I’m passionate about reading, baseball history, and sharing and encouraging both. I’d like to start doing some giveaways for baseball books I’m reading.
Giveaway
#1
is Crazy ‘08 by Cait Murphy about the 1908 baseball season. Like and retweet to enter. Winner chosen 1/21
Let’s just give this away as a thank you to everyone retweeting or purchasing from me lately. Retweet to enter. No follow necessary but if you like vintage cards please do and say hi. I’ll pick a winner Thursday. Only 7 graded between SGC & PSA. Part of the $100k infield.
Sorry for any recent drama here. Not my thing, just hard to not say anything sometimes. I know giveaways can be annoying too but in getting back to the cards, i’ll give away this M114 Christy only to current followers so no need to follow, RT. Just like this if you want it.
If MLB makes a deal today I will celebrate by buying more baseball cards. If they don’t make a deal, I will cope by buying more baseball cards. Hold me to it.
In honor of the half Wagner selling for $475k it’s time for Book Giveaway
#2
! To enter, just retweet. No follow necessary as I just love hobby/baseball history and sharing it but if you like vintage, feel free to follow. Winner chosen 2/10. Whole book, not half included 😏
Every card I buy is for PC so it’s very hard for me to sell what I do. The last few weeks of sales have been toward a couple of big additions. The first arrived today and I couldn’t be happier.
You ever just hold and stare at a card you weren’t sure when/if you’d ever get? Thanks to
@jtteaxasaggie
for the total grail card. I had no plans to pick this up this week but when I saw the great price/look of card on
@CardsStory
thread, it had to be done
VINTAGE BASEBALL SALES THREAD
- Keep it strictly 1880-1980
- NO Links to eBay or any other sites
- Please list a price with every card
- Anyone & everyone is welcome to post & buy cards
- Lets get some cards moving & build a stronger vintage community
RT’s appreciated ⚾️
Here is the culmination of all the recent mail days. Not much needs to be said about the player but this was a true grail card for me. My first Cy and one that i have long coveted.
E90-1 Cy Young
🚨Giveaway Time!🚨
Eddie Collins is one of my favorite players and this 1921 Exhibit my favorite card. It’s a duplicate in obvious poor condition but want to give it away. Follow and RT for a chance to win. I’ll randomly select someone evening of 11/20
Realized this was my likely only shot at a playing days Ruth and decided to get it checked off. Thanks to
@mcshavecards
for the good and easy deal as always!
Happy (T)2/06 Day! Let’s see your favorite t206 in your collection. Mine is probably HOFer Ed Walsh. Holds the record for lowest career ERA with 1.82. Won 40 games in 1908 (45% of his teams total wins!) pitching 464 innings with a 1.42 ERA.
I’m very thankful for my collection and this Twitter card community. To appreciate and reflect on my collection i’ll be sharing one card per day from my PC in a 🧵 . No surprises here but will be nice to have together. Perfect first card for today is this Wajo Turkey Red.
I gotta say, ever since bringing my collecting journey to Twitter my hobby experience has grown so much. I’ve got a great group of guys I chat with everyday and genuinely get so pumped and happy for other peoples Maildays and wins.
Been reminding myself lately that i’m only 36 and there is no finish line to this collecting thing. It’s ok to pass on cards or sell cards that can be attained again easily to get rarer cards. No need to rush the collection.
HUGE sale. Decided to keep my favorites and start fresh with everything else. Pricing in comments. Theres scam accounts so make sure that you get to messages only by clicking my name on this post, NOT a comment and check follower count/do due diligence. Closer pics on request
Super excited for this one. 1910 E125 American Caramel Company Die-cut of Home Run Baker. Very difficult to find. Obviously this one is not graded but there is only a total of 3 graded between PSA and SGC.
As the year ends, time for a thread of my Top 15 pickups of 2023. Lots of movement on the collection this year and went heavy on a few players. In no particular order:
#1
T3 Turkey Red Walter Johnson with Ad Back
Sitting 6 hours for a tattoo.. show me a vintage baseball card you just feel like showing off. Older the better! I’ll give away this 1951 Bowman to a random commenter.
Getting to the last few big ones. This was a 2023 goal and not really on my radar but he right grade and price for me popped up so i had to grab it.
T206 Walter Johnson Portrait
The most unique item in my collection is this pocket mirror of Frank Baker commemorating his heroics in the 1911 World Series which led to the nickname of “Home Run”
Been after a Cicotte card in a White Sox uniform. Happy it came from one of my favorite sets. Cicotte was of course part of the Black Sox team and threw the first pitch that hit the Reds leadoff man to say “the fix is on”. This will be freed from its tomb and get a tux soon.
Taking a buying break for December so other than a few maildays trickling in, that concludes my 2022 collecting. Figured I’d share my Top 10 pickups in a thread. In no particular order:
One of my grail cards for the last few years. I love exhibits and definitely WaJo