December Pickups

[stat192]

Hoping Hodges finally gets elected to the Hall this month

[Teamgluck]

I would guess Hodges and Dick Allen get in with Bob Howsam being very close. Howsam was GM of Cardinals and Reds winning 3 world series titles and many pennants. He was also behind the push of bringing MLB to Denver which has had incredible attendance since their inception despite not so incredible play. Kaat also in consideration with Minnie Minoso.

[thenavarro]

Giovanni,

Good luck! I hope he makes it for ya. I thought about waiting myself because if he gets in, there will be a rush from all the HOF signed rookie collectors to snag one of those, but I decided to let it go to a good home Enjoy, will ship out tomorrow.

Mike

[3-2-count]

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

[jbhofmann]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

That's amazing.

[btcarfagno]

I love that the Ruth is on an original period photo, as well as how crisp and bold it is. Just tremendous.

Tom C

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

Tony,
That Ruth signed photo is awesome. Congrats!

[Scott Garner]

I was able to recently scratch off one of the genuine toughees on my want list of early vintage no-hit pitcher signatures:

Hubert Benjamin "Dutch" or "HUB" Leonard (D-1952) pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers during his 13 year ML career. Dutch Leonard has the distinction of holding the lowest single season ERA in the modern era of baseball (post 1900). "HUB" had a microscopic ERA of 0.96 during his 1914 season with the Boston Red Sox.

Additionally, Leonard hurled the second ever no-hitter at historic Fenway Park on August 30, 1916. In his career, Leonard actually pitched two no-hitters, the second one on June 3, 1918 also with Boston.

Here is a picture of my HB "Dutch" Leonard 1948 GPC, a photo of Dutch from 1916 and an actual game ball that I own from Leonard's 1st no-hitter in 1916:

[Sophiedog]

Tony: Congratulations on the Ruth! It's a Beauty!

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by 3-2-count

I had been searching for a quality Ruth signature for some time. When I finally ran across this one, I knew it was the one. A thank you shout out goes to knowledgeable board members Shelly Jaffe and Jim Stinson who gave me both opinions and advice on my new purchase. I'm thankful!

Wow - Tony that is really awesome!

Cheers,
Blair

[3-2-count]

Thanks Blair........

[stat192]

1977 Chong Modesto A's, Ricky Henderson

[jason.1969]

Oops. Sorry for the mistake!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

since I have gotten anything of importance, but now with some purchases and trades I got these guys.

I kind of have my own HOF signed rookie list, and I believe I now have 102 signed HOF rookies out of a 178 possible. Finally got over 99!

[theshleps]

Brent- great pickups tho I believe the Faber is wife signed

[HOF Auto Rookies]

About this guy. In the regards to the W517, we both figured it would be wife signed and it was basically just a toss in lol

[tazdmb]

A couple of small upgrades for me this month, as I am a fan of official documents-

I haven't seen an Earl Averill check offered for sale in 10+ years, so I had to grab one when it came available-


Plus, picked up Bucky Harris on signed letterhead, even though he initialed his first and middle name, still up my alley with the letterhead.

[Klrdds]

Taz,
I love both pick ups. Great items as always. Always like checks or letters when possible also.