Nifty Fifty
New stuff abounds
10/09/07 23:36 PersonalPermalink
Picked up a handful of new items recently, from the
Hunt and Sloate auctions, as well as a private
transaction.
First, the interesting twist to the Nifty Fifty. If you read backwards a few posts, you'll see that I purchased a card and waived my NY Journal American Monte Irvin. Then, a friend convinced me that a HOFer who had distinguished himself in the major leagues AND tthe Negro Leagues, on a tough card that was the highest graded example, was a good card to keep. Plus, he's from Jersey. So I kept him.
Then a new example of the same card was graded by SGC for a friend of mine, and it came back a 7. So my copy was no longer the highest graded copy.
So I bought the 7 from my friend, and waived the 6.
Hello, Monte. Goodbye, Monte.
My second pickup was the Eddie Collins cabinet card you see on the home page. What a gorgeous photo. The mount has clearly been trimmed away on all four sides, but it's still a knockout.
I fear I am addicted to cabinets.
Here's a nice, crisp, large scan.
Unfortunately, unlike with Monte, I don't have another 1906 Eddie Collins cabinet that I can release. So I had to make another tough decision here.
The decision was rendered much easier by my subsequent purchase in Barry Sloate's auction. I bought a lot of 47 T206s. Add that to the T206s I already owned, and suddenly, I have more than 20% of the set. I am of the belief that if you have 20% of a set, you are "officially" collecting it - particularly an iconic set like T206.
So I cheated. I added the Eddie Collins cab, removed a T206 Vic Willis from the Nifty Fifty, and put it in my T206 box.
First, the interesting twist to the Nifty Fifty. If you read backwards a few posts, you'll see that I purchased a card and waived my NY Journal American Monte Irvin. Then, a friend convinced me that a HOFer who had distinguished himself in the major leagues AND tthe Negro Leagues, on a tough card that was the highest graded example, was a good card to keep. Plus, he's from Jersey. So I kept him.
Then a new example of the same card was graded by SGC for a friend of mine, and it came back a 7. So my copy was no longer the highest graded copy.
So I bought the 7 from my friend, and waived the 6.
Hello, Monte. Goodbye, Monte.
My second pickup was the Eddie Collins cabinet card you see on the home page. What a gorgeous photo. The mount has clearly been trimmed away on all four sides, but it's still a knockout.
I fear I am addicted to cabinets.
Here's a nice, crisp, large scan.
Unfortunately, unlike with Monte, I don't have another 1906 Eddie Collins cabinet that I can release. So I had to make another tough decision here.
The decision was rendered much easier by my subsequent purchase in Barry Sloate's auction. I bought a lot of 47 T206s. Add that to the T206s I already owned, and suddenly, I have more than 20% of the set. I am of the belief that if you have 20% of a set, you are "officially" collecting it - particularly an iconic set like T206.
So I cheated. I added the Eddie Collins cab, removed a T206 Vic Willis from the Nifty Fifty, and put it in my T206 box.
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