January Pickups. Start off 2017 by sharing the new arrivals!

sushihotwings · January 3, 2017 9:01PM

The pricing correction is affecting nearly every part of the hobby and now even Star basketball which had been holding up well. Prices have dropped sharply the past couple months following the lead of the 86 Fleer Jordan. I wasn't expecting to get this Star Jordan #101 rookie but the price was too good to pass on.

sushihotwings · January 3, 2017 9:11PM

This 5x7 beauty is tough to find Mint with only 38 cards ever given a BGS 9, nine BGS 9.5s and no 10s

sushihotwings · January 3, 2017 9:22PM

Finally, I got this Michael Jordan Team Supers card which you hardly ever see in Gem Mint with a population of 8 and none ever graded 10

alifaxwa2 · January 4, 2017 5:45AM

To be my next big custom

sushihotwings · January 4, 2017 7:12AM

@alifaxwa2 said:
To be my next big custom

What material is that signature on?

ugaskidawg · January 4, 2017 7:27AM

Love the Star cards! You can never go wrong with his XRC.

It looks like an old jersey. If so, is the whole thing in tact?

SpinFadeSplash23 · January 4, 2017 10:00AM

Amazing Star cards, Sushi. Great pickups.

PaulMaul · January 4, 2017 10:03AM

Sports cards acquisitions have been slow lately, but the wackys keep rolling in!

alifaxwa2 · January 4, 2017 10:23AM

@sushihotwings said:

@alifaxwa2 said:
To be my next big custom

What material is that signature on?

@ugaskidawg said:
Love the Star cards! You can never go wrong with his XRC.

It looks like an old jersey. If so, is the whole thing in tact?

Inside cover of old magazine

ugaskidawg · January 4, 2017 11:28AM

Oh wow - Up close it looked to be the inside collar of an old jersey. Cool picture. To bad for the big stain! Great Auto!

alifaxwa2 · January 4, 2017 12:12PM

@ugaskidawg said:
Oh wow - Up close it looked to be the inside collar of an old jersey. Cool picture. To bad for the big stain! Great Auto!

Thanks.
Though, the stain made it very affordable and perfect for the custom cut it will become.

SpinFadeSplash23 · January 4, 2017 6:22PM

I made another nice dent in my 1951 Ringside Boxing set. Only need 25 more cards to finish.

SidePocket · January 4, 2017 7:55PM

Those boxing cards are gorgeous!

JBrules · January 4, 2017 8:10PM

sushihotwings, Those Jordan Star cards are monster pickups well-played!!!

SpinFadeSplash23, Great looking boxing cards. Makes me want to start collecting them.

PaulMaul, Those wacky packs are way to cool. Congrats.

yankeesman · January 5, 2017 4:26PM

Here's my first real pickup of 2017:

jfkheat · January 7, 2017 1:03PM

It looks like this month is off to a good start. I really like the Ringside boxing cards.

I picked these up for my All Star subsets.
James

sushihotwings · January 7, 2017 1:18PM

Those Allen and Ginger cards are amazing. Are they all from 1887? How were they packaged? 0ne card per pack of smokes?

sushihotwings · January 7, 2017 3:39PM

Thanks for the backstory

LOTSOS · January 9, 2017 4:38PM

JR Cool story. Absolutely amazing how good those cards look for nearly 130 years old!

Hi. My name is Kevin and I am an addict. For those of you that recall last fall I acquired 4/5 (3 Topps & 1OPC) of the 1976 French Connection cards that were graded PSA 10. Always on the hunt for the 5th as I was flipping through the bay a few weeks ago I saw a 1976 Topps in PSA 10! My heart was racing and I clicked on it only to notice that the listing was from 4sharp and they had it listed as a Pop 4. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh the disappointment. So a few days go by and I cant get it out of my head. Like I said before the Pop increasing sort of made me lose a little bit of excitement in the chase. Well the addict in me won out. Here is what is now 4 of 5 1976 Topps #214 French Connection cards in PSA10. The chase is still on for the last one but if the Pop goes up again Im out. I think.... Probably.....
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Also picked up a few of each of these guys to send off for submission. Safety in numbers.
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Finally a 1986 OPC Gilbert Perreault in PSA 10 which is an upgrade for my Perreault registries.
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SpinFadeSplash23 · January 10, 2017 6:27AM

I love how the colors just pop on that 1986. Great card!

brad31 · January 10, 2017 8:26AM

Great stuff. Those Allen and Ginter's are beautiful.

