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srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
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Card #408, Dick Ellsworth, Red Sox

Is there a color variation on this card? Mine caught my eye because the team "ball" is (more or less) primary red (almost like the Yankee's color) -vs- the more pink-ish color of all the other red sox.

thanks!

Scott
Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC

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  • JeffVNJeffVN Posts: 322
    A scan would help.
    I need that 69 Bench ASimage

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  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    understood...I'll do one this evening when I get home. Scott
    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    srs1a,

    I'll check my example tonight.
  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    thanks dude (good thing I'm typing...that expresion would sound very funny coming out of my mouth!) Scott
    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    scan...? first try and i don't think it worked
    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    OK, I think I got it this time...Harrelson is a "normal" red sox, Ellsworth is the odd ball. Scott
    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • invader73invader73 Posts: 105
    My Ellsworth is the same as yours, bright red.

    Matt
    UK based collector.
  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    Thanks Invader, I guess it is just an "odd" card.

    In the interest of full disclosure, and given the present tone of across board chatter...I feel a need to come clean. I am currently doing this set in SGC holders. I am about 40% complete with an average grade a bit higher than 8 (in SGC-ese, 90.2). I think that there is a common theme among set collectors -- easy is no fun, and this is the challenge that I decided to take.

    I very much value the incredible depth of knowledge over here, I have learned a ton.

    Please don't yell -- I have several sets registered here -- Aaron and Clemente player sets and the very beginnings of a '66 set.

    Scott



    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Scott-I have a question for you. Do you buy mostly ungraded cards to submit to SGC? or do you buy them already graded? or do you buy cards in other holders to crossover?
  • srs1asrs1a Posts: 398 ✭
    Aro13,

    As you might expect, there are several answers.

    I actually finished this set several years ago (it might be closer to 4-5 years now) when it wasn't real painful to find nice raw stuff....but, almost exclusively commons. I was very lucky and scored several large vending lots. Recently, I started to get these graded...and have another 165 in right now. Vintageauctions on eBAY (crazysc, I think) had some real scorchers..I bought as many as I could.

    The stars, leader cards, etc...I bought slabbed -- mostly PSA, but some in SGC holders. I crossed about 75 cards over when I decided to go this path.

    With the cards that I have in-hand, I think I can get to about 70% keeping an 8 average...which means I've got to figure out how to attack the remaning 180 cards. I'm not excited about crossing over that many -- it's awfully costly...but crisp raw cards are getting tougher and tougher.

    Scott



    Dr S. of the Dead Donkeys MC
  • dbj77dbj77 Posts: 499
    going through some of my 68 red sox, i have a Ray Culp that is pink as well.
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Scott-Yeah, that is what I figured but I was just curious. Good luck with your set!
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