April 2021 Pickups... Show us what you got!

DBesse27 · April 5, 2021 9:15AM

Wow, Stephen, congrats on the Coody meet up!

Too much great stuff in this thread to single out all the cards I love, but the Jorge Bells bring me back, great player. And of course I love the Randy Moss 1/1 !

DBesse27 · April 5, 2021 9:19AM

I'm collecting the 1968 Venezuelan Topps Red Sox team set. Was very happy with this upgrade over my previous raw/trimmed copy:

I'm a huge Providence College basketball fan. Just got this back from a private signing, my 7th auto from the 1991 PC All Time Greats set:

My other autos from the set are Lenny Wilkens, Rick Pitino, Rick Barnes, Marvin Barnes, Ernie DiGregorio and Joe Hassett. I know there are a couple more PC fans on CU, so if you'd like to see scans of any of those, feel free to PM.

Other than that, just some random autos and mem cards I've picked up. Most were via Facebook trades.

1951WheatiesPremium · April 5, 2021 9:31AM

Hello, friends of the CU Forums!!!

Cost of cards got you down? I say go after your favorite player in a different way while you figure it out...

...so if you’re feeling like D’Annunzio lately?

Then get that Coke!

Tired of getting outbid by the country club going, yacht owning set?

Then I say have that Fresca!

😉

76collector · April 5, 2021 9:46AM

@orioles93 said:
Got an order back from PSA recently. These are my favorites of the keepers from the order.

Great assortment of cards there !

1951WheatiesPremium · April 5, 2021 9:50AM

Note: The bottle caps seen above are gradable now, designated by PSA as 1967-68 Coca-Cola Caps V8 Mickey Mantle, with Fresca, Tab and Coke variations.

76collector · April 5, 2021 9:53AM

@mintonlypls said:
After selling my 1960s 5-cent wax pack run (13 packs) plus doubles (1962, 1964, 1968) rated #2 on the PSA Registry at the time...I decided to go on a buying spree:

I may need to respectfully ask you to start your own post, you are making the rest of us look bad. Gorgeous cards brother, congrats on those pickups.

Jeff

mintonlypls · April 5, 2021 10:01AM

Thanks, Jeff! I appreciate your comments and had to lol. It is always nice to be recognized by your peers...such a nice compliment!

DJJazzBass · April 5, 2021 12:25PM

Another oddball find. 2 of the same 6 card sheets from 1974.

pab1969 · April 5, 2021 12:57PM

61 auto

blurryface · April 5, 2021 1:09PM

@DJJazzBass said:
Another oddball find. 2 of the same 6 card sheets from 1974.

these are cool. think they came outta a magazine called dynamite?

hankcaddy · April 5, 2021 1:22PM

Added a tough 73

stwainfan · April 5, 2021 2:42PM

For my Palmer set.

A guy with 600 HR's.

daltex · April 5, 2021 8:11PM

@stwainfan said:

A guy with 600 HR's.

I'm amused. In case no one else wishes to check, Sosa had a whopping 17 sacrifice bunts in his 18 year career.

DJJazzBass · April 6, 2021 3:03AM

@blurryface said:

@DJJazzBass said:
Another oddball find. 2 of the same 6 card sheets from 1974.

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these are cool. think they came outta a magazine called dynamite?

Thank you very much! You are right. I found some pics online. That would explain the staple holes in the same spots too.

pab1969 · April 6, 2021 10:03AM

Another 61 Auto

UFFDAH · April 6, 2021 2:29PM

stwainfan · April 7, 2021 12:02PM

A rookie card of two HOF players.

hankcaddy · April 7, 2021 12:40PM

NGS428 · April 7, 2021 6:51PM

3x All-Star, 2x AL MVP, 6x Silver Slugger, 2x AL HR Leader, .295 Career Hitter

rexvos · April 7, 2021 8:21PM

My son hit this in my sub I just got back. He decided to deal it to me.

daltex · April 7, 2021 9:34PM

@NGS428 said:
3x All-Star, 2x AL MVP, 6x Silver Slugger, 2x AL HR Leader, .295 Career Hitter

And 434 home runs. It's a bit surprising he peaked at 5.2% on the HoF ballot. I've said before that there are hundreds of players I'd put in before him, but he really seemed to have the numbers the BBWAA liked.

mintonlypls · April 7, 2021 11:08PM

I added this vintage rookie in April of Hoot...despite the sickening Pepto Bismol Pink. I tend to shy away from SGC cards (this is only my 4th SGC addition out of 117 cards...all others are PSA)...but fell in love with this beauty!

It checked three boxes typically plaguing the issue: centering, color (avoiding the washed out image on many copies) and registration.

1951WheatiesPremium · April 8, 2021 4:10AM

@rexvos said:
My son hit this in my sub I just got back. He decided to deal it to me.

