Post your Favorite/Best/Awesomest Pickup of 2012

alifaxwa2 · January 4, 2013 1:43AM

Please post 1 item (card, auto, memo, etc) that is your favorite pickup of 2012. Please also post why its your favorite. Doesn't have to be the best player or most expensive, just the 1 item that made you the most happy to get. Scans preferred when possible.

My favorite is 2004 Playoff Honors Chris Cooley RC. Its an $8 card that I had been looking for since 2005. First one I have even seen. Completed my Cooley basic RC set.

itzagoner · January 4, 2013 2:08AM

i remember my anxiety level reached an all-time high as i awaited the postman on the day this arrived.....still yet to be graded, i simply enjoy looking at the raw beauty of this card, but it will likely go in with my renewal voucher sometime this year.

nearmint · January 4, 2013 2:32AM

Here's one of mine, the latest addition to my 1960 Fleer football card set:

ClockworkAngel · January 4, 2013 2:43AM

I really got back into the game in 2012, so there are a few I am mighty proud of, but this is still my favorite:

blee1 · January 4, 2013 3:23AM

Sorry I know I broke the rule, but I couldn't help it.
The Babe's were not easy to find and I definately needed them to finish my set. I'm a football guy so the Unitas is the first of the big 3 from my uncompleted(about 68%) 57' set.

orioles93 · January 4, 2013 3:30AM

I was thrilled to pick this up last year. Ive been waiting a while to get a Ripken auto and i thought this one was awesome. I love the e-Topps cards. He was my favorite player growing up.

epatmythes · January 4, 2013 4:04AM

In 2012, I had 3 or 4 pickups I'd consider personally monumental... but this was by far my best!

I subbed it myself... and I've been searching for a gradable copy of this card for 3 years prior. I probably subbed somewhere in the neighborhood of 6-8 different copies of the card over the years only to always get the dreaded MIN SIZE REQ. In 2001, Pujols & Ben Sheets were late additions to the Donruss set and were inserted as redemptions. Most, albeit I suspect all, redeemed were cut shorter (top-to-bottom) than the standard card size. Some are just a hair shorter and some are closer to a full 1/16th of an inch shorter. Combined with the black & red bordering, it's darn near improbable to find a high grade copy that will find a home in a PSA holder. I literally jumped out of my chair with joy when I saw the sub results. For me personally, this one is going to be hard to beat for probably years to come (I literally can only think of 2 more cards on my wish-to-own list that would give me greater joy).

Frozencaribou · January 4, 2013 5:34AM

I collect Bobby Orr cards and this is my second favorite card following his 68-69 OPC. I like this card because it is from the peak of his career, it has full career statistics on the back, and it an iconic OPC design.

-Nathanael

digicat · January 4, 2013 5:47AM

Having shifted my collection focus to SF Giants guys, this was probably my highlight pickup of the year. Bought it 1 week before he threw his perfect game, and it arrived the day of.

2002 Bowman Chrome Draft Matt Cain Gold Refractor #/50

abcoltsfan · January 4, 2013 6:01AM

I gave this card its own thread a few weeks ago when I received it, because I was excited about it. I had been wanting a Dawson RC ever since I got back into collecting about a year or so ago.

edmundfitzgerald · January 4, 2013 6:05AM

That Hank Aaron card is absolutely amazing.

My opinion. If it has any chance of getting a 7.5 or lower, then just keep it raw.
I have some raw old beauties that I just enjoy touching and smelling. I would keep that Aaron right with them.

YogiBerraFan · January 4, 2013 6:30AM

I have five that I am really happy with and it would be very hard to choose just one. I have one of them scanned already so I will let laziness make my choice for me

BobH · January 4, 2013 6:48AM

<< <i>That Hank Aaron card is absolutely amazing.

My opinion. If it has any chance of getting a 7.5 or lower, then just keep it raw.
I have some raw old beauties that I just enjoy touching and smelling. I would keep that Aaron right with them. >>

I agree.I have a 55 Aaron in raw form that i enjoy looking at. I'm not so sure about the smelling part..................hehe

Juggs · January 4, 2013 7:41AM

I don't have a scanner, but I picked up a '54 Kaline. That's my favorite pickup of the 2012. My 2013 goal? Two chicks at the same time.

detroitfan2 · January 4, 2013 7:43AM

<< <i>i remember my anxiety level reached an all-time high as i awaited the postman on the day this arrived.....still yet to be graded, i simply enjoy looking at the raw beauty of this card, but it will likely go in with my renewal voucher sometime this year.

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I don't suppose you bought that from some guy who lived down the block from you when you were 9 years old? Just curious.

itzagoner · January 4, 2013 7:47AM

HAHA!

no, i would never have been so presumptuous. i doubt my uncle would have gifted me such a nice card, either.

WalterSobchak · January 4, 2013 8:11AM

Never mind, somebody beat me to it.

Caribou, I have no interest whatsoever in hockey, and I love that Bobby Orr anyway. What a great card!

jay0791 · January 4, 2013 9:04AM

Great cards.
The Orr is just out of this world.

I'm not a heavy hitter but this was my bif/fav PU this year

SidePocket · January 4, 2013 9:19AM

That Aaron is unbelievable!

This was my favorite pickup since it finished my 56 Topps set.

jasoneggert · January 4, 2013 9:26AM

For me it is this. I have never seen a better centered Berk Ross Robinson.

-Jason

ThoseBackPages · January 4, 2013 9:26AM

Added this to my collection last year. its my favorite card in my collection, and a highlight of my life the story behind it.

pdub1819 · January 4, 2013 9:44AM

This is my favorite:

I did pick up both of his rookies so it was hard to chose, but I liked the color on this one so much more (I also know it's not his true rookie)

And in true breaking the rules style, I scored this in one of our group rips this year:

It was a good year. I'm currently saving my money for the National in Chicago. It will be the first one I have ever attended.

