April 2012 Pickups...BASEBALL

MY latest acquisitions:

A couple Cycle 460s





Cycle 350:



A few M101-2's:









And a T202 to top it off:



Lee

The the Gandil, what year is that card?

Lee

I'm not very knowledgeable regarding the set Lee, but my understanding is that the M101-4 was a 1916 issue. Gandil has no M101-5 counterpart. The card is blank backed.

Definitely some nice images in this thread.

Wow nice cards everyone! Love the Gandil Cycle 460 Lee.

That Mulligan has PSA 9 or 10 written all over it (insert wink here)!

My dormant T206's re-awaken! Been out of this set for awhile, back into my 1950's stuff, but I saw this Sovereign back and had to take a shot.

How do I follow myself, even though it's been several days since I posted the Sovereign back? Are we all taking an Easter break? Anyway, not a particularly notable card, but a nice PSA4 common. Just thought I'd share.

Nice solid T206s. I will have a few more pickups once they arrive.

Lee

Nice Sis...did u have to pay extra for the extra "s"?

Thanks
His name is misspelled on most of his Exhibits
You would think SGC would catch these mistakes

I have collected Old Judges for a long time, and I don't recall ever even seeing this pose of Mutrie before. I am thrilled to have landed this one as I collect OJ portraits whenever I can get them.

Wow Chris first time I've seen that pose as well. I have a feeling you've got a super duper OJ rarity on your hands there, great pickup!

Never seen it either. Great, great pick-up!

another vote for never having seen it. And Mutrie isn't exactly unknown player/manager either. So that's a huge plus.

Chris, a N172 manager subset would be a fun (and completable) goal especially since you already have the Wright out of the way.

Would be a sight to see if they all had strong images.

Great OJ, I like the portraits too.

wow great mutrie...what a great image and yours is a variation of the one in the OJ book...VERY NICE!

the-illini wrote:I have collected Old Judges for a long time, and I don't recall ever even seeing this pose of Mutrie before. I am thrilled to have landed this one as I collect OJ portraits whenever I can get them.

Fantastic contrast on that image!

According to Miller and Masson's OJ book, there are three poses of "Truthful Jim" Mutrie - namely,

• 336-1 Portrait, bard head, looking/L
  
• 336-2 Seated, bowler hat in R/hand
  
• 336-3 Standing, bowler hat on head

The interesting thing to me is that your portrait is slightly different than the one in the book. Not only is the a slight difference in the Old Judge advertisement, but the name plate is also slightly different. The one in the book spells out New York instead of abbreviating it. So many different nuances in OJs!

Here is the image from the book. It's a must have for any serious OJ collector.


Edited to note that the book version shows writing on his right shoulder. Looking under a loop, it says "Copyright ____ Goodwin & Co ____" (I can't make out the underlined parts, but it is most likely a year.)

Great info Brian - I hadn't checked the card against my copy of the OJ book.

I guess this card can be considered a new variation - there are three distinct differences when compared to the copy in the Miller/Masson book. The nameplate difference, the abbreviation of "New York" and my copy of the card has the copyright info scratched out on the negative.

I don't know if it makes my card any more valuable per se, but it is amazing to find a new variation in the Old Judge set...

Come on Chris, you are being too humble. You know OJs well enough that variations are huge for that handful that are working on a master set. You now have a 'must have' card. Could be great trade bait.

sabrjay wrote:Come on Chris, you are being too humble. You know OJs well enough that variations are huge for that handful that are working on a master set. You now have a 'must have' card. Could be great trade bait.

Well if you say so Jay - I can't necessarily disagree with your assessment.

picked up this one last night - has been a good week!

Great Felix Carey!!! I do love the M101-6 set.

the-illini wrote:Great info Brian - I hadn't checked the card against my copy of the OJ book.

I guess this card can be considered a new variation - there are three distinct differences when compared to the copy in the Miller/Masson book. The nameplate difference, the abbreviation of "New York" and my copy of the card has the copyright info scratched out on the negative.

I don't know if it makes my card any more valuable per se, but it is amazing to find a new variation in the Old Judge set...

I don't think that those types of variations make the card more valuable - it is fairly normal for n172's to vary like that. Nevertheless, it seems to be at the very least a scarce pose and rarely seen for auction. Nice contrast, too.