruthven, Eric - great cards in this thread, overall, but yours is what it's all about...

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by danx

Beautiful Ruthven, Eric - great cards in this thread, overall, but yours is what it's all about...

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.

[Eric72]

I picked up another 1970's Topps card of a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher last week. This '72 issue focuses on the trade which brought Carlton to Philly. It would mark the beginning of spectacular run. "Lefty" would win the Cy Young Award that year, his first of four in eleven seasons.

[gustomania]

Added this to my Koufax thread but pretty excited about this one....

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I picked up another 1970's Topps card of a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher last week. This '72 issue focuses on the trade which brought Carlton to Philly. It would mark the beginning of spectacular run. "Lefty" would win the Cy Young Award that year, his first of four in eleven seasons.

Beautiful, congrats. To me this card is ridiculously underrated - for the points you make. It's his first card with the Phillies, the team he is best remembered on. Moreover, '72 for Carlton was one of the best seasons any pitcher ever had in the history of the game. If that was a Nolan Ryan card, it would be worth 4 or 5 times what Lefty is. Makes no sense. He's underrated everywhere, but that fact has always struck me about the '72 Traded.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bks14sr

Thank you. I perked up when running across this one, as I’ve been searching for nice SPs. Been trying to focus on centering/color more, so this satisfies.

Like you, I perked up when I seen this one, especially since it was from a CDN seller.
Not as nicely centered as yours, but still in really nice shape, imo.

[JollyElm]

The Reg-gie has a touch of snow around the face area, but it's a classical card that is pretty frickin' beautiful. The 1972 #52 Harmon Killebrew In Action is a card I am semi-obsessed with, having started a thread about it awhile back. For a ridiculously ubiquitous card, this sucker is nearly impossible to find without being completely off-centered and/or with a horrible leftward tilt. PSA 8's usually go for a song, but finding one as nicely centered as this guy is a tough feat.

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To illustrate the point, I grabbed these five screenshots of PSA 9 cards that were sold. PSA 9!! Look at the centering and tilting involved. It is par for the course...

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