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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
Hi Chris,
Yes, there are a few of us that collect vintage tickets on net54. I have been collecting vintage baseball tickets for over 39 years. Anything in particular you would like to see, PLMK?
BTW, my specialty is no-hitter tickets and tickets related to power pitching. I collect only regular game day tickets, no World Series or All-Star tickets. I do own a lot of older tickets.
Oldtickets Rick is another big collector of tickets. Hopefully he will check in as well.
Good collecting,
Scott
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Chris and net54,
Here is a recent acquistion that I'm real proud to own:
The only known extant season pass/ ticket to Christy Mathewson's first of two career no-hitters. On July 15, 1901 Matty no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 at Robison Field (League Park) in St. Louis.
To put things in perspective, this was only the 2nd no-hitter thrown in the 20th century and the first to be thrown in the Senior League (NL). Reportedly only about 5,000 attended this historic game.
I'd like to mention two other things that make this pass particularly interesting.
1) This pass was issued to a Mr. Bryan Snyder of the Frisco Railway. After doing some research I found that Snyder was the one in charge of transporting the Cardinals by train to other competing cities.
2) The pass was signed in vintage fountain pen by team President Frank deHass Robison which was the early owner of the Cardinals as well as the Cy Young era led Cleveland Spyders.
The unbelievable condition of a season ticket pass that's over 110 years old speaks for itself.
Here are pictures of both sides of the pass and Matty in his prime. Enjoy!