Ah ha, hush dat fuss
Everybody move to da back of THE BUS

brad31 · April 8, 2021 8:58AM

@mintonlypls said:
I added this vintage rookie in April of Hoot...despite the sickening Pepto Bismol Pink. I tend to shy away from SGC cards (this is only my 4th SGC addition out of 117 cards...all others are PSA)...but fell in love with this beauty!

It checked three boxes typically plaguing the issue: centering, color (avoiding the washed out image on many copies) and registration.

Nice pick-up! The colors pop on that Gibson. If you cannot stand that it is SGC down the road maybe I can take it off your hands like I did your ‘63 Berra!

Barfvader · April 8, 2021 10:57AM

Does the crap I buy count?

Thought this would make a nice display item and will eventually frame all of it up. Can thank my Mom as she could NOT go without her soaps back in the day so my first introduction to Johnny Berardino was his role as Dr. Steve Hardy.

Next up should get a chuckle. A still sealed copy of KC And The Sunshine Band - Who Do Ya Love. Most times you find these albums with cut-out notches which this doesn't have. One small ding (it was clearly visible in the listing) and love the price tags still on it.

Tibor · April 8, 2021 11:26AM

@rexvos said:
My son hit this in my sub I just got back. He decided to deal it to me.

Hopefully there was a family discount involved. Nice card.

rexvos · April 8, 2021 11:42AM

@Tibor said:

@rexvos said:
My son hit this in my sub I just got back. He decided to deal it to me.

Hopefully there was a family discount involved. Nice card.

He wanted my 2004 Topps Chrome Sean Taylor PSA 10. So I gave it to him and then gave him some spending money. College student

stwainfan · April 8, 2021 1:43PM

My 11th Palmer card need 5 more.

Canes8387899101 · April 8, 2021 4:50PM

Oh baby you, you got what I need, but you say he's just a .....

GroceryRackPack · April 8, 2021 10:46PM

@GroceryRackPack said:

@GroceryRackPack said:
I like Patrick’s angel wings.
Yep my Mahomey

Yep another Mahomey--I really like this one a lot.

1977 Topps Mexican Wax Pack PSA 7

UFFDAH · April 9, 2021 7:43AM

How about a Brewers Rack - Mike Caldwell became one and was darn good.......

OH!! and "The Kid" ROOKIE, almost forgot!!

Chicago1976 · April 9, 2021 9:02AM

@stwainfan said:
My 11th Palmer card need 5 more.

Great card....I have a nice raw version in my "send to PSA" stack. I guess it will stay "slabbed" in a one-touch magnetic for a while longer. sigh

canyoubelieveit · April 9, 2021 10:15AM

@jeffv96masters said:
Now that the set registry checklists have been updated added 4 new items to my Nomar registry. Have a bunch of re-slabs in to PSA that will be a while that also can be added when returned. . The Holo Purple i thought had a shot at a 10- happy with the Mint 9. Most Pacific cards are torture on getting Gem 10 on. Most Elite PC come out damaged those packs suck. The EX and TT Prime sat forever til I decided to protect them.
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Nomah!

canyoubelieveit · April 9, 2021 10:17AM

@DBesse27 said:
I'm collecting the 1968 Venezuelan Topps Red Sox team set. Was very happy with this upgrade over my previous raw/trimmed copy:

I'm a huge Providence College basketball fan. Just got this back from a private signing, my 7th auto from the 1991 PC All Time Greats set:

My other autos from the set are Lenny Wilkens, Rick Pitino, Rick Barnes, Marvin Barnes, Ernie DiGregorio and Joe Hassett. I know there are a couple more PC fans on CU, so if you'd like to see scans of any of those, feel free to PM.

Other than that, just some random autos and mem cards I've picked up. Most were via Facebook trades.

Edgar Rent-a-wreck. Man that guy.

canyoubelieveit · April 9, 2021 10:21AM

DBesse27 · April 9, 2021 11:23AM

Awesome Doerr!

GroceryRackPack · April 9, 2021 1:32PM

@UFFDAH said:
How about a Brewers Rack - Mike Caldwell became one and was darn good.......

OH!! and "The Kid" ROOKIE, almost forgot!!

I like it; yeah that's cool.

stwainfan · April 9, 2021 1:36PM

@Chicago1976 said:

@stwainfan said:
My 11th Palmer card need 5 more.

Great card....I have a nice raw version in my "send to PSA" stack. I guess it will stay "slabbed" in a one-touch magnetic for a while longer. sigh

Thanks I hope you get it graded.

