My National purchases and report

paleocards · August 6, 2018 8:04AM

My 13th National (and 5th in Cleveland) didn't disappoint. As always, it was great catching up with friends and talking ball-card collecting with people that give a damn! It was wonderful seeing Matt, Bobby, Tim, Eric, Dustin, Mike and others on the show floor, out for beers/dinner and at the PSA lunch.

This year I sold off 63 of my PSA-graded cards to bankroll my National buying spree (most of my Aaron, Mays, Koufax and Clemente cards) and here are the 6 that will now take their place in my collection.

First, a couple of upgrades to my HOF rookie sets:

and...

Next, a couple of '48 Bowmans (I only saw two Berras in "8" at the Show; it was one of the big cards I was hoping to find):

And finally, these two...

This card really struck me, the registration and color in particular. There's a crease in the top left (accounting for the technical grade) but the corners are pretty sharp. Really happy to now own this iconic card.

This was my main quarry (and now my 33rd different HOFer from the T206 set.) I've been after the Matty portrait in "5" for the last couple of years and many thanks to Vincent Sanzone (from Long Island, NY) for bringing both the Mays RC and this T206 to the Show.