January 2012 Pick-Up Thread...

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I agree! Be, that'll be me in 3 years. I can't wait!!

Scott, did you already commission something? If so, what image? Would love to see the photo!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Scott, did you already commission something? If so, what image? Would love to see the photo!

Hi Ben,

I sure did. Here is the photo Graig is going to paint for me-
Johnny Vander Meer 1938.

[novakjr]

Been wanting this since I saw the one Phil sold on BST...Now I just gotta get it slabbed

[bcbgcbrcb]

Very nice, David. I saw that on e-bay and placed an initial bid but then left it alone. Congrats!

BTW for submission purposes, it came from a 1906 Reach Baseball Guide.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Ben,

I sure did. Here is the photo Graig is going to paint for me-
Johnny Vander Meer 1938.

Scott:

That painting will be magnificent! Great choice of subject matter, and should translate beautifully to canvas. May I ask what size you are having done (if you've decided, that is...)

[71buc]

Thats a beautiful Vander Meer would love to see Graigs efforts on that one. Please post it when he completes it. These are my last pick ups unitl June. They were actually purchased last month and arrived earlier this week. I purchased 4 Lazzeri pictures for some reason. They are all Type 1, if anyone is interested in one of them let me know. I think the 1955 Kaline and 1938 Hubbell in the dugout shots would look great as paintings but I can barely afford the photographs. Graig's talents are way out of my league. Although I primarily collect hall of fame members I could not resist the Castro photogaph. I am willing to bet his team won that game

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Thats a beautiful Vander Meer would love to see Graigs efforts on that one. Please post it when he completes it. These are my last pick ups unitl June. They were actually purchased last month and arrived earlier this week. I purchased 4 Lazzeri pictures for some reason. They are all Type 1, if anyone is interested in one of them let me know. I think the 1955 Kaline and 1938 Hubbell in the dugout shots would look great as paintings but I can barely afford the photographs. Graig's talents are way out of my league. Although I primarily collect hall of fame members I could not resist the Castro photogaph. I am willing to bet his team won that game

Wow Mike, those are a lot of great photos. Congrats!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by 71buc

Thats a beautiful Vander Meer would love to see Graigs efforts on that one. Please post it when he completes it. These are my last pick ups unitl June. They were actually purchased last month and arrived earlier this week. I purchased 4 Lazzeri pictures for some reason. They are all Type 1, if anyone is interested in one of them let me know. I think the 1955 Kaline and 1938 Hubbell in the dugout shots would look great as paintings but I can barely afford the photographs. Graig's talents are way out of my league. Although I primarily collect hall of fame members I could not resist the Castro photogaph. I am willing to bet his team won that game

Regarding post #47; Boy Mike. You have a terrific eye there! Very nice pick-ups.

[Scott Garner]

Two great pickups this week:

- Circa 1940's original cartoon artwork of Johnny Vander Meer by Cincinnati artist Russ that was a regular contributor to News of the Reds. This came to me from fellow net54 collector Laughlinfan. Thanks Marty, I love it!
Dimensions are approximately 9" x 14".

- Another tremendous pickup for my advanced Walter Johnson collection. A terrific 1929 steel tipped fountain pen 3 x 5 of HOF'er Walter Johnson. One of the nicest I have ever seen. Thanks Greg (Gnaz on net54)!

[laughlinfan]

Glad to see that artwork in your collection where it belongs, Scott! Enjoy!

Marty

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Two great pickups this week:

- Circa 1940's original cartoon artwork of Johnny Vander Meer by Cincinnati artist Russ that was a regular contributor to News of the Reds. This came to me from fellow net54 collector Laughlinfan. Thanks Marty, I love it!
Dimensions are approximately 9" x 14".

- Another tremendous pickup for my advanced Walter Johnson collection. A terrific 1929 steel tipped fountain pen 3 x 5 of HOF'er Walter Johnson. One of the nicest I have ever seen. Thanks Greg (Gnaz on net54)!

"Two great pickups this week"

You ain't kiddin Scott! Both are perfect fits for your superb and ever-growing collection. Well done my friend, well done.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Scott:

That painting will be magnificent! Great choice of subject matter, and should translate beautifully to canvas. May I ask what size you are having done (if you've decided, that is...)

Hi Mark,
Thanks! Graig is going to paint it in 20' x 28" scale.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Ben,

I sure did. Here is the photo Graig is going to paint for me-
Johnny Vander Meer 1938.

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.

[CarltonHendricks]

Action weekend for hunting sports antiques...I went to a paper show in Golden Gate Park yesterday in S.F. held at the Hall of Flowers...I didn't get there till about an hour and forty five before they closed. They hold that show twice a year I believe it is...Over the years I've gone to it and found practically nothing...then again I've gone to it and scored big...see this link for an epic c1914 All Vallejos vs Yosemites of San Francisco football broadside I picked up there in 2010....

Anyway..I missed the last show...and was determined to make it to this one. I wasn't in the mood to spend much money after the golf clock I just got so what ever I found had to be eBay flip-able or too good to pass up...bingo...

http://www.allalaskasweepstakes.org/History.html
I picked up something I'm wild over and is guaranteed to test the limits of this boards "all sports inclusive policy" LOL...Dog Sled Racing!!!!! I spotted this photo below within the first twenty minutes and it was love at first bite..I mean site. 31 1/2” x 13” 1908 photo from Nome Alaska of an early dog sled race team...titled: ”BERGER’S RACE TEAM – FIRST ANNUAL ALL ALASKA SWEEPSTAKE”, see link above to All Alaska Sweepstakes website. From a cursory review I believe this team won the Sweepstakes in 1909..where as my photo is marked 1908...It will be fun to research this. I took the photo of it last night on the fly in my trunk as leaving the show...yeah has some damage....but find another...it'll frame up nice

c1908, 31 1/2” x 13”


http://beercanhistory.com/regal.htm
So then today I hit the Sacramento Antiques Fair...I had finished two combs and was about to leave for church, but would have been early so decided to take one more quick run thru...and there it was....the dealer didn't have it out earlier...a late 1950's/early 60's advertising sign for Regal Pale. It wasn't cheap but I couldn't leave without it. Funny thing...we were talking and the dealer said he'd gotten it at Alameda last week...He said it was about 6:00AM and a guy was unloading a whole collection of Regal Pale stuff and people were surrounding the guy like sharks and buying up everything...said this was the only sports sign and he got it and he had to pay money for it....So essentially it hasn't been out for sale too long...today or last week! I found out a lot about Regal Pale in a page linked above. It's really late for me to collect but I couldn't resist it's size and impact...As I mulled it over I concluded I can'tever recall seeing any advertising signs with boxing graphics of it's quality...

31 3/4" x 20 1/2"

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

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.

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...

[william_9]

Originally Posted by perezfan

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.

[perezfan]

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!

[mr2686]

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!!