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First card purchase since the early 90's ...

jmbjmb Posts: 594 ✭✭✭
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Picked this up last week. This has always been my favorite Gehrig card ever produced. #37 comes really close but it's always been this one for me.

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I hope to reacquire a few of the 8 Gehrig & Ruth Goudeys that I used to own that helped me pay for college.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick them up at $400-$800 a piece like back then.

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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Great card old flip to boot! Why so long between purchases?

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,094 ✭✭✭✭
    $400-$800 ? If we had only known and skipped the modern RC junk. Nice card.
  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! Beautiful Gehrig card. Congrats.
    Daniel
  • dberk12dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭
    Nothing like returning to the hobby with a classic card. Well done and welcome back.


    Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.





    -George F. Will
  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice way to get back in the game. Welcome back!
    Steve
  • jmbjmb Posts: 594 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Great card old flip to boot! Why so long between purchases? >>



    Not complaining, but just life in general. College, house, wife, kids, other hobbies.

    Thanks for the welcome.
  • DM23HOFDM23HOF Posts: 2,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome back and trust they'll bring you as much joy the second time around-- congrats on a great, classic card! Lou Gehrig is as great as they ever come.
  • captainthreeputtcaptainthreeputt Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    Heck of a nice welcome back to the hobby!
    1911 C55 hockey
    1935 National Chicle
    1961 Golden Press
    1962 Bell Brand Dodgers
    Top 200 cards in the hobby
    Top 250 cards in the hobby
    All time lakers
    All time Dodgers
    1957 Disney Characters
    1965 Donruss Disneyland
    1966 Get Smart
    Brian
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    Old card collectors never quit, they just take time-outs. Nice card!
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nothing like returning to the hobby with a classic card. Well done and welcome back. >>



    +1
  • yankeesmanyankeesman Posts: 985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gorgeous Gehrig! Welcome back to the hobby. Looking forward to many more!

    Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector
    www.questfortherookiecup.com
  • DniceDnice Posts: 848
    Great way to jump back in. Strong pick up indeed. Welcome back to the hobby.
  • cardcountrycardcountry Posts: 571 ✭✭✭
    Great job Joe! Welcome back!!

    Jeff
    Jeff Foy/Dave Foy
    Card Country
    Graded stars 1950's-1980
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Way to get back into the hobby with a bang. Congrats!

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Welcome back! Can't wait to see what else you pick up. Be sure to post when you do.
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,421 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I hope to reacquire a few of the 8 Gehrig & Ruth Goudeys that I used to own that helped me pay for college.
    Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick them up at $400-$800 a piece like back then. >>

    Wow - you really know how to reenter the hobby with a bang!

    Congratulations on your pickup - a real beauty.

    Best of luck "retrieving" those cards. image
    Mike
  • IndianaJonesIndianaJones Posts: 346 ✭✭✭
    jmb-----I love your 1934 Goudey Gehrig! It's very clean, without a mark on it. I think you did great, and for what it's worth, I also favor the #61 Gehrig over the #37. Here's wishing you a hearty welcome back, and a slow but steady re-purchasing of your long-gone Gehrig and Ruth Goudeys. Thank you for sharing with us. ---Indiana Jones (Brian Powell)
  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on your hobby return

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • jmbjmb Posts: 594 ✭✭✭
    Didn't anticipate finding another eye appealing Gehrig so soon, but this just got delivered. The grader must have been in a bad mood the day this came across the table.

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  • Mozzie22Mozzie22 Posts: 39 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Didn't anticipate finding another eye appealing Gehrig so soon, but this just got delivered. The grader must have been in a bad mood the day this came across the table.

    imageimage >>




    HOLY CRAP! Really like the first one posted above but this is, in my opinion, one of the all-time most beautiful cards ever produced. This is a fantastic example. Congrats! That is one of the nicest 4's i've seen. Show the back.
  • jmbjmb Posts: 594 ✭✭✭
    Here you go.

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  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭
    WHOA! That's one of the strongest 4's I've seen. Talk about eye appeal! Gongrats on two great Gehrigs!
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations!
    Mike
  • rexvosrexvos Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that is a beauty. Congrats
    Looking for FB HOF Rookies
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