JULY Pickups
 

I will start this month off with a great piece I got in this week. Not baseball, but a must for most autograph collectors. Neat, vintage NASA photo inscribed and signed by Neil Armstrong. I love the classic look of the ballpoint auto on the photo, representing the beginning of the NASA space program. Also, nice that the inscription "Apollo 11" was added...And there is bound to be a "James" out there who will need it -)

Nice. Has it arrived from Sweden? (And are you an ATP?)

Yes, it arrived from Sweden quite fast actually. The seller was very prompt and courteous.

Perhaps the most boring autograph of a Hall of Famer...and in black no less. Ugh...

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This piece should be here this week. Fantastic image of a 30 year old LBJ during his first term as a US Representative for the Great State of Texas. Beautiful early signature as well. I paid more for this then a typical signed LBJ photo sells for, but due to the uniqueness of the piece, I thought it was worth it. One thing I've FINALLY learned over the years, is not to always get the cheapest example, as often a more expensive example provides better overall value. This will be cracked out of it's frame as soon as it arrives as you can see the frame and mat job have had better days.

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So a couple of months ago, my wife and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. My wife learned that the fifth anniversary is the anniversary of wood, so naturally, she had Louisville Slugger make me a bat to commemorate the day. :) On it, she inscribed "Happy 5th Anniversary! - Matthew and Jennifer - April 26, 2013 - You're My Inspiration".. The Last part because our first dance was "You're the Inspiration" by Chicago.

Last night, Chicago played at my hometown's local fireworks show and I wrote an email on Wednesday to the radio station that M.C.'s the event and their promotions director called me on Tuesday. She explained they didn't have the ability for a meet-and-greet or backstage passes, but said they would try their darndest to get the bat back stage. I waited about an hour afterwards and the M.C. came back with my bat, signed by four of the original six members that are still with Chicago :)

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Waiting on these from Mr. Stinson.

Ban Johnson letter from 1915
Jim Bottomley cut
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Sweet, Matt! Very cool!

Matt, you realize that your wife is going to use that bat on you when you get out of line...the modern day version of the rolling pin. :) Very sweet pickup.

James, nice pickups as well. What's your HOF number up to now?

That is so awesome!

Thanks guys... Mike as far as your comment, my wife is short, I'll just be sure to hang it high on the wall :)

Sitting right at 200....not sure where I go from here... :)

Nothing we all haven't seen before but it was $5 at a garage sale so thought i'd show it off:D

Very nice. You can't buy an unsigned ball for that cheap!

Very nice!

My 4-year old son told me yesterday that he wanted another baseball with a player's name on it for his dresser.

So I asked him what player's name he wanted on the ball.

His answer?

"Mickey Mantle, Daddy"

Yaz
 

Waited patiently for a nice Yaz, paid off with this beauty which I got for an absolute steal

That Yaz is striking! Great pickup.

Thank you, glad I was finally able to add on, especially one that looks this nice

Not sports, but I won this General William Tecumseh Sherman signed CDV. It's not in the best shape but man, I'm excited to own a piece of American History like this.

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Sweet pickup, Packs!

Monte Pearson and Warren Spahn
 

I recently picked up a couple of cool signed pieces of no-hit pitcher fame:

1) Monte Pearson signed 1940 Play Ball card. Monte Pearson threw the 1st Yankee no-hitter at Yankee Stadium in 1938. Thanks to net54's Jim Stinson!

2) Nice signed photo postcard of Warren Spahn. Spahnie threw two no-hitters late in his terrific HOF career, one in 1960 and one in 1962.

Thanks! I'm into your Pearson. That's a sweet card.

Index Cards
 

My 92nd Index Card with a Hall of Fame signature...

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JimStinson
 

Thought this one was "neat" , still trying to read a couple of the names :)
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"Neat" is an understatement...awesome piece!

Seen a few of those Centennial signed sheets, very nice.

JimStinson
 

Thanks , Was able to ID all except the signature lower left corner "Theodore ?" and lower right corner , the one that is upside down in the scan.
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Theodore R. Lettis, mayor of Cooperstown.

Babe Zaharias
 

A golfing scorecard from the Fountain Head Country Club, autographed by Babe Zaharias.

Just picked up this gem from Mr. Stinson.... AJ Reach signed document. Here's to hoping he lands in Cooperstown soon!! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/20/vasyqaqu.jpg

Met American Picker Mike Wolfe today. Couldn't have been a nicer guy!

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I'd love to meet Mike and Frank. Love teh show. And of course Danielle too. :)

They picked at my dads about 2 weeks ago. Will probably air in the fall.

Are you able to give details how set up the show is?

It was very real. They did a brief walk through of the area to know exactly where they were going to be walking but didn't pick out anything or talk prices of anything before started filming.

Is there a reason you NEED to ask that? its a great show, very informative and entertaining.

LOVE IT and would give anything to meet the guys, as said

Very Cool...love their show...they seem very genuine...i hope that was the case with you!

Danielle is in town this weekend too. Unsurprisingly, they all seem like really down to earth people that are simply enjoying the ride.

Not the most exciting auto in the world, but I just picked up this Umpires-signed ball that includes WWI Vet Butch Henline, who died in 1957. It also has Art Passarella and Jocko.

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Thought I should add the other Hubbell variation to my HOF signed 'rookie' collection to go along with his follow thru pose

Picked up this Duffy Lewis spring training pass. Always loved his signature.

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Pretty excited about this one. An official line up card filled out and signed by Lefty O'Doul for a game between the San Francisco Seals and Oakland Oaks on April 20, 1950.

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My Tom Tresh letter.


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Great letter!

Thank you, Steve. I usually don't post my Tommy Tresh purchases, but this one I wanted to.

Ending the month on a high note.
 

Here are my two recent acquisitions.

Did a trade for some stuff that was nice, but wasn't in the collecting realm for 2 nice items. I'll give a shout out to Brendan (Bpm0014) for a great deal.

Honus Wagner Check. The damage to the "J" made it more reasonable to acquire, but it works for me. I plan to mat it like I did the Cobb check. Now down to WaJo and Young to complete the original 5 HOFers.

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Also, picked up a nice clean Stengel on what looks like an autograph album sheet. This one, I'll make available for sale or trade for the right offer, but I might frame it as well. I can't decide as I'm running out of wall space.

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In a separate deal, non sports, I picked up a signed 2112 Rush album that I framed. It's not a great picture. Looks waaay better in person.

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Nice pickups Mark. It's said that the mind is the first thing to go, but most of us here know that it's actually wall space that's the first to go. ;)

So True!!
Thanks Mike.

Did you print this out yourself or is Blyleven offering these through his site? I love the Perez/Steele cards, I really wish someone would pick up the torch and continue the series so I can finally have some guys in an affordable price range that I can add!