St. Louis Cardinals Collectors Thread

[Hullfan]

Picked this up recently

 

[waintrain]

Here's some pics.

 

[waintrain]

And the others.

 

[SINFULONE]

Here's some pics.

I like the Eckstein.Didn't see a scan of the Lohse Hope Diamond though.Would you trade?

 

[SINFULONE]

Just got this in from the Musial Signing... its somewhere between decent and awful. What do you guys think?
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Musial looks good, I would be happy with it.Did he put his sticker on the back?

 

[waintrain]

I like the Eckstein.Didn't see a scan of the Lohse Hope Diamond though.Would you trade?

Definitely! I'll get a pic of the Lohse.

 

[SINFULONE]

Not necessarily. The stuff i posted is just my stellar stuff. Ive got lots of other stuff. I like auto stuff, I'm just really picky any more. I also try to stick to one super awesome card of each Cardinal player that I can find instead of a lot of lesser cards. Probably my favorite cards are Heritage stuff, but now that I'm down to like 25 cards to have every Cardinals one, they don't pop up very often. A lot of my theme collection stuff is the same way. Patience patience patience.

Scan your other stuff.I would like to see it.

 

[PujolsCollector]

Musial looks good, I would be happy with it.Did he put his sticker on the back?

Yes I asked the guy that was running the signing to place the sticker on the back since I did not want it taking away from the picture any!
I like it i dont know if Pujols is going to get done early next year.

 

[SINFULONE]

Im not complaining. He had a beautiful autograph at one point he is older now, I understand and I have seen much worse. I own much worse honestly. I am happy with it, im positive Pujols will find some way to ruin this for me. He will probably smudge it with his pinky, sign it in black, sign over someones autograph, refuse to sign it, you know some of the stuff that he has done to my items over the years.

You're going to his batting clinic in KC sometime soon, right?That sounds like fun.As long as he doesn't sign it "Angels in '12" or something like that he won't mess it up.What has he done to your items in the past?

 

[PujolsCollector]

You're going to his batting clinic in KC sometime soon, right?That sounds like fun.As long as he doesn't sign it "Angels in '12" or something like that he won't mess it up.What has he done to your items in the past?

Yeah, I am supposed to go to that but knowing my luck that will be the weekend im in Seattle. Lets see Pujols has smeared an autograph on purpose on a Musial/Pujols 2009 ASG Season Ticket Holder Program. I have seen a team signed item where he signed over autographs (not mine it was a base), he refused to sign my Pujols Shoes then signed other shoes for someone else, refused to sign a seat back for me then signed one for a person 10 people behind me. He signed my first kings poster in the wrong color (blue) after I asked for silver. I have heard some other pretty good stories also. He is not a nice person when it comes to autographs

 

[waintrain]

The Edmonds is 41/44, Gibson 8/75, and LOHSE is 33/60

 

[heartyourlife]

Scan your other stuff.I would like to see it.

As soon as my full time guy at the shop get back from his ACL surgery and I don't have to work weekends, I'll get on it

 

[heartyourlife]

Anyone going to be at the Sun Times show this weekend in Chicago? I'm hoping I can find someone to fill in at the store on Saturday so I can head up for the day. I never really find much that I want to buy, but I figure the time I don't go I will regret it haha

 

[heartyourlife]

Anyone busting any Topps Five Star this week? I've got two cases for sure coming, might have a third. I'm hoping it doesn't go as bad as my Triple Threads case....

 

[SINFULONE]

Yeah, I am supposed to go to that but knowing my luck that will be the weekend im in Seattle. Lets see Pujols has smeared an autograph on purpose on a Musial/Pujols 2009 ASG Season Ticket Holder Program. I have seen a team signed item where he signed over autographs (not mine it was a base), he refused to sign my Pujols Shoes then signed other shoes for someone else, refused to sign a seat back for me then signed one for a person 10 people behind me. He signed my first kings poster in the wrong color (blue) after I asked for silver. I have heard some other pretty good stories also. He is not a nice person when it comes to autographs

That is really interesting, have not heard of him being a difficult signer like that before.Have scans of the items you mentioned above?What did you do with the program and the poster?The only time I have ever been up close to him was at a game in KC years ago.I was with a bunch of other people behind the dugout.He was one of the few players who came out to sign.As soon as he came out a bunch of kids foolishly started tossing baseballs all at once at him.He caught a few, understandably ducked under the dugout, signed them, came back out and tossed them back, and he was done just like that.I wasn't optomistic getting his signature anyway, but it was disappointing no one had any patience and ruined it for everyone else.

