Ticket collectors, show us your tickets !
 

A few favorites from my collection:

1927 World Series Game 4. Ruth homers again as Murderer's Row Sweeps.

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A Perfecto for Koufax.

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Win one for the Gipper game. Rockne's most famous speech.

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Superb set of tickets Brian ! Just fantastic condition.
 

A couple of miracles from my collection...

Willie's "Catch" in Game 1 of the 1954 Fall Classic.

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"Do you believe in Miracles...YES"

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some of my favorites

circa 1906
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PO2 (Bobby Thomson game) I have occasionally seen in other venues, but PO1 is quite rare, that is game 2 of the playoff and the game the Dodgers won.

Don't have very many.

These are from Gehrig's last World Series game.

From one of Cleveland's numerous World Series championships:

Well done Gentlemen. Keep them coming !
 

Richard, Those '51 Giants tickets are just tremendous!

A couple more from my stash...

A called shot:

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And a shot that no one dreamed was coming:

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A few:

Hilltop Park, C.1903:

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First Yankee World Series game:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...921Wsgame1.jpg

First game at Yankee Stadium:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...first_game.jpg

First World Series game at Yankee Stadium:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...923WSGame1.jpg

Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...hrigdaytkt.jpg

fb tickets
 

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Loved to have been at this game.

Full Mets tickets - 1st Mets home game at Polo Grounds 1962, Gm 6, 1986 WS, Buckner baby (can you imagine having a ticket and not being at that game?), and Gm 6 1986 NLCS, Mets win the pennant.

First-ever game at Cleveland Stadium, first night game at Cleveland Stadium and a few pre-war tickets:

Here's my only Fed Lg ticket

http://www.qualitycards.com/ebay/fedtix.jpg

Cy Young Day / Larry Doby's First At Bat
 

June 11, 1947: Cy Young Day at Cleveland Stadium.

July 11, 1947: Cleveland vs. Philadelphia - Larry Doby takes the first at bat in Cleveland in a pinch hit role and draws a walk.

July 12, 1947: Cleveland vs. Philadelphia - Larry Doby's second game in Cleveland Stadium and first start with the Indians.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...&pictureid=642

60 & 61
 

These are beaters but still look terrific along side their corresponding original photograph...

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c.1905-10 Hilltop Park Ticket Stub, highlanders (thanks David!)

1929 Yankees Opening Day Ticket...(David posted his 1923 stub)...based on some research, this game was postponed due to rain and was played 2 days later...Ruth homered in his first at bat, and this marked the first game that the Yanks wore numbers...the first team in sports to do so permanently.

a couple of historic stubs and photos to go along with them...
 

Mantle's 500th career home run. Both the ticket and the photo are extremely rare.

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Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Jackie steals home. To this day, Yogi swears he was out. God, I love Baseball.

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A ticket from Bob Gibson's first major league win:

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...KETGIBSON1.jpg

Al Gionfriddo robs DiMaggio 1947 World Series Game 6
 

here is my best ticket stub

1955 World Series Game 7
 

This is next year !

PSA/DNA stub from the game that gave Brooklyn their only title...

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And a very scarce companion piece. A 1955 team issued Holiday greeting card...

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One of these was the first night game in WS history.

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Ticket
 

My Ticket for the game. My father took us:):)

Pine Tar...
 

Ticket Stub from the Famous Pine Tar Game & a Signed Brett Gamer with a ton of tar...


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Just picked this one up...
 

1989 World Series Game 3 NM Full Ticket. EARTHQUAKE GAME.

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ticket stub from Aaron Boone game winning home run against the Red Sox in the ACLS

Tickets from the only two Fall Classic's the ended with a walk-off homer...
 

Game seven with the score tied 9-9 bottom of the ninth, Maz ends the 1960 Series...

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and with the Jays trailing in game six, 6-5, Joe Carter comes up in the bottom of the ninth with two on and one out... announcer Tim McCarver commented that Carter (relatively unproductive in the series to date) looked awkward and uncomfortable at the plate...

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Jimmy,

It's a good thing my father didn't see the computer screen when I scrolled down to see your 1960 Maz ticket. He might have punched a hole through the screen!!

:)

Graig

That's Entertainment
 

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...&pictureid=918
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Sweet tickets Exhibitman!
 

Here are a few neat pieces from "Pride of the Yankees"...

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I suppose if we're straying into the entertainment biz
 

Here's a Wrigley Field World Series ticket that is missing from most collections!

