May Pick-Ups

[mr2686]

Thank GOD you clarified "and not dead". Great pick up Ben. Nice to see you haven't lost your touch on those type 1's,

[baseballart]

He's in the movies now (or at least was back then)

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Thank GOD you clarified "and not dead". Great pick up Ben. Nice to see you haven't lost your touch on those type 1's,

Thanks mike.. It is a prerequisite jimmy, that Beatles lot is crazy good. You have to have one of the premier Beatles collections out there.
Vandy painting is just spectacular...

[stone193]

Gusto-O Baseball Game - E.W. Forney & Co., Joplin, MO

I haven't posted much of anything here but this one is unusual. I couldn't find the game in Mark Cooper's tome and did get some insight at the BB Game forum.

But we're not sure when it was produced - perhaps the 30s?

It's a simple game - where ya set the wheel to the far right until it hits the "stop" - snap your wrist counter-clockwise which shifts the 'counter-balanced' wheel in the same direction - then just look at the arrow for the "outcome."



Unfortunately the box was repaired in the worst way with adhesive tape - but at least it's present in some form - a major plus!



And just as important to a game collector - having the original instructions - and in this case it's also the "playing field" - tho nothing to artistically appreciate.



If anyone has seen this game before or has any information please let me know.

It's the first one I've noticed - the gents in the 'front office' at the Game Forum saw one about a year ago sans the box and instructions - so - as I said - I feel privileged to have both.

Thanx for viewing and thanx for all the posts - I saw some really incredible stuff - as usual.

[toyman55]

Great pickup Mike, I lamented bidding on it since I had gone over my spending budget this month. Now I wish I had bought it, I searched High and Low on the internet for this and I believe you may have a very rare game. congratulations and by the way you can see most of my collection on the forum in the mancave room.

Shale

[stone193]

Originally Posted by toyman55

Great pickup Mike, I lamented bidding on it since I had gone over my spending budget this month. Now I wish I had bought it, I searched High and Low on the internet for this and I believe you may have a very rare game. congratulations and by the way you can see most of my collection on the forum in the mancave room.

Shale

Thanx Shale. I spent quite a bit of time going over the pics in your mancave.

It's incredible!

Board games are one of my newer areas of collecting and B,K,W are really good guys and what they've 'forgotten' - I have to learn.

At this point in my 30 years of collecting - I would say board games rank #1 next to my search for all the variations to Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Cards a distant 2nd/3rd place.

I like the way you've displayed your games - I'm planning to do something like that but don't have the dough right now. Will post pics when I get the job done tho.

Thanx again.

[71buc]

I normally tend to limit my purchases of photos to those that depict members of the Hall of Fame. I came across this image and was intrigued as it seems difficult to find Type 1 photos of Negro League players. I researched this player (Henry Kimbro) and after reading the description of him at http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com which is pasted below I had to buy it.

He was a little unruly. He didn't always get along with umpires. Some would even have described him as Negro baseball's "bad boy". But, whatever else can be said about "Jumbo" Kimbro, he was one hell of a ballplayer! With a Kirby Puckett type build, the stocky, powerful Kimbro was a threat on the base path, a superlative fielder, and consistently among the leaders in most all hitting categories during the '40s. Beginning his career in 1937 with the Washington Elite Giants, Kimbro remained with Tom Wilson's aggregation for virtually of his career, compiling a lifetime .315 batting average and representing the Baltimore Elite Giants five times in the East-West All-Star Game. Teaming with Bill Wright and Roy Campanella, Kimbro rounded out one of the most potent offenses in Negro ball. Twice in his career Kimbro exceeded the .350 hitting mark (1946 and 1947), and in 1947 won the league batting title while turning in a .346 performance for the Havana club while competing against major league stars in the Cuban Winter League. Kimbro, described by Ted Radcliffe as "the wildest man I ever saw in baseball and, absolutely, the hardest to manage, himself managed the Baltimore Elite Giants briefly during the 1950s before retiring in his hometown of Nashville. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Kimbro owned and operated a service station and taxicab service in West Nashville and made several appearances at Negro League reunions around the country.

