This recent submission finally put me on top in the PSA registry for "1975 Michael Schechter Associates test discs"
There are only me and "duke - o - discs" Larry Kellogg in this registry. Larrys sig should be "king o discs" i think he is #1 in almost every disc registry set listed.
It's too bad about the surface grubbiness (the scan does make it look worse than it is ... I hope ) because the corners and edges on these are remarkably sharp (except for the '30 Wills Hagen). Can anyone who has a good eye or good knowledge of PSA's grading tell me how much they take off for the grubbiness? Would these have a shot at a 4 or 5 or are they relegated to 1-3 status? Thanks
1928 Churchman Small Men of the Moment Bobby Jones
1928 Churchman Small Men of the Moment Walter Hagen
This is just a great Mollie rookie. No print blob at all! Great card. >>
Just a Mollie rookie? What about Trammell? He looks as though someone leaped out of the dugout on his way to the on-deck cirle and asked him "Exactly how hard do you hold your bat?
Nice card.
Arthur
Edited to add: Actually, it looks like somebody did the same thing to UL Washington
Very happy with my mailman today. According to the SMR these are both rookie cards.
Under a loupe the corners are actually better than they appear in the scans but there are a few minor scratches in the glossy surface. The backs are cleaner than the scans as well. I'm thinking in the PSA 4 ballpark.
<< <i>Is it just me or does it look like Braddock's head is pasted onto someone else's body? >>
Yeah, I did that. The original picture just had him smiling and he didn't look mean enough so I found another picture of him, shrank it down, printed it on regular copy paper and Elmer's glued it on the card. I think it adds a "certain something" to the card that a future investor will find intriguing. Either way, when I go to sell it on eBay I plan on having the item title read something like ...
"HOLY CRAP! 1 OF 1 JIMMY BRADDOCK ERROR RC CARD! PSA BGS 10?"
WOULD THE REAL DAN SOFTPARADE PLEASE STEP FORWARD! THERE IS A MAN ON THESE BOARDS WHO HAS HIJACKED YOUR ID AND IS POSTING PICTURES OF CARDS THAT WERE NOT PRINTED IN 1978!!
Wow, those are some awesome '57s soft! There's got to be a story behind those... Please share
So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
Okay, so it's not a card but it's still pretty darn nice.
I believe (hopefully someone here can correct me if I'm wrong) that it's entitled "First At-Bat." It was taken at Holy Cross College (you can see it in the background) which resides in beautiful Worcester, Massachusetts (my home town). The picture itself measures 20" X 16", not including the frame and matting. Gotta love Teddy Ballgame!
<< <i>WOULD THE REAL DAN SOFTPARADE PLEASE STEP FORWARD! THERE IS A MAN ON THESE BOARDS WHO HAS HIJACKED YOUR ID AND IS POSTING PICTURES OF CARDS THAT WERE NOT PRINTED IN 1978!! >>
Nice going Bri! Sweet stuff! I absolutely love mine! I have duplicates of Duke Snider, Lou Brock, and ...maybe Bourdreau? Let me know if you have any more of that 50s-60s Yankees and maybe we can work out another trade! Wish I knew you were going to jump in...we could have considered those before.
I haven't been buying much for a few months, but earlier this month I picked up my, what, 4th or 5th set of these 1985 7-11 Twins team sets. I've always been disappointed in the Kirbys I receive because, unfortunately, it's the first card of the set. It usually has bent corners from cellophane, etc. This latest set though must have been obtained and stored in another way because this Kirby had some of the most beautiful edges I've ever seen on a card. Using a magnifying glass along the edges was like skiing down a fast slope of bright white snow! The centering is better than most, too, so this card is one of my favorite purchases of the year. It'll be getting graded soon...
I wonder if everyone knows about the Mendoza line.
I remember Joe Garigiola used to make jokes about how he was just "bad" enough to stay in the majors hovering on the .200 average line.
mike >>
Mike, I didn't think this card was hard to locate in PSA 9. I bid $3.01, and the winning bid was $3.26!
