May 2020 pickups - show em!

doubledragon · May 1, 2020 6:45AM

I don't see a pickups thread for May 2020, so I'll get the ball rolling.

1936 Detroit Times Sports Stamps Joe Louis. A hand cut issue. It's tough to locate in any condition.

emar · May 1, 2020 6:56AM

Love the '33 Goudey set.
Both arrived today:

pab1969 · May 1, 2020 8:49AM

New arrivals for the registry.

dad2cl3 · May 1, 2020 10:29AM

One for the basic Topps set.

Jason

stwainfan · May 1, 2020 12:03PM

My mail today.

NGS428 · May 1, 2020 12:46PM

@dad2cl3 said:
One for the basic Topps set.

Jason

I always wondered what Don was thinking... just a deep stare into his bat?...

orioles93 · May 1, 2020 1:07PM

A few new arrivals today for the rookie collection.

DBesse27 · May 1, 2020 1:17PM

@dustinspeaks said:
He's wondering if hes going to make it to the hall...

He’s not going to.

lwehlers · May 1, 2020 3:58PM

here are some of my newest pickups.! finally got a 89 donruss baseball best griffey. a couple of good thomas rookies.

lwehlers · May 1, 2020 3:59PM

remedylane · May 1, 2020 7:41PM

One for the 48 leaf boxing set (10 to go) and one for my baseball greats project. My wife is still going to kill me. BTW, the Tunney is nicer than a 2.

LarkinCollector · May 1, 2020 7:55PM

@dustinspeaks said:

@DBesse27 said:

@dustinspeaks said:
He's wondering if hes going to make it to the hall...

He’s not going to.

He didn't know that in 89 though. You would think the guy they call Donnie Baseball would have been a shoe in.

Just like Johnny Football? I think there may be a curse.

dad2cl3 · May 2, 2020 4:19AM

@dustinspeaks said:

@DBesse27 said:

@dustinspeaks said:
He's wondering if hes going to make it to the hall...

He’s not going to.

He didn't know that in 89 though. You would think the guy they call Donnie Baseball would have been a shoe in.

Watching him struggle with injuries in the second half of his career was almost as painful as watching the awful teams he played on in that era of Yankees baseball.

Jason

pab1969 · May 2, 2020 6:31AM

4 more autos today and a few more on the way. Hey that rhymed!

1951WheatiesPremium · May 2, 2020 7:24AM

I kicked off this month with a new early Yankees card addition. I like old cards of important Yankees and this guy was a team and franchise superstar. The Crow made his debut for the Yankees in 1932 and would be a Yankee mainstay for the next 40 years. With a playing career of 17 years as a slick fielding shortstop (who often pulled off the hidden ball trick on many the unsuspecting Major Leaguer) and then another two decades as a part of the coaching staff, you really couldn't face the Yankees and not bump into the light hitting 2 time all star. Here he is 91 years ago - before the Yankees - they when he was picking it for the Seals.

1929 ZeeNut - Frank Crosetti

DBesse27 · May 2, 2020 7:57AM

@pab1969 said:
4 more autos today and a few more on the way. Hey that rhymed!

That’s a nice bold Nixon sig

Kid4hof03 · May 2, 2020 10:48AM

I picked up 2 1979 Topps football cello packs for my collection, one with Payton Record Breaker on top and the other with Roger Staubach on back. The Payton pack also has Ted Hendricks on the back, a double hall of fame pack is pretty cool.

hankcaddy · May 2, 2020 12:40PM

Added the black version for my 2020 phillies team set

galaxy27 · May 2, 2020 2:06PM

the love affair with these cards continues. last monday i was about 5 minutes away from a conference call when an overwhelming feeling came over me that i should quickly hop on ebay. lo and behold, one of these loch ness monsters had indeed surfaced. dude had a large figure attached, but was accepting offers. i beelined to watchcount and sure enough, lots of pending activity. "YO DO NOT SELL THIS CARD BEFORE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK, I WILL OVERPAY" is all i had time for. i returned an hour or so later and thankfully it was still alive. after hitting the ball back over the net a few times, a deal was soon consummated.

for those who couldn't care less about golf and know even less about Byron Nelson, think Stan Musial. one of the best ever, but undoubtedly the game's greatest gentleman. you can argue with someone til you're blue in the face about Tiger or Jack, but when it comes to the nicest man to ever play the sport, Lord Byron will roll off of tongues more than any other name. in 1945, he won 11 tournaments in a row and 18 total. 6th all time in wins with 5 majors (2 green jackets in '37 and '42) under his belt when he retired at the ripe old age of 34. what could have been.

earlier in this thread i mentioned breaking away to see my parents during this trying time. while there, i started tripping over all sorts of golf goodness. Mr. Nelson had close ties to my alma mater, and circa 1992 my dad (also a grad) had the good fortune of playing a round of golf with him. i felt compelled to take a picture of the picture that documented the experience, and the very next day i bought this card. sometimes this hobby can be extremely uncanny.

(Mr. Nelson in the middle and my old man to the right in glasses sizable enough to aid him when his ball went astray.)

JBrules · May 2, 2020 3:16PM

Great story!!! Congrats on a great looking card.

DBesse27 · May 2, 2020 4:42PM

Wow Stephen, great card and great story!

