@artee said:
You mexican’t pass on something like that, DD! Nice Score.
Thanks. I can't wait to add it to my Joe Louis card shrine room. My wife isn't allowed in my Joe Louis card shrine room. If she steps foot in there, she knows I'll call the cops on her for trespassing.
@artee said:
You mexican’t pass on something like that, DD! Nice Score.
Thanks. I can't wait to add it to my Joe Louis card shrine room. My wife isn't allowed in my Joe Louis card shrine room. If she steps foot in there, she knows I'll call the cops on her for trespassing.
Technically half that card and shrine are her’s though!
@artee said:
You mexican’t pass on something like that, DD! Nice Score.
Thanks. I can't wait to add it to my Joe Louis card shrine room. My wife isn't allowed in my Joe Louis card shrine room. If she steps foot in there, she knows I'll call the cops on her for trespassing.
Technically half that card and shrine are her’s though!
I keep the door to my shrine covered in garlic. It keeps her out.
@MLBdays said:
Found a '68 Topps Mantle with decent sharpness and centering ~ I was inspired by the '17 Topps Heritage Aaron Judge. I may just take on a Mantle PSA 9 project ....
Great idea, MLB Days. Beautiful card.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
I bought 2 packs of 2019 Contenders Draft Picks at a local show last weekend. I hit this Daniel Jones cracked ice 22/23. One of my nicer pack hits. His cards are hot right now. Now do I keep or sell...?
Isaly’s was a chain of family-owned dairies and restaurants which began in Ohio @slimies . They contracted with MSA to promote their ice cream and dairy products. Could write more about them but most people get bored talking MSA produced discs sets ( unless they're a dork like me who loves the food stuff)
More slabs recently back. As prior stated sent in stuff been hanging on to. These were some Ichrio and Pujols I had been totting around. Its amazing now that they're back when I have time to look what I discover I miss when I rush
The Leaf R&S Ichiro is Pop 3 just 4 higher
The UD Diamond Collection Promo is a Pop 1 item
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The Pujols again from that pile I had. His and Ichiros rookies are going much later on
The 2002 SPA has 36 Gems and 12 9's
The 2003 Bowmans Best has a Pop of 4 with just 7 gems
The 2003 Fleer Tradition Update Tale of the Tape has a Pop 10 of gems
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These last 2 made the sub. The Griffey is a Pop 5 Gem and the Piazza a Pop 1
One of the finer Gems I've ever recieved on a game used item--- think its actually just the 15th Gem out of 1000's of game used I've done. This one I pack pulled myself and handled myself. Pure dumb luck it came in great shape these always have corner damages
Usually I nail the Mint 9's -- gem is like rare on this stuff. May keep it around for a bit while I figure out what to do with it.
Doubt anyone will gem another for a while my last game used item I got Gem 10 is still a Pop 1 over 9 years later
On the back thats a light diffraction issue on the back right side folks-- no issues on that card edge just how the scanner interprets the light patterns / reflections
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@MikeyP said:
October is my birthday month. I used it as an opportunity to purchase a 1951 Bowman Phil Rizzuto card. I owned this card in college, but I was upset about a stain on the back, so I ended up selling it many years ago. I finally replaced it. I also picked up a 1978 Topps George Brett card to add to my raw mint 1978 Topps Baseball set, and a 1985 Topps Don Mattingly card to finally complete my PSA GEM MT 10 Topps Don Mattingly set. It took me six years to complete the PSA GEM MT 10 Don Mattingly set. I have provided a link below.
@MikeyP said:
a 1985 Topps Don Mattingly card to finally complete my PSA GEM MT 10 Topps Don Mattingly set. It took me six years to complete the PSA GEM MT 10 Don Mattingly set.
Congratulations on the Mattingly set. He was my favorite as a kid growing up!
Thanks, Jason. He was my favorite baseball player as well.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
Some awesome cards BTW folks being posted love seeing them all keep them coming !!!
UFFDAH the football pack had me wiping drool of my keyboard-- do not EVER crack and open that pack please !!
That one needs to stay slabbed for posterity.
More from that same sub as the prior posts. And I don't put minimums on stuff I let fly what flies
This stuff been carried around 20+ yrs in many cases .
Slab, sell, move on to the next box= repeat, rinse, and enjoy myself the whole time is all I'm doing
The Caminiti reminded me of the sadness I felt when his sudden death hit. This pic says it all. Loved playing the game
The Edgar reminds me of how underappreciated a hitter he always was playing. Pitchers feared Griffey but Edgar was what kept many shaking their heads
Couldn't get him out on the same pitch he'd adjust. " Professional hitter" is a lost art and he was one. Glad his HOF selection was made .
