July pickups

[mrozie21]

Newest addition: 1938 Ray Berres Pittsburgh Pirates game used jersey

[ksfarmboy]

Great pickups everyone! This has been a pretty good month so far.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Newest addition: 1938 Ray Berres Pittsburgh Pirates game used jersey

Beautiful jersey

[ruth-gehrig]

Never have a problem picking up a framed display piece for less than what it would cost for the custom frame.

1929 EARLY AMERICAN BASEBALL ENGRAVING
Pencil signed by R. Varin and based on Currier and Ives lithograph (The American National Game of Baseball). 150 copies were made

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Never have a problem picking up a framed display piece for less than what it would cost for the custom frame.

1929 EARLY AMERICAN BASEBALL ENGRAVING
Pencil signed by R. Varin and based on Currier and Ives lithograph (The American National Game of Baseball). 125 copies were made

Also just picked up this in a different frame

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Never have a problem picking up a framed display piece for less than what it would cost for the custom frame.

1929 EARLY AMERICAN BASEBALL ENGRAVING
Pencil signed by R. Varin and based on Currier and Ives lithograph (The American National Game of Baseball). 150 copies were made

Michael-

I lived in Hoboken for 5 years, and our building was built on the land where the very first recorded "Base Ball" game took place...on the water, overlooking the city.

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Michael-

I lived in Hoboken for 5 years, and our building was built on the land where the very first recorded "Base Ball" game took place...on the water, overlooking the city.

Very cool - thanks for sharing! Is it well known around that area of the significance of the spot? Is there any monument or anything pointing out the first recorded baseball game being played there?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Very cool - thanks for sharing! Is it well known around that area of the significance of the spot? Is there any monument or anything pointing out the first recorded baseball game being played there?

Good old Wiki - see photo of the monument along with location in the entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia...en,_New_Jersey

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Very cool - thanks for sharing! Is it well known around that area of the significance of the spot? Is there any monument or anything pointing out the first recorded baseball game being played there?

Yes, thanks to the other Michael for the Wiki link!

That monument is placed near a major intersection in Hoboken, and each corner has a large stone "base" in the sidewalk. It's pretty cool.

Side note- the monument is not on the exact spot of the first game...that's about 1000 feet closer to the waterfront (right under Maxwell Place), where I used to live.

[Mmcar]

Just picked this up today. Don’t know much about it but the back says it was taken in 1943.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Beautiful jersey

I agree! Love the color scheme!

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Newest addition: 1938 Ray Berres Pittsburgh Pirates game used jersey

WOW!!! That is one of the prettiest vintage flannels I have ever seen. Fantastic pick-up!

[BrockJacob]

Picked up this little 48 World Series plaque.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

Picked up this little 48 World Series plaque.

Very nice! How big is it?

[BrockJacob]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Very nice! How big is it?

It’s about 6” in diameter

[bobfreedman]

Mike Trotnic- Great Pick up, you have a knack for finding these items
Mike Knapp - I love the glove and it is in the perfect collection
MRozi21 - that jersey is awesome, I wish I had the room to display jersey's


What a great month for collecting!

[mrozie21]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Newest addition: 1938 Ray Berres Pittsburgh Pirates game used jersey

Update - you know you have too much stuff when you forget that you ha e a pair of 1938 Pirates pants to match up to the jersey!

[Mark]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Update - you know you have too much stuff when you forget that you ha e a pair of 1938 Pirates pants to match up to the jersey!

Wow. How did you find the pants?

[mrozie21]

Originally Posted by Mark

Wow. How did you find the pants?

I thought the pants were from 1940, I had bought them 21 years ago

[kdixon]

Kansas City Monarchs vs House of David full ticket.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by kdixon

Kansas City Monarchs vs House of David full ticket.

Do you know anything else about this ticket? I have a similar one and did some research on it. It looks like the House of David rented the Monarchs' lighting system for barnstorming. I can't help but wonder if these stubs are House of David exhibitions where they used the Monarchs lighting, but the Monarchs weren't actually playing.

This is where I found some details:

"The House of David rented Wilkinson’s lighting system to play night games during the early months of their barnstorming season. In time the two teams developed a working relationship that included Thomas Baird doing the booking for both. Sometimes they coordinated barnstorming tours so first one team would route through a state, playing all the local teams, and then the other would follow along the same route. Since the Monarchs and the House of David had great baseball talent, both usually defeated the local teams. When the second team finished the route, they joined and worked their way back along the same route, playing each other."

https://kchistory.org/blog/monarchs-...light-baseball

[kdixon]

I just picked it up at a show know nothing about it .

[CobbSpikedMe]

I couldn't help but think the same thing to be honest. The KC Monarchs lighting system was fairly advanced for the day but nothing compared to today's lights.

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Do you know anything else about this ticket? I have a similar one and did some research on it. It looks like the House of David rented the Monarchs' lighting system for barnstorming. I can't help but wonder if these stubs are House of David exhibitions where they used the Monarchs lighting, but the Monarchs weren't actually playing.

This is where I found some details:

"The House of David rented Wilkinson’s lighting system to play night games during the early months of their barnstorming season. In time the two teams developed a working relationship that included Thomas Baird doing the booking for both. Sometimes they coordinated barnstorming tours so first one team would route through a state, playing all the local teams, and then the other would follow along the same route. Since the Monarchs and the House of David had great baseball talent, both usually defeated the local teams. When the second team finished the route, they joined and worked their way back along the same route, playing each other."

https://kchistory.org/blog/monarchs-...light-baseball