 

[SINFULONE]

As soon as my full time guy at the shop get back from his ACL surgery and I don't have to work weekends, I'll get on it

Can't wait to see it.More nice patches?I got some 3-D cards on the way, should have them today or tomorrow.

 

[SINFULONE]

Anyone busting any Topps Five Star this week? I've got two cases for sure coming, might have a third. I'm hoping it doesn't go as bad as my Triple Threads case....

How rough was that case?Did you get the Freese wood/autograph/patch card that was up?

 

[PujolsCollector]

I have pictures of the magazine somewhere, I will have to look. It is currently boxed up so I dont want to dig it out. The first Kings I tried to do for myself is the one that got messed up that poster Sold for 351.00 I lost .50 total on it but there was no point in me keeping it, I would have never completed it. I have a good story about Tony Gwynn in his last season with impatient autographers. Tony came over to sign and said if you guys make a single file line I will sign 1 per person until I have to go at 6:25 or when everyone is done. It was like 6:00 or something lol. So me and my dad are standing patiently waiting well behind us we hear an argument about cutting the line start, this is pre 9/11 and the restrictions were non existant, so I look back and a man had a large San Diego Padres BBQ Grill Lid signed by some players. He is arguing with another guy who had jumped in line in front of him. Dude with the BBQ Lid takes it by the handle and smokes this guy in the head with it. Tony Gwynn was pissed! He said thats it im done signing stopped signing 4 people in front of us.

 

[SINFULONE]

I have pictures of the magazine somewhere, I will have to look. It is currently boxed up so I dont want to dig it out. The first Kings I tried to do for myself is the one that got messed up that poster Sold for 351.00 I lost .50 total on it but there was no point in me keeping it, I would have never completed it. I have a good story about Tony Gwynn in his last season with impatient autographers. Tony came over to sign and said if you guys make a single file line I will sign 1 per person until I have to go at 6:25 or when everyone is done. It was like 6:00 or something lol. So me and my dad are standing patiently waiting well behind us we hear an argument about cutting the line start, this is pre 9/11 and the restrictions were non existant, so I look back and a man had a large San Diego Padres BBQ Grill Lid signed by some players. He is arguing with another guy who had jumped in line in front of him. Dude with the BBQ Lid takes it by the handle and smokes this guy in the head with it. Tony Gwynn was pissed! He said thats it im done signing stopped signing 4 people in front of us.

What is this Kings poster?Is it just Pujols or a bunch of other players.It couldn't be that bad if it sold for $350.

That's odd someone would want a BBQ lid signed, the signatures would get ruined on that in no time.Then again, I went to Fan Fest one year and some kid had his dome signed.That's funny and sad at the same time somone got clocked with a grill.Don't blame Gwynn at all, there was no security guard there at all?Even before 9/11?.He was at All Star Fan Fest here this year, but I didn't feel like waiting hours to meet him.Pujols is probably tired of people just selling his stuff right after he signs it, and is very selective what he will sign I guess.

 

[PujolsCollector]

The Kings Poster is Musial,Pujols,McGwire. Pujols is very picky to people who he thinks is selling. I told him straight to his face after he smudged my magaine, I said its not like I was going to sell it and he mumbled something under his breath. The grill lid was kind of funny and sad. I met Gwynn a few years back and he was a great guy, it was at a paid signing but it took about an hour to get through the line, that was because he was having conversations with every fan there. Great guy. There was minimal security maybe maybe 1 gaurd by him but not like it is now when a player signs.
Here is a video of a few of the players ive met
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajW3aermMo8&feature=relmfu