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    RIP MagicPapa!!

    Melissa, Your dad was a fantastic collector and a truly, if I may, magical part of the collecting community. I don't think I ever made any trades with him and I'm 99% sure I've never met him in person but both in this group and outside it he made a huge impact. His posts were always the ones I...
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    Are Fanatics 9 pocket sheets OK?

    Never seen the Fanatics ones (didn't know they existed) but I'll pay extra for Ultra Pro Platinum pages. I'm not a fan of the BCWs at all. I generally just watch the marketing emails from Ultra Pro and buy 5 boxes or so when they go on sale directly. There are 100 ct boxes of UP Platinum pages...
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    2025 Collecting Goals

    That's a steal for the Koufax. I have 5 or 6 of them and I still would have grabbed that without thinking.
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    2025 Collecting Goals

    I'm sure you all have but anyone ever hit a point where you just lose interest in your main player collection because there are just too many dang parallels? 2024 may be the last year I chase for Ryan Helsley. 2025 Topps has over 50 parallels just for Series 1, not counting 1/1s.
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    April 2025 Pickups

    One of my pickups today brings what I feel like is some verification of my theories about 1998 Donruss Signature Significant Signatures and also more questions which is always the scenario with bankruptcy era sets. This one popped up with most of the rest of the 100 numbered copies as well as...
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    Oh Super Sweet 90's Inserts.... #3

    Love all the versions of this set. I'm a little over a halfway done with the master set other than the Golds.
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    March 2025 Pickups

    I picked up a lot of about 70 HOF autographs this past week. These are the highlights but it also included Frank Robinson, Eddie Mathews, a couple Jim Thomes, and a bunch of other awesome autographs. I didn't actually see the John McGraw auto in the listing until I went back and reviewed the...
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    Name a modern player of any significance who has NO certified autographs

    Osteen has a Leaf issue and a couple Historic Autographs issues in the last few years but nothing from Topps or Panini that I can think of.
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    Vintage Pick Up Thread

    This is about as vintage as it gets. 1887-1890 Old Judge John Montgomery Ward
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    January 2025 Arrivals

    Been crazy busy at work the last few weeks and haven't gotten to post much in the way of pictures. it's been a good couple weeks for Helsley pickups. 2024 Topps Update All Star Relics Platinum 1/1 - This one finishes the rainbow for this set. 2024 Topps Update All Relics Black /199 - I have...
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    January 2025 Arrivals

    Traynor is a another guy that you look at the raw numbers and think why. Most of the same caveats apply to him as do Kell. It's always amazing to me that people think the Hall is being diluted by guys like Scott Rolen (arguably a top 100 player all time) or this year CC Sabathia when they're...
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    January 2025 Arrivals

    I think there are a couple of factors that influenced Kell's induction that we've lost looking back at it and as advanced metrics and a better understanding of the game has evolved. At the time Kell was inducted in 1983 he was, if I remember right, the 7th 3B inducted into the Hall of Fame. 3B...
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    New Hall of Famers

    Rose signed an agreement that put him on the Permanently Ineligible list. It wasn't then and isn't now a "lifetime ban". He should never be inducted to the Hall. His accomplishments are there but he shouldn't be. Vizquel above Osborne Earl Smith for best shortstop glove ever? Fire take indeed...
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    New Hall of Famers

    Eddie Murray was the best 1B of their shared era. Clark, Palmeiro, McGriff, McGwire, Guerrero, and a couple others are all guys who had comparable or longer peaks to Mattingly in that era. Mattingly really only had a 4 year great peak before his back went out. All Star games are a popularity...
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    New Hall of Famers

    Having no HOF worthy 1st timers in 2026 should raise the chances for Beltran and Jones in particular next year. I think it probably takes Utley an extra year but he should see a substantial bounce next year. 2027 really only has Posey that has a reasonable chance of being 1st Ballot so I could...
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