You got a great deal on the paperweight Michael...I was watching that one. The broadside is impressive as well.

Thanks Mike:). Both were nice presentable pieces to add to the collection at reasonable prices.

Any news, Sean?

Hi David,
yeah it came back not likely genuine. I told the seller and canceled purchase. The seller was a little angry as he said Gutierrez used to work for PSA or something like that. I was just glad i dodged a bullet there :)

A big 'thanks' to Rhys for making this terrific 1949 8x10 TYPE 1 photo of Marilyn available, and at a terrific price to boot! Rhys is, and always has been a class act, and the hobby could certainly use more like him. Thanks again Rhys.


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My God!!! She looks absolutely stunning...Incredible photo...Congrats.

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Items that I have acquired recently and will go for sale at our Tournament Team Beef n' Beer......

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Got this in yesterday. Back has some scuffs, but the front is great. Love the rivalry, Knute Rockne, and Old School Yankee Stadium referenced on the cover.

Congrats
 

Mike, Both nice P/U's...I like that broadside!

Mike Hoevet,
NIce round-out piece to go with all your other pennants.

Original Photo
 

Purchased my first Type 1 or 2 photo! Special thanks to Jimmy in clarifying and teaching me the way :)

Below is a photo of Umpire Mike Stack of the National League... I have found a few references of him around 1905, but I have allot of research still to do. Hopefully I can find what this picture was published in.

pick ups
 

That Jimmy always doing nice things for people. No wonder I like him!:D:D;)

Picked up a "Daily News" with Feller's Opening Day No Hitter Headline...It should look really nice with the "Sunday News" with photos of his return to Cleveland that I picked up a few weeks ago..

I have come to the conclusion that I will never have the nice green Gehrig day ticket like Mr. Atkatz(It is killer). Therefore, I decided to go all in on this Yankee Season pass ticket from 1939. It was most likely used on July 4th as well as Ted Williams debut game. It will look great framed with my Type 1 photos of the day.


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Ben, that's a fantastic pickup. Congrats, it will look awesome with those photos.
Is there a linc to David's ticket you mentioned? If not, David could you post it? Sure sounds like it's a nice one.

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I like it too, Ben!! Congrats. :)

Here it is, Mike.

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Thanks Mike and Scott.

David, I will still upgrade if you ever want to part with that beauty:)

Ben,
Great season pass.
I figured it might be a Net54er who got. It went for a lot more than I would've thought.
It will look great with those pics.

My newest pick up.
A nice Gehrig from his Rawhide movie.

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I won this last night in Hunt's auction.

Gary, these have always been some of my favorite figurals. Mine do not have the bases and yours appears to be in excellent condition. Congrats on picking up the more difficult of the two. A batter will surely present itself soon.

Was given a Hall of Fame ball from Reds beat writer Hal McCoy. Awesome! Supposedly 1/500 made!

OMG! David, that's one great ticket and definitely a holy grail. I don't think I've seen another. Thanks!

Mike,
FYI, there is going to be another one in a PSA slab in the upcoming Heritage Catalog Auction ending on April 26-27.....

That's a final game of streak ticket (30 April 1939), Scott, not a Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day ticket (4 July 1939).

David,

My apologies.
I did know that the one in Heritage's auction was the last game of the streak, but I had a brain fart about the significance of your ticket even though I've seen you post it before. BTW, I do love your ticket!!

Does anyone know how rare the July 4th, 1939 tickets are? Like I said, I haven't seen one before David's, but I don't always look at the auctions.

Mike,

PSA pop report:

July 4th Game: 2 (1 signed and 1 unsigned) + David's =3 I know of.

Season Yankee Pass: 1 ( Ted williams first game, Gehrig 7/4 game and valid 4/30 gehrig streak ends) + the one I bought= 2 I know of.

Sooo.....most likely RARE.

Early Auto Racing
 

1920's Brass Figural Baseball Bookend

I posted this recent acquisition on the pinback thread but also wanted to post here in the proper thread . This was picked up in a cash/trade deal with fellow Net54 member Mike H. Thanks again Mike. Adam

Great bookend, Adam. Don't you think that's Ty Cobb? There's another one out there somewhere!

Great Pictures!! I love old racing stuff!!

