Mail Call - What did you get? Today or something you just want to share? Created Jul 2005

BigDaddyBowman · February 26, 2008 3:57AM

Today's mail day:
You don't see these too often. Cards came with a shotwell candy bar.
Not sure why its a 3...I don't see any major issues with it...no creasing???? hmmm....

MajorDanby · February 26, 2008 4:03AM

my first red man. we'll see if i will continue on with the set.

BigDaddyBowman · February 26, 2008 4:04AM

nice redman...looks great in the SGC holder

Ladder7 · February 26, 2008 5:23AM

And great looking Gray Ghost to boot! Congrats a VG 3 is a nice grade, it has a wee bit OC cut I believe.

Stingray · February 26, 2008 9:26AM

Two more for the set, with the new flips:

perkdog · February 27, 2008 3:57AM

DrJ · February 27, 2008 9:13AM

Just got this Dennis Johnson on the mail today. Celtic great who passed away last year. A finalist for the Hall of Fame this year.

lawnmowerman · February 27, 2008 10:00AM

SidePocket · February 27, 2008 2:45PM

Matt, I'm kinda surprised there's any Emmitt cards left out there that you don't already have.

lawnmowerman · February 28, 2008 4:54AM

<< Matt, I'm kinda surprised there's any Emmitt cards left out there that you don't already have. >>

Yeah, there's lots and lots of them....counting cards with my brother Charlie Babbitt

OnlyThe10s · February 28, 2008 5:02AM

Nice new addition Matt.

digicat · February 28, 2008 5:56AM

More additions to my various Awards related sets...

Jack Sanford - 1957 NL ROY______________________________Jack Morris - 1991 World Series MVP

Barry Zito - 2002 AL CY (and the last "Barry" in SF)

Ladder7 · February 28, 2008 6:10AM

Just rec'd the JJax back from PSA, Crossover from BVG4.5 -The Mick rookie is from a board member.

BigDaddyBowman · February 28, 2008 6:24AM

thats a great looking Mantle for a 2

yankeeno7 · February 28, 2008 6:29AM

Great Mantle rookie! And I love the Jackson...I hope to spring for one of those someday.

MeteoriteGuy · February 28, 2008 7:54AM

Nice Mantle.

Had a pretty large mail day, so while this is not the coolest card in the lot, it is interesting as the Moon jersey piece is heavily worn....and since it was slabbed before being put into packs, no worries on a middle man having worked on it.

Clear Skies,
Mark

SoonerCowboy · February 28, 2008 9:27AM

Yet another addition to the Master set I'm working on. I already had an ungraded one but since I was able to get this for less then $4 I figured why not. Plus mine had some chipping on the edges which is characteristic of these foil Rcs.

2000 Collectors Edge Supreme Chad Pennington RC #'d/2000

POKERBOT · February 29, 2008 5:49AM

Recent pick ups

Notice the mislabeled year, LOL

Drew Stanton XFRACTOR 1/25

1996 Finest sliver refractor

POKERBOT · February 29, 2008 6:14AM

1977 Rack Pack GAI 9 from Baseball Card Exchange

The Bradshaw looks like a strong 8 / weak 9 IMO

DrJ · February 29, 2008 7:20AM

Got a few items in the mail today...

Wade Boggs Rookie

1959 Ernie Banks Baseball Thrills

And a couple of blue back beaters. I needed the Ashburn for my personal collection and the price was right. These will be going off for grading.

alifaxwa2 · March 1, 2008 5:26AM

Back from PSA (thanks greg)

Stone193 · March 1, 2008 5:38AM

Wow - great stuff guys - there's always way too much stuff to comment on but will try later.

But - first off.

Ryan - your Grange card caught my eye - I've never seen it before - way too cool and looks way better than the 3 they assigned. Is the Shotwell a FB set? Are you doing the set or just specific 'type' cards?