"Mendoza-like numbers!"
rd
edit: to date: there are (46) PSA 9s out there and (9) PSA 10s (but there are only (8) PSA 8s! It seems the PSA graders made the "Mendoza Line" at PSA 9!
More than anything I enjoy collecting cards of athletes who are intertwined with the history of their sport and have evolved into household names -- recognizable even by those who don't follow their respective sports. After quite a struggle I had to come to terms with the fact that the price of baseball, football, basketball and hockey examples of these athletes doesn't suit my impulsive nature or my buying frequency. Luckily, I found golf and boxing (and even started to pick up some Pele cards ). A short time ago I came really close to pursuing full-time a '33 Goudey set in low grade. Thankfully, I discovered the golfing/boxing cards from the '10s up to the '50s.
Also, you're all lucky enough (and I'm sure in complete awe) to be witness to the first purchase for the eventual #1 ranked Mosi Tatupu Master set.
A special thanks goes out to Rick (NewJerseyMeatHook) for hooking me up with this. Thanks Rick.
And, of course, I've got a few new boxing cards to display ...
1956 Adventure James Braddock (too bad about the centering, everything else is nice)
That looks to be a fantastic 7-11 Kirby! Were these cards distributed in complete set form? I seem to remember hustling down the 7-11s and picking these cards up one at a time. The clerks would occasionally give me several, but I don't ever remember seeing complete sets available.
I had a Puckett that looked nice, but sadly the printing on the back was so badly smeared it would make a Molitor/Trammell smudge look like a minor printing imperfection.
Comments
Gracias
Arthur
(Stone, if I'm bringing disgrace to your thread, please let me know!)
rd
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
This recent submission finally put me on top in the PSA registry for "1975 Michael Schechter Associates test discs"
There are only me and "duke - o - discs" Larry Kellogg in this registry. Larrys sig should be "king o discs" i think he is #1 in almost every disc registry set listed.
anyway,
Thanks, Lee
Mike, hope your feelin strong !
Inspired by the recent 75 mini bust, I picked these up:
Robert
1928 Churchman Small Men of the Moment Bobby Jones
1928 Churchman Small Men of the Moment Walter Hagen
1930 Wills Famous Golfers Walter Hagen
Thanks for the input.
Arthur
Edited to add: Sorry about the scans.
rd
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
<< <i>Newbies!
rd
Wow! Great card! There's no ink blotch at all. Just a great card.
The Captain
Abe
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<< <i>Newbies!
rd
This is just a great Mollie rookie. No print blob at all! Great card. >>
Just a Mollie rookie? What about Trammell? He looks as though someone leaped out of the dugout on his way to the on-deck cirle and asked him "Exactly how hard do you hold your bat?
Nice card.
Arthur
Edited to add: Actually, it looks like somebody did the same thing to UL Washington
What scanner do you have?? Those are some crisp bright images!
Mike
Under a loupe the corners are actually better than they appear in the scans but there are a few minor scratches in the glossy surface. The backs are cleaner than the scans as well. I'm thinking in the PSA 4 ballpark.
Arthur
<< <i>Is it just me or does it look like Braddock's head is pasted onto someone else's body? >>
Yeah, I did that. The original picture just had him smiling and he didn't look mean enough so I found another picture of him, shrank it down, printed it on regular copy paper and Elmer's glued it on the card. I think it adds a "certain something" to the card that a future investor will find intriguing. Either way, when I go to sell it on eBay I plan on having the item title read something like ...
"HOLY CRAP! 1 OF 1 JIMMY BRADDOCK ERROR RC CARD! PSA BGS 10?"
Phreakdancin, you like my work?
Arthur
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
<< <i>Phreakdancin, you like my work?
Keep up the good work!