Thanks John. Probably not Cobb, the batting stance may have been influenced by the Cobb style. Yes, there is another out there and even though it is just one bookend, I appreciate it for it's wonderful detail of an early baseball figure. If I never own it as a pair, I'm okay with that. In fact, just discovered that fellow Net54 member Max W. posted a single bookend a few months back.

Wonderful stuff as usual, gentlemen. I picked up this nice-looking 1949 Topps Changemaker cardstock sign at the antique show today.

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Two vintage pitcher pinback pickups
 

This is actually a duplicate post, but I thought it also should be added to the Pinback Bonanza thread as well.

It seems like as 2012 is unwinding, some of my favorite pickups have come from other net54 members.

Pinback expert Al offered me this scarce 1948 Bob Feller "How to Pitch" pinback that was undoubtedly given out as a promotion during the launch of his book by the same title. Love that vintage Feller oddball stuff!

Jason offered up this 1930's Grover Cleveland Alexander leader pin commemorating his record 16 shutouts in one ML season. That's a record that surely will never be broken. Yikes!

Many thanks to both of you guys! I love both of these pins and they have found a good home. :D

pick ups
 

Scott,
Your very welcome. I would date the pin to 1948 when the book was released. Enjoy it.

Thanks for the info Al. Duly noted, and I'll change the description in the post above!

Old Browns Pennant
 

Always a fun thread....I'm not a Pennant collector nor a Browns fan but when I saw it I just loved the art deco look of the font and the lines and the bats and ball on the left side. I figured, how many Browns fans, from the few they even drew, had the money during a depression to buy this pennant? I figured not too many. It also drove me to purchase Mike E's pennant book. The seller stated 1930's, his book says 1940's. Either way - I just love it.

Yeah that's a good one....like you say art deco...and good think thru on the depression vs cost

A Good Day at the Market
 

Kansas City A's 57 and 63 programs; A's cocktail napkin(1st I've seen); A's
dry cleaners paper band series of 20 w/Schedule and Joe Nuxhall pictured(have never seen these, either); Men of America pamphlet w/ Bobby Jones on front and Rogers Hornsby on reverse; 1970 Fleer Backslapper New Insults unopened pack; 1929 U. of Missouri vs Nebraska Homecoming program at Columbia; 1920's MU pennant; 1920? Olsen's Baseball Card Game with Cobb and Ruth card ad; 1955 Golden Stamp book Cleveland Indians/w all stamps; Also, not pictured are a grouping of 1944-66 exhibits (Commons), a Yankees megaphone, and a group of 19 authentic arrowheads. I love these days!

Bowling
 

Decided to stop by the local indoor flea market today and found this.

Paul "Daffy" Dean photo ( 5.25" x 3.25" )


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Jantz,
Very nice! It sure looks like Florida spring training to me......

Hope I am not being redundant since I posted this under it's own subject a few weeks back.

Here is a 209 Yankee Stadium Model I acquired from Model-Builder Steve Wolf.

To see more pictures and read the story behind this amazing model, please see this story:

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Early Base Ball broadside that I need to get framed along with the other one I picked up earlier this month. Yesterday at a local antique mall my girlfriend spotted the oldest dumbbells I've ever seen. I absolutely love them:D. Each is 5lbs. Last is a Jayhawk Creamery bottle from Lawrence Kansas. It will be on ebay soon unless a board member is interested.

Speaker Autograph
 

Many thanks to board member oldtix for this one!!!

Happy to finally have a Tris in my collection!

c1922 Harvard Football Cigar Box - Tobbaco, Sculpture, Football Come Together
 

Interesting book pickup!
 

I just picked up a very unusual book entitled "Twelve Perfect Innings- A Pretty Good Game" by Weldon Myers. It was published in 1961 and features an 85 page inning by inning account written in poetry of Harvey Haddix's near perfect game in 1959.

I collect books on no-hitters and perfect games, but I have never come across this one before. It really is a beautifully written poem by a former English teacher and Creative Writing professor at Converse College. He also was a college baseball player and huge baseball fan.

I assume that this book is rare, but can any of the book experts out there chime in on what they know about it?

Thanks! ;)

PS- I also threw in a picture of my ticket to the greatest pitched game ever in the history of baseball.