The Topps Embossed cards to be shown below and in my next post are all from box breaks in my box breaks elsewhere!
And Jose ? Love, love love that photo-- one of the BEST Upper Deck photos ever produced in the 1990's. My opinion of course
Tons more to follow I have to scan
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Next group of slabs back came from 2 boxes I cracked of 1992 Colla All-Stars. I have quite a few unopened boxes still to crack. Saw the Mac numbering - that number
Sub turned out not too bad corners were really rough musta been the mojo on the trip !!
Ripken was only disappointment Pop 4 with 12 higher
Bonds Pop 6 ( two are mine) with just 2 Gems
Both the Ozzie and Mac are Pop 2
The Alomar is a Pop 1
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It amazes me how stupid cheap some some really nice looking items are, grabbed a lot of four late 50s/early 60s MacGregor Advisory Staff 8x10s for under $11 delivered with tax including this guy ...
For being an easy top 10 golfer all time, he has no items graded between 1942 and 1981 currently. Hoping to fix that with my next Jumbo sub. The lot also included two other HOFers, Tommy Armour and Jimmy Demaret.
Nice Nelson Kyle !! Occasionally will get involved in a box break these slabs came from two
Snell was prior slabbed- wrong label - is now correctly labeled
Watson Prizm was part of a larger sub. Starting to like him now that he's learning the league
This beauty is courtesy of the CU forums and I am delighted to add it to the permanent wing of my collection. I was smitten with this card from the moment I saw it; I pursued and he withdrew, he pursued and I withdrew. Seemed like we’d been fated to be apart until one innocuous day when a note was delivered, an arrangement brokered and an agreement reached culminating in its delivery tomorrow. Still, I can wait no longer to share an exceptionally rare card of a Yankee legend. One of just eight specimens ever encapsulated, it’s rarity is in no small part due to the fact that the kids who received them could trade them in for free ice cream making it very tempting for the original owners to enjoy these cards temporarily, perhaps building a small set and then trading it in to get a free cool summertime treat! Therefore, I do believe the scarcity of these is pretty legitimate. And the ballplayer? He’s as legitimate as they come. Some say he was like an iron horse.
1928 Tharp’s Ice Cream #26 Lou Gehrig
**Special thanks to @ReggieCleveland for being an all around good dude and a pleasure with which to deal.
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
@1951WheatiesPremium said:
This beauty is courtesy of the CU forums and I am delighted to add it to the permanent wing of my collection. I was smitten with this card from the moment I saw it; I pursued and he withdrew, he pursued and I withdrew. Seemed like we’d been fated to be apart until one innocuous day when a note was delivered, an arrangement brokered and an agreement reached culminating in its delivery tomorrow. Still, I can wait no longer to share an exceptionally rare card of a Yankee legend. One of just eight specimens ever encapsulated, it’s rarity is in no small part due to the fact that the kids who received them could trade them in for free ice cream making it very tempting for the original owners to enjoy these cards temporarily, perhaps building a small set and then trading it in to get a free cool summertime treat! Therefore, I do believe the scarcity of these is pretty legitimate. And the ballplayer? He’s as legitimate as they come. Some say he was like an iron horse.
1928 Tharp’s Ice Cream Lou Gehrig
**Special thanks to @ReggieCleveland for being an all around good dude and a pleasure with which to deal.
I'm stunned. I didn't expect to see that card staring me in the face. Great pickup! I can also testify to ReggieCleveland being a great person, as I have done a deal with him before. Great stuff guys!
I keep the door to my shrine covered in garlic. It keeps her out.
Btter hope that my wife doesn't visit = she'd take those bulbs off, roast em all, and eat them on the nearest available toasted bread item I can occasionally get lucky and borrow a few for pasta sauce
More slabs back. The Thomas Topps Stars are an absolute bear to gem. I keep getting 9's on them Its a Pop 1 just 1 higher
The Arod is a lot easier of course has a Pop of 6 gems !! Nomo and Piazza are both Pop 1 Gem items
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Buying the dip on Patty. Hoping they give him the time he needs to recover, he should be the face of the league for the next 10 years. Stocking up on Deshaun as well.
"Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
I keep the door to my shrine covered in garlic. It keeps her out.
