February Pick-Ups
 

Thought that I would start off the new month with this one, a 1982 Pre-Rookie Type I Press Photo of the latest BB HOF inductee, Barry Larkin.........

Now you need to get a Griffey Jr. in his Moeller uniform :) Congrats!

I got these. Im an Army football Collector, so I thought they were pretty cool. Dont know too much about them, but I think they are pre-1940. The three piece probably much earlier.

To begin my month...
 

I got pneumonia. I'll recover, but it's a crappy way to start.

On the other hand, I did get this beautiful 8x10 or thereabouts pic of Gehrig and Ruth.
It was taken winter of 1927 in Nebraska, by Photographer Nathaniel Dewell.
He was most famous for his aerospace pics of air mail pilots from the 1920's
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-o...Image%20Maker#

Below the pics is a page from a book the seller sent me describing the event. You can see the book references Ruth being presented with an egg. I think this is what the picture is depicting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ngwithRuth.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...withRuthbk.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...utharticle.jpg

Excited for my Cobb signed check and Mrs. Cobb signed the back.

Just picked up this Hal Chase. I compared the Hal and it matched up pretty well though the Chase is a bit weird. It has paperwork as being from a Robert Edwards auction with Mike Gutierrez COA and ex Halper but that name worries me a bit. Still, I am kind of throwing caution to the wind here as it matches up with my Hal Chase Sporting News items I just got last month almost like I was meant to get this one. It even comes with the Original Hal Chase sporting news issue ad.
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Sorry, Sean. That was a mistake.

david, what do you mean? are you referring to it being ex halper?

Awesome photo! You may want to check out Ebbets Field Flannels, they have very nice looking repro versions of the Larrupin' Lou's and Bustin' Babes hats featured in that photo on sale. They'd look great displayed next to it!

http://www.ebbets.com/product/Bustin...llcap/Ballcaps
http://www.ebbets.com/product/Larrup...llcap/Ballcaps

Sean

Great Hal Chase display. I haven't seen the postcard size "whatever became of Hal Chase". Is it blanked back? I have a larger size (about 11 x 17) poster of the same.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2190/2...bed8c8dcf2.jpg

Max

thanks max. not sure as I hvent received it yet. that poster is really cool! it supposedly came with this original lot.

No, Sean. I meant that IMHO that was not signed by Chase.

Very interesting. When I was doing research in Iowa, I came across this in a small-town museum (Pella), describing a famous day in their town's history, when Ruth and Meusel led two town teams against each other in 1922:

david how can you tell? the hal matches very well with all "authenticated"ones and the only thing odd on the chase is the e at the end which is sort of capitalized. I know halper had a lot of forged items but this one seems an odd thing to forge. back in the 80s this wouldnt of had much value.

Cobb/Wagner Love
 

:D

In my opinion, there's nothing right about that signature. If I were you, I'd get some other opinions.

I sent you a PM Sean.

there were two letter s I saw pre stroke where the h was like this one. he has such a generic signature I've mostly stayed away from the few examples I've seen. the questionable thing for me was the e in chase. I tried writing his name and realized I could accidentally make a capitol E if my pen skipped. that added on to the fact that its been so around awhile made me pull the trigger. however the skpeticism regarding this from you guys I had to a smaller extent so I think I'll get a psa quick opinion. not that I trust them more but at least a thumbs up from them and mike guitierrez will give me more confidence in the piece. I hVnt paid for it yet so hopefully the seller will understand if psa says no. I appreciate the feedback on it and I'll let ya know what I find out.

Greg that Cobb/Wagner is absolutely beautiful!!

gosh.... I have to take some stuff out of the safety deposit boxes and start framing stuff. This is outstanding work. Very cool.

I really look forward to the monthly pick-up thread here but excuse me if I feel that the thread seems to be dominated by photos. Maybe we can have a seperate pick-up thread strictly for photos and another for everything else.

Adam,
Perhaps it seems dominated by photos, because photos are
1) Photos seem to be part of many collectors field of interests. Even if it isn't their main focus, they still obtain some now and again.
2) Photos have become much more available to everyone, both in quantity and price, since the release of all the newspapers archives.
3) They are great display pieces.

Just my 2c.

Came in today's mail.

Dated 1957 Japanese program for Pride of The Yankees movie.
Many cool pics inside from the movie.
Text is almost entirely in Japanese.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eseprogram.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eprogrambk.jpg

I was really happy to find a 1949 edition of the Indians Putnam book at the antique mall yesterday...and even happier when I opened the cover!

