Thanks, again fellas. Very excited to bring these two together. Thought I would shoot them in black as well...

So went searching at my home and came home with some nice stuff I forgot about having. So far only scanned 3 items, but thought I would post for all to enjoy.

George BUrke original photo signed by Adolfo Luque
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0photo%20f.jpg
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1937 NY Giants team signed postcard with Ott.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...stcard%20f.jpg
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1935 Schutter Johnson Gehrig
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ohnson%20f.jpg
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That's the best Edd Roush autograph I've ever seen. Such a beautiful early example, and the fountain pen is so much more elegant than his more recent felt tip sigs.

Great combo, Chris!

+1

Vandy's 1st no-hitter
 

Well, I'm very happy to have finally filled an obvious void in my Vandy collection.

Several years ago I read the Cincinnati Post follow up from the day after Johnny Vander Meer's 1st no-hitter against the Boston Braves on 6/11/38 at Cincinnati. While reading this recount, I discovered a factoid that I stored in my memory bank hoping to one day capitalize on it. Last night it finally showed up on eBay.

Most all recounts of this game have the paid attendance for the game at a miserly 5,814. However, Cincinnati Post newspaper coverage mentioned something that I thought was cool:
“The 10,311 (5,814 paid) Knothole Day fans roared their approval of the first no-hitter since 1919 when Hod Eller flipped one against the Cardinals.”

Last night, I found 11 year old Reds fan Wilson Neeley's 1938 Knothole Club Membership Card which will get added to the Vandy showcase. Mission accomplished!

Knothole Club members were allowed admission into 11 games in 1938 including the Saturday game played on June 11th where Vandy no-hit the Braves. :cool:

That's great Scott, super find!

+1. Nice addition to the collection.

Vandy
 

Scott,

Striking and comprehensive display. I have this persons Knothole Club cards from 1936,1939-1940, so now I know what happened to 1937-1938. :)

Dave Grob

Great pickup, Scott. It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to fill every hole in your Vandy collection!

Scott, just curious have you ever had any contact with any relatives of him? If I were a grandkid (if he had any) I'd know I'd love to see your collection in person.

Vandy's 1st no-hitter
 

Thanks to all of you that weighed in!
I had hoped that I would eventually find one of these.
I'm thrilled that I finally found one.
Rob, it's literally like finding a needle in a haystack.
Sometimes it's easier to find the needle if you know it exists. :D

Paul,
That's a good question. Unfortunately the Vander Meer family is down to one surviving direct descendent, I believe- a granddaughter.
Tragedy seemed to follow his immediate family, with several untimely deaths.

February pick up
 

Finally was able to get a Hack Wilson gamer. I did some research online and found out that this bat was found at antique store and bought for $50 (wish I would have gotten it for that). The cool bit is that before it was restored, it had a lot of tape/residue around the handle, which was a key characteristic for Hack. The ordering indicates it would fall in the 1929-1930 period, 1930 being when Hack collected the current record of 191 RBI's.

A few recent pickups.

1920 Branch Rickey. New spring training site down in Brownsville, TX.
https://s2.postimg.org/6pn8amd8p/192...nsville_TX.jpg

1922 Big Six dinner with McGraws
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1929 Dazzy holding out again...and staying fit doing who knows what
https://s18.postimg.org/sfpm76to9/19...nceholdout.jpg

1955 A little light reading for the Duke during a very special season
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1942 St. Louis Cardinals
 

Each year I try to curate a couple of additional small topical displays at the MEARS Museum. 2017 is the 75th Anniversary of the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals World Champion team so that will be one of the smaller displays tied to this year. These are the first two of a number of items that have shown up in recent days that will be a part of that exhibit. The telegram has an obvious connection, but the sheet music for “Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy" probably only resonates with die hard Cardinal history buffs. I also have the 78rpm record of this song coming as well.

Dave Grob

Picked up this 1929 HS basketball state champions trophy tonight while setting up at the antique show.

Beautiful Dan- congrats!

That's INSANELY cool! I've never seen that figure on top of a before

Went and visited the same dealer this morning because he told me he was sure he had more trophies and would bring them with him. Sure enough he did!

My first Type 1 in a while. It was a RMY photo that I picked up on ebay with a small price mark-up. I love photos. I wish I didn't let myself get sidetracked with cards.

I have owned a full body verson of that Vance, it is a ball on the end of a rope like a speed bag he is punching. It is one of the weirdest photos I have ever seen and have no idea how he did not end up with the ball in his face constantly!

I agree Robert. I love photos too. Nice pickup!

Aha! Like one of those wooden paddles with a rubber band and ball, except the paddle is either his fist or face? So weird. Love it. Thanks for the info!

Just picked up a Jackie pre-rookie photo.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2296/3...dba16aaa_z.jpg1946 Jackie Robinson pre rookie type 1 by Paul Herbener, on Flickr

Great photo! Thanks for sharing it.

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Wow, what a photo, Paul.
Dan, that Be-a-trice trophy is bea-u-tiful.

Thank you. I recently finished reading Summer of '49 by David Halberstam in which Dimaggio and Henrich were front and center. When I saw the photo, it was an easy decision. I had been wanting a type 1 of Joe for a long time anyway.

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Knothole Club Membership Card
 

Hi Scott:
Great item to add to your amazing collection. Continued success in finding items on your want list...
Best Regards
Phil

Thanks Brett and Robert!

Very Nice!

Thanks Dale! Joey, awesome Ruth I love that photo!

Great photo.

Picked up these lineup cards from game 2 of the 1999 World Series. 2 HOF'ers and IMO a really cool piece from the middle of the Yankees dynasty.

First line-up cards that I own where the game is significant. Most of the cards I have in my collection are due to the manager being in the HOF.

Another beauty, Joey! :)

You're welcome. :)

Photos have really got me interested lately. I am not sure what any/most are worth, but I'd really like to obtain a few.

Nice pickups! Cool that you got both teams from the same game.

Photos have really got me interested lately. I am not sure what any/most are worth, but I'd really like to obtain a few.[/QUOTE]

Irv, check out RMY auctions. They have one going on right now. To get an idea of price, you can search all auction archives on the left side of the main page to see what stuff has sold for in the past. Rhys does a great job.

Awesome Joey! What year is this photo from? Slug attached to the back still?

Thanks alot man...Its a cosmo-sileo photo. No slug but it used to be in a photo album given to Claire Ruth after Babe passed away. Comes with a PSA loa

What's a slug?


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lol...a long slimy thing....jp..
Its the brown paper caption thats on the back of alot of news photos

Oh ok, thanks. I have a Ruth photo with that on the back, never knew it was referred to as a slug.


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Thanks!

Each manager and the umpire usually end up with a copy from both teams, but usually at least one of the two is a carbon copy (if not both) so it's pretty tough to find both handwritten copies together. Thankfully the legwork was done by someone before they got to me and I was able to buy them together :)

Great photo Joey. Congrats on the pick up.