[Big Six]

Not sure if this was a "good" buy or not, but dropped $18 on the photo below...great image but it's tagged on the back as "reproduced by Geo. Burke"...assume this would be considered a Type II...hope one day to add a Type I image of Hal to my collection...thoughts?



This would be the kind of image I'd want GK to paint for me if I ever had the money...

[71buc]

This one arrived today. Although it certainly cannot compete with the beautiful Ruth or Speaker images posted above, I have always liked this picture. I am thrilled to finally own an original Type 1 vrsion of this of Cool Pappa Bell photo. The slug on the back relates to his Hall of Fame induction in 1974.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by 71buc

This one arrived today. Although it certainly cannot compete with the beautiful Ruth or Speaker images posted above, I have always liked this picture. I am thrilled to finally own an original Type 1 vrsion of this of Cool Pappa Bell photo. The slug on the back relates to his Hall of Fame induction in 1974.

Really nice, unique photo mike.

[Scott Garner]

Jimmy, Mike, Lance and Ben:

Thanks for the compliments on the Kreindler Vandy painting. It's obviously a centerpiece for my no-hitter collection. I'm thrilled to own it!

[stone193]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Jimmy, Mike, Lance and Ben:

Thanks for the compliments on the Kreindler Vandy painting. It's obviously a centerpiece for my no-hitter collection. I'm thrilled to own it!

Scott - understatement! The painting is pure genius - on par with Rockwell.

The colors and definition are off the chart. It would be a centerpiece of anyone's collection - congratulations on an amazing addition to your collection!

[jgmp123]

Yankee Stadium April 16, 2012 Game Used 2nd Base.

Game between the Yankees and the Twins. Derek Jeter career hits 3104 and 3105. Including 1st inning back to back home runs by Jeter and Granderson.

Not vintage, but still pretty sweet....

[GrayGhost]

Love the variety of pickups. Well, I don't get much for me anymore, esp now, due to a layoff, but just got this. Just WANTED it, and I think its SO COOL. now, need to pay some money back. Look for my sale stuff

Anyways, PRE MINOR LEAGUE MICKEY paper. not cheap, but hey, y ou only go around once. Guy said he had a few from the town, now gone.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Love the variety of pickups. Well, I don't get much for me anymore, esp now, due to a layoff, but just got this. Just WANTED it, and I think its SO COOL. now, need to pay some money back. Look for my sale stuff

Anyways, PRE MINOR LEAGUE MICKEY paper. not cheap, but hey, y ou only go around once. Guy said he had a few from the town, now gone.

Wow, very cool...very unique. Other than maybe a high shcool yearbook I don't recall ever seeing an embryonic Mantle piece like that....So you got it private party?

[Forever Young]

I have made a couple great additions to my photo collection this month. The most recent photo is pictured below.

1918 TYPE 1 Photo of the Babe

[Jay Wolt]

Ben that's an awesome shot of the Babe, Congrats on the pickup!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Ben that's an awesome shot of the Babe, Congrats on the pickup!

+1 Super pickup, Ben!

[Splinte1941]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

I have made a couple great additions to my photo collection this month. The most recent photo is pictured below.

1918 TYPE 1 Photo of the Babe

Great photo. Legendary is offering the same one in their next auction claiming its from 1919, but theirs doesn't look to be Type I.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Splinte1941

Great photo. Legendary is offering the same one in their next auction claiming its from 1919, but theirs doesn't look to be Type I.

Thanks gents.

Jake, thanks for pointing this out.

I will need to do some more research. The auction I bought it from said 1918..but there is no def date stamp.

The legendary one is interesting.. If it was a type 1, I would think they would psa it like they do most of the high end photos. The later stamp is not period but that could have been done later. The question is, was the date and description on the top added later than that date(1919)?
This is why psa is very helpful with online auctions as it relates to photos. You cannot tell by only the scans many times. If it is a type 1 and I was the consigner, I would not be very happy as it could cost him/her thousands.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by CarltonHendricks

Wow, very cool...very unique. Other than maybe a high shcool yearbook I don't recall ever seeing an embryonic Mantle piece like that....So you got it private party?

No, ebay. A Guy from MO had a few I guess at one time, This was his last one. I really like it.