New Pick Ups

Got a few new cards lately and wanted to share them.

This one is not really a new pick up but I just got around to scanning it and now I can post it.  It's a 1963 Pepsi Cola Colt .45. 

 

A trader friend of mine sent it to me and I will likely start the set now.  But I won't likely find an affordable Bateman example.

 

These three help push me a little closer to the E90-1 set.  I really like this set a lot and love adding cards to it.  I also wanted a Fromme for a long time so I'm really thrilled to have it.

 

 

 

 

I like the added touch to the O'Connor.  What do you think?

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

 

 



Funniest Card Ever

A friend of mine shared this with me today and I just had to post it here.

It's a minor league card of Keith Comstock when he was playing with the Las Vegas Stars. Keith was a pitcher who saw major league action with four different teams as a reliever.  But he was in the minors a lot.  He wanted to do something different than the normal pitcher poses for his minor league card and decided to take one to the nuts. 

Here is a link to the story in his own words about how it all happened.

And, of course, the card...

 

Now there's one for the collection want list.  Now I just have to find one that I'm willing to pay for.  Since this story has come out the prices are through the roof for this card.  I'm sure they will come back down again eventually.

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.

 



1916 Tango Eggs Ty Cobb Batting Pose

This card is being sold in the current REA auction and I wanted to highlight it in it's own post and not mix it in with the other cards I just posted about.

There is no ACC designation for the Tango Eggs set as it was not known until a rather large group or around 750 - 800 surfaced in 1991.  The checklist is incomplete but has 20 confirmed (I believe) cards to date.  Prewarcards.com lists 22 cards but includes Joe Tinker and Honus Wagner that have not been confirmed yet.

The Tango Eggs set most closely relates to the E106 American Caramel set with shared cards used in both sets. 

This post, however, is about a single Tango Eggs card, not the whole set.  So lets see this Cobb batting pose card.

 

 

This card is new to the hobby folks.  That's right, it's the only one known to exist.  So it's going to be interesting to see where the hammer falls when the auction closes. 

 

There is another Cobb in the set that has been confirmed, it is the leaning on bat pose that is shared with many other sets including E92, E101 and E102 etc.  That card is in rough shape and I believe it is also the only one known of that pose. 

 

This card sold in the Spring 2017 REA auction for $15,600.

 

 

Considering the condition of the newly discovered batting pose I can only guess the final price will be closer to $35K.  Like they say, it just takes two heavy hitters to go up against each other to get that price to skyrocket. 

 

So let's keep an eye on this one guys.

 

Here is the checklist for the set so far borrowed from Prewarcards.com.

 

1916 Tango Eggs Checklist

This checklist includes Wagner and Tinker, both of whom are believed to exist but have not been fully confirmed.

1. Bob Bescher
2. Roger Bresnahan
3. Al Bridwell
4. Hal Chase
5. Ty Cobb – front pose
6. Ty Cobb – side pose
7. Eddie Collins
8. Sam Crawford
9. Red Dooin
10. Johnny Evers
11. Happy Felsch
12. Hughie Jennings
13. George McQuillan
14. Billy Meyer
15. Ray Morgan
16. Danny Murphy
17. Rebel Oakes
18. Eddie Plank
19. Germany Schaefer
20. Joe Tinker
21. Honus Wagner
22. Buck Weaver
23. Heinie Zimmerman

 

Enjoy the hobby all...it's a great one.