Very nice.
mike

bluemarlin · March 1, 2008 8:57AM

An addition for my 1955 set.

lawnmowerman · March 1, 2008 9:14AM

You mean it's not the year 2489?

Marty, fill the mr fusion, we gotta go back to 2008 before psa creates a paradoxal disaster!

Goot · March 1, 2008 9:20AM

Finally got my 10 to go along with my 2 9's. Now I really want a Bowman Chrome 9 or 10 (probably a 9 price range)!!!!

And these two from my little prospecting of local guys. I love the Blue refractors!

BigDaddyBowman · March 1, 2008 9:22AM

<< Wow - great stuff guys - there's always way too much stuff to comment on but will try later.

But - first off.

Ryan - your Grange card caught my eye - I've never seen it before - way too cool and looks way better than the 3 they assigned. Is the Shotwell a FB set? Are you doing the set or just specific 'type' cards?

Very nice.
mike >>

Mike-
Shotwell was a candy company that included cards from a movie starring Red Grange with their candy bars. All cards are of Grange..football only. I have looked for a graded example of a shotwell for a while..I am trying to have at least one card from all of the vintage football sets. I am contemplating crossing it over to SGC...I agree the card looks nicer than a 3. The centering is off, but many of these are cut this way, so am a little curious as to the grade. I would love to build the set, but even raw examples sell for several hundred, so unless I win the lottery, this may be my only example of a shotwell.

Ryan

P.S. Bluemarlin love the Spahn.......buying that 55 Aaron has woke me up to vintage baseball OH NO!!!!!

elsnorto · March 1, 2008 9:29AM

Agreed, that Grange looks way better than the grade. The Galloping Ghost is on my regular search list and I can vouche for the fact that these Shotwells do not show up very often... very sweet score, BDB.

Aside from a few 1950 Bowmans for my set, I received another of the big names for my 1955 TAA set this week. It has decent centering for this release, but does have a slight slant to it unfortunately. I bid accordingly and was actually surprised to have won it.

Thought it was interesting that the 1955TT Knute appears to be based of the same photo as National Chicle used some 20 years earlier.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend and keep the scans coming!

Snorto~

elsnorto · March 1, 2008 9:34AM

<< 
Notice the mislabeled year, LOL

>>

The year is 2489AD and SkyNet, the 21st century computer waging a losing war on humans, sends a Terry Bradshaw Terminator cyborg unit back in time to destroy the leader of the human resistance, John Connor, while he is still a boy.

Snorto~

perkdog · March 1, 2008 11:01AM

Nice Rockne's there Snorto!

Ryan, I love the fact that Vintage Baseball is in your thoughts now.....

BigDaddyBowman · March 1, 2008 11:07AM

<< Nice Rockne's there Snorto!

Ryan, I love the fact that Vintage Baseball is in your thoughts now.....

>>

Paul-Stop posting..darn it! I can't get the Perkies out of my thoughts either!!!!!!!!!

perkdog · March 1, 2008 10:58PM

perkdog · March 1, 2008 11:22PM

OK Why is it every time I click on this thread it wont let me view anything past my post of last night- 3/1 @ 9:01pm?

Freakin' aggrevating

perkdog · March 2, 2008 12:57AM

.

Goodsport40 · March 2, 2008 1:04AM

Love the 72 baseball set!

Robert

djspann · March 2, 2008 2:44AM

<< Thought it was interesting that the 1955TT Knute appears to be based of the same photo as National Chicle used some 20 years earlier.

Snorto~ >>

Good point on the photo, Snorto. Rockne died in a plane crash in 1931 -- I wonder if there aren't very many other good photos of him.

Doug

perkdog · March 2, 2008 2:57AM

<< 

<< Nice Rockne's there Snorto!

Ryan, I love the fact that Vintage Baseball is in your thoughts now.....

>>

Paul-Stop posting..darn it! I can't get the Perkies out of my thoughts either!!!!!!!!!

