@bgr said:
I gotta ask because Journal and Sentinel merged in 95. Which one was it? And which was your favorite back then? Must have been at Mecca in 1980.
That's a great question. I'd guess they were from the Journal? Sentinel probably had to go to print by midnight or maybe even sooner to have papers delivered starting at 5am, IIRC. It'd be hard to get a story up, pictures developed and all that within probably 90 minutes of everything happening at the Mecca.
I was a much bigger fan of the Journal. I'd read the sports section after school, and cut out Packers pics for my locker. Even delivered for them in middle school for about 18 months. Plus, nothing beat the Green Sheet!
Getting tougher and tougher to find high-Grade TCMA minor league cards. To me in the 1974 to 1985 years of TCMA minor league cards, the only easier years to find in Mint of better cards in order from easiest are 1985, 1981, 1982 and then 1979 only where the "wave" at the bottom is yellow (Yellow "wave" in 1979 includes cards of the Odgen Henderson, Mookie Wilson, Willie McGee, Buck Showalter, Dasve Righetti, Steve Bedrosian, etc.), the rest of the non-yellow "wave" cards from 1979 like the Marshall below, and all the other TCMA years not mentioned above for minor league cards are really tough so always jumping on a minty TCMA from those tougher years when they come up. All these are 1 of 1's none higher and are the first card ever of each player:
Happy to have these BBCE Auctions wins come in after a while. Happy with the Sayers and the Bench. The print issues on the 69 Mays and 59 Aaron bother me a little. It was odd cause some of these I bid on thinking I'd just get a bid in and then was surprised to wait a week or so and have noone outbid me. May be worth keeping an eye on BBCE Auctions for some nice values.
Won this 85 USFL set in a BBCE Auction too. Not sure I hit any home runs but for now think I'm still happy with the results. Could have been a lot worse. Will also depend on how they grade. But just like the idea of having these cards. I like the USFL sets.
These are the saddest of possible words
“Tinker to Evers to Chance”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly picking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
I am an avid Cubs fan and took a job washing dishes when I was 15 to fund my baseball card collection. As a 18 year old high school senior I bought Cubs season tickets in the upper deck with money I earned (still have season tix to this day). I learned of this card when I was about 14. Having the three Cubs legends on one card blew my mind and became a dream card of mine. They were even in the right order on the card left to right. The heart of the Cubs last championship team all together! (Thankfully 2016 changed that part of this cards allure). Pre-War cards were out of my realm of possibility. Back then I bought a lot of ‘60s cards while occasionally buying a huge card from the 50s.
The poem from 1910 made them famous forever and even the baseball writers ensured that they were enshrined in the same Hall of Fame class. When I saw this in the Mile High catalog I instantly put in a max bid that I thought would get me the card and I was so thrilled that it held.
I never read a card back until I add it to my collection. I love the backs of baseball cards and the language of the time, fun facts, cartoons, etcetera. For me, reading the back is part of the excitement of adding a card to my collection. This card has a lot of real estate for the write-up on each player singing the praises of their defensive prowess in the colorful language of the early 1900s. Really enjoyed having this in hand last night. This passes up my Banks rookie as my favorite card in my collection.
These are the saddest of possible words
“Tinker to Evers to Chance”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly picking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
I am an avid Cubs fan and took a job washing dishes when I was 15 to fund my baseball card collection. As a 18 year old high school senior I bought Cubs season tickets in the upper deck with money I earned (still have season tix to this day). I learned of this card when I was about 14. Having the three Cubs legends on one card blew my mind and became a dream card of mine. They were even in the right order on the card left to right. The heart of the Cubs last championship team all together! (Thankfully 2016 changed that part of this cards allure). Pre-War cards were out of my realm of possibility. Back then I bought a lot of ‘60s cards while occasionally buying a huge card from the 50s.
The poem from 1910 made them famous forever and even the baseball writers ensured that they were enshrined in the same Hall of Fame class. When I saw this in the Mile High catalog I instantly put in a max bid that I thought would get me the card and I was so thrilled that it held.
I never read a card back until I add it to my collection. I love the backs of baseball cards and the language of the time, fun facts, cartoons, etcetera. For me, reading the back is part of the excitement of adding a card to my collection. This card has a lot of real estate for the write-up on each player singing the praises of their defensive prowess in the colorful language of the early 1900s. Really enjoyed having this in hand last night. This passes up my Banks rookie as my favorite card in my collection.
Great card and even better write up!
Your passion comes shining through!
Congratulations, Brad!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
3 more for my ‘52 catcher build. Super excited to get 2 high numbers, man they give those away 😅! Makes the ‘72 set build feel like a walk in the park!!
i thought i try my luck on a 87 fleer factory set. the ryan bond and clark were really good but not so lucky on the larkin and jackson. the rest of the stars were offcentered.
I also recently picked up a 1987 Fleer factory set. Here are the best cards:
The rear edge chipping along the blue borders are slightly more visible to the naked eye than they show up in the photos. Still, I'm quite pleased with the centering.
A few pickups so far this month. As you can there is no real method to my madness other than guys in their respective HOF. I did pick up a Bonds to get closer to filling out his basic Topps run,
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Love me some Bobby Witt…great 30/30 figurine! Kid is amazing and just getting started.
Highlights from a small lot of Dodger cards I picked up recently.
That's a great question. I'd guess they were from the Journal? Sentinel probably had to go to print by midnight or maybe even sooner to have papers delivered starting at 5am, IIRC. It'd be hard to get a story up, pictures developed and all that within probably 90 minutes of everything happening at the Mecca.
I was a much bigger fan of the Journal. I'd read the sports section after school, and cut out Packers pics for my locker. Even delivered for them in middle school for about 18 months. Plus, nothing beat the Green Sheet!
The link below has the details but it came in January so I want it here, too, for posterity.
1951 Publicity Postcard Rookie - Mickey Mantle
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1110373/a-mickey-mantle-rookie-rarity-with-hi-res-scans/p1?new=1
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Another nice 52T to add to my small collection.
Here's a LINK to my cards if interested?
I bought this in December but it finally arrived . A nice upgrade to my Evans collection .
Getting tougher and tougher to find high-Grade TCMA minor league cards. To me in the 1974 to 1985 years of TCMA minor league cards, the only easier years to find in Mint of better cards in order from easiest are 1985, 1981, 1982 and then 1979 only where the "wave" at the bottom is yellow (Yellow "wave" in 1979 includes cards of the Odgen Henderson, Mookie Wilson, Willie McGee, Buck Showalter, Dasve Righetti, Steve Bedrosian, etc.), the rest of the non-yellow "wave" cards from 1979 like the Marshall below, and all the other TCMA years not mentioned above for minor league cards are really tough so always jumping on a minty TCMA from those tougher years when they come up. All these are 1 of 1's none higher and are the first card ever of each player:
Happy to have these BBCE Auctions wins come in after a while. Happy with the Sayers and the Bench. The print issues on the 69 Mays and 59 Aaron bother me a little. It was odd cause some of these I bid on thinking I'd just get a bid in and then was surprised to wait a week or so and have noone outbid me. May be worth keeping an eye on BBCE Auctions for some nice values.
Won this 85 USFL set in a BBCE Auction too. Not sure I hit any home runs but for now think I'm still happy with the results. Could have been a lot worse. Will also depend on how they grade. But just like the idea of having these cards. I like the USFL sets.
Baseball’s Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams
These are the saddest of possible words
“Tinker to Evers to Chance”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly picking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
I am an avid Cubs fan and took a job washing dishes when I was 15 to fund my baseball card collection. As a 18 year old high school senior I bought Cubs season tickets in the upper deck with money I earned (still have season tix to this day). I learned of this card when I was about 14. Having the three Cubs legends on one card blew my mind and became a dream card of mine. They were even in the right order on the card left to right. The heart of the Cubs last championship team all together! (Thankfully 2016 changed that part of this cards allure). Pre-War cards were out of my realm of possibility. Back then I bought a lot of ‘60s cards while occasionally buying a huge card from the 50s.
The poem from 1910 made them famous forever and even the baseball writers ensured that they were enshrined in the same Hall of Fame class. When I saw this in the Mile High catalog I instantly put in a max bid that I thought would get me the card and I was so thrilled that it held.
I never read a card back until I add it to my collection. I love the backs of baseball cards and the language of the time, fun facts, cartoons, etcetera. For me, reading the back is part of the excitement of adding a card to my collection. This card has a lot of real estate for the write-up on each player singing the praises of their defensive prowess in the colorful language of the early 1900s. Really enjoyed having this in hand last night. This passes up my Banks rookie as my favorite card in my collection.
Great card and even better write up!
Your passion comes shining through!
Congratulations, Brad!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Brad...
I can NOT believe you said that about Mr Cub!
Enjoy the go.
I love all my cards - Mr. Cub is still very appreciated.
These arrived after the snows...my first Mantle, low grade and all!
3 more for my ‘52 catcher build. Super excited to get 2 high numbers, man they give those away 😅! Makes the ‘72 set build feel like a walk in the park!!
Cashed in some Topps buy back cards today. Box was pretty much a bust but happy with the Kaline and Gwynn rookie.
Chipper Jones Basic Topps Set - All 10's for 10
Sam Houston State Alumni Rookie Set
Added these to the rookie collection.
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
I just added this one. It has always been on my radar since they were only issued in the factory set and not a huge population in a PSA 10 (only 36)
i thought i try my luck on a 87 fleer factory set. the ryan bond and clark were really good but not so lucky on the larkin and jackson. the rest of the stars were offcentered.
I also recently picked up a 1987 Fleer factory set. Here are the best cards:
The rear edge chipping along the blue borders are slightly more visible to the naked eye than they show up in the photos. Still, I'm quite pleased with the centering.
I'm 1/3rd of my way to all the 1984 HoF rookies in PSA 10. My latest...
Grabbed this OPC Schmidt. Seemed rather nice for the grade. Small tilt but I'm good with that.
Nice grabs, everyone.
Scrolling this thread and seeing all the different grabs always makes me happy.
Good luck out there finding what you want!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Another card to put in my 1994 Topps Gold set . I should've had this one a long time ago .
Wanted one for a while. This one flipped my switch so I went for it.
Mini George the Rough-Cut Royal arrived with a big strip of Topps wax across his belly so we needed to do a bit of outpatient surgery. He's ok now.
Enjoy the go.
Added 2 to Da Bears collection
Beautiful cards Chicago1976…colors pop!
Do you think that photo of Bob Perina was taken at Burnham Park?
Very possible. Or maybe their training camp site back then (St Joseph's College in Indiana). The fall trees in the background are pretty cool.
It took me so much longer than it should have to come around to loving 1950 bowman BB & FB cards.
The Mets still not done paying Bobby Bo...
Dipping my toe into the T206 world.
Beautiful pickup...Chicago1976!
Thank you. I liked the horizontal layout and the action shot. I've read only 6 cards in the set are horizontal.
A few pickups so far this month. As you can there is no real method to my madness other than guys in their respective HOF. I did pick up a Bonds to get closer to filling out his basic Topps run,
For Sale
I love the 1960 set. Those are cool.
That 85 Yount is great too. One of my favorite Younts of all time.
Picked up this OPC Thurm at the White Plains show today. Newly graded Pop 20 with 7 higher and only (1) 9.
Wow that Munson is a screamer. What a beautiful card. Nice pickup!
Love it. You are lucky you saw it before me!
Late 60's and early to mid 70's non-sports