Kid4hof03 · May 2, 2020 5:49PM

Stephen, congratulations, incredible card and your Dad's day with Nelson is a great connection. I love your equating Nelson to Musial, from all I've read that is spot on.

LGC · May 3, 2020 3:45PM

JBrules · May 3, 2020 5:08PM

@LGC said:

Wow! That Favel looks to be a strong PSA 8. Some great looking cards.

miwlvrn · May 3, 2020 6:01PM

@doubledragon said:
I don't see a pickups thread for May 2020, so I'll get the ball rolling.

1936 Detroit Times Sports Stamps Joe Louis. A hand cut issue. It's tough to locate in any condition.

The Detroit Times stamps were issued in either a side-by-side pairing; or, in one case, a full-page "sheet" of 16. The Joe Louis pairing was with Babe Ruth, making it a pretty special one to find with those two together.

doubledragon · May 3, 2020 8:53PM

@miwlvrn said:

@doubledragon said:
I don't see a pickups thread for May 2020, so I'll get the ball rolling.

1936 Detroit Times Sports Stamps Joe Louis. A hand cut issue. It's tough to locate in any condition.

The Detroit Times stamps were issued in either a side-by-side pairing; or, in one case, a full-page "sheet" of 16. The Joe Louis pairing was with Babe Ruth, making it a pretty special one to find with those two together.

Yeah, I've seen that Babe Ruth before, thank goodness Joe was separated from Babe on mine, or else I never would have been able to afford it!

dictoresno1 · May 3, 2020 10:15PM

this is my only pickup so far this month

UFFDAH · May 4, 2020 8:20AM

A recent pickup.

Dryden.....a great Goalie and also a great area in Ontario to catch Walleye!!

Kid4hof03 · May 4, 2020 11:03AM

For my Bernie Topps run

DBesse27 · May 4, 2020 12:02PM

Even as a Sox fan, I always admired Bernie.

KingBen · May 4, 2020 12:17PM

Rookie memorabilia

Kid4hof03 · May 4, 2020 12:21PM

@DBesse27 said:
Even as a Sox fan, I always admired Bernie.

My favorite Yankee of them all.

dad2cl3 · May 4, 2020 1:16PM

@UFFDAH said:
A recent pickup.

Dryden.....a great Goalie and also a great area in Ontario to catch Walleye!!

What a great card from a great set!

Jason

stwainfan · May 4, 2020 4:34PM

I got my mint 9 for my set. I still need 49 cards,

I finished by Bob Lilly set. I am wating on the final three cards.

For My Carlton set.

This RC.

LGC · May 4, 2020 4:46PM

@UFFDAH said:
A recent pickup.

Dryden.....a great Goalie and also a great area in Ontario to catch Walleye!!

Gorgeous and Iconic card. He is also a lawyer, an author and a former member of Parliament here in The North. Hockey might have been simply a hobby for him.

1951WheatiesPremium · May 5, 2020 5:36AM

New scans of older pickups...never posted.

1954 All Star Photo Pack

Coarsegold · May 5, 2020 7:16AM

Added this to my boys HOF RC Collection

cefy1 · May 5, 2020 10:01AM

some recent hockey

steel75 · May 5, 2020 10:55AM

Finally got one with 2 Indians....1 more to go

lwehlers · May 5, 2020 3:14PM

I got another Thomas psa 10 rookie.

ssdawg77 · May 5, 2020 3:18PM

Continuing my nostalgia run on guys I watched as a kid growing up in the 80's and early 90's. I am not sure of the urge to pick these up recently as I have multiple raw copies and sets of all these years, I guess nothing like the draw of picking up PSA slabs that serve as windows to all those great memories of childhood. Looks like I need to clean a few of these slabs and my scanner.

1951WheatiesPremium · May 5, 2020 4:15PM

I decided to bite the bullet on this one early. Given the current climate of cards and the hype surrounding him, I just thought it wouldn’t pay to wait. This is my second card of The Martian. I may do one more.

2020 Bowman 1st Edition - BFE-8 - Jasson Dominguez

AnkurJ · May 5, 2020 5:24PM

Completed a deal for this today! Off to PSA!

Moonman · May 5, 2020 6:23PM

JBrules · May 5, 2020 6:39PM

@AnkurJ said:
Completed a deal for this today! Off to PSA!

Congrats. Good luck with the crossover and keep us posted on the results.

DBesse27 · May 5, 2020 6:57PM

I love the Topps UK football sets!

emar · May 6, 2020 8:27AM

'80s, 90's bandwagon here:

pab1969 · May 6, 2020 9:28AM

3 more in the mail today.

UFFDAH · May 6, 2020 10:45AM

Once in a while a needle in a haystack surfaces!!!

Happy to add these rare unopened packs to my collection!!

I loved watching Hogan's Heroes re-runs after school back in the day. Every kid wanted a stump that led to a network of tunnels!!

An iconic TV Show crossed over to cards.

stwainfan · May 6, 2020 11:39AM

I have two more coming in to finish the set.

NGS428 · May 6, 2020 2:17PM

Another one for my basic Jr set. Nice card, could not hit BIN fast enough! Love the back mug shot!

Upper Deck Basic Showcase: https://psacard.com/psasetregistry/showcase/album/4387

May 2020 pickups - show em!

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