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...orldseries.jpg

And here's a ticket for the premiere of "Knute Rockne, All American".

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...ovieticket.jpg

Great stuff as usual Rick !
 

I almost forgot about this ticket until I saw your post Rick.

Knute Rockne Memorial Game Ticket Stub Sept. 26th 1931.

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Fargo's finest hour
 

Roger tops the Babe, as seen from a comfortable lower box seat:

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...maris61001.jpg

And from the World Champion Chicago Cubs
 

A 1907 regular season ticket, with an ornate 1906 champions logo.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...x/cubs1907.jpg

Well,
I only have one, but here it is.
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I can't forget Larsen's incredible gem...
 

Stub & Clubhouse Press Pass:

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TYPE I - Larsen's last pitch:

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TYPE I - Dale Mitchell being punched out for the final out of the game:

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TYPE I - Very famous image as the celebration begins.

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Let's see if we can bring this thread back to life...
 

Lots of new members. Any ticket collectors out there?

The newest addition to my ticket collection is this very clean example.

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While not exactly "vintage" by this forums standards, here are the few I have. I was friends with former major league player Carl Willey, so I collect items related to him.

He pitched in game 5 of the 1958 World Series against the Yanks. Here is a proof ticket from that game.

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...an/ticket2.jpg

This is a guest pass from the same game.

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...Fan/WSPass.jpg

And here is a picture of Carlton on the mound during the 8th inning during game 5.

http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...Game5Photo.jpg

I love all the other tickets and photos posted in this thread, most of them I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing everyone.

Move over, Babe...here comes Henry. Hank Aaron clouts #714 in Cincinnati on Opening Day in 1974.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...AARON714-1.jpg

Ted Williams returns to baseball to manage the Washington Senators on Opening Day 1969. Bobby Murcer homers as Mel Stottlemeyre goes the distance for an 8-4 Yankee win.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...INGDEBUT-1.jpg

The Athletics play their final games in Kansas City before only 5,325 fans, sweeping the White Sox in a doubleheader. Those would be the final victories for the franchise. Catfish Hunter wins the finale.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...NSASCITY-1.jpg

Change in Cincinnati
 

1970 Final Game at Crosley Field and a trio of tickets for the opening of Riverfront Stadium

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...RIVERFRONT.jpg

Phantom's
 

We all know why these become phantom tic's. :(

1915 Pittsburgh Rebels Ticket Booklet - still has some unused beauties inside!

Joe DiMaggio's 1961 Passes...
 

Joe DiMaggio's 1961 American League Season Pass with A.L. Schedule and his 1961 Season Pass for Yankee Stadium. Both in stunning Near Mint/Mint Condition. From the DiMaggio Estate.

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Hi Guys,

This is my first time posting, although I’ve been a long time lurker. The knowledge and information shared on this forum is amazing.

Here’s a ticket to Babe Ruth’s last appearance at Yankee Stadium, June 13, 1948. It was the day the Yankees retired Babe’s number 3. The event was captured in Nat Fein's Pulitzer Prize winning photo.

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Wonderful ticket, Joe! Welcome to active status!

My Meager Contribution
 

Not vintage but indulge me. A ticket from a significant game that I attended. Game 6, 1995 World Series, Tom Glavine's eight innings of one hit shutout ball brings a world title to Atlanta.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...r/WSticket.jpg

A couple of Koufax highlights from 1963...
 

Koufax fires his second no-hitter ticket stub & a TYPE III Wire Photo from moments after the game.

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Koufax fans 15 Yankees in Game 1 of the '63 Fall Classic & a vintage original TYPE I photo from said game.

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Here is my one and only ticket, as this is not really our thing, but I think that it's a keeper....

http://www.dugouttreasures.com/produ...D=3&prodID=369

1923 World Series Game 1....1st World Series Game ever played in Yankee Stadium.

Best,
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

Incredible condition on that "keeper" Jonathan.
 

Please let me know once you get sick & tired of looking at it! ;)

Best, Jimmy

Welcome to the boards Joe!
 

Wow! That Ruth ticket is an absolute monster. Let's see what else you holding back Joe ;)

Best, Jimmy

1910 Pittsburgh Stub...c.1919-1922 Yankees Stub...1962 Mets Stub

Great tix, guys!

I would like to help your help in understanding how these old stubs can be pinned down to a year using MVSNYC's undated Polo Grounds ticket for the 27th home game of the season.