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...ilia/004-3.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...ilia/005-4.jpg

Rick,
That is awesome.
How much was it?(If you don't mind). Did the seller or you know they were there when you bought it?
Mark

Nice p/u Rick!

Twenty bucks...the price tag was resting atop the closed book, and I was happy to pay that for the book itself. A total surprise when I opened the cover. It was in a mall, so the seller wasn't present...but the string part of the tag was tucked inside the pages. I doubt they noticed the signatures.

Very Nice :D

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Mark- Don't get me wrong, I do love looking at the photos and appreciate when they are posted. Nice Program.

Rick- Wow. Great pick up to say the least. The book was a good price without the signatures.

Well Adam, Mark summed it up simply and right on the nose. But, it's always nice to back things up with cold hard facts.

I just ran a search on ebay for everything in the "Vintage Sports Memorabilia" category and the results speak for themselves:

Vintage Sports Memorabilia -

Publications (45,027)
Photos (33,022)
Ticket Stubs (9,093)
Other (7,273)
Schedules (4,207)
Pins (4,170)
Pennants, Flags (2,224)
Bobble Heads (2,071)
Posters (1,612)
Patches (1,274)
Baseballs (1,168)
Coins (1,011)
Bats (909)
Gloves-Baseball (860)
Lithographs (753)
Prints (535)
Cups, Mugs (446)
Stickers (328)
Plaques (269)
Paperstock, Cutouts (253)
Cereal Boxes (179)
Plates (137)
Shirts (137)
Signs (121)
Key Chains (40)
Golf Clubs (3)

Of the 117,000 items listed in 26 subcategories for sale at this time in the "Vintage Sports Memorabilia" category on ebay - Publications and Photos completely dominate the results garnering 77,000 listings, almost 2/3 of all items posted for sale. I should add that Baseball Autographs rule Baseball Memorabilia as 338,000 signed items are now, and most certainly always available on ebay.

It would be better if those who want to comment on photos or other stuff with pictures do not use the quote function so we don't have to see that same shot over and over

Well Murph... :confused: If I make a comment on the seventh page of a thread, regarding the posting of a nice piece and story that a fellow member (for example, I'll use perezfan) had posted from the second page, how is anyone going to know what I, or anyone else for that matter, would be referring to without using the quote feature?

Of course the longer a thread goes, (it's now more frequent that threads go for several days or more) the more confusing it would be for everyone involved, if no one used the quote feature.

On another note, it's also the only way to hold someone to their word. So in my opinion, the board would be near chaotic without it.

On that note
 

I picked up a Lou Gehrig Charles Conlon Type 1 Photo. I "picture" this as a bronze statue outside yankee stadium. Conlon was quite the dude...

http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/a...LON_LGbest.jpg

Congrats Ben! What a terrific addition that will be to your already killer photo collection!

1888 Harper's Weekly full page with Tim Keefe and Buck Ewing. Sure it's a little beat, and the stain doesn't help much. But I can't complain about adding career contemporary images of these two Hall of Famers for $10...And I'm thinking it still might display well...

you could say "in reference to your picture in post #32, Love it"

My first BF2 Pennant.

Nice pennant, Pete.

Personally, I re-post the previous photo when I think it's appropriate. Others might not like that, but the vertical scroll bar is really easy to use. You can blink while you're scrolling and then you won't see the original quoted scan.

Ad-back 1912 Fenway p/c beater, postmarked Oct 1915.

Got these last month but I forgot to post:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...20Baseball.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit.../large/007.jpg

Nice one Steve, now time to part with one of those non ad backed ones.

Rawn

Thanks Jimmy.. a portrait would be nice but this will do.

Ben,
Really nice photo of Gehrig... I think you have plenty of him now!!!

Thank you cardsfan... BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING:)

I echo Ben's sentiment. I'm sure Jimmy will agree as well. You can never have enough Lou Gehrig Photos.
BTW Ben, that Conlon is spectacular. Though didn't you say you were done for a while after the Ruth portrait? : D

1936 AP. This AP stamp was used from around 1936-1950.
Image is reversed. It's not stamped reverse, but I can tell because the buttons on shirt and fly cover on pants open on his left in picture which is opposite of the way it should be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tfirstbase.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...irstbasebk.jpg

Of course, the fact that Lou's got his glove on his left hand helps, too!

Actually, the reason I used those examples is because the face is not fully visible. The seller wasn't sure it was him as the player in the picture appears right handed.


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Yeah... I guess I lied... to myself... I HATE IT when I do that! :)

Not a rare pennant, but I love the look, the condition is exceptional, and the price was super cheap;)

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2271.jpg

Early Milk Glass Paperweight and Broadside