January 2025 - New Year, New Pickup Thread

Highlights from a small lot of Dodger cards I picked up recently.

I bought this in December but it finally arrived . A nice upgrade to my Evans collection .

Happy to have these BBCE Auctions wins come in after a while. Happy with the Sayers and the Bench. The print issues on the 69 Mays and 59 Aaron bother me a little. It was odd cause some of these I bid on thinking I'd just get a bid in and then was surprised to wait a week or so and have noone outbid me. May be worth keeping an eye on BBCE Auctions for some nice values.

Baseball’s Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams

These are the saddest of possible words
“Tinker to Evers to Chance”
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly picking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
“Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

I am an avid Cubs fan and took a job washing dishes when I was 15 to fund my baseball card collection. As a 18 year old high school senior I bought Cubs season tickets in the upper deck with money I earned (still have season tix to this day). I learned of this card when I was about 14. Having the three Cubs legends on one card blew my mind and became a dream card of mine. They were even in the right order on the card left to right. The heart of the Cubs last championship team all together! (Thankfully 2016 changed that part of this cards allure). Pre-War cards were out of my realm of possibility. Back then I bought a lot of ‘60s cards while occasionally buying a huge card from the 50s.

The poem from 1910 made them famous forever and even the baseball writers ensured that they were enshrined in the same Hall of Fame class. When I saw this in the Mile High catalog I instantly put in a max bid that I thought would get me the card and I was so thrilled that it held.

I never read a card back until I add it to my collection. I love the backs of baseball cards and the language of the time, fun facts, cartoons, etcetera. For me, reading the back is part of the excitement of adding a card to my collection. This card has a lot of real estate for the write-up on each player singing the praises of their defensive prowess in the colorful language of the early 1900s. Really enjoyed having this in hand last night. This passes up my Banks rookie as my favorite card in my collection.

3 more for my ‘52 catcher build. Super excited to get 2 high numbers, man they give those away 😅! Makes the ‘72 set build feel like a walk in the park!!

Added these to the rookie collection.

I just added this one. It has always been on my radar since they were only issued in the factory set and not a huge population in a PSA 10 (only 36)

I also recently picked up a 1987 Fleer factory set. Here are the best cards:



The rear edge chipping along the blue borders are slightly more visible to the naked eye than they show up in the photos. Still, I'm quite pleased with the centering.

Wanted one for a while. This one flipped my switch so I went for it.

Added 2 to Da Bears collection

Dipping my toe into the T206 world.

Day 2 of the show I added this 71 Garvey. Sold a few things and met some very nice dealers. Great crowd, plenty of kids too. Our Hobby is alive.

A couple of promising young Sox players.

I've been burned prospecting too many times, so my new rule is only buying rookie autos in PSA 10 holders. Plus, I also wait until a player has played a full season so I'm not paying for hype.