Btter hope that my wife doesn't visit = she'd take those bulbs off, roast em all, and eat them on the nearest available toasted bread item I can occasionally get lucky and borrow a few for pasta sauce
More slabs back. The Thomas Topps Stars are an absolute bear to gem. I keep getting 9's on them Its a Pop 1 just 1 higher
The Arod is a lot easier of course has a Pop of 6 gems !! Nomo and Piazza are both Pop 1 Gem items
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,
,
Very sad a HOFer like Thomas has 1 out of 5 stars for arm, speed, and defense on the back of his card.
I keep the door to my shrine covered in garlic. It keeps her out.
Btter hope that my wife doesn't visit = she'd take those bulbs off, roast em all, and eat them on the nearest available toasted bread item I can occasionally get lucky and borrow a few for pasta sauce
More slabs back. The Thomas Topps Stars are an absolute bear to gem. I keep getting 9's on them Its a Pop 1 just 1 higher
The Arod is a lot easier of course has a Pop of 6 gems !! Nomo and Piazza are both Pop 1 Gem items
,
,
,
Very sad a HOFer like Thomas has 1 out of 5 stars for arm, speed, and defense on the back of his card.
And a career .301 hitter doesn’t get 5 stars for hitting.
Comments
Thanks. I can't wait to add it to my Joe Louis card shrine room. My wife isn't allowed in my Joe Louis card shrine room. If she steps foot in there, she knows I'll call the cops on her for trespassing.
Technically half that card and shrine are her’s though!
I keep the door to my shrine covered in garlic. It keeps her out.
So put one on the mailbox then. Duh.
If she makes it past the garlic then she has to deal with Arnold, my steroid popping, weightlifting guard hamster.
Its a gerbil and you know it!
He's a mean, lean fighting machine!
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
Great idea, MLB Days. Beautiful card.
I bought 2 packs of 2019 Contenders Draft Picks at a local show last weekend. I hit this Daniel Jones cracked ice 22/23. One of my nicer pack hits. His cards are hot right now. Now do I keep or sell...?
Isaly’s was a chain of family-owned dairies and restaurants which began in Ohio @slimies . They contracted with MSA to promote their ice cream and dairy products. Could write more about them but most people get bored talking MSA produced discs sets ( unless they're a dork like me who loves the food stuff)
More slabs recently back. As prior stated sent in stuff been hanging on to. These were some Ichrio and Pujols I had been totting around. Its amazing now that they're back when I have time to look what I discover I miss when I rush
The Leaf R&S Ichiro is Pop 3 just 4 higher
The UD Diamond Collection Promo is a Pop 1 item
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
The Pujols again from that pile I had. His and Ichiros rookies are going much later on
The 2002 SPA has 36 Gems and 12 9's
The 2003 Bowmans Best has a Pop of 4 with just 7 gems
The 2003 Fleer Tradition Update Tale of the Tape has a Pop 10 of gems
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
These last 2 made the sub. The Griffey is a Pop 5 Gem and the Piazza a Pop 1
One of the finer Gems I've ever recieved on a game used item--- think its actually just the 15th Gem out of 1000's of game used I've done. This one I pack pulled myself and handled myself. Pure dumb luck it came in great shape these always have corner damages
Usually I nail the Mint 9's -- gem is like rare on this stuff. May keep it around for a bit while I figure out what to do with it.
Doubt anyone will gem another for a while my last game used item I got Gem 10 is still a Pop 1 over 9 years later
On the back thats a light diffraction issue on the back right side folks-- no issues on that card edge just how the scanner interprets the light patterns / reflections
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,
,
Congratulations on the Mattingly set. He was my favorite as a kid growing up!
Jason
Personal Collection | Willie Woodburn | Legion of Doom
Thanks, Jason. He was my favorite baseball player as well.
i don't mind . i like collecting oddball sports cards such as restaurant and other food items
Tough card on Bonds!
Some awesome cards BTW folks being posted love seeing them all keep them coming !!!
UFFDAH the football pack had me wiping drool of my keyboard-- do not EVER crack and open that pack please !!
That one needs to stay slabbed for posterity.
More from that same sub as the prior posts. And I don't put minimums on stuff I let fly what flies
This stuff been carried around 20+ yrs in many cases .
Slab, sell, move on to the next box= repeat, rinse, and enjoy myself the whole time is all I'm doing
The Caminiti reminded me of the sadness I felt when his sudden death hit. This pic says it all. Loved playing the game
The Edgar reminds me of how underappreciated a hitter he always was playing. Pitchers feared Griffey but Edgar was what kept many shaking their heads
Couldn't get him out on the same pitch he'd adjust. " Professional hitter" is a lost art and he was one. Glad his HOF selection was made .
