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2 more HOF rookie cards have arrived, including a Yankee legend
My latest Check Out My Cards order arrived last weekend. And while much of it is of little fanfare, a few of the cards are worthy of showing off. I’ll spread them out over a few posts as I have some...
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Rookie Card Upgrade: 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt / Ron Cey
For a long time, my philosophy on vintage rookie cards was that it was better to own one now — regardless of the condition — than save and wait for one that was in great shape. Generally speaking, I...
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A trip to LCS for supplies leads to purchase of vintage rookies
So earlier today I was taking pictures of some autographs in my collection and noticed that I still needed about 30 single-screw cases for a project I’m working on. So I headed to the LCS to buy these...
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Mail Day: Don’t ship graded cards in PWEs …
I was elated to learn via the eBay app that I had received a package in the mail today, one of the vintage grades cards I recently bought off the site. When I got home I found this … … A PWE (plain...
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You don’t go to the post office at 6 a.m. for just any card
Yesterday I posted about my 1933 Goudey Jim Bottomley card that arrived in the mail. There should have been a second card as part of that mail day, but no one was home to sign for it. So the postman...
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When your LCS has an HOF rookie card you’ve been seeking, you must buy it
I have an addiction to buying baseball cards. Yes, I said it. I had about 40 minutes of free time Saturday while juggling a bunch of family stuff so I utilized every minute I had and made a trip to...
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HOF Rookie Card: 1933 Goudey Carl Hubbell BVG 4
Perhaps the biggest PC addition to come out of my most-recent COMC Mailday was this 1933 Goudey Carl Hubbell rookie card graded a 4 by Beckett Grading. The centering is amazing. The back is clean....
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Baseball Hall of Fame `Class of 2019′ in rookie cards
For the first time in several years I’ve been excited to see the announcement of the newest class of Cooperstown. I’m not going to dwell on the fact that my guy, Roger Clemens, still didn’t make it —...
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