October Pickups

was wondering when you were going to post that, Ben.

Glad he is going to a good home. You have a great Bender collection!

Nice Bender! Congrats Ben.

'Cause I'm jealous, jealous again
Thought it time I let you in
Yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again
Got no time, baby

Beautiful Bender Ben! Thanks for that brief sunshine on a rainy October day.

Awesome ben!!!!

pariah1107 wrote:'Cause I'm jealous, jealous again
Thought it time I let you in
Yeah, I'm jealous, jealous again
Got no time, baby

Beautiful Bender Ben! Thanks for that brief sunshine on a rainy October day.

Black Crowes, very cool!

thanks for all the kind words guys, it was a long time coming, but I'm pretty pumped about adding a card like this to my player set. Again, I can't thank quan enough for all his help in getting it done.

you'll eventually need a nice bender signature to round out the collection ben

Ben outstanding addition.

fisherboy7 wrote:OK....even though it's not in hand yet, I think it's about time I spill the beans on my recent pickup, the crown jewel of my Bender collection. Big time thanks to Quan and Brian T who helped make it happen.

Congrats Ben!!! That is quite an acquisition .

Nice addition Ben. As someone else said, you need to add a signature to collection.

great card, Ben
Congrats

Finishing off October with a flood of new graded '34 World Wide Gums:



Then again, I'm on the east coast. Maybe I shouldn't use the world flood...

Couple more for the Red Sox collection...big and small:



and

Great Jake Stahl Blair. I have the T206 of this depiction (Thanks Tony!), but the full pose with him holding the bat is so much cooler. That and a high grade example to boot. Nicely done.

Stunning T3, Blair

Thanks guys!!! Was happy to snag this one for a nice deal.

wow, gorgeous T3. I'm not usually one to care about grade but T3's look so much nicer in high grade.

Going in a new direction to acquire more Jimmy Claxton memorabilia. Picked up three Everett Daily newspapers (complete) from 6/18, 9/3, & 9/7 1925. Claxton, supposedly, won 20 games in 20 starts for the nearby town team of Edmonds in 1925. Can't confirm that. There is only one box score with his name in it from 6/18 (a 4-1 victory w/12 k's; 3-4 with a stolen base). The other two only list scheduled Labor Day events including "Baseball game at Sievers Park between Edmonds and Mukilteo".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271093084256?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

That T3 Stahl is cherry

That is a particularly nice T3 and I congratulate you on the pick-up! Your Bosox collection has got to be huge by now!

jbonie wrote:That is a particularly nice T3 and I congratulate you on the pick-up! Your Bosox collection has got to be huge by now!

Thanks, Jamie (and thanks to all for the nice comments)!

I tried to compile a checklist of all the pre-war Red Sox cards out there (a nearly impossible task in itself). From there, I've worked to fill it in with cards that met my standards for grade. For rare/scarce stuff, I have had to compromise some. I'm really happy with the progress I've made - I stepped up my collecting activity from 2008-present. But there are still huge notable gaps...no E107...only one W600...no Ruth RC (doh!!!), etc. I have not tallied it up, but likely have right now 200+ pre-war Red Sox cards.