>>

Sorry Ryan, I figured I would also give you another look at the '55's!

BigDaddyBowman · March 2, 2008 5:52AM

Perk.....I just can't stop staring at those triple D's!!!!!
I would love to hold them in my hands..and stare at them all night!

I'm talking about your 3 Dodger cards...you perverts!

Get your minds out of the gutter!

Stingray · March 2, 2008 9:59PM

A couple I won last night:

This one is a pop of 16 with no 10s:

and just another common for the set here:

Darin · March 3, 2008 1:59AM

Bought some Wichita Wrangler cards since they left town for Arkansas. Both Gordon and Butler played there in 2006 and are with the Royals now.

BigDaddyBowman · March 3, 2008 6:53AM

perkdog · March 3, 2008 6:58AM

Ryan, you must have packages coming in at least 5x a week huh! Great looking McElhenny!

BigDaddyBowman · March 3, 2008 7:11AM

<< Ryan, you must have packages coming in at least 5x a week huh! Great looking McElhenny! >>

LOL...not quite 5 a week...but sometimes it seems that way These were the first two I have gotten in since last Tuesday..so it was almost a week between shipments.....too long of a dry spell for my liking. Seriously though, I tend to buy in spurts....there will be a ton of vintage on ebay and I will buy something everyday for a week...but then ebay or my bank account dries up and I will go several weeks without buying anything. I have bought a bunch recently though..I feel a buying "moratorium" coming soon though.

perkdog · March 3, 2008 7:22AM

<< 

<< Ryan, you must have packages coming in at least 5x a week huh! Great looking McElhenny! >>

LOL...not quite 5 a week...but sometimes it seems that way These were the first two I have gotten in since last Tuesday..so it was almost a week between shipments.....too long of a dry spell for my liking. Seriously though, I tend to buy in spurts....there will be a ton of vintage on ebay and I will buy something everyday for a week...but then ebay or my bank account dries up and I will go several weeks without buying anything. I have bought a bunch recently though..I feel a buying "moratorium" coming soon though. >>

I took a mini vacation from Vintage, I started to find that nothing was jumping out at me like everything was before but now Im getting my interest peeked again so maybe I can post some pics here soon...

BTW- I am starting to find a little interest in some late 50's stars IE: Starr and Unitas...

BigDaddyBowman · March 3, 2008 7:30AM

<< 

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<< 

I took a mini vacation from Vintage, I started to find that nothing was jumping out at me like everything was before but now Im getting my interest peeked again so maybe I can post some pics here soon...

BTW- I am starting to find a little interest in some late 50's stars IE: Starr and Unitas... >>

You cant go wrong with the late 50's stars either. Every once in a while, I will pick one up cheap like the McElhenny. That was only 11 bucks!

I'm looking forward to you posting some "vacation" pics of some nice vintage football cards soon. I have a bunch on their way to me...so this will be a busy week for me....but as I said before, I plan on laying low on buying for a few weeks after a few auctions end tommorow.

goraiders · March 3, 2008 7:33AM

just picked this up the other day,gotta love a jordan auto!

Ladder7 · March 3, 2008 8:27AM

If I had that shirt, I'd have to try it on when I had the house to myself. Niiiice

hofautos · March 3, 2008 10:02AM

Inscribed with his record 1406 Stolen Base record, never to be surpassed in the sport again!

DrJ · March 3, 2008 10:23AM

Couple of things in the mail today:

New Ashburn for my collection... BVG graded with very nice eye appeal...

85 Dan Marino. I love horizontal format cards and you can pick up these 85s graded for very cheap...

OnlyThe10s · March 3, 2008 10:56AM

An excellent new addition to my Manny Ramirez rookie set. TOUGH French variation. Pop 5 in PSA 10.

Stingray · March 3, 2008 9:38PM

Another one for the set:

Mail Call - What did you get? Today or something you just want to share? Created Jul 2005

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