July Pick-Up's

Welcome to July! A few HOF's to kick off the month.

Bored with vintage because I've owned so many that I've ventured into these. Love the look.

Jay, What are those ? (year,make,model)

Modern, fantasy cards I believe they are made by Ars Longa Art Cards. Apparently they also make custom cards of vintage ballplayers. Here's the site:

http://arslongaartcards.com/

Ty is correct. They are made by Ars Longa. I really like everything they do. Sadly, the Pilgrim edition that I really like also seems to be the most popular and pulling down the biggest prices so I've decided to pass on those for the time being and just focus on the The Beginnnings: 1880s cards. I will probably get one from each set just to have a type.

Can't really put my finger on it, but these have more appeal to me more than owning actual vintage cards. Then again, I've been so active, for so long in the hobby that I think I've become bored with originals because there literally aren't many cards I haven't owned or actually held in my hand. Plus, the production is top notch and reeks of vintage even though it isn't.

I do know the biggest draw for me is the fact that they look vintage. Like they were owned by someone else at one time and kept in a cigar box. I probably wouldn't be as interested in buying them if they looked "brand new".

A couple new T213's from Ebay:




A 1929 news photo of Gus Sonnenberg, a player for the defunct Providence Steam Roller NFL team and a legendary wrestler:

Some vintage football cards. The Jurgensen RC and the 1957's are from Sterling (All HOFers). The Nance RC is from Ebay:

Jay,Ive heard of those cards thru Ebay but always resisted the temptation. Now you got me interested.

Love those football cards, particularly that Jurgensen.

Thanks Lucas. These are my first vintage pre-1980 football cards.

Two more:

Great vintage football cards Adam, a fine start to any collection.

Trepidation about this last purchase until I did some further research on the subject. Here's a press photo of the 1950 AAU Yakima Basketball Team. The gentleman pictured center is Alexander Saluskin II (1893-1973), also known as Chief Wi-Ya-Wikt of the Yakama Nation. His son, Rudy Saluskin, is pictured above him front row. It is difficult to speak of the Yakama Nation without mentioning the Saluskin family.

In a feud over settlers, Native Americans waged a prolonged thirty year war with the US military in central Washington (1850-1882). November 26, 1879, Alex Saluskin's grandfather was hung by the Washington Territorial government for the murder of the Perkins family. His father and uncle (Alexander Sr. & Jimmy Saluskin) later were also leaders of the Yakama. It was Alexander II's "life goal to see the native language preserved". He did not finish the text before he passed, but his niece completed and published the works in 1975, The Sehaptin Practical Dictionary. The text covers the "Sehaptin" or Columbia River Basin language of the Umatilla, Walla Walla, Yakama, and Kittitas nations. It might be my favorite local sports photo now.

As always, Ty comes up with some very interesting pieces.

I got my Ars Longa cards today. All I can say is that they are everything I hoped they would be. I love the look and feel of them and look forward to adding a lot more to my collection.

Great pick ups, guys. Here's my final purchases for the month:

Picked up this 1907 Leather postcard of a Washington State Normal School of Ellensburg banner (WSNS now CWU). Really curious as to how these were made and hoping the resident pyrography expert CARDMAN can explain? The banner section seems to be made of a heavy felt like material that looks to have been red in color at one time, but it is seemlessly attached to the leather postcard.

never seen anything like that. Very cool.

A few more HOF's, and FINALLY the Bull Durham! Took a bunch of tries to finally land that one.

pariah1107 wrote:Picked up this 1907 Leather postcard of a Washington State Normal School of Ellensburg banner (WSNS now CWU). Really curious as to how these were made and hoping the resident pyrography expert CARDMAN can explain? The banner section seems to be made of a heavy felt like material that looks to have been red in color at one time, but it is seemlessly attached to the leather postcard.

Sent you a PM .

Great stuff everyone.

Some more Ars Longa cards

They're nice.

It's been a quiet year, but I finally got something worth posting:

A great HOF portrait, plus the Diamond Star of the man associated with more World Series championships--counting playing and coaching--than anyone else in baseball history.