VERY COOL Scott!

This picture of Vander Meer will be spectacular... call Graig weird but I bet the light on the foot makes him smile in a very odd way.:)

Busy Weekend - First 2012 P/U's
 

I like the leather re-enforcement on the toe of the cleat (where Vandy's foot would push off the rubber). But even better is the apparent "tipped finger" glove. I was aware of very early gloves like this from the 1800s, but don't think I've ever seen a 1940s tipped finger model.

Hoping one of the glove guys can shed some light on what maker/model of glove this might be...

The finger tips on Vandy's glove are actually seams that were placed along the knuckles to give the fingers of the glove more of a natural curvature. They're not actually capped like a 19th century catcher's glove would be. By the looks of it, he's probably wearing a glove made by Spalding or one of its sub-brands.

Thanks William... very interesting about the curvature.

From the photo, it looks like the leather is darker above those seams (towards the finger tips), making them appear "capped". Guess it's just an illusion.

I'm sure that Graig appreciates this unnecessary over-analysis. Probably making him uneasy about painting this one... sorry! :eek:

Last night I picked up 11 signed baseball magazines in a large ebay auction. None of them were vintage although some were 1950's and 60's, and all but one were Yankees themed, but the one that wasn't was one I've been looking for the last 7 years. A nicely signed 1973 Sporting News signed by Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, and Ken Holtzman. I've only seen one other and it had some really bad sigs on them (think CC), so I'm really jazzed!!

Congrats
 

Congrats Mike, that's very cool, seven years worth...I'd frame it or encapsulate it or something...that newspaper stock is especially subject to deterioration...but what ever you do enjoy it..and in my opinion display it for everyone to appreciate....What's Catfish Hunter doing these days?

dead

Scott

That is AWESOME that you are getting that photo made into a painting. I am excited to see the finished product, it is a great image that really seems to capture Depression era baseball in all aspects!

Rhys

Yes indeed Catfish passed on in 1999 from a fall brought on from complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. Catfish was one of my all time favorite players.

Well I guess that explains why I haven't seen him around

Haley Joel Osment does.

Got this on ebay last week, any chance that is Mickey Cochrane?

Yep..that's Mickey Cochrane...and that's Barney McCoskey standing right next to him. Nice pickup.

Agreed, Dan, that's Mickey.

The Ebay seller said it is from 1935 based on the model of Ford, which if so is 4 years before McCoskey made the majors.

The Ford V-8 team played against a local team from Traverse City, Michigan

I'm 100% convinced that is Barney McCoskey...almost all the rest of those guys were minor leaguers in the mid 1930s...mostly from the Mid Atlantic and Piedmont Leagues.

My newest Gehrig.
1938 in California shooting promo shots.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...andChapman.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...dChapmanbk.jpg

a couple of upgrades to my signed 1933 Goudey set :

Attachment 53735

Attachment 53736

Sean,
Those are beautys!
Congrats.:D
Mark

pick up
 

Well as Jimmy and I always think alike I was able to work a nice deal on 4 Gehrigs. First from 1928,second from 1936 Thirdfrom 1938 and the fourth from 1935. The 1938 photo has a nice caption but hard to read "Lou Gehrig
veterian new york yankee first baseman who will see action with the american league champions in the coming world series. Dated 9/26/38 This would be Lous last world series as he finished 4 for 14 with 4 singles in the series. A sad time for all yankee fans.:(:(

Wow. That 1928 shot is a beauty!

It is fantastic! GREAT PICKUPS AL!

pick ups
 

David, Ben,
Thankyou I also liked the 28 photo. A very powerful look on Lou. Starting to get very hard to find these type of photos. I know Jimmy can concur with me!
Ben + David you both have such great collections I always love seeing them David esp. that Babe Ruth Ball ! You know the one I mean!:eek::eek:

:eek:WoW! Al Congrats!:eek:

Geez Al, what an incredible haul you made there. My head is still spinning! Well, what's good about you getting them as opposed to Ben or David, is that I may still have a chance to trade for one of them someday!;)

pick ups
 

Thanks Jimmy my friend ! But I think you forgot about one other Graig might be in the mix also! for a picture on one of them. :eek::eek: I will let you guess which one!;);)

:rolleyes:

thanks mark! finally got lucky :)

pickup
 

Just a quick question as I was re scaning the 1928 photo for someone I scaned the back also and just noticed that it looked to me that the photo was a 1927 with a 8 put over the 7. Not that it matters to me either way as I love the photo but I was also told that the uniform is from 1927. You can see that the pencil change was done from the original writer. Wanted some input on the uniform being 1927.

New Tigers pennant
 

Picked this up in an antique mall today. I've not seen this style before. The felt feels 50s, but it could be 60s. Pre 1969 for sure (no mlb logo).
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...0/IMG_2257.jpg

Ruth's Base Ball Game
 

One of my main focus areas is baseball board games - and skill games are part of it.

I picked this one up last week - and I'm amazed what the difference a week makes.

I saw one in Yee's auction - saved it - but found it out of my price range almost immediately - game collectors just won't pay big bucks for these.

It's probably from the late 30s - 40s and the one I picked up is in nice shape!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1326148597

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1326148534

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1325643900

I paid $46 for this one - the one in Yee's auction went for a whopping $186! I'm guessing two guys wanted it really bad - not sure why otherwise - I'm sure the allusion to "Babe" may have been the reason? Sure was a sneaky way to evoke interest in a toy without paying a penny to Ruth? If this game actually said "Babe" on it? Who knows what it would've brought in Yee's auction.