The Topps Embossed cards to be shown below and in my next post are all from box breaks in my box breaks elsewhere!
And Jose ? Love, love love that photo-- one of the BEST Upper Deck photos ever produced in the 1990's. My opinion of course
Tons more to follow I have to scan
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,
,
1938 Varldens basta boxare card book w/ Joe Louis card inside.
Nice Joe Louis pickup !!!
Next group of slabs back came from 2 boxes I cracked of 1992 Colla All-Stars. I have quite a few unopened boxes still to crack. Saw the Mac numbering - that number
Sub turned out not too bad corners were really rough musta been the mojo on the trip !!
Ripken was only disappointment Pop 4 with 12 higher
Bonds Pop 6 ( two are mine) with just 2 Gems
Both the Ozzie and Mac are Pop 2
The Alomar is a Pop 1
,
,
,
,
these delivered the other day, two black /66's and a cognac
It amazes me how stupid cheap some some really nice looking items are, grabbed a lot of four late 50s/early 60s MacGregor Advisory Staff 8x10s for under $11 delivered with tax including this guy ...
For being an easy top 10 golfer all time, he has no items graded between 1942 and 1981 currently. Hoping to fix that with my next Jumbo sub. The lot also included two other HOFers, Tommy Armour and Jimmy Demaret.
Nice Nelson Kyle !! Occasionally will get involved in a box break these slabs came from two
Snell was prior slabbed- wrong label - is now correctly labeled
Watson Prizm was part of a larger sub. Starting to like him now that he's learning the league
I like DeShaun Watson A LOT!
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps
Nice little addition to my Braves RC set.
Chipper Jones Basic Topps Set - All 10's for 10
Sam Houston State Alumni Rookie Set
This beauty is courtesy of the CU forums and I am delighted to add it to the permanent wing of my collection. I was smitten with this card from the moment I saw it; I pursued and he withdrew, he pursued and I withdrew. Seemed like we’d been fated to be apart until one innocuous day when a note was delivered, an arrangement brokered and an agreement reached culminating in its delivery tomorrow. Still, I can wait no longer to share an exceptionally rare card of a Yankee legend. One of just eight specimens ever encapsulated, it’s rarity is in no small part due to the fact that the kids who received them could trade them in for free ice cream making it very tempting for the original owners to enjoy these cards temporarily, perhaps building a small set and then trading it in to get a free cool summertime treat! Therefore, I do believe the scarcity of these is pretty legitimate. And the ballplayer? He’s as legitimate as they come. Some say he was like an iron horse.
1928 Tharp’s Ice Cream #26 Lou Gehrig
**Special thanks to @ReggieCleveland for being an all around good dude and a pleasure with which to deal.
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
I'm stunned. I didn't expect to see that card staring me in the face. Great pickup! I can also testify to ReggieCleveland being a great person, as I have done a deal with him before. Great stuff guys!
Albies is a stud!
Where are all the gold parallels for that card?
Supposedly 2018 of them, nowhere to be found though.
Btter hope that my wife doesn't visit = she'd take those bulbs off, roast em all, and eat them on the nearest available toasted bread item
I can occasionally get lucky and borrow a few for pasta sauce 
More slabs back. The Thomas Topps Stars are an absolute bear to gem. I keep getting 9's on them
Its a Pop 1 just 1 higher
The Arod is a lot easier of course has a Pop of 6 gems !! Nomo and Piazza are both Pop 1 Gem items
,
,
,
I suck and anything said to the contrary is a boldface lie.
Arthur
A young Jack Youngblood - 2nd Year Card
Hey Youngblood!
I live in Seattle. Gotta have an Edgar Rookie. Got him today.
Old friends meet...
A Pop 10 and a Pop 8
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
@MLBdays - good catch. Was thinking it was 74' off the top of my head. Nice rookie card!! Jack is underated.
Beautiful cards!
@1951WheatiesPremium might be time to pick up another teammate of theirs, Johnny Newscanner.
Arthur
Taken With iPhone, not scanned
Edit: Scan added
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Really nice Schmidt rookie.
Buying the dip on Patty. Hoping they give him the time he needs to recover, he should be the face of the league for the next 10 years. Stocking up on Deshaun as well.
Currently Collecting:
Flickr: https://flickr.com/gp/184724292@N07/686763
Very cool.
Another for my Gibson set. Still need 3 now.
I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/
For a total of $3. Pretty amazed still
Very sad a HOFer like Thomas has 1 out of 5 stars for arm, speed, and defense on the back of his card.
And a career .301 hitter doesn’t get 5 stars for hitting.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps