April 2014 pick-ups

No Pre-War for now.  WWII era and post-war pick-ups:

1970 & 1971 Topps Supers
1943 W732-1 Grand Studio Milwaukee Brewers
1982, 1983, 1984 Maine Baseball Hall Of Fame programs (VERY SCARCE)

also picked up some 1968 and 1970 Topps for my sets

Oh yeah, I almost forgot:

1996-1997 Julio Franco Game-Used Bat!    

No pre-war for me either. Picked up a group of 60+ signed Twins cards for less than 75 cents each.

That's cool, Jay. Who else is in the lot?

all common players like Berenguer, Bush, Lombardozi, Teufel, etc from the 80s and early 90s with a few signed cards of rookies that fizzled out from recent sets.

Nice!

Super Supers Adam, and cool Julio Franco gamer.

Nice to see Jay with some April pick-ups, and at under a buck a card, quite the deal. Any Washingtonians you may be willing to part with at 100% profit.... 

Opening Day has arrived. Need pitchers?

1964 Topps Venezuelan Frank Robinson




Also picked up 4 nice 1960's paperbacks:

Young Baseball Champions by Steve Gelman (Joe DiMaggio on front cover)
Baseball Stars Of 1964 by Ray Robinson (Sandy Koufax on Front Cover)
The Baseball Life Of Sandy Koufax by George Vescey (Sandy Koufax on front cover)
Championship The Complete NFL Title Story + The Superbowl by Jerry Izenberg (Jim Brown on front cover)

Found this lot of football programs from Ephrata High School (1952-53). Been looking for 1950's high school programs from the area for a while, managed to find five or six over the previous few years. Tripled my collection with one purchase. Found 12, here's 4:


Also picked up a 1952-53 Ephrata Basketball Broadside. Too large to scan. A good month.

programs from the 40s and 50s, no matter what sport, always has great artwork.

sabrjay wrote:programs from the 40s and 50s, no matter what sport, always has great artwork.

agreed...very nice!!!

My first pickup in a while.....big thanks to Chris for holding and shipping this to me when I returned to Canada.

sabrjay wrote:programs from the 40s and 50s, no matter what sport, always has great artwork.

These aren't recent, except for one, but I'll take any excuse to show off my small collection of Minor League team programs from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. I particularly like that Giants one. And Amsterdam Rugmakers? A name for the ages!

Wow, Ben! Congrats on the Ewing/Mascot!

Rugmakers, have not heard that one, classic! Toupee manufacturer?

In the immortal words of Dave Niehaus, My-Oh-My, Ben.

A couple of recent HOF's. The Griffith actually seems a little under-graded to me.

my boy Wahoo Sam. My favorite Deadball Era player

A nice Southern Leaguer and my first AB back! Flip side of Little Napoleon, no less.

Z-NUT wrote:Oh yeah, I almost forgot:

1996-1997 Julio Franco Game-Used Bat!    

Hey Adam, Not sure if you've heard but you may want to look for a 2014 Julio Franco gamer as he just signed to play/manage for an independent team in Fort Worth. Not bad for 55 years young. Here's an article:
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/5/16/5722400/julio-franco-age-55-fort-worth-cats

I did hear that! Incredible! His workout/diet regimen is legendary and apparently it's still working for him. I wouldn't be shocked to hear that he's in better health than Mike Trout!