In 1919, the 27th home game was played on June 29th (a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox). A doubleheader was played on June 28th, but presumably the game number on MVS's stub would have reflected that. However, I have a similar stub for game #31...which in 1919 would have been the second game of a doubleheader played on July 4th...so I think we can eliminate 1919 if we assume the club didn't sell tickets to the two games separately.

In 1920, the 27th home game would have been the second game of a doubleheader on June 2nd...so I would think we can eliminate 1920.

In 1921, the 27th home game was played on June 15th (a 7-2 loss to the White Sox). The 31st home game was a single game played on June 24th, so 1921 is a possibility.

In 1922, the 27th home game was played on May 23rd (an 11-3 loss to the Browns). The 31st game was the front half of a doubleheader played on May 30; that would seem to make 1922 also a possibility.

So it would seem that this stub dates to 1921 or 1922.

Am I correct to assume that the Yankees would not have printed separate tickets for the second games of doubleheaders?

Hey Rick, can you pinpoint this one for me?
 

This is suppose to be a very significant ticket. Can the Great Poobah be of help?

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Oldtix- thanks for your input regarding my yankees stub...very interesting research (what website did you find this out?)...i am, however, a bit unclear why the doubleheader the day before the 27th game, eliminates it from being a 1919 stub, same goes for 1920...can you further elaborate? what am i missing?

thx!

Baseballreference.com is the particular website I used for this...they list every game of a given season in sequential order.

The info about the prior day's DH in 1919 really didn't have anything to do with the conclusion...it probably should have been edited out. Whether the Yankees printed separate tickets for game 25 and game 26 (the DH games) wouldn't change the need to print one for game 27. The point of my question...and the basis for my conclusion that 1920 was eliminated...was that a club would NOT have printed a second game ticket.

Before night games started in 1935, I don't think fans attending doubleheaders were required to leave the stadium after the first game. Without that requirement, there's no way to know which fans only purchased a game one ticket in order to evict them before game two. I think that a fan wishing to attend the second game (only) would have been sold the "game one" ticket at the ticket office, saving the club printing costs. If that logic is correct, there would be no printed "game two" tickets for pre-1935 doubleheaders (later twi-nights were handled differently, of course). Did fans pay double price for doubleheaders? I don't know.

We should be able to eliminate any year in which either game 27 was the back-half of a doubleheader...and that was the case in 1920. If the teams did print separate tickets for game two, my theory is all wet.

And now: "Upon further review..."

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I was relying on my computerized inventory of my own Yankees Polo Grounds ticket. Lo and behold, I pulled it out and it's for game 34, not 31...oops. That puts 1919 back into play as a possibility for your ticket. My ticket could be 1919, 1920, 1921 or 1922...all single games. Damn...the Babe didn't go yard in any of them!

Can't read the fine print, Jimmy... email me a scan if you can.

i'm getting it now...thanks!

also, what's interesting, both of our tickets have a "war tax"...the war was from 1914-1918, but obviously our tickets are both post-1918 (based on the mention of a december 1918 ordinance)...so why the war tax after the war?

I'm sure one of the trained legal minds on the board will explain it better than I can.

First, we have to suspend disbelief and remember that there was a time in this country when we expected to repay national debt! Imagine that...

The war tax was a tax on all amusements...theatre, sports, etc...to pay off the debts created through sales of Liberty bonds and war stamps related to the costs of waging the First World War. It was applied to baseball against tremendous resistance...principally because it eliminated the long-traditional "two-bit" bleacher seat. The tax added a nickel to the cheapest seats (25 cents) and the lords of baseball proclaimed there would be mass confusion trying to make change for thousands of fans. The more cynical observers predicted that bleacher seats would soon rise to 50 cents.

The words "War Tax" were replaced by "Tax Paid" on later Yankee tickets. I don't know when the official War Tax was ended, but in essence they just changed the addressee on the payments.

1939 All Star Game at Yankee Stadium...
 

This game was played exactly one week after Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech of July 4th, 1939.

The All-Star Game came to the House that Ruth Built for 1939 and honorary captain Lou Gehrig watched the AL win a tightly contested 3-1 game behind a Joe DiMaggio homer.

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And a neat companion piece in the 1939 Major League Baseball Centennial Patch...

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Tickets from St. Louis
 

I wasn't available for many pre-war games, but I've been trying to make up for that starting in the 60's.