Nice pickup on the Yaz and the Robinson AS.

Cornering the market on French Connection 10s is a very cool collecting goal.

TheMick · January 10, 2017 8:42AM

I added a few football cards in January. Hard to think about baseball right now.

ToneD · January 10, 2017 11:59AM

A big thank you to board member Counselor for this T206 Matty.

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ugaskidawg · January 11, 2017 5:41AM

The 1970 set is very special to me because of my late uncle. Picked this card up. Once 1 higher, owned by another Yaz master list member, Jason. Happy to add this one to my collection...

Arsenal83 · January 11, 2017 7:04PM

I've been looking for this for quite a while. A flawless 1982 factory set. Cards and box are perfect.

brad31 · January 11, 2017 8:03PM

Was very excited to get this one. Love the '55 Bowman set and am slowly trying to get the HOFers. Blurry image is my scanner not the card.

garnettstyle · January 12, 2017 8:18PM

Love the 70 yaz.

maddux69 · January 12, 2017 10:03PM

Great pickups guys, well except for Stan Pounder. By the looks of it, she will be the one picking you up!

I finally picked up a Bryant Rookie Auto. It is a black refractor numbered /99. I will be sending it to PSA, looks like it will be 8.5-9. Fingers crossed!

UFFDAH · January 13, 2017 8:08AM

Great adds everyone !! Maddux - awesome Bryant, I hope you get a high grade from PSA!!

Here is a pickup from December and now back from PSA in a new holder. A nicely centered "Wilt the Stilt" with sharp colors to boot.

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KendallCat · January 13, 2017 8:30AM

Beautiful Wilt card - nice pickup!

brad31 · January 13, 2017 9:34AM

Wow that is an amazing Chamberlain!

LOTSOS · January 15, 2017 3:25PM

Arsenal83 Congrats on crossing off one of youre signature WTB items. Always cool to complete the journey.

UFFDAH Beautiful Wilt! I'm not a Basketball guy but he may be one of the first who transcended the sport into cultural icon territory. At least to me. If that's blasphemous to anyone due to a glaring omission excuse my basketball ignorance.

A few pickups made their way into the collection this week. First up is a 1976 Topps Rick Martin with Auto. I decided to snag this for a few reasons. First as a member of the French Connection this is the same year as the Connection cards I've posted here earlier and it inspired me to try and track down a 1976 card with auto For Perreault & Martin as well to display. Also I'm not sure how many of this year are signed and in great shape with decent centering like this one and since he is deceased the count wont increase. When I first saw the listing for it I though maybe it was trimmed but it measures perfect maybe even a hair over on the length. I does have a small surface issue between the "E" and "S" in Sabres where the black meets white. If the small raised spot gets noticed what is the best I could expect to get when I sub it? With out it getting noticed I would say 8.5 maybe 9. I at least want the auto verified but might get it graded as well if I wouldn't be starting to low because of the raised spot.

Next up a little more Eichel. Im going to send in two to Leaf for signatures and 2 unsigned for grading in a week or two.

Arsenal83 · January 15, 2017 4:27PM

UFFDAH - Wow incredible Wilt, congrats on a great pickup.

LOTSOS - I'm loving your hockey pickups. I really need to get one of the Mcdavid and Eichel RC's for my collection soon.

sushihotwings · January 15, 2017 5:26PM

I went to visit my parents at my childhood home over the holidays and picked up much of my sports card collection. I found so many awesome gems I totally forgot about. So, in a way, this was a new pickup since I didn't remember I had it. lol

JBrules · January 15, 2017 6:33PM

Wow!!! The color on that Wilt is incredible. Awesome looking Card. Congrats UFFDAH!!!

slum22 · January 15, 2017 8:39PM

Some incredible pickups and we are only halfway through the month. So many great cards I can't comment on them all, so congrats to all and thanks for sharing. I'll be adding some pickups to the thread when I get to the computer.