NGS428 · April 9, 2021 2:20PM

Love the back...! Low pop JR rookie, only 20 graded, 11 higher, no 10's.

lwehlers · April 9, 2021 3:49PM

trying to get back to collecting some more 75 topps. i have all of the hall of fame players cards in psa 8 and 7 but now i am going to try to get all of the league leader and rest of the subset cards.

lwehlers · April 9, 2021 4:25PM

@NGS428 said:
Love the back...! Low pop JR rookie, only 20 graded, 11 higher, no 10's.

man griffey looked really young.

hankcaddy · April 10, 2021 11:37AM

Added another high number for my 52 team

stwainfan · April 10, 2021 2:25PM

Added a vintage rookie.

Kid4hof03 · April 11, 2021 6:27AM

A double Cowboy pack and another random Reggie this week

rexvos · April 11, 2021 1:59PM

@Kid4hof03 said:
A double Cowboy pack and another random Reggie this week

I like the Reggie. After getting the two back in my sub recently, I have been hunting for more

1951WheatiesPremium · April 12, 2021 7:39AM

For me, this is the best type of card because it’s flaws are well hidden. This is most definitely a low grade card but I really think it has retained some really incredible beauty. And I don’t mean with lighting tricks and blurry pictures. That’s disingenuous at best and deceitful at worst. So, here’s a nice high resolution scan, too, that shows just how well hidden the flaws are so you can decide for yourself and, if inclined, tell me what you think:

Truthfully, I was semi inspired by @Geoff76 and his thread on looking to pickup a nice looking Mantle for $600 (not that I need more reasons). I think this card would end up in a PSA 1.5 holder at worst and maybe a PSA 3 holder (based on my assessment using an up to date interpretation of PSA’s technical grading standards) at best but on that budget it’s a pretty solid card with enough budget left to buy another decent All Star card or send this to Newport Beach later this summer when the proper tier reopens.

Oh! How I love beautiful low grade cards.

WFFL · April 12, 2021 8:22AM

@1951WheatiesPremium said:
For me, this is the best type of card because it’s flaws are well hidden. This is most definitely a low grade card but I really think it has retained some really incredible beauty. And I don’t mean with lighting tricks and blurry pictures. That’s disingenuous at best and deceitful at worst. So, here’s a nice high resolution scan, too, that shows just how well hidden the flaws are so you can decide for yourself and, if inclined, tell me what you think:

Truthfully, I was semi inspired by @Geoff76 and his thread on looking to pickup a nice looking Mantle for $600 (not that I need more reasons). I think this card would end up in a PSA 1.5 holder at worst and maybe a PSA 3 holder (based on my assessment using an up to date interpretation of PSA’s technical grading standards) at best but on that budget it’s a pretty solid card with enough budget left to buy another decent All Star card or send this to Newport Beach later this summer when the proper tier reopens.

Oh! How I love beautiful low grade cards.

Winner Congrats!

1951WheatiesPremium · April 12, 2021 8:36AM

@WFFL said:

@1951WheatiesPremium said:
For me, this is the best type of card because it’s flaws are well hidden. This is most definitely a low grade card but I really think it has retained some really incredible beauty. And I don’t mean with lighting tricks and blurry pictures. That’s disingenuous at best and deceitful at worst. So, here’s a nice high resolution scan, too, that shows just how well hidden the flaws are so you can decide for yourself and, if inclined, tell me what you think:

Truthfully, I was semi inspired by @Geoff76 and his thread on looking to pickup a nice looking Mantle for $600 (not that I need more reasons). I think this card would end up in a PSA 1.5 holder at worst and maybe a PSA 3 holder (based on my assessment using an up to date interpretation of PSA’s technical grading standards) at best but on that budget it’s a pretty solid card with enough budget left to buy another decent All Star card or send this to Newport Beach later this summer when the proper tier reopens.

Oh! How I love beautiful low grade cards.

Winner Congrats!

Thank you; and if I may be even more upfront about condition, it could honestly - on a really bad day - maybe even draw a grade of PSA 1.

Like it or not, I think there are some cards that fall into a range that can at times seem to be wide and we all want that ‘best possible grade’ assigned but it can’t really work that way; that’s a bitter pill to take if you’re not prepared. And PSA 1-3 is a pretty broad range (and I mean that without any regard to value, where it can obviously be even more massive and important to people, by differences of even .5 and then think about a 2 point swing?) that I’ve tossed out but that’s why you seek out ones where price and eye appeal collide to create desire...😉

My dad drilled into me when I was a kid It’s ok to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst and know it probably will split the difference.

Thanks again for the kind words,@WFFL

UFFDAH · April 12, 2021 2:21PM

FS_Jeff · April 12, 2021 8:53PM

As a Pirates fan, I have always had an affinity for Clemente, but I have never invested in his cards. This is my first one and only 91 higher at PSA (35 at 8.5 and 56 at 9)... Love the color and preservation in general on this card.

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