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July 2026 Pickups Thread…
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A fun scoop to start July for me, with a HOFer in his first year…
1973 Philadelphia Phillies Fan Mailer w/ 1973 Philadelphia Phillies Trifold (Mike Schmidt Rookie)
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
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Oh, What could have been.
Very tough to find first card of Lyman Bostock. 1/1 none graded higher and total
graded pop of 3.
Amazing card!!!
Just saw him score the first 2 World Cup goals of his career at Gillette Stadium!!! Fantastic!
Revision: On advice of counsel, the above statement has been amended to read…
“Just saw him score the first 2 Big Soccer Match goals of his career at Boston Stadium!!! Fantastic!”
Live long, and prosper.
I just picked up a very sharp 1977 OPC baseball set. One of the cool things about late '70's OPC baseball is that the size of the set (264 cards) is so small that the ratio of stars and HOFers to scrubs is quite high. There are also the differences between OPC and Topps: the proliferation of Blue Jays and Expos cards, the different poses and the mentions of trades. For 1977, according to my count, there are 38 pose variations, 22 airbrushed or traded cards and 14 cards exclusive to OPC (all Expos and Blue Jays). A great deal of cards in my set are centered quite well but there is the usual poor centering on a bunch. Unfortunately, the set was listed as complete but is missing the Record Breaker cards of Ryan and Brett. I have been promised a partial refund for those.
That’s awesome. I will never fall out of love with that 77 K Leader card. 2 absolute great photos by themselves and together.
Picked up some unopened from an antique mall earlier today
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.16% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.87% Complete)
I just don't recall Mickey Vernon being a coach with the Expos and I suppose I can say the same about the others... Cool card.
On a side note, there is something to be said about the so-called coaches/managers cards that exist especially the earlier one explores topps cards. There are some great players that became coaches/managers a nd obtaining those cards is one way of capturing MLB history. There are several great players featured on early topps cards that are great to own - the Billy Herman 1955 topps card sort of illustrates my point.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I'm hoping this guy is not a bust. Picked up this for $15.00.
Always have been a snob and never considered anything under a 8 for a 70’s card, but I saw this Brett and had to have it to go along with my ‘26 Heritage red ink auto, my son and I pulled a couple of months back. Have really inspected the card and believe that a mm on the bottom border put it in a 7 🙄, otherwise it is a stunner.
That Brett is another great example of the opportunities available today to pick up killer cards, relatively cheap. Thats a 9, 10 years ago. You prob paid 1/5th of what it would cost in a Mint slab.
Here is a recent 9 for comparison….1/10th btw.
A rookie Eckersley, a Nico Hoerner auto for my son's birthday, and a '53 for my Cubs set.
/76 ~On Independence Day...I couldn't resist.
Old pickups - get it?
My truck turned 29 this month and Sadie 15. She sits on the desk with me while I sort cards, read, etc.
One of this month's pickups was this Chicago Golden Gloves official's badge, a small piece of sports history tied to one of the great sports promoters of the 20th century.
Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward launched the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament in 1923, helping create what would become America's premier amateur boxing program and a proving ground for future champions.
A decade later, Ward would again leave his mark on sports history by conceiving Major League Baseball's first All-Star Game in 1933.
My example dates to the classic Golden Gloves era and represents the officials, judges, referees, and committee members who worked ringside at these famous tournaments and international meets. While I have picked up a few Golden Gloves pieces recently, I thought this one best captured the history and atmosphere of the program that Ward helped turn into a national institution.
I scanned a few of the others in the lot: I never would've guessed that the originator of the golden glove competitions and the All-Star Game would have come from one person - Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune?
Picked up a nice Stan the Man auto from my favorite Topps set of all time.
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