As a basketball guy, I have to comment on the Wilt PSA 9. UFFDAH, that card is an absolute mic drop! Congratulations!

slum22 · January 16, 2017 1:19AM

As promised, here are three cards that arrived in January but were technically purchased in December. The two Star Jordan cards are for my set. I have a completed set now with 8/10 as BGS 9.5. The card #9 is the lowest pop BGS 9.5 of the set at a pop 10. I have been looking for a nice Magic Bird RC with good card and perforation centering and no black line. I am happy with this one!

SpinFadeSplash23 · January 16, 2017 10:10AM

Gorgeous cards, Steve. I've been trying to upgrade my Star stash, but between you and Sushi, it has not been easy. I picked up a few cards so far.

Arsenal83 · January 16, 2017 9:59PM

3 more pickups I'm stoked about.

LOTSOS · January 16, 2017 10:05PM

@Arsenal83 said:
3 more pickups I'm stocked about.!

Now that's quite the weeks worth or so of pickups! Congrats!!! Always nice when it rains.

Kevin

Arsenal83 · January 16, 2017 10:34PM

@LOTSOS said:

@Arsenal83 said:
3 more pickups I'm stoked about.!

Now that's quite the weeks worth or so of pickups! Congrats!!! Always nice when it rains.

Kevin

Thanks bro. I still have about 20 or so 1968's to finally finish that set. I've been working on that since I was 18 (I'm 37 now).

Brian

JBrules · January 17, 2017 6:08AM

Arsenal83, That 68 Mantle rocks!!!! Not to mention the Clemente and Fisk. Great centered examples. Congrats.

Arsenal83 · January 17, 2017 9:30AM

@JBrules said:
Arsenal83, That 68 Mantle rocks!!!! Not to mention the Clemente and Fisk. Great centered examples. Congrats.

Thanks man. I can't wait to get them in hand.

UFFDAH · January 17, 2017 10:13AM

Thanks for the props on my Wilt. Much appreciated!

Slum - the Bird/Johnson Rookie is real nice with attractive centering even at the perforations. Congrats!!

Arsenal - that Fisk / Cooper Rookie is an eye catcher for sure - congrats!! Would be curious to know what that grades if you send off.

KendallCat · January 17, 2017 10:43AM

That Fisk/Cooper card is a monster - nice pickup!

SlugSports · January 17, 2017 3:17PM

Finally managed to snatch up a couple of my all time favorites!!!

Arsenal83 · January 17, 2017 7:01PM

@KendallCat said:
That Fisk/Cooper card is a monster - nice pickup!

Thank you. You guys have any guesses on what the Clemente and Fisk would grade?

LOTSOS · January 17, 2017 7:30PM

SlugSports. Love that Horsemen card! While I'm by no means a Domer Homer I always held a soft spot in my Heart for the Irish. Visited during a youth hockey tournament that was held on campus. That was the first time I ever set foot on a college campus and it made quite the impression.

Congrats
Kevin

JBrules · January 17, 2017 7:47PM

Arsenal83 , The lower left corner of the Clemente probably keeps it from being an 8. I would say PSA 7-7.5. Regardless of grade a nice looking card. The Fisk rookie looks pretty strong with the corners. Hard to know based on the small picture but a solid PSA 8 for sure with a shot at PSA 8.5 - 9. If you get them graded let us know the results.

SlugSports, those AA cards look great. The more I see them the more I want to start collecting them. Congrats on landing two great looking cards.

KendallCat · January 17, 2017 9:08PM

Agree on the Clemente and lower left corner but still a 7/7.5. Cooper/Fisk card should be an 8/8.5 or higher.

January Pickups. Start off 2017 by sharing the new arrivals!

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