Frozencaribou · January 4, 2013 9:59AM

Great cards, guys. I want to hear the Dwight Gooden story.

vladguerrero · January 4, 2013 10:10AM

<< <i>

And in true breaking the rules style
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That was already done, and I'm still waiting for a dozen Wrestling All Star cards to also break the rules

CharleyBrown · January 4, 2013 10:25AM

Highest graded 1/1 Total pop: 8

prthd · January 4, 2013 11:09AM

I thought I would share some of of my pick ups from 2012, some from fellow members. My girlfriend got me a new camera for Christmas so I thought I would snap a few pics.

I dont have this framed yet

GO BUCKS

Browns additions

This I found in the basement while hanging insulation about a month ago. It was in a mice nest area.

edit to add: PDUB1819 the Musial is amazing, beautiful color.

ThoseBackPages · January 4, 2013 11:26AM

<< <i>Great cards, guys. I want to hear the Dwight Gooden story. >>

Gooden was at a Steiner Private Event at last years National in Baltimore. For about the last three years ive kept a 1985 Topps #620 Dwight Gooden card in my wallet that i personally pulled out of a pack back in 1985. It's my favorite card of all time, and the card that got me to where i am today as a collector. I told Dwight my story and he was very nice and politely agreed to sign my card. He even personalized it "To Eric, Best Wishes" Man i couldnt believe it, i really couldnt. i was like a flustered kid again, having just spoken with my childhood idol.

Dboneesq · January 4, 2013 11:55AM

This is one that I did not think I would get for my '52 autographed set. I was very happy when I purchased it.

The card is beat up, but it contains a very nice old time signature.

prthd · January 4, 2013 12:18PM

Doug, how many '52 autographed cards do you have towards your set?

Dpeck100 · January 4, 2013 1:00PM

I got this signed in person backstage in Orlando at the Impact Wrestling taping at Universal Studios.

I just happened to bring a Ric Flair card at the last moment and was able to get this signed.

I said Ric this is not your most valuable card but your most rare. He just sort of nodded and signed it.

We met Hogan that night and shook his hand and I got Sting to sign a few cards too. It was an amazing night to get to meet all three of them in a backstage setting. It was surreal.

scmavl · January 4, 2013 1:08PM

Since I collect original photos of players wearing bow ties, I was ecstatic to add this Lou Gehrig Type I photo to my collection. Who knows what's going on this pic, I just love it.

MrKnowthanx · January 4, 2013 1:51PM

He almost looks like Gary Cooper there in that photo. I had to do a double take.

CW · January 4, 2013 2:01PM

Great stuff already posted in this thread! I knew this thread would deliver.

My fave of '12.....

BobS · January 4, 2013 9:11PM

Wow. Great pick ups last year. Will add a Cobb like that someday to my pc.

My fav has to be this one.

cjedmonton · January 4, 2013 9:35PM

Amazing pickups, everyone!

I wanted to share this poster:

I would love to continue the march to 100+. The names in red are my wantlist. As long as they are or become HOFers and were in MLB prior to this reunion, they fit the theme.

gregm13 · January 4, 2013 10:04PM

Great pics guys - I especially love the Hank Aaron rc and Casey Stengel auto'd card. Here are my favoritest (pun intended) pickups of 2012 -

1. A Dutch Clark (NFL HOFer) signed rookie card. It is only the second signed 1935 National Chicle that I've seen from the set and the first one in my collection
rd below:

2. A Leo Nomellini (NFL HOFer) signed rookie card. He was a great signer until his death in 2000, however his rookie card is a short print in the 1948 Leaf set and his signed rookie card is nearly impossible to find:

3. A signed cut auto'd card of Earle "Greasy" Neale - NFL HOFer.

I won't bore you with any more scans...

Rgs,

Greg M.

ToneD · January 5, 2013 1:31AM

Great stuff everybody. That 32 US Caramel Ruth is superb. And CW...you have an amazing collection there. Very impressive. Here are my pick ups for 2012.

This is my fav this year. A very difficult card.

Edit - Did not read the title correctly so I deleted other pics. Sorry guys.

RookieWax · January 5, 2013 4:13AM

I showed this in another thread about a month ago, but here is my favorite pickup from last year.

NickM · January 5, 2013 4:56AM

This beat my white whale (PSA 10 R423 Dickey) and my 3 high-grade R308 Tattoo Orbits (each a pop 1 with none higher and among the 11 PSA 4s and above from the whole set) as my favorite pickup of the year. A baseball HOFer in his college uniform when he first signed for pro ball (aka, one of his earliest known collectibles). It wasn't planned; just a "that looks really neat" while browsing the seller's listings.

Nick

TNP777 · January 6, 2013 2:50AM

T206 Bill Dahlen and T205 Irvin Wilhelm - both cards completed their respective Brooklyn Superbas team sets.

jeff8877 · January 6, 2013 3:44AM

Great cards guys...here is mine that you just don't see come around much! Was super glad to be able to add to my 52 set. Now if I could just find a Mantle...lol.

Jeff

PSASAP · January 6, 2013 5:09AM

Great looking Mathews rookie Jeff!

orioles93 · January 6, 2013 5:20AM

Thats an impressive Mathews right there. Ill eventually need one for my HOF rookie set, but ill be looking for a 1 or 2 probably. That is fantastic looking!

cincyredlegs · January 6, 2013 5:23AM

If I had to pick one it would probably be this.

Mark

fiveniner · January 6, 2013 5:25AM

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