1941 all star game
 

TYPE 1 PHOTO Teddy winning the ball game
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Ticket stub of Ted's most thrilling moment of his career(in his mind).
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Thanks to Rich Simon for making this deal with me...
 

This stub has been at the top of my memorabilia want list for quite awhile now and thanks to Rich, it has been added to my "The Giants Win The Pennant" Collection.

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A pair of vintage original TYPE I photographs...

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Thanks for the memory, and Welcome Aboard Jersey Joe .....
 

*

On June 13 1948, I was 17 years old and sitting in the right field bleachers.
A sad day indeed, his voice was gravelly, and hard to understand.
When he started to speak, you could almost hear a pin drop in the packed stadium.
The cancer in his throat, was taking it's toll, and we were there not just to pay our respect, but to thank him for building the house that Ruth built.

Welcome aboard Jersey Joe. :)

BILLY GOAT GAME "curse"
 

FOR ALL YOU CUBS FANS! :)

1945 WORLD SERIES GAME 4 TICKET "Billy Goat Game Curse"
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TYPE 1 PHOTO 1945 GAME 4
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junior world series ticket stub
 

This is a ticket stub from game nine of the junior world series in 1924 between the St Paul Saints and the Baltimore Orioles, Lefty Grove pitching for Baltimore.

War tax, double headers, etc. and how to apply that to undated early baseball tickets
 

Hi Jimmy and Rick.
Interesting topic and I would like to contribute to this topic.
FYI- I have been collecting baseball tickets since 1972. Rick is absolutely correct about why war taxes were added to the admission price of baseball tickets as well as other amusements after WWI. I believe that War taxes were absolutely imposed during the years of 1918 and 1919, and possibly as late as 1920, but I cannot confirm this. Through the years I have seen examples of baseball tickets with actual dates (including year) that showed War taxes issued by the Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees,Cincinnati Reds during the years 1918and 1919. There was a nice article written re: War Taxes on baseball tickets that was in the Sports Collectors Digest within the last 2 years if you would like to dig deeper.

On the topic of double headers:
One thing to keep in mind is that vintage double headers occured for two distinctly different reasons. Sometimes they were scheduled that way at the beginning of the baseball season. But, in addition to this, unscheduled double headers also occured due to weather conditions, etc. Keep in mind that teams during the 1910-1920's traveled to the opposing teams city by train as air travel was obviously not yet available. If a game got rained or snowed out, they would create unscheduled double headers (sometimes even back-to-back double headers) in order to not lose games (and the gate admission $$'s) in the schedule.

My point is, that it is difficult to know how a baseball team's ticket office would handle an "unscheduled double header". Would the team allow the ticket holder, from let's say a rainout in game #26 in the schedule, to use this ticket to gain admission to the unscheduled double header (during, lets say the 27th or 28th game of the schedule), or would they have them trade it in for a ticket to the game where it was being made up? Intuitively, you would expect that a patron would turn in their rain check from game #26 and receive a grandstand or bleacher seat for the makeup game. Occasionally the patron might write some game info on the ticket which can be somewhat helpful. Otherwise it's anybody's guess...

Note: If you are using a resource such as RetroSheet or Baseball Almanac to resolve questions regarding game logs and schedules, it's my opinion that you only have part of the info required when it comes to the double header. The only true way to know if a double header that was played was scheduled or unscheduled would be to look at an original team schedule or use actual vintage newspaper microfilm from the city in which the game(s) was played to give you more detail.

I hope this helps!

1909 Opening Day - Shibe Park
 

April 12, 1909 ticket from the First Game at Shibe Park - Philadelphia.

Athletics beat Red Sox, 8-1 Attendance: 30,162 - the shown example was more than likely crumpled and stuffed into somebody's pocket before being miraculously removed and "saved" for posterity, and that makes me not only wonder how many of the 30,162 in attendance that day held onto their ticket stub when they exited the ballpark, but also how many of these tickets have managed to survive for just over 100 years?

(ticket was pasted into a scrap book / album that was purchased from an antique shop in the mid-1990's...amazingly enough, the scrapbook / album also included a 1910 World Series ticket stub and two of the three different rare Shibe Park pre-opening / artist rendering postcards that were issued c.1908-1909).