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
MY GOLD TYPE SET https://pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/complete-type-sets/gold-type-set-12-piece-circulation-strikes-1839-1933/publishedset/321940
* C. PASCUAL BASIC #3
* T. PEREZ BASIC #4 100%
* L. TIANT BASIC #1
* DRYSDALE BASIC #4 100%
* MAGIC MASTER #4/BASIC #3
* PALMEIRO MASTER/BASIC #1
* '65 DISNEYLAND #2
* '78 ELVIS PRESLEY #6
* '78 THREE'S COMPANY #1
WaltDisneyBoards
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Arthur
I believe (hopefully someone here can correct me if I'm wrong) that it's entitled "First At-Bat." It was taken at Holy Cross College (you can see it in the background) which resides in beautiful Worcester, Massachusetts (my home town). The picture itself measures 20" X 16", not including the frame and matting. Gotta love Teddy Ballgame!
Arthur
I would like to have a photo like that signed by Teddy.
thanx for sharing
mike
<< <i>WOULD THE REAL DAN SOFTPARADE PLEASE STEP FORWARD! THERE IS A MAN ON THESE BOARDS WHO HAS HIJACKED YOUR ID AND IS POSTING PICTURES OF CARDS THAT WERE NOT PRINTED IN 1978!! >>
I got this in the mail - nonsport of course - it's from Uncle Sam - he's paying me back. I woulda taken
cash?
It's a participation pin of sorts - this pin takes me from age 18 to 51!
mike
Had to get this one just because it's Sugar Ray.
Arthur
Ive seen too many of you fellas with these lately, so I decided to give in and join the party....
-- Yogi Berra
Are you a big golf fan? Boxing? Very nice golf cards you've been picking up.
Bri
Congratulations on joining that club - they are sweet cards! Are you gonna have them authen/graded by PSA?
thanx for sharing
mike
Barry
rd
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
Is the Mendoza a hard card to find in a 9?
I wonder if everyone knows about the Mendoza line.
I remember Joe Garigiola used to make jokes about how he was just "bad" enough to stay in the majors hovering on the .200 average line.
mike
<< <i>Sweet card rd
Is the Mendoza a hard card to find in a 9?
I wonder if everyone knows about the Mendoza line.
I remember Joe Garigiola used to make jokes about how he was just "bad" enough to stay in the majors hovering on the .200 average line.
mike >>
Mike, I didn't think this card was hard to locate in PSA 9. I bid $3.01, and the winning bid was $3.26!
"Mendoza-like numbers!"
rd
edit: to date: there are (46) PSA 9s out there and (9) PSA 10s (but there are only (8) PSA 8s! It seems the PSA graders made the "Mendoza Line" at PSA 9!
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968
Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
Learn something new everyday.
shawn
More than anything I enjoy collecting cards of athletes who are intertwined with the history of their sport and have evolved into household names -- recognizable even by those who don't follow their respective sports. After quite a struggle I had to come to terms with the fact that the price of baseball, football, basketball and hockey examples of these athletes doesn't suit my impulsive nature or my buying frequency. Luckily, I found golf and boxing (and even started to pick up some Pele cards
Also, you're all lucky enough (and I'm sure in complete awe) to be witness to the first purchase for the eventual #1 ranked Mosi Tatupu Master set.
A special thanks goes out to Rick (NewJerseyMeatHook) for hooking me up with this. Thanks Rick.
And, of course, I've got a few new boxing cards to display ...
1956 Adventure James Braddock (too bad about the centering, everything else is nice)
1952 C.H. Knorr Joe Louis
Arthur
matt
1994 Pro Line Live
TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject
Jay
Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
That looks to be a fantastic 7-11 Kirby! Were these cards distributed in complete set form? I seem to remember hustling down the 7-11s and picking these cards up one at a time. The clerks would occasionally give me several, but I don't ever remember seeing complete sets available.
I had a Puckett that looked nice, but sadly the printing on the back was so badly smeared it would make a Molitor/Trammell smudge look like a minor printing imperfection.
PM lawnmowerman about that Emmitt. I think he occasionally dabbles in collecting Emmitt Smith cards.
Arthur