(Zack) Wheat Wednesday: 1925 Exhibits

Another Wednesday means another new addition to my Zack Wheat PC. This was purchased raw on eBay about 2.5 years ago. The seller listed it as "Near Mint" and, well, there is a reason not every collector is suited to grade cards.

It returned from a trip to PSA as a 3. It presents very well, but I have not looked at it in ages to the point that I don't even remember what is the cause of the condition discrepancy (I would wager a surface crease of some kind).

It's not a Wheat I see very often so while I may have overpaid -- and definitely didn't get what was advertised -- I am more than happy to just own of these bad boys.

Revisiting Two Old Pickups

Revisiting is a nice term for getting old stuff slabbed for protection reasons....plus pre-war and 19th century cardboard looks extra nice in a tuxedo. One of these cards was acquired almost 3 years ago and the other was snatched up 13 and a half years ago.

George Washington out of the 1889 Kinney Brothers N222 Leaders set is the first card I decided to throw into a slab. Washington crossing the Delaware is a fun added touch to his portrait.

William Fly, one of the pirates in the N19 Pirates of The Spanish Main set from an 1888 Allen & Ginter release, is next up. Like George, both present very well for their technical grades of 1 (with Willie looking even better than his predecessor).

The backs on old, old stuff usually do not disappoint -- so here are both.

Jackie Robinson Pickup: 1950-56 J.J.K. Copyart Postcard (Blank Back Edition)

If he wasn't a budget breaker I would collect playing-era Jackie Robinson stuff all the damn time. As a Dodgers' fan, a baseball fan, and a UCLA graduate.....Jackie checks all of the boxes to fit into my collecting habits. You know, beyond the obvious fact that every collection should have multiple Jackie Robinsons in it because he is JACKIE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON!

Today's pickup is one I've had for ages. It was purchased raw on eBay and sent off to PSA. It's a well-known and often used pose but it's a different release so I can say hey, here's a new Jackie! I really love the image and everything about it. Any playing-era Jackie is a welcome sight and though there will be many I never acquire, each and every one that I do will be cherished.

When The Pope is Your Doppelgänger

Another new Archer sketch enters my PC with today's addition. All artists were asked to create some sketches taking place in the bedroom. These could then be put together to form various threesomes. Today's piece is one of those, featuring Woodhouse from Season 4's Papal Chase (Episode 11). The ISIS crew has to thwart an attempt on the Pope's life and they use Woodhouse as a decoy as he bears more than a striking resemblance to his holiness.

Michael Munshaw is the artistic mind behind this fantastic pickup! This sat on eBay for some time but I finally made an offer, the seller accepted, and I landed this beaut. The episode it references is easily top five for me, so finally securing it and adding it to my collection felt amazeballs.

An Oddball Pre-WWI Ty Cobb

I'm a big fan of 1914 B18 Blankets. They're oddball, pre-war, and full of notable names (including my boy Zack Wheat). Unfortunately, PSA does not grade them and BGS holders get clunkier the larger they get. Thankfully, SGC exists -- or did, before PSA decided to phase it out of existence. Even more worthy of thanks from the cardboard gods is I did not procrastinate in sending them in for encapsulation.

The first of those to get a write-up is The Georgia Peach himself, Tyrus Cobb. I don't have a large Cobb PC but I very much enjoy what I have tracked down and secured. The blanket is missing a chunk but all the important stuff is intact and it looks great in the slab, graded a simple Authentic.

Here's the back, for giggles.