Great input, Scott...Following up on your point about newspapers, I've had a lot of success using the New York Times online archive to research. A home delivery subscription (I only take the Sunday paper) gives you free access to papers going all the way back to 1851. The coverage during the Ruth years and later is pretty good...and you get the flavor of the day's action with player quotes, backstories, milestones, etc.

Thanks Rick- good to know! BTW- From your Net54 handle you obviously collect old tickets. Do you collect baseball only, or all sports? Do you collect a particular theme?
FYI- These days I collect baseball tickets related mostly to pitching. I'm most proud of my no-hit ticket collection. I currently have tickets to 153 different no-hitters dating back to 1910. Additionally I collect the signatures of all pitchers that threw a no-hitter dating back to 1893 (the year that that pitching mound was moved to the current standard of 60' 6"). I'm less than 20 names away from completing this theme, although 2-3 of these may be unattainable for various reasons.

Hey Scott...
 

Thanks Rick- good to know! BTW- From your Net54 handle you obviously collect old tickets. Do you collect baseball only, or all sports? Do you collect a particular theme?
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Rick's theme is...if it required a ticket to gain entrance, and it's old, he collects it. ;)

Truer words were never spoken, Jimmy!

Tickets touch all my collecting hot buttons -

(1) they were physically at the event.
(2) they were owned by ordinary fans like me,
(3) they're small and easy to store and access,
(4) they can't be fully appreciated without research,
(5) they're out there to be found on almost any given day in any place, and
(6) it's impossible to complete a collection so it's a lifelong adventure.

And when someone finally invents a time machine, I'll be busy gaining reentry to some great games with my stubs!

Scott, I'll contact you offline so we don't bore the other board members.

I started collecting 3000 hit tickets/stubs a little over a year ago. I have every one (working backwards) from biggio to Rose (Brock was the hardest for me so far). Next up would be Kaline from 9/24/74 and after that Clemente. I had intended to wait till Jeter and maybe Pudge (outside shot) get 3000 hits and then make a display, but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how hard the other tickets would be. I have not seen a Kaline but assume there are some out there. I've heard Clemente is hard, and know nothing about the other ones. Is there some point where they get too hard or too pricey to find (I know pricey is in the eye of the beholder, but for me this is a fun side project and too much money would be funds lost towards autographs that I need/want).

1908 Washington Univ. Tour of Japan Ticket
 

This just arrived from Japan today. This is the oldest ticket in my collection and first from the Meiji Era. Washington University vs Waseda University played October 3, 1908. Washington won the game 4-1.

That ticket's cool as all hell, Robert!!

3000 hit tickets
 

Hi Mike,
Both the Clemente and Kaline 3000th are somewhat difficult. Of the two I have seen more examples of the Clemente 3000th hit ticket through the years and very few of the Kaline. I think that I have personally only seen one or two of the Kaline in my 37 years of collecting baseball tickets, but perhaps 15+ of the Clemente to put it in perspective. Expect to pay approximately $1200+ for the Clemente and the same or more for the Kaline. The prices of these earlier 3000th hit tickets appears to be on the rise due to the number of people collecting this theme. Even though I am not a fan of PSA grading, this is driving the price north as people are attempting to complete PSA graded vertical sets including the 3000 hit theme.
I hope this helps!

Thanks Scott, I appreciate the info. The Clemente sounds a bit less than I thought it would be, but the Kaline is more. At some point I have to decide what the break off point is because I really doubt I would get a chance to get any of the ones prior to Musial anyway, but I at least have a year or more to decide and look while Jeter gets there.
Thanks again,
Mike

3000 hit tickets
 

Mike,
You're welcome & I'm glad that you found my response somewhat helpful. I can tell you that you are absolutely correct that finding any of the other 3000hit members prior to Musial will be not only difficult, but spendy as well. I used to collect 3000 hit tickets up until about 8 years ago. At one time I had a Tris Speaker 3000th hit ticket (yes there is at least one out there) and I had Musial, Clemente, Aaron, Kaline as well. Good luck on your search. Remember, when it comes to collecting, there is never a wrong answer because at the end of the day it is YOUR collection.
Happy New Year!

Old Cubs ticket
 

Rick-
Cool vintage Cubs ticket! I've never seen one from this with this font before. I do own one in my collection from the precurser to the Cubs the Chicago White Stockings in 1874.

Not an oldie but a goodie nevertheless,,, an uncut strip of four full tickets to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals at Madison Square Garden.
"Now I can die happy" (fan banner) and "this one will last a lifetime" (Sam Rosen).