In Which I'm Making More Progress on My 1933 Goudey Brooklyn Team Set Than Modern Ginter.

After recent trades that's not as accurate a statement as it once was, but for a spell I had added more from this 1933 Brooklyn team set than I had from recent issues of A&G. Which, hey, I'm cool with. The Brooklyn team set is 13 cards deep, and I already had one in my possession from a purchase made long ago. Without further adieu, the newest additions in my 1933 Dodgers Goudey Quest.

Joe Judge was a local find at the vintage shop that's near my humble abode. One day I was randomly looking at the Goudeys they had listed online and saw Judge sitting there, all by his lonesome, with a price tag of just $9. I jumped, immediately. Free shipping baby! Those blue stirrups are nails.

Next, the nicest Goudey in my collection. Owen Carroll has actual corners that aren't rounded, and he's the most recent addition of the bunch. Via eBay, he clocks in at $11.61 with free shipping to boot.

Back to the action-y poses with D'Arcy (Jake) Flowers. The damage for Mr. Flowers, an eBay acquisition, was $11 delivered.

Lafayette Thompson is up next, and if he looks familiar, it's only because he and Flowers are in basically the same pose. Another eBay win brought him into my collection for $10.50 after shipping.

My worst conditioned Goudey, John (Bud) Clancy. An eBay pickup, he was $6.25 shipped. Both the Brooklyn B and Dodgers are clearly visible, which is a must.

Above is the Jack Quinn that I already owned, re-scanned in all its glory (I didn't own a scanner when I purchased it almost three years ago). It ran me $9 locally.

The back of each of my six '33 Goudeys. I can't wait until I have all 13 so I can scan them in united glory and cry at how much the Hack Wilson is inevitably going to cost me once I finally track a copy down. A Want List with my 7 needs is up.

What $20(ish) Gets You In Vintage

I decided to take $20 or so and spend it at a card shop my dad came across and was kind enough to alert me to. It's Beverly Hills Baseball Card Shop. Peruse their site, they've got great stuff and specialize in vintage. Now I'm not schilling them to gain anything. Though I wouldn't be opposed to it!

Anyhoo, instead of spending the $20+ on a blaster box of some kind or a grip of singles and other assorted goodies at my local shop, which is what I would normally do, I decided to add to my minimal collection of vintage. For just $20, give or take (mostly give), here's what I walked away with.

My two favorites from my purchase:

1965 Topps NL ERA Leaders Koufax/Drysdale

1933 Goudey Jack Quinn

The remaining five cards:

1939 Play Ball Van Mungo

1966 Topps NL Leaders, all featuring Koufax

1966 Topps Dodgers Team Card

Jack Quinn played just two of his twenty-three major league seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1931 and 1932, at the ages of 47 and 48. Quinn appeared in 81 games over those two seasons, with 80 of those 81 appearances coming out of the bullpen. In his first season with Brooklyn, Quinn, all 47 years of him, finished 17th in the MVP vote. Van Mungo played all but three of his major league seasons with Brooklyn. Mungo, a three-time All-Star, finished his career off with the New York Giants.

The Quinn is now the oldest baseball card I own, though I have a boxing card that is older, which I posted previously. In terms of pricing, the Quinn checked in at $9, the Van Mungo at $3, the Koufax/Drysdale '65 Topps at $5, the three 1966 Topps cards featuring Sandy at less than $2 each, and the team card at $1.25. I picked up an eighth card, but it has a purpose that does not involve remaining in my possession. All in all, the total was $23 and change before taxes, and just under $27 when all was said and done.

Not bad for an afternoon's work.