1950-51 Adirondack Bat Flyer with Thomson, Doby, Pricelist
 

It hardly seems worth posting after the tremendous items thus far, but I picked up this small Adirondack Bat Factory piece when I stopped for a little rest this afternoon. I love that Larry Doby was already part of their signature group by this point and that Bobby Thomson is also on the cover (didn't he do something important with a bat in 1951?) I wonder if I can still get a dozen Larry Doby bats for $18.90? And I'll take one of the Joe Garagiola sticks as long as it doesn't tell Me and Yogi stories.

M113 - Reds
 

The Standard Catalog lists this as a 1914 issue, but based on the players listed on the supplement, I believe the photo was taken in March of 1915.

Doug

Is Roush on there, Doug?

A's hurlers
 

Mike,

Great pickup! Ken Holtzman has really become a non-signer over the last decade, BTW.
Congrats! ;)

Awesome Gehrig photos!!!!! :eek:

Another awesome photo!!

Absolutely, Rhys! I had been looking for the perfect image of 1938 Vandy for Graig to paint for me. This one ended up being the Lotto winner!

Thanks for finding it for me! ;)

Scott

No. Roush doesn't get to Cincy until better than a year later.

In order from left to right, starting with the top row :

Rapp
Trombley
Wagner
Killifer
Wingo
Dooin
Brown
Benton
Gonzales
Ames
Clark
Olson
Herzog
Douglas
Mollwitz
Dale
Schneider
Lear
Von Kolwitz
Griffith
Groh
Fittery
Leach

Just posting these photos makes me realize I really need to narrow my focus. Anyway, here is the January stuff...

nice
 

Wow nice painting...will look great in your penthouse Jimmy...what are the dimensions?..very classy

pickup
 

Carlton,
Jimmy didnt buy the painting,I believe Ben (forever young) did.;)

Yeah well...it's about time Jimmy started sharing the wealth...:-)..whoever got it it's very nice!...my mistake

A Really Good Day
 

So I went into the basement to look some of y stuff which I haven't looked at in probably 10yrs because it's all in boxes right now. We never got around to finishing the basement, AKA my future Collection display space, so I never had a place to hang/organize it. Well this year, we're finally gonna do it and so I went fishing and did pretty well. Normally I wouldn't post what I found here that I already owned, but figuring it had been so long I forgot about them, I figured it was like getting them all over again.

1930s original Carl Hubbell. Could be a rookie shot with a vintage signature
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rtraitauto.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...raitautobk.jpg

Spring 1955 Invitation from Leo Durocher and Laraine Day to their house for a party to celebrate 1954 NY Giant WS victory.
Also autographed by Ima Rooter, Killy Umpire, Trow D Bumout, and Sek N Guesser.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...iantinvite.jpg

1930s Type 1 with Dickey autographed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Dickeyauto.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ckeyautobk.jpg

Not a Type 1 photo, but original autographs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nJoeDautos.jpg

1936 WS. Dick Bartell scoring with Lou and Dickey watching. Dickey autographed. I found I have 2 copies of the same pic. Tags are slightly different.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Dickeyauto.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ckeyautobk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ickeyauto2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...auto2bk008.jpg


1936 NY Yankees infield Type 1. Oversize photo 8x12
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eesInfield.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sInfieldbk.jpg

1938 Type 1 Studio portrait. Printed on a thiker matte type paper. Almost like art paper.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ioportrait.jpg

1939 Type 1 Lou dictating to his wife
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tingtowife.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ngtowifebk.jpg

1940 Type 1 Lou sitting at his parole desk.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tProleDesk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...roleDeskbk.jpg

But wait there's more in the next post

A really good day part 2
 

Late 1930s original Studio portrait of Lou.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...itenvelope.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...envelopebk.jpg

1940 Type 1 of Lou walking in his parole office
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...roleOffice.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...leOfficebk.jpg

1942 Original photo from Pride of the Yankees showing the locker room with Ruth.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...omwithBabe.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...withBabebk.jpg

So it was a really great night. I even found more, but was too tired to scan and post them all.

Hope you all enjoy.
Mark

Actually Al, I think the fourth is from a group of pics taken before the 1936 WS. Keep an eye out for the secong in that group showing the end of his swing.
The grouping includes 2 double pics of Lou's swing, 2 double pics of Mel Ott's swing, and Dual pics of Lou and Mel Shaking hands(there are a couple different)

Here are a couple of mine from that group.
Lou's full swing
I've got to get them out of the frame to scan the backs sometime.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...u/LouSwing.jpg

Lou and Mel. Bought it slabbed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...936WithOtt.jpg

The other Lou and Mel together is where they are shaking hands. I think it was used for the cover of 1937 Best Slugger book.

Those pics are beautiful! Great job.
If Jimmy doesn't get them, LMK if you ever want to get rid of the other Gehrigs.

Ben,
That Ruth is a tremendous pic as well, but I like the painting even more. I am partial to Kreindlercolor.

Jimmy,
Classic Gehrig swinging shot. I am sure there are lots of companion pieces for that picture. Happy Hunting!

Best,
Mark

That invite is fantastic. If you ever run out of room and it needs a new home, let me know.

Doug

Thanks Doug.
I love Gehrig stuff, but I have to say that was the coolest thing I found tonight.
I'll keep you in mind.
Mark

Correction Carlton. I live in an "outhouse" in a penthouse. ;)