Brooklyn (and LA) Bounty
Have not really been sharing the new pick-ups of late, partially due to laziness and maybe just a lull in interest there days.
However....Yanks21, who is the yin to my yang when it comes to collecting, has inspired me to go back and fill some Dodger holes. Kevin collects Yankees and we frequently swap Yanks for Dodgers, but when it comes to the really good and old stuff, we are on our own. It's hard to trade that stuff away, even if it is the Yankees!
Anyway, I gathered up most of my vintage Dodgers in ebays early days when deals could be had. Let's just say I bought at the right time if you came in after the 90s boom. I collected in the 70s and 80s, but my budget didn't allow for many lavish purchases and by the time I was making money to buy better cards, I had moved on (temporarily as it turned out). Resuming the collection in the early 90s, I was there with the rest of them, buying up ridiculous inserts and chase cards, but when ebay went live, I could get so much more! I chased oddballs, vintage and other great items that I am glad I went after. Now everything is that much more expensive and harder to find.
However, I didn't get everything and I still pick up a stray card or two when the mood strikes me. With the auto market being so competitive and the Garvey market at a record dry time, I ventured out into some Brooklyn/LA vintage to pass the time.
Today, I received a huge chunk of those recent purchases. Included were some T-206 cards, a nice run of 1939 Play Balls (mostly high numbers!!), a large group of off condition, but generally decent 61-62 Bell Brand cards and even a stray 1958 Topps! This goes along with the 2 dozen or so 54-59 Topps (mostly 57s) I landed this month as well.
This was not a cheap endeavor, so I will probably take a spending breather for a little while to recoup! Enjoy.
Have not really been sharing the new pick-ups of late, partially due to laziness and maybe just a lull in interest there days.
However....Yanks21, who is the yin to my yang when it comes to collecting, has inspired me to go back and fill some Dodger holes. Kevin collects Yankees and we frequently swap Yanks for Dodgers, but when it comes to the really good and old stuff, we are on our own. It's hard to trade that stuff away, even if it is the Yankees!
Anyway, I gathered up most of my vintage Dodgers in ebays early days when deals could be had. Let's just say I bought at the right time if you came in after the 90s boom. I collected in the 70s and 80s, but my budget didn't allow for many lavish purchases and by the time I was making money to buy better cards, I had moved on (temporarily as it turned out). Resuming the collection in the early 90s, I was there with the rest of them, buying up ridiculous inserts and chase cards, but when ebay went live, I could get so much more! I chased oddballs, vintage and other great items that I am glad I went after. Now everything is that much more expensive and harder to find.
However, I didn't get everything and I still pick up a stray card or two when the mood strikes me. With the auto market being so competitive and the Garvey market at a record dry time, I ventured out into some Brooklyn/LA vintage to pass the time.
Today, I received a huge chunk of those recent purchases. Included were some T-206 cards, a nice run of 1939 Play Balls (mostly high numbers!!), a large group of off condition, but generally decent 61-62 Bell Brand cards and even a stray 1958 Topps! This goes along with the 2 dozen or so 54-59 Topps (mostly 57s) I landed this month as well.
This was not a cheap endeavor, so I will probably take a spending breather for a little while to recoup! Enjoy.
. Very nice addition.
