Saturday and todays mail
Garvey photo with Fisk catching behind him, from an ASG.
Green /10. I liked the look of the card, despite the logolessness (if that isn't a word, it should be!). Its really thick too, which I am not a fan of. No need in this case.
Furcal /27
Palmiero /25 Recollections
Some local stuff. love those early shots of Seattle. It seems like it was forever ago, but that is only a little under 50 years ago. My how the waterfront has changed. For those unfamiliar, most of what you can see in this photo is adjacent to the Puget Sound just...
What I really liked seeing, and hopefully it wasn't because a camera was present, were the athletes seemingly having a good time signing and interacting with fans. Lots of big smiles and laughs. They were likely very paid handsomely for their time, but at least they showed up and were positive...
OK, took a chance on some new customs. I try to stick with the really good types (Banty/Sporting Life) these days due to the garbage i was ending up with before, but these were pretty nice. I did negotiate a better price for the 2 than ebay had listed, which also helped. I am cheap and try to...
I think one of the hardest things about collecting a player, team or even set is that once the issue becomes "old", everyone kind of forgets about it. When an issue is new, everyone is busting boxes and trying to sell what they pull out. Eventually that supply dries up and in most cases, dry...
Rollins /79.
Willard Bill "Hawk" Hunter. He always seemed to sign twice, full name and shortened with nickname. He died in 2021. I will pick up dupes when they are cheap. I have plenty of his signature now, but he was a little tricky early on.
Murray /75. That makes /15, ?50 and /75. Probably done there.
Turner /25
This one is unusual, as he is apparently already out of baseball, with a career 0-1 record (Dodgers). His is one autograph I am still needed for my Dodger collection too. As far as I know, he never got any regular...
Garvey /25
Dodger Photo lot of 16 with 3 Garvey items
Garvey Print card. I have the original he made the prints from and several of the early prints with serial numbers I requested. This has a new design back though.
E Phillips Black.
Muncy /10
Martin
Loney
John Purple FF
I fell for it and bought another Leaf Sheehan. This is a 1/1 and was about $7.50, so why not. It's one of those pre-production proof 1/1s that comes with the business card cert that isn't tracked in their data base, but the sticker matches that of the one on the blank backed card.
Another...
A sign that I am nearing the end of my active collecting is the difficulty in landing items that I would have had no problem winning just 5 years back and at a much lesser price than most things now. It took me too long to land one of these and was afraid the initial batch would dry up...
Garvey / 25.
Joendry Vargas. Took a while to find a cheap one. He is enjoying a prospecting surge right now.
John Heritage. He is almost 81 now. That seems unreal to me, although he was already a storied vet when I started collecting cards.
Killer /25.
A small group of (7) signed 50s cards of semi-stars. This is the most interesting card, so it represents the group.
I had to get one of these when my kids told me he was the definition of a basketball scrub player. He has a championship ring though, and many don't. plus i...
2 day haul, Yesterday and today:
Auto 6/50 (jersey match).
/25 and unnumbered pattern I don't think I had.
Ceramic Garvey auto. It cost me the most out of the 3! Jackson and Seaver are in the March pick up thread. Garvey was just under $10.
Murray /50.
Snider mini
Mondesi...
Carew /50.
Seaver and Jackson Ceramic. I still can't believe how cheap these are at times. Both of these were under $10, closer to $5! I think most people think these are facsimiles! They are NOT. They are real autographs. Bad job of marketing the set by Armstrong.
Sleepy