Therion
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That Garvey is nice.
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LOVE 1951 Bowman!Not shy to bash these Leaf cards. I liked them early on, then they just got crazy with low print runs and TONS of cards. The parings can be a bit stupid too and the fact that they didn't use pictures was the topper. Then you see a card like this and have hope, only to notice your player is one of the few that is still just a jersey pic! I have only bought these if they were cheap or it was a design/pairing I realy, really wanted. Not to mention there were a few other buyers who have no sense of value, overpaying like these were the last cards ever made!
This one is /4 and the names make sense for the most part, 70s perennial all-stars. View attachment 345066
A pair of Archive Furcal cards. There are certain vintage sets that I absolutely loved for signatures. 1961 is by far my favorite, but 57 is up there too. Clean, simple designs that are just asking for a signature. 67 is another, except that it was the first (and last) set of the 60s that reintroduced the facsimile signature that had been on the larger design cards of the 50s. One is 14 and the other 19/39. View attachment 345067View attachment 345068
Not really seeing deals on vintage non-certified cards these days. The supply seems to have dried up and when they do get listed, they sell for way more than I recall in the past. Maybe its time to dip into my collection and thin it out! 52B Schmitz was the only one out of a dozen Dodger cards I managed to win and it was at the top end of my bid range. View attachment 345069
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Another Sutton from this set, this one /10. Someone has a 1/1 up, but they are way out of the ballpark on what a Sutton 1/1 auto might go for. He is a HOFer, but maybe the least liked? He seems to get ZERO hobby love. Probably didn't help that he played on some lesser popular teams in the 80s after his long run with the Dodgers. View attachment 345071
Last item is a rare (for me these days) unsigned vintage card. I don't buy much outside of signed items these days. I love all cards in general, but think the best bang for the buck is to add an autograph. I do have this signed, but was hoping to win a few more. Same seller as the Schmitz, I only managed to win 1 of the ran Dodgers the seller was selling. There are a lot of people spending too much money on stuff still. It's not Covid days, but it's lingering from that spike. New blood that is willing to pay whatever and get a few fighting each other. It's skewed the market for us long timers that knew what to expect to pay for things, that is for sure.
Erv Palica 51 BowmanView attachment 345073
Thank you for the added commentary. In case anyone is reading this as well, if you click on the thumbnails, it enlarges the picture. That assumes you are not already using a phone with a tiny screen, which I think most people do these days. I use my phone, but for forum activity, I am almost always on my desktop.I agree that the postcard is enhanced by the writing on the other side (in case anyone's reading this and couldn't make out the small type, Bartosz was the photographer and publisher of the postcard). I occasionally pick up J.D. McCarthy postcards and prefer them used, addressed and with cancelled postage.
I had the Garvey poster autographed, but misplaced it when I moved awhile backThank you for the added commentary. In case anyone is reading this as well, if you click on the thumbnails, it enlarges the picture. That assumes you are not already using a phone with a tiny screen, which I think most people do these days. I use my phone, but for forum activity, I am almost always on my desktop.
Today brings...
Garvey /99. View attachment 345204
Garvey Adidas poster. I don't recall when I first learned of this poster, but I wanted one bad. They are still somewhat infrequently found, but a seller who claims to have his or her's dad's store inventory from when dad ran shows in LA area has sold a bunch of these, all signed. I probably bought one or 2 before. It had been a while, so I bought another. Because of the storage dilemma for posters and oversized items, I really don't have an accurate count of anything larger that 8x10.
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Uncertified DeJesus, Loney, Fairly, Popovich, Haller, Shirley, Osteen & Gabrielson and an Archives silver Tapani.
A nice lot of 3x5s that I stole for $1.99! Lehman, Rutherford, Borkowski, Mauro and Rod Miller. View attachment 345212
Finally, this one is interesting. Bob appears to have caught Bob trying to sneak another request by. Collector Bob sent to Dodgers player Bob O'Brien, who replies "Wow, Deja Vu! You mailed me a card once before. Did you get it back. I'm sorry if you didn't. Best Wishes. O'Brien only has one card, a 1972 Topps Rookie prospects card that he shares with Charlie Hough and Mike Strahler. It's seldom found signed, so maybe Bob is a big of a tough signer, especially considering he must keep records of who has sent before, or did whenever this was sent.
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I didn't mention it specifically, bother than to say I got it from a seller who was moving their parents signed inventory, but this one is signed as well.I had the Garvey poster autographed, but misplaced it when I moved awhile back
I like the Dodgers viewmaster. Pretty Cool!Today was mostly Dodger themed mail, but what wasn't, I didn't feel was worthy of taking the time to post about it. It was vintage cards signed, which I love, but nobody amazing.
A pair of Recollection Madlock cards, both numbered to 10 lead off the day. They had reasonable BIN prices, but me being the bargain hunter went with opening bid and hoped nobody would bid. The images were not great and I got them at the opening bid prices!:
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Garvey Chrome /25. View attachment 345218
Valera. View attachment 345219
Klippstein and Crawford. View attachment 345220View attachment 345221
I have 1 or 2, maybe more, of these but the price was right and I don't see them listed all that often. View attachment 345222
Lehman Heritage. View attachment 345223
The last 4 were not in Dodger uniform and since i can't upload all of them in this post, I'll just do a 2nd post with those.