January 2012 Pick-Up Thread...

[Ladder7]

Awesome '32 Gehrig Jimmy. Nice Chase stuff too. Prince Hal, What a train wreck.

[milkit1]

great postcard Steve!

[Lordstan]

Just added very nice Knot Hole League brochure.
I also won the Membership card and envelope last month, but missed out on the patch for the complete set.

[David Atkatz]

Wow! One hundred packs of cards--five bucks!--and you got to meet Lou and had your picture taken with him!

We were born way too late.

[Lordstan]

Wow Great premiums! Great eye David!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Awesome '32 Gehrig Jimmy. Nice Chase stuff too. Prince Hal, What a train wreck.

Grazie paisan. That PC is sweet. I've never seen a ballplayer using a target instead of a catchers glove!

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Just added very nice Knot Hole League brochure.
I also won the Membership card and envelope last month, but missed out on the patch for the complete set.

More terrific Gehrig items! You are now considered competition! That's what I get for talking you into collecting photos.

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Wow! One hundred packs of cards--five bucks!--and you got to meet Lou and had your picture taken with him!

We were born way too late.

You're right David. We were born too late. Also, agree with Mark, nice catch indeed!

This came in yesterday's mail. c. 1920's B.F. Keith's Theatre - BABE RUTH Himself - Advertising Handout Promoting the Bambino "HIMSELF" in his One Man Vaudeville Show.

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Born and raised on a New Hampshire farm, B. F. Keith began his
show business career in the 1870s working in circuses. In 1883 he
opened a dime museum in Boston and soon began presenting live
variety acts in its 300-seat theater. With his partner Edward F.
Albee, Keith leased several regular theaters in the Northeast,
presenting low-priced, completely respectable “vaudeville” shows
that ran continuously from morning to night. In the early twentieth
century the Keith-Albee Circuit came to dominate big-time
vaudeville.

[GrayGhost]

Having such disposable income aside, how you guys find some of this stuff amazes me.

[Lordstan]

[QUOTE=thekingofclout;953052]

More terrific Gehrig items! You are now considered competition! That's what I get for talking you into collecting photos.


Jimmy,
It's all your fault. I could've been peacefully puttering around with my few Gehrig items here and there. Now I've become a companion item guy.
Thanks,
Mark

[thekingofclout]

Speaking of companion pieces, Mark. A huge "thank you" goes out to Ben/ForeverYoung for spoon feeding me this immaculate 1937 "Who's Who in Baseball" booklet that is the same exact image of Gehrig, as the TYPE 1 photograph that I started this thread with. Thanks again Ben!

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GehrigSwingingPSA-1.jpg

[Dave4Reds]

Besides being a great Cincinnati piece, I love the picture. Did a player really stand behind the target when the pitcher was practicing throwing at it? Pitchers must have been a lot more accurate back then...

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Awesome '32 Gehrig Jimmy. Nice Chase stuff too. Prince Hal, What a train wreck.

[Ladder7]

I was told that the target man was Honus. I see a resemblance, but why him?..

Dave, I believe this depicts a pitching excersize for picking off a steal at second base. I like the partial Morelein's Beer sign along the dasher.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

I was told that the target man was Honus. I see a resemblance, but why him?..

Dave, I believe this depicts a pitching excersize for picking off a steal at second base. I like the partial Morelein's Beer sign along the dasher.

I was about to say that the target man sure as hell looks alot like Honus.

[honus94566]

Sure does look like him, reminds me a lot of Honus's profile on the cracker jack cards:

[Scott Garner]

Here are some early 2012 pickups that I really like:

1) Extremely rare dated May 30, 1912 ticket stub to HOF Rube Marquard's 43rd career win.
Marquard pitched the AM 1st game of a twinbill at Baker Bowl in Philly. The NY Giants win 7-1 behind twirler Marquard's excellent pitching. Marquard would lead the NL circuit with 26 wins in 1912, which proved to be the high water mark in his career.

2) Beautifully scored program and ticket stub from September 27, 1961 at Phillies. Sandy Koufax passes HOF Christy Mathewson for the NL single-season strikeout record with 269 K's. Mathewson's former record that stood for 58 years was 267 K's. Koufax would continue to improve on this record, ultimately ending up with the current NL strikeout standard of excellence of 382 K's in 1965. The only pitcher that ever struck out more in a single-season was fellow HOF'er Nolan Ryan with 383 K's in 1973 in the AL. These records will never be broken because of specialized pitching.

The patron that scored this game and sat in this seat was a long time season ticket holder with the Phillies and avid fan. The job that he did scoring it is nothing less than spectacular. Both ticket and program are in remarkable condition for being 50 years old...

[doug.goodman]

Scott - you're absolutely right about that being a beautiful scorecard. - Doug

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Awesome '32 Gehrig Jimmy. Nice Chase stuff too. Prince Hal, What a train wreck.